Sentences with phrase «lack of chances for»

There were a serious lack of chances for either side in the first half, with the best opportunity falling to Alli, who skied his shot well over the bar as the Spurs star was found after lovely play from both Jordan Henderson and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, who secured a # 40M move to Liverpool from Arsenal on deadline day according to the Guardian.

Of course, this is total hypocrisy from the ex-Reds ace, who is one of many, many pundits in this country to previously slam the lack of chances for young English players.

Not exact matches

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The chance that a person is going to need the retirement fund to last longer than expected is high for someone of good health, which makes Roth IRA's lack of RMD desirable, especially if you have other available sources of income.

The transitional species are oddly lacking in the fossil record.The chance development of a single cell (with DNA) is pretty difficult to explain even if you grant an evolutionist the longest period of time reasonably possible for the existance of the earth.

I have to agree... Most of these enlightened folks lack the guts to point out Islam's incongruities for the very reason that the very next day they may get a chance to test out the theory of whether there is a God once you cross to the other side.

A third context in which the term «chance» is often employed is what I shall call (for lack of a better term) the existential.

Apart from his goal against crystal palace, I can not remember any half chance and goal he created for himself.In fact in today's match, he was barely marked for his lack of threat.

Combine him with Juan Jesus in the heart of the Roma defence, and the lack of pace and mobility could be a perfect chance for Chelsea to really attack them and claim all three points in their showdown.

Lastly perhaps he has also seen what Sanchez and Ozil have been seeing and being the reason for stalling their contract, which is a lack of ambition from the people upstairs and a lack of belief that this team and club in it's shot - term has a chance at achieving anything better than that being offered at Chelsea.

Alexis may not have been at his best for us last season but he still often looked like our most likely chance of scoring and he also tended to come inside a lot due to his desire to score and his frustration about the team's lack of incision.

There was an evident lack of urgency in Spurs» play and Burnley remained comfortable defensively; there weren't many clear - cut chances of note for the visitors.

The lack of latitude for side - by - side racing usually means lower chances of cautions, which would then put more emphasis on qualifying and track position.

And same old same old: lack of finishing, discipline, mental toughness, not living up to expectation & dodgy defending, injuries that once again has derailed to a degree the balance of the team... If Wenger doesn't go some of those things will have to change... Some players are for sure heading out this summer a prime chance to make some smart moves & promote players for more playing time (like Iwobi).

The league is already lost, we have zero chance of catching Chelsea with draws as both they and City have the firepower we lack, time for us all to get over Wenger and move on as soon as possible, he has returned to his old ways, light squad and zero tactical nous.

«It's not for lack of chances, lack of effort or lack of caring.

And isolated attackers bored for lack of real chance.

Though Chelsea didn't score any goals in the second half, it certainly wasn't for a lack of effort from Pedro, who was making chances left and right and looking like the man Chelsea had paid a hefty sum to Barcelona for.

Following on from their shock exit from the Champions League at the hands of Roma, Valverde has faced fierce criticism for his lack of rotation while also snubbing specific players and not giving them a chance.

Despite Arsenal's usual blistering start to the season, we have dropped away in the title race through our lack of goals, and us fans have (obviously) blamed our strikers like Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott for not putting away the chances created, especially by our assist king Mesut Ozil.

The 31 - year - old has been a key player for Les Bleus in recent years, but his lack of playing time at club level could start to hurt his chances ahead of next summer's World Cup.

Should Spurs manage to get a deal for Balde Diao over the line before the window shuts next week, it'll give a big boost to the London side chances of winning a trophy this season, as the signing will give Pochettino's squad the depth they've been lacking these past few seasons.

Although his ability to read the game is clearly outstanding, and although he demonstrated glimpses of the ability that has earned him 82 caps for Germany, there were too many times during the 2011 - 12 season where his lack of speed was exploited and, as a result, many wrote off his chances of succeeding in the fast - paced world of Premier League football.

His lack of playing time is largely due to injury problems though, as he has only played four games for the under 21s, but now that Danny Welbeck has recovered from his own injury and with Theo Walcott set to return and joing the likes of Giroud, Alexis, Iwobi, Lucas Perez and the Ox in fighting for a place in the forward line, I do not rate Akpom's chances of playing a lot of football for the rest of the season very highly.

The lack of a break also increases the chance of our players getting an injury, so although we all love the christmas football period, would it not make sense for us to have a break at some point?

I hoped for more but suspect the types of Lewandoski and aubameyang etc are not shifting If you consider theos pace and how many chances he's squandered or lack of runs he makes vardy would be an excellent upgrade.

Ok I get that 3 points is what matters and happy we took them but what a misleading title the idea that watford finally gave in to arsenals attrition is idiotic... For an hour they were the one that probably had the more chances but in all honesty 2 2 would have been a fair scoreline... They were outdone in end by the class acts we have and they lack... Sanchez and ozil... And by one of most promising young players in Europe..

Most of Premiere League players play with this basic of football, maybe because they are lacking of ball control skills or do not have the bravery to keep the ball and waiting for better chances.

Girouds size means he can win lots of duels in the box but lacks the trickery and mobility to do much more hence why even a Walcott would prove a handful for Terry or Kompany but Giroud stands almost no chance as they can read his every move even if he beat them to an incoming ball.

The slalom racer from Ghana, the luger from India: They do not care for your mocking tone (though they will tolerate, grudgingly, your utter lack of faith in their medal chances)

With the Arsenal fans starting to become frustrated by the lack of major signings since the Xhaka transfer, Wenger is perhaps trying to tell us that the Swiss star will have a major impact at the heart of our midfield and will add the quality and attributes that will give the Gunners a great chance to challenge for the Premier League and other trophies.

Southampton would probably be the best chance for him since he knows the club well and I doubt there would be any concerns over a lack of playing time since he was making regular appearances for the club, before his big money move to the Gunners.

As good as we were in the fist half City created a few chances them selves and but for lack of control by one of our Xs they could have scored but how and ever they never we added to our tally and I was delighted with the result.

this season was supposed to be about the epl not fourth place.just seeing how empty the Emirates was yesterday I expect it to be even worse in the upcoming games.wenger blew it in the transfer market, I think that in itself shows how we lacked ambition and we settled for a top four from the beginning and if by a chance we managed to win epl then thats it.lossing some games, crucial points and the feedback we got back was just covering the real goals of the club top four.soton home (a team challenging has to win this game), Crystal palace, swansea, just add those points and see where we could and should hve been.everyone here is a die hard arsenal fan whether an akb or aob but fact remains we love the club, we want the club to move forward, we want the club to be a superhouse, its got nothing to do with wengers last year or his last chance of epl.this sort of thinking is running our beloved club to the ground.whether u like it or not a change is needed and a serious one.at the moment we hve so many bogey teams do u think arsene will beat them nxt season!!!

...... the motivation and hunger that separates real winners from mere contenders is what we are and have always missed and that is solely down to the manager... if we are good enough to be in touch with the leaders by Jan / Feb and still stand a very good chance of winning it then it seems to me we are not exactly bad personell and quality wise, what we lacked is the ability to be fired up and be in the right state of mind for games that are of importance to our quest.....

Until the owner and Wenger (they are more or less the same to me in lack of ambition) put maximizing the chance of winning the PL as their priority, nothing will change, disregarding for the moment the argument that Wenger would not even know anymore what it takes to win the PL.

He came through the academy system at Barcelona and although he might not be happy with his recent lack of games, I think that he would only leave the Nou Camp for another club that was guaranteed Champions League football and at least a chance of winning major titles.

since the other finalists will be either Chelsea or the Spuds and they both look certain to qualify for the UCL and I can't see how playing less games will enhance our chances of winning the league, when Wenger has already used the lack of games excuse for losing against a??

I believe what makes cazorla the player he is, is the ball rarely gets lost at his feet, he can dribble in tight spaces or pass the ball for that clear cut chance, plays with his right or left, great at dead ball situation, accurate shooting, his tempo is amazing too he will slow it down or speed it up based on the circumstances, an intelligent player that can read the game a lack of pace but that means nothing when you are this talented!!

I wanted wenger gone z5 years ago when it was clear he would not deliver but surely there is no doubting He has demolished this team over last 3 years... no passion no style and obvious lack of quality... There is simply no way a serious club can keep a man like this at the top... Chances are this will spell melt down in league to... But whatever happens it will be a worse season than last... I for one will not be sad to see the back of him

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

The 26 year - old was no doubt denied a chance to make the England squad for the European Championship this summer by a lack of football, and having been in - and - out of the international squad over the years, he will certainly want to nail down a place over the next two years.

The reasons for the latest failure by Arsenal have been and will continue to be the subject of heavy debate but one thing I think we can all agree on is that the lack of goals compared to the amount of possession and chances was a major factor.

It has been said that our Fench striker Olivier Giroud has lacked a bit of confidence in some games, and we all have vivid memories of the Arsenal hitman missing a hat - trick of easy chances against Monaco last season, but he made up for it n spades last night as he finally scored his very first hat - trick for the Gunners.

It all starts back in the summer, when we didn't do our homework, even so though we still had a chance, and we are blowing it and one man has to take responsibility and pay for his lack of actions.

even when he suffered a serious knee injury, instead of accepting the fact that he would never stick his legs into the spaces that were crucial for someone with straight ahead speed to succeed, the club actually contemplated giving him a chance to play up top where his lack of physicality, size and holding up play talents would been on display for all to see... these are not the actions of a club that really cares about winning at the highest levels, but they are the actions of a club that wasn't interested in spending the necessary resources to purchases a world - class striker, which is usually the most expensive position on the pitch... instead we adopted the horrible phrase «like a new signing» and proceeded to allow this ridiculous experiment to carry on, which ultimately caused some discomfort on the training pitch and inside the locker room as players battled for a position that shouldn't have been theirs for the taking in the first place... don't get me wrong, I believe that Walcott is a talented player, who can help a team reach their goals, if their goals are relatively modest... just look at the teams who supposedly expressed interest in his services and they weren't the kind of clubs who aspire to win at the highest levels... as for the reasons why he hasn't been bitching and moaning about moving on just look at the wage benefits he receives from our club and his obvious desire to enjoy the societal advantages that come with playing in North London for a club with worldwide appeal... so instead of continuing to try to fix a coat with a broken zipper simply move on and buy a new and better coat

Don't have much info and knowledge like you people here, but there were few things that I did realise yesterday, lack of presence of mind, one instance which I could recall was when, Ramsey had a chance to pass it to fellow mates and instead he went for the glory and finished on the side net...... secondly we might say Fabianski made it tough for us...... well when you have a clear chance to score a goal, how can you hit a ball straight to a keeper from 15 yards...... I like Ozil but when an opponent team parks a bus, he becomes less of a player he is.......

The Frenchman confirmed recently that he would be leaving the Parc Olympique Lyonnais this summer and a lack of Champions would not be a deal - breaker for him, boosting Arsenal's chances of acquiring his services.

Not a certainty for this game, but considering the lack of midfield options currently available to Rodgers, we think he'll take a chance.

Well im not in a wonderland he has his failings as we all do and great teams find a way to win good teams sit where we are 6 -5-4 but thats besides the point and it would be nice if your aunty had bolocks cause then we d be second but ive watched the games were an offensive team most the time although were terrible in the pissing rain but for the most part the game plans have worked weve created chances quality scoring chances one after the other problem is for me the finishing unless we sit back with 9 man behind the ball or ten when you push forward you will give up a goal if you lousy forwards fail to finish the set ups have been there this year but our strikers have failed to kill the games if we create quality chances and grab leads in the first 60 minutes like we have for the most part and in those games those games should of been killed even if we give a goal or two alongside the strategy but we failed to hit multiple should be goals we tried laca we'll see abou auba although hes a bit lazy so far but we'll see but we've lacked that quality in front goal a player the chances have been there im looking at the failure of the strikers and maybe that is his fault but monreal has scored as many goals recently as our strikers and thats sad our defenders or a midfielder will score and our stikers cant tally one in th first 60 mins of a game alongside them then were tired for last 40 give them hope there still only down one and we rue our missed chances while they push thats where iv been frustrated with this season not the tactics but the finishing