Sentences with phrase «kept vermaelen»

We could have kept Vermaelen if we had played him more often or rotated better.

We needed to sign a top striker (we got a decent one with potential), a quality defender (should have kept Vermaelen if we have only 6) and top CDM

Saves our RCB depth issues and we can always keep Vermaelen as backup LCB.

Yes, and keeping Vermaelen, right?

It's better to keep Vermaelen than bringing in Agger.

Not exact matches

And why Vermaelen's form keeps dropping?

Vermaelen had also been linked with the likes of Napoli and Barcelona during the summer, though neither club seemed willing to take a gamble on him, and Arsenal's failure to find a replacement may also have seen them keep hold of him for the time being.

We should have bought Sanchez and Costa and Carvalho and kept Sagna and Vermaelen and Fabianski.

Now before everyone jumps down my throat saying that we should keep ALL our best players at whatever the profit, I would have just one thing to say — «Thomas Vermaelen».

I know this may sound a little crazy but if there were no defender's available then why not keep a hold of Vermaelen and Jenkinson???

It did not go down very well with a lot of Arsenal fans when Arsene Wenger seemed to put up no fight to keep our captain at the time Thomas Vermaelen from making the transfer to Spain to play for La Liga giants Barcelona in a deal that was worth around # 15 million.

Vermaelen looked like he could've been a strong captain, but injury concerns kept him out of the side, the same of which goes for Mikel Arteta.

We bought the likes of Park Squilacci Santos and kept Bendtner Djourou Vermaelen and an always injured Diaby.

In his defence, Vermaelen has done a great job since coming into the side, helping Barcelona keep four clean sheets in their last four games, but Umtiti's return will undoubtedly be welcomed.

Arsenal's defence is struggling to keep a clean sheet, but that is more down to the absence of Laurent Koscielny and Thomas Vermaelen than the goalkeeper.

If wenger had any intention of playing 3 at the back he would have kept our skipper, vermaelen.

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Vermaelen ain't going to happen we need to move on we should have kept him and Sagna and added cesc and song to solidify the team.

Arsenal Almunia 7 — Had little to do, but what he did do he did well Sagna 7 — Lost the ball a couple of times but reliable as ever Gallas 9 — Excellent game, this season will be an important one for the Frenchman and this was a great way to start it Clichy 7 — Didn't put a foot wrong Fabregas 9 — Wonderful performance capped with a brace (Ramsey) 7 — The Welsh Cesc is coming along nicely Vermaelen 9 — An assured debut that left me forgetting about the absence of Kolo Denilson 8 — Top notch display Song Billong 8 — Solid and measured Arshavin 8 — Kept going from the 1st to the final minute Van Persie 8 — No goals, but two assists and a hand in an other (Eduardo) 7 — Lethal finisher showed what he is all about in his cameo Bendtner 8 — Really impressed me and is continuing to improve every game (Eboue) 7 — Helped close out the game.

Winning the Premier League requires a strong squad, however, and with Vermaelen particularly injury - prone, Arsenal are taking a risk by keeping a player as poor as Squillaci as back - up.

With Samuel Umtiti now out injured with a hamstring problem that is expected to keep him sidelined for many weeks still, coupled with the report noting that Javier Mascherano is most likely China bound in January, there is a real lack of quality and depth at the back with Gerard Pique and Thomas Vermaelen left as the only options.

We keep playing Arteta when there is a faster Flamini and Vermaelen on the bench.

On Friday, Vermaelen took to Instagram to keep the fans updated on his recovery.

Turning to the other end of the pitch now and everybody's favourite attacking defender Thomas Vermaelen has stated that he is more concerned about keeping clean sheets than he is about scoring goals.

Vermaelen has been deprived of playing opportunities at Barcelona in the recent past and that is worrying him because he doesn't want to go off the selection radar as far as the Belgian national squad for the World Cup is concerned which can happen if he remains at Barcelona and keeps warming the bench.

Even before 2017 had kicked off, Thomas Vermaelen was already going through problems with his groin but now he recently picked up a calf injury which is expected to be keeping him on the sidelines for an even longer period of time.

His strain was expected to keep him out longer due to Arsenal's rehab record, but that's not the case and he can now put pressure on Thomas Vermaelen once more.

The centre back pairing could be Vermaelen and Mertesacker as Koscielny did not do any good for himself with a really poor performance in midweek despite bagging a late goal to keep Arsenal's hopes alive in the game.

Reports are out claiming that Barcelona are keeping tabs on Thomas Vermaelen's situation at Arsenal.

Problems: Will have to keep out Vermaelen / Mert, more experienced players than him present.

I keep hearing people saying that Campbell will allow Vermaelen to move into the Defensive Midfield position.

One key for Arsenal will be not letting their left flank get torn up again as last weekend at Everton; Wigan did score up that flank against City, so will be incumbent upon Lukas Podolski or whoever plays on that side to help Monreal and Vermaelen keep the Wigan attack at bay.

Laurent Koscielny, who has been kept out of the side, by a booming central defensive partnership of Per Mertesacker and Thomas Vermaelen, injured himself, after a tackle from Frank Ribery, or was it the other way round.

Jonas gave us the low down on Vermaelen yesterday, so we'll keep it somewhat brief.