Sentences with phrase «greatest club side»

«Pep» Guardiola has transformed Barcelona into arguably the greatest club side of all time, and this entertainingly perceptive biography explains how.

Ignoring the fact that the Spaniard is a world class coach who built one of the all - time great club sides in his short spell at Barcelona and looks to be doing the same at Bayern, his rivalry with Mourinho during their time together in La Liga was superb entertainment: a clash of personalities, a clash of philosophies — it had everything that the Ferguson - Wenger duel of old used to when the Premier League was in its hayday.

barcelona who has one of the greatest club sides the world has ever seen still went out to strength their club, but our self deluded management and coach decided to tell the fans lies that they was money to be spent but we did not need to buy players.

Not exact matches

Tony Pulis continues to do a great job at Stoke and it shows just how far the Potters have come that lying in 11th place could be considered a position they could well improve on and they seem to be a side who no longer has to worry about relegation tussles and a move for David James shows that the club continues to move in the right direction.

That is what frustrates the fans, that a manager who gave them so much and put out such great teams can now be in charge of one of the softest sides in the club's history.»

The Frenchman is often regarded as one of the finest talents in world football and has spearheaded both Atletico Madrid and the French national side in recent years to established both teams as two of the greatest sides in club and world football.

La Liga has the majority of the world's greatest players and 2 out of the best 3 clubs sides in world football.

Ibrahimovic currently sits two goals behind Alexis and the lead, and while his side are in great form at present, his club may find their best shot at playing Champions League football in winning the Europa League, and that will likely take it's toll on his fitness.

The 34 - year - old finds himself without a club after his contract with Ligue 1 side AS Monaco expired this summer and the former Tottenham, Fulham and Man United man is attracting a great deal of interest.

One of the bargains of this summer's transfer window, Mohamed Salah has got off to a great start for this struggling Liverpool side, and his potential if playing for a bigger club surely makes him worth # 100m or more.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

Cech is closing in on 300 appearances for the west London side and you could probably count the errors he has made on the fingers on two hands and it seems highly unlikely that he would sold and at 28 year he still has a great deal to offer the Blues so regardless of how impressive his potential Chelsea replacements are, I think it is safe to assume the former Rennes and Sparta Prague man will be around at the club for some time to come.

Led by José Mourinho, the Dragons had just established themselves as arguably the greatest Portuguese club side since Béla Guttman's Benfica of the early 1960's.

sorry this is a bit of the subject does anyone know what the situation with our overall debt is at the moment and what our repayments are i was under the impression that we are at about the # 245 million mark gross debt and about # 97 net debt are the stadium repayments lower now or something is the bonds interest dropped lower inprice we were paying something like # 20 - # 30 million in repayments but heard its down to about # 15 million per yr now i know we will have broken throught the # 300 million mark in revenue now i am guessing that contributes more to the transfer funds or if not what makes up the transfer funds in the club i.e deals or match day revenue plus cash in the bank which stands at a high level but must be just in case we might default on a payment we need heavy cash in hand to bail us out this side of the club really intrigues me as it is not a much talked about subject unless you are into that type of area of work or care about the general fianacial outcome of the club does anyone have more insight into our finances would be great to hear from anyone about this matter cheers gonerwineverything (because we are)

We need to strengthen our left side are you a puppet to the board or do you really care about our great club.

The 23 year old midfielder has had a great season at Turf Moor and has helped the club within 90 minutes of place in the Premier League but he may well feel the need to leave Owen Coyle's side if they fail to beat Sheffield United at Wembley and a move to Goodison Park will surely tempt the player who spent five years under Sir Alex's tutelage.

The fact that Arsenal's quarter - final this weekend is at home to Lincoln City, the lowest ranked side left in the draw, after getting past the previously lowest ranked club Sutton last time gives us a great chance.

And they asked Lady Luck that what did she take them for to have drew them to play against a none League club side when they are not chickens but men of great valour with timber and caliber.

With Akpom having really come into great form this season, scoring an impressive nine goals from just 10 games for the Arsenal under 21 side and doing very well for the England under 20s as well, he has begun to draw interest from various clubs.

With Llorente supposedly having fallen out of favour with his current club, the Metro claims that Liverpool have been put on alert to his potential availability, though it is questionable if the 30 - year - old would really add a great deal to Rodgers» side.

At the minute I think Arsenal are at a crossroads where we could press on and improve the already strong side into a great team or we could start to see our best players leave to join other clubs with more ambition.

Considered by many as the greatest footballer that ever lived, his influence has obviously been greater felt by his club side where the Argentine dribbler has scored some truly crucial goals, including 21 against arch-rivals Real Madrid.

With Arsenal hoping for an eighth win in a row in the Premier League today — which would be a best of any club in England this season — here's a look at how this current Gunners side matches up to their great Invincibles team of 2003/04...

The Dortmund striker would no doubt be a great signing for any club in the world, with his vast amount of goals being a huge boost to any side, but for the money being spouted in the press, it would be a huge risk.

Sheringham, of course, achieved great success at Old Trafford, and was part of the club's terrific treble - winning side of 1999.

In any other instance when a player rebels against the club and coach for whatever reason there is no room for doubt, disciplinary actions must be taken, even when he is your best player...... it could be the case even for SANCHEZ, those words no player is greater than the Club are well understood, the problem in this case is that a growing majority of the Fans are fed up with the Club and Manager, years of frustration, deception nothing changing and doing nothing about it has the great majority of Fans siding with the Player against the Club and Manager...... unfortunately both lost the respect of most ARSENAL fans, there is a revolt brewing YES like every year the difference this year is that losing Sanchez will not go without consequenceclub and coach for whatever reason there is no room for doubt, disciplinary actions must be taken, even when he is your best player...... it could be the case even for SANCHEZ, those words no player is greater than the Club are well understood, the problem in this case is that a growing majority of the Fans are fed up with the Club and Manager, years of frustration, deception nothing changing and doing nothing about it has the great majority of Fans siding with the Player against the Club and Manager...... unfortunately both lost the respect of most ARSENAL fans, there is a revolt brewing YES like every year the difference this year is that losing Sanchez will not go without consequenceClub are well understood, the problem in this case is that a growing majority of the Fans are fed up with the Club and Manager, years of frustration, deception nothing changing and doing nothing about it has the great majority of Fans siding with the Player against the Club and Manager...... unfortunately both lost the respect of most ARSENAL fans, there is a revolt brewing YES like every year the difference this year is that losing Sanchez will not go without consequenceClub and Manager, years of frustration, deception nothing changing and doing nothing about it has the great majority of Fans siding with the Player against the Club and Manager...... unfortunately both lost the respect of most ARSENAL fans, there is a revolt brewing YES like every year the difference this year is that losing Sanchez will not go without consequenceClub and Manager...... unfortunately both lost the respect of most ARSENAL fans, there is a revolt brewing YES like every year the difference this year is that losing Sanchez will not go without consequence....

The 26 - year - old scored 34 goals in 43 appearances for the club, and looks like another great piece of business by the Portuguese side, who have a recent habit of finding talent before selling it on for big money.

The winger has shown to be a great talent for club and country in recent years, and is way too good to be playing a bit - part role for any side, but the wealth of attacking options at Paris at present is mind - boggling.

It's draining we lost to spurs but more over than anything the way we lost was embarrasseing and shocking we were played off park most game that has concern us as fans spurs bullied us out played us hungry in every department it's has fall with wenger when is time when he just accepts game has passed him matter of fact it has passed us arsenal fans aswell no control in middle very poor from xhaka and elneny and again dembele bought mortgage in midfield he's the owner my god vieria would of knocked he's house down but look we're very poor and away from home sad really how wenger keeps he's job is just pure stupidity but not just with today's results over all away from home we're relegation side go get Enrique before Chelsea get him and let but of class and youth take our great club back before Tottenham spuds leave us so far behind we won't even complete this series lack lustrous club

It is Tuesday so it is time for the weekly Arsenal bashing guff that is produced by the hack Adrian Durham and once again his target is Mesut Ozil, and the manager, team and club in general of course, with a side dish of dismissal and disrespect to us Gooners that are stupid enough to actually support our great club.

and frankly its mediocrity if the club celebrate him as a great along side Fergie with just 3 premier league titles and no European glory.

The great blessing of this Spain side has been the core of Barcelona players, able to translate their club relationship smoothly over to the international stage.

Clyne has been in great form of late, playing a key role in Ronald Koeman's side who are surprisingly pushing manfully for a top four finish, but with just 18 months to run on his current contract there is no denying that the Southampton man's position at the club is vulnerable.

A midfield player in fine form who would complete this Arsenal side, it would be great to see the club show some ambition and sign Southampton's Morgan Schneiderlin.

«The social side of being part of the club is great — we have a top group of people and it is open to all abilities.

The St Andrews» side have had an amazing season and the on loan Man City keeper has been a great part of the club's solid defensive displays and clearly McLeish is keen on bringing in someone to do as good a job at Hart and whilst James will clearly be a shorter term solution he still has a season or two in the tank and is well worth bringing in.

Its Not really as simple as everyone thinks Wenger has done really collosal things at the club and should rightly be feted as one of our greatest managers, HOWEVER over the last three or four years his persona and his ability have declined rapidly yet he still belives that he is right and and the whole of the rest of the footballing world are wrong, last summer even the hated and loathed Adrian Durham stated that all Wenger needed was three key players to turn the squad into the PL winning side it should be, that was a keeper, a CDM and a world class striker.

If done, this Barcelona side will surely go down as one of the greatest in the club's history, as they are also on the verge on completing a historic «Invincibles» season, something that has never been achieved in a 20 - team La Liga.

A fee of approximately # 20 million could tempt the Spanish side if they do in fact need to bring back more money to the club, with the Gunners receiving a great centre back in return.

They had a spell in the early sixties where they we're dominant, and believe me, I saw them, they we're a great side but we also had a great spell in the thirties when we we're, and there's no doubt about it, the best club side in the world with a superb stadium to match it, however, when it comes down trophy's» we're far ahead» winning silverware in every decade since the those glorious thirties, what it is?

After starting the season without a club, Thorpe joined Indian Super League side Atletico De Kolkata in September — a team managed by United great Teddy Sheringham.

I really hope that the OX turns out to be a great buy and I'm proven wrong as I'm not a fan of this guy and not sure How he improves our side as I'm hearing he wanted Liverpool because he wants to play the CM role where as Chelsea would play him as a wing back??? So let me get this right as been a busy few days for our club??

I don't necessarily have the answers, as I wouldn't know who could replace Woodward, but you clearly need a Director of Football to run the football side of the business, that being completely separate to the commercial side, and a football manager who understand the traditions and the expectations of arguably the greatest sports club in the world.

After this week's quarter - final second legs, FC Barcelona are top of the UEFA club coefficient rankings for this season — but the Spanish side remain in second place overall, behind their great rivals Real Madrid CF.

Santi Cazorla had an impressive debut for the London side but another recent arrival, striker Olivier Giroud, missed a great chance to score his first goal for the club and seal the victory with 10 minutes remaining.

During the season, Peter Morris, who had been a regular in the side since 1961 and had been one of Stags all time great players, left the club for First Division Ipswich, for the measly sum of just # 15,000.

Lazio and Inter Milan are historically two of the greatest sides in world football and two of the most respected clubs in Italian football.

Lobanovsky assembled another great Dynamo side spearheaded by Andriy Shevchenko in late 1990s but would struggle to hold on to his star players in a world where talents were plucked out of Eastern European clubs fairly quickly.

There's plenty of others emerging in the impressive under 23s side raising REAL hope that this club is going back to its roots in producing great young talent.

MUNICH — Jupp Heynckes hailed Serge Gnabry as a «great talent» with «room for improvement» as the Hoffenheim loanee helped his side into a two - goal lead against his parent club before Bayern Munich fought back to win an entertaining game at the Allianz Arena 5 - 2.