Sentences with phrase «held over both players»

If this rumor turns out to be more than just hearsay, that for all the immaturity excuses that Wenger likes to hold over his players» heads sometimes the most immature individual in these situations is Wenger himself.

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The gameplay proper centers on capturing gyms scattered around the world, but to even try their hand at that, players have to have leveled their monsters quite a bit — most gyms I've checked out are held by monsters of over 1,000 combat power, which I haven't managed to build up over more than a month of casual but fairly consistent play.

If it took over 1 - 2 week to negotiate and sign Holding, you can imagine how long it would take to sign a player that costs over # 20m +.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

This rumoured desire to land two players to add to their back four could be coming in the wake of a surprising result at home to Swansea over the weekend, with the Premier League champions looking unusually suspect at the back as they were held to a 2 - 2 draw by the Welsh side.

My plan would be this: send all the players back to their original teams and hold the draft over again, this time letting the nine pro-caliber teams keep only six or seven players each on the protected list.

How often have you seen Yao bending over to hold his position after being pushed off - balance by a player he should be destroying?

I'm personally glad he's staying on another year, you can't ship out every player over 30 a team needs a mix of youth and experience if only Wenger held onto the likes of Ljungberg and Gilberto a little longer our younger players could of developed a bit better.

There was no problem with Holding starting.The problem was with Monreal starting.If people are saying Monreal starts over Holding this means a LB is better than a CB at LCB which is more of a disgrace to the CB.Monreal is good but he does not have the qualities of a CB to play there for long.He's not your stand out tackler, interceptor or ball winner.He doesn't have the height or even the strength.He's just a solid 1v1 player but being a great CB is not all about 1v1.

Despite missing the cut at The Players Championship, Hunter Mahan continues to hold a slim lead over Bubba Watson for first place.

One of the PGA Tour's most prolific players over the past few seasons held off Jason Day's heroics to become the fourth first - time major winner this year.

Club has held talks with the player who has now indicated he favours #afc over Spurs.

Cricket holds itself to unnatural levels of morality, and that's why it might look bizarre to a sports fan over here to see a player break down during a press conference for scuffing up a ball in one game.

The Premier League champions have made a formal approach to Di Maria over a possible move to the Etihad Stadium, and have requested that the player holds off making a decision on joining United as they look to sell the players necessary to help meet Financial Fair Play regulations in order to sign him themselves.

The Daily Mail claim Pogba and Mourinho have held crisis talks over his form and best position, and the Portuguese tactician has something of a history of using the press to play mind games or communicate messages to players and fans.

Matches on all other courts were put on hold, but Williams was in the middle of a major rally, and the chair umpire decided to let the match go on, despite the players» clear trepidation over the condition of the court.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

But hey, lets ignore what the player has said themselves and have a dig at Arsenal for failing to spend when they have already spent over # 30 mil to resolve the holding CM issue on a young talent who is dominating in the Euros...

use your brain» players who see a manager not held accountable for failings over the last 10 years - will obviously take things for granted!

Even though he wouldn't hold up over a full season and projects more as a utility player right now, I can't think of a way to end this sentence that would support my point.

lets all thank arsene for finally doing the right thing only time will tell but have we finally signed the DM we need STRONG MINDED NO HOLD BAR MIDFIELDER WE HAVE ALL CRAVED, but lets take it back we all know it will take 2 or 3 more like minded players to make us great again, he has tricked us all buy buying one superstar in the last 3 windows ALEXIS, OZIL and CHEC great players but can't do it all on their own, spending huge amount of money and saying we can buy the best players, on the surface this looks great we are buying top top players big prices but instead of spending his usual 50 mill on 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 players he has pulled the wool over are eyes with 1 superstar thinking the fans are that dumb enough to believe it, infact he has never spent his budget only balanced on sales too purchases, i love arsenal but this summer i hope for more he needs to do that consistently through out the team spend the same amount on the team stop balancing the american owners, grow a pair say yes we will buy a top defender and a world class striker, stan we love arsenal please be one of us do whats needed then you will fell proud as we are and we will adore you for it.

«Being a part of the Ryder Cup teams over the years, it's special,» said Woods, who skipped just one Ryder Cup session (his injury - riddled 2008) since 1997 and whose words contrast with the widely held view that he is no team player.

The Sun claim United are worried about the situation, with the Portuguese holding initial talks over replacing Unai Emery, while Don Balon claim his appointment has the support of influential star player Neymar.

Both players where holding the club to ransome over wage demands.

Hummels over Per any day anytime and I think as stated, Per seems more of a team player... But then again, Wenger buys who Wenger buys so all these speculation hold no water

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Wenger has overseen the deterioration of Arsenal's league form over the past 10 years and seen the club lose their most important players to rival teams and bigger teams, as he failed to hold on to them.

Id prefer: Holding over Chambers Nketiah over Iwobi We are lucky to have two quality players at LB.

The Black Eagles are aware of interest for their star man but are determined to keep hold of him over the summer after losing key players Mario Gomez and Gokhan Tore.

As reported by the Telegraph, a deal between the two clubs for Iheanacho, who scored four and assisted three in 20 league appearances last season, had been agreed almost four weeks ago, with the forward also agreeing terms with the midlands side, however the deal was held up due to a disagreement over image rights with the player's former agent.

Nevertheless, the report suggests that there is little chance of reaching an agreement with Tottenham over Dier, with Spurs desperate to keep hold of their best players this summer.

Arsene wenger will guaranteed bring Jack wilshere back into the game regardless of how he has played & we all know he is not going to contribute anything to the team barring running into players, falling over holding his ankle, delaying passes, unsuccessfull dribbles.

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

For an indicium of clout, Votaw's players had the cover of Golf World to gloat over — it showed Annika holding up a golf ball with 59 written on it.

Messi and Real Madrid rival Ronaldo are widely considered as the best two players on the planet and have held a monopoly over the Ballon d'Or award for the past eight years.

I believe there is one thing affecting players performance and that is uncertainty... and there are 3 culprits here... ozil and sanchez for holding the club to ransom over their pay demands for a new contract and wenger for not asserting control over the matter.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is reportedly holding transfer talks with three Barcelona players over potential moves to Old Trafford.

im not saying he can hold us to ransom — NOT even our best player has the ryt to do that but the reality is, it seems to be something very common at Arsenal... Beside Fabregas and Henry most of the others left for more money... he cant expect more than 100K a week... But strange fact is we pay players under 100k a week and expect to compare them to players that are paid over 200k a week (eg Rooney)....

It is my hope that Xhaka is sold and that players are not played out of position.I just still can not see Monreal as a CB.It always feels like there» lll be that game where he'd be so poor due to his bad positional sense.The guy is not a CB and will never be one.If Monreal is starting over Chambers and Holding then that's worrying.

Kansas State's head coach, Frank Martin, broke down over his best player, Jamar Samuels, being held out of his final game of his college career for taking $ 200 from his former AAU coach.

1996/7 was his first (part season) where he formally took over at (If I can recall correctly) around mid-late October.We had actually started the season fairly well with Pat Rice holding the reins until Wengers contract was up in Japan.And that was following a particularly bad run of pre season results I remember.Anyway you will recall we qualified for the UEFA CUP with a late Bergkamp screamer (oh how I worshipped that player) against Bolton.Were we pleased with this?Absolutely we were.You could see the progression in the team and with talk of more top players arriving we were all very encouraged and dare I say it?

Now we actually have the financial muscle Wenger is buying players that will improve over time, and the likes of Xhaka, Mustafi, Elneny, Holding, Gabriel, Bellerin, the Ox, Jeff and even Iwobi are certain to improve and work their way into the Arsenal first team.

Lampard, widely regarded as one of Chelsea's greatest players, made 648 appearances for the West London club between 2001 and 2014, and holds their goalscoring record with 211; he is the only midfielder to have scored over 100 goals since the inception of the Premier League.

Gabriel for all his mistakes is better than Mertesacker, Holding and Chambers.His only problems were communication and decision making.His sale was pointless.He's now left us with three inconsistent defenders in Mertesacker, Chambers and Holding.Why am I not shocked that Wenger plays Monreal over some of these ones.The Ox loss to me is a big loss.There are players which every team's defender will find difficult to handle and Ox is one of them.He provides us with so much cutting edge.However, I hope we buy a winger and not a wing back when he's sold.Our formation is a joke and I'm hoping we revert back to our old system.Those also calling for Reiss Nelson to replace him haven't learn their lessons.It'll probably be too late when it comes back to haunt us.

What few people knew was that White «Äôs physical state had deteriorated over the course of the season, until the player who took the field in the Sugar Bowl was held together by tape and salved by anti-inflammatories.

Holding's done well but his recent performances have shown that a youngster is indeed a youngster.Even when he was playing well there were many times where he overdid things.However, I'm saying all these things because the guy is being heavily replied upon and that's putting pressure on him hence the inconsistencies.I'm still sratching my head over the Gabriel sale.I honestly think he's better than Mertesacker, Holding and Chambers for now.The three back suited him perfectly.I agree with you that Ox can't score or defend but he can definitely set up chances with his crossing.In fact I think though he gets many wrong he's actually our best crosser.People should should go and rewatch his crosses and compare it to our other players.

Don't hold your breath for it for new signings Sam P. and even we do get any it will definitely be either last minute panic buy or having to spend over and above the means to get someone as no club would want to sell their players now.

There are quality players out there that would be a clear upgrade on Holding as well as Chambers (one of the two should go on loan) and also even over Gabriel & BFG.

Despite everything he's done with Barcelona, winning La Liga over and over, winning the Champions League over and over, winning the Ballon d'Or over and over, and scoring more club goals both in one season and over a calendar year than anyone has before, there's one thing that, in the opinion of so many, holds him completely out of the conversation of greatest ever player.

Okay the Gunners paid over # 30 million to bring in the Swiss international midfield star Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach and he does look a proper player, but after that we only have a reported # 2 million swoop for the young Bolton centre back Rob Holding and the signing of the unheard of Japanese youngster who is not even allowed to play football in England.