Sentences with phrase «just as a football player»

Of becoming a business owner, Green says, «I didn't want to be known just as a football player because I'm so much more than that.»

Not exact matches

(just as even though I am not a football player, I can read and understand the rules to the game, and comment on whether the ref was calling by the book, or passing over some of the rules)

referring decisions also go in our favour, for instance that dortmund goal sanogo scored was clearly offside, these things are apart of football, GREAT teams overcome these obstacles, GREAT teams do not crumble with 3 or 4 goal leads, GREAT teams do not concede 3 + goals in 40 mins REGULARLY, GREAT teams average more than one tackle every 90 mins, GREAT teams don't need more 7 clear cut chances to score, united have academy players in defence, in fact our defensive players are 15x better but VAN GAAL will get a result, united have had an injury list just as long if not longer than ours but VAN GAAL will get a result, united have just gone through a managerial shift but VAN GAAL will get a result, so why on earth are united in the title race and not arsenal?

He talked about the way there are no real superstars at the club and every player is treated as an equal and also about how people can get the wrong idea about footballers just from what they see on the pitch.

we are my huntards we are foortball fans, just as our team are football players and not huntards - so it isn't their fault either so certainly should not be taken into the stadium.

Ive been supporting Arsenal for 65 years to say im dissapointed, well words fail me Why did we let the window slip by and not do the business in the begining get in quick and get our players signed and out as well but NO we buggered about with the DREAMER for 6 weeks dithering with expensive so called talent and what we get another Frenchman, soon we will be able to say we have the whole french international team here The way to go is to boycott the home games and make it known the fans run the club not the useless manager or the lackluster board who do nt know who plays for us and are not interested in football per say just the money Buy Kroenke out and let him go as well

In Wengers first 8 trophy winning years we never spent more than 13mil on a player, so to suggest we've needed vast sums of money to compete is just ignoring everything we are as a football club.

These players who are given a chance today need to play attacking and free flowing football because it's nothing to gain from this match just play exciting football to entertain fans because Win or loss in this match doesnot hurt us as we are already qualified for the round of 16..

Many of you reading this are also likely avid fantasy football players, so with the fantasy football playoffs just around the corner, the «intensity» of that game is increasing this time of year as well.

I would let Ramsey go for free and buy Forsberg from Leipzig who is more accomplished as a footballer and take over from Carzola even his counterpart who is heading to Liverpool next summer (Naby Keita) is way better than Ramsey and Wilshire combine — when you come to wenger's approach in the past it tells it all he never really intended to bring in quality players he was just giving fans false hopes and played mind games when they happened to end up somewhere else he will come outwith BS like we almost sign him

Opta - powered fantasy football game www.oulala.com decided it was time they looked at both players a little closer to see if Özil was deserving of the flop tag and whether Coutinho is really as good as everyone says he is, taking into account that Coutinho has just won his THIRD player of the month award.

Yeah blame Wenger, as he's the manager and has contributed to a lot of the bs that has happened this season, but damn wtf is up with our players??!!! Surely if you're professional footballer you don't need the manager to hold your hand for 90 mins?!! Just sort yourself out and liven up F - sake!!!

Secondly, as I just outlined, counter attacking football is rarely good if the opponents are not committing players.

Last I checked, football is still a team sport, and he would be 10 times player that he already is if he just learned how to pass the ball once in a while as opposed to trying to take on 3 defenders at once.

«the pairing of Cazorla and Coquelin, two players lacking pace and physical presence as a DM duo will not get us far» It is the first time in my life reading that Le Coq LACKS physical presence, what the fuuk are you smoking.We just won a game of football by a large margin and you are moaning?

Football its a sport with sports you have injuries add to that its contact sport so the probability of getting injured is sure Ok I can understand luck and ball wobble has got something to do with it but as a soccer player you know you could get injured just like that two or more players are going for the ball you could be sandwiched you could instantly hit the same ball one gets injured both get injured what ever but injury is part of the game some go away pretty easy some do nt and can get aggravated because not all can wait in a in a heavy box for too long and if you do well you become weak so it will take some effort to get back to full strength praying that you do nt get a strain or muscular problem players mangers coaches and physician know that i know that because not long ago i had bad thigh injury all was fine with it then i got a knock just below my knee 3 weeks ago and there is still slight pain in it but will try and play on Thursday thats part of the game The manager has to account for it in his head i got 11 players 6 might go down my contingency if it were to happen is and you still got a fully balanced team well thats the essence and Arsenal all fall because that contingency plan always falls short

With a player blessed with his speed and goal scoring abilities it is vital we play to his strengths.We need to inject more pace and directness into our attacking play otherwise Auba will struggle just as Lacazette.This stems from our «pass the ball to one another at all costs» possession football that has overtaken system we played when we were challenging most seasons for the Premiere League Title 1998 - 2004.

We a football academy with players breaking gradually, but EPL winning takes players at a certain level as well... Anyhow, we did and can beat Man city with our play, if we do so to score an not just keep possession, pass ball around up and down the field.

If and when it does happen it just means that the same rules will aply as with non EU players, I presume, with work permits required based on international appearances etc, etc. but then again it is likely that special dispensations will be given to footballers as in other high profile high earning entertainment industries.

As Cazorla gets older in his professional career, we all expected the player to make less appearances on the pitch; after all that's just part of football.

After all, we have a massive squad and as has been proved by Francis Coquelin just this year, it is important for young players to play in order to progress and make it as professional footballers.

Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

Laca has a beard - so does Giroud.Other than the fact they are both French there is no comparison.Give this kid (yeah I know he's 26 but that's still young at my age) the service and he will be a top top player.Look at his movement and see how frustrated he gets as the ball continually goes from side to side and backwards.I see a lot of Ian Wright in this boy but even Wrighty would struggle with the way we are set up and play.When Sánchez is gone he will become our main man and just watch the difference.Remember those days when the football was slick and fast?Remember when we had pace all through the team and had players who knew how to use it?When we change manager a bring in a coach who gets the best from players by playing to their strength you will see a totally different Lacazette and Arsenal

But what happens if you play a team that has worked just as hard, has just as good a coaching staff, but simply has bigger, better football players?

Every player in a football club counts as an asset, I just don't understand why some people are so dumb.

Hence only a special player will be considered, someone who wants to come to us because we are Arsenal and not just for a wage... A player who believes in our way... A player may be good enough on the pitch but how the player is off the pitch as well can effect the team, not as easy as picking a top rated player like FIFA or Football Manager.

the idea that walcott ramsey and ox will take us the next level just defies football gravity... they simply ai nt good enough bounce... would keep ramsey as a utility player and sell the other two along with mert arteta flamini and probably gibbs (only wenger would play him as a winger when he actually has a couple on the bench..

-- berely any chances — slow passing football side to side — no counter attack — players awkward as they ain't got fixed position's — creative players not making changes coz giroud just stands stil passing the ball back to them

Most college kids, much less college football players, would just as soon be seen running naked across campus.

A healthy whippet or a wandering whippet he is still just a whippet... He has always been a very average footballer... One good season in ten the ocassional run of decent performances that's what average players deliver... Wenger's persistence with him as with other mediocre players has been one reason we have not won anything major in over a decade..

Granite Xhaka saved us last night, i'm not a great fan of Xhaka but i thought the game changed as soon as he come on, on Wilshere i have been his biggest supporter but last night he let me down badly, he made no space for himself he was just out for the fresh air, i thought Sead had a lousy game to even do he scored, it was a sad night for Arsenal supporters and football to watch that, there were plenty of alarms raised when we played Ostersunds FK in the first leg in the second half, AW should of known better to prepare his team and should get off his ass and shout a bit from the side line like all passionate managers do when they send a message to their players

would say that for not beating Chelsea, for loosing to Monaco, swansea.and the question that rolls down my mind is, why do we find it difficult breaking those defences if we are as good as we have choosen to believe we are.look all round and I just couldnt pick any of our players that could create a moment of sheer class which a team needs is such cases.I've always maintain that we've got too many average players and a coach who have lost it tactically competing in modern football.

I remember some of you posted pics of our midfield and praised ev some drew comparison with lucho, ev has a style that is very similar to the Barca way, but he loves defensive stability and because we lack the true Barca MF to do it we are like this, we all agree some players must go, but carefully looking at things you see that most of what ev does was done by pep (of course not as boldly) but his style looks ugly and boring, guys let us give him a chance it hurts but let us do it, let us see the big picture, he may not be capable of beautiful football but at least while we build we are confident of results which we need, when we rebuild then let us fire him, but if this is down to the players then we are making a mistake, I am not asking anyone to change but just stop insulting and criticising ev, patience is the key.

Most fans on this webpage seem to believe they will be the next Wenger, Ferguson, Ancelotti, just because they can accomodate players on the FIFA game and reads football statistics and transfer news page as if those were real sources to get a valuable opinion.

Most football fans know the outline of his amazing story by now: Griffin was born with amniotic band syndrome, had his left hand amputated at age 4, and, despite that, grew into a two - time All - AAC selection and 2017 second - team All - America at a position where players use their hands as tools on just about every play.

Sánchez was just a selfish player have never see same as Ronald at Madrid is about himself I am glad is gone too much fruitless efforts and Mikh is a complete footballer in Carzola calibre something we been missing for a while Hleb, Rosicrucian and Fabregas

Gary Neville was not specifically talking about Arsenal and the situation that Arsene Wenger and the players find themselves in this season, but the former England and Man United defender was talking about things that could just as easily be applied to the Gunners, as he did his punditry for Sky Sports Monday Night Football last night.

That is Wenger's way though and the players certainly seem to appreciate it, while it does seem better than kicking football boots at their face (as Fergie once did with David Beckham) or slagging them off publicly and dropping them to the bench at half time (Mourinho and Terry) or accusing them of all sorts and making them train with the reserves (van Gaal with just about everyone in the Man United squad).

It's got so sad I'm thinking Jonny Evans be good signing because I'm thinking he's better than wat we have sad but true mustafi is a lerk one min good next min tackles fresh air, BFG is a wheelchair it's embarrassing kos is injury away from retirement oh but we have Monreal great player but not center back it's joke wenger loves football so that's why going forward we look good but defending not he's game bring back George graham just as defensive coach jez even Sam allardyce has Everton a lot tighter it's fact we can't defend for years I'm sick saying wenger is and will always be arsenal great always in my eyes but he has go for good of everyone we need young fresh manager and not someone mr wenger hand picks and he goes upstairs won't work can't work we need let new coaches do there job and let new manager do he's and please give him money spend and laugh if ye want but the man for new job has be allergi has be if can't get den Luis Enrique if not him get Henry with vieria wat a buzz it be with them 2 my point.

I think it was as pure and honest an answer you will ever hear from a 19 year old football player having just made a big play!

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

I have always liked lacazette, so this might come across as me making excuses, but which honest logical thinking arsenal fan could tell me that we are playing good football, so why are we so quick to find fault with lacazette, a player who has proved that once given the right service, will score, so we shift our frustration from a player who we've only just bought and ignore the fact that we play sideways and backwards, edging forward, then when in the final third we start playing five - aside, we've become predictable, one dimensional and a laughing stock on and of the pitch.

This club is crisis, it's falling apart at the seams, players don't want be there and a management that have forgotten that it's not just a business they're running but a football club as well.

I'm just watching Henry's 100 goals on sky sports and it's just come to me as fans it's not all about winning the PL, I can remember having Henry / Viera, Pires, Bergkamp and we didn't always win but we played THE BEST FOOTBALL IN THE LEAGUE now we do neither I don't want players to learn there trade here I want to see top players here

Whether it's Gazidis making ridiculous claims about our supposedly successful transfer window, even going so far as to suggest that everything went according to plann, or it's Wenger having the audacity to speak about taking a much more proactive approach to the re-signing of players with less than 2 years left on their current deals; which on it's own is a nothing story, it's football management 101, but let's not forget just a few weeks ago he was proudly championing his «ingenious» plan of having his best players playing in the last year of their respective contracts.

His record in recent games against Chelsea is actually pretty good as well, so why on earth would Wenger drop one of Arsenal's best players for this big game, just because of some mistaken ideas about Ozil coming from the so - called football experts?

He should stick to financial trades then and leave football to decent players cos he ain't one as just demonstrated

love your articles galen this just proves the sheer stupidity and arrogance of our manager what are players like ozil and giroud still doing at arsenal after their first season ozil should probably be sold back to shalke in a soft league and who knows he might play his best football and it might help in his national team form cazorla is a good player but not world class he can not be classified on the same level against players like silva iniesta and the old arsenal fabregas sanchez is also good but he needs to add more to his game for him to be put on the same level with world beaters like suarez neymar and bale koscienly is also good but he has too many injury troubles coquelin is a class player but he is not world class he is good technically but not a dominant midfielder like schneiderlin and fernandinho as for cech he is there among the best keepers and he is the only positive in this arsenal team.Needs to work on his distribution though the back four is solid but has alot of light weights strong and powerful foward might find it easy

wenger can at times be deceptive therefore if lemar is on the cards for a # 92m appearance after january (as we are sometimes led to believe) this could well be just a ploy so as our rivals have no idea of where our football agenda is or who our player focus is on.

All while, they're trying to hide away the latest piece of evidence to not address that it's a generic football issue, and that English players are just as guilty of doing it as anyone.