Sentences with phrase «lack quality in depth»

The goalkeeping department has lacked any quality in depth since 2005/2006 when the Reds had Pepe Reina as their first choice «keeper and Jerzy Dudek as back up.

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Who in God's name buys a 29 year old center back to solve a clear lack of depth and quality?

In direct opposition our LM has 1 player (and a few CMs that can play it), a high quality player, but lacks depth or versatility.

That requires a strong bench with quality on it, players in their best positions, not having horrific injury pools season after season (showing up lack of quality depth) and a manager and other club employees who see they needs the best players and can find them (not talking king ransom buys either).

At Arsenal although we have plenty of depth in midfield, we really do lack in quality on the wings.

The links to United make perfect sense with Jose Mourinho seriously lacking depth in quality of wide players.

Instead, Cuban wrote that he's worried about a lack of «high quality, in depth coverage of every game,» combined with an increased reliance on wire services.

All I know is I have complained for years about our lack of depth and quality in the post....

A lack of quality in depth in the current squad could also be blamed for that as Milan have played a lot of games this season already having had to also deal with Europa League qualifiers at the start of the campaign, and so perhaps that is also catching up with them.

It's of a Arsenal manager who at the start of the new season has ensured that a squad of sufficient quality and depth has been put in place by scouting players in positions where the team has been found to be lacking in the previous season.

Nervous start — usual criticism at the beginning of the season, with the lack of spending Ramsey's first blood — Arsenal shocked the league, we played brilliant football, scoring beautiful goals, all seemed like a decent season for us Coq red card — injury crisis struck, the lack of bench depth put pressure on the team, the downfall of performance caused crucial points Alexis» goal when down to ten men - it all seemed like arsenal would lose out in the title race again but arsenal somehow surprised the league again, saying aye we got the quality but we just ai nt gonna show in week in week out Draw in NLD with 10 men — can't really complain about it but you ain't happy.

Truth is when it came to the crunch the players we're mentally too weak and overplayed and the squad lacked stenghth in depth and quality.

I'd have focused more on Torres (which I did), the lack of CB depth (I'd prefer to have two quality CBs to back up a 3 back rather than just one with one of the starters being a converted CDM), the lack of players who fit the outside mid role well in this formation (which, hey, maybe that's part of what you were referring to), and the fact that when you play more attackers higher up the pitch, it often requires a team to be able to implement a high pressuring defensive line (Dempsey and Bruin are not suited for that).

Gennaro Gattuso has relied heavily on midfield trio Giacomo Bonaventura, Lucas Biglia and Franck Kessie since taking charge in November, and with a lack of real quality in depth, that is arguably an area that they will have to prioritise this summer.

The fact is that he got injured and it enhanced the deficiencies of this team (lack of quality bench depth) now think of it this way, just to have the honor of getting blown out for 4 games we lose the ability to add a lottery pick that could potentially helped address that, and in beating Denver to force ourselves into that situation they will be afforded the opportunity to draft another piece to the puzzle further enhancing their roster.

For an example in the Premier League (lets keep Arsenal out of this) take the case of Southampton (at least in the early part of the season, it's lack of quality in depth killed it in latter part of season as fatigue and injuries took toll, barring which, I believe, Arsenal and Man Utd would be seeing a different sky today).

Suso and Hakan Calhanoglu have rarely been rested this season due to a lack of quality depth behind them, and while they're both technically gifted and dangerous in their own right, the Rossoneri haven't got any pace in their attacking line - up to change the tempo and offer a different dynamic in the final third.

With a lack of quality depth behind Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique in defence, he'd arguably be a great addition for the backline moving forward, giving Barca a long - term option in that department.

I don't think providing you with a full, seven - round mock draft is necessary to demonstrate why I think the idea of drafting a safety with our top draft pick is stupid, which I laid out in my initial post (the quality and depth at safety vs. the lack thereof in the interior O - line), along with some of my preferred alternatives at the top of our draft.

It's not the problem of depth, it's a mixture of injuries and lack of quality in some players cases, so really you can not argue that when wenger says if all our players remained fit we wouldn't need any.

While he's currently sidelined with an injury, it has raised alarm bells over the lack of quality and depth that Barcelona possess in that department with Thomas Vermaelen or Javier Mascherano the only options to step in and partner Gerard Pique, and so Ernesto Valverde will surely have no desire whatsoever to see Umtiti leave.

Fact is we have depth but we lack world class quality in that position, whilst giroud aside all our other 3 strikers are just as comfortable on the wing and griezmann, hazard, Pedro and one or two others aside are bloody good out wide.

With a lack of depth and quality in other departments, namely central defence and midfield, perhaps they'd be better served looking elsewhere for a marquee signing.

While there may still be a lack of depth, adding Walker and Mendy to the starting line - up will undoubtedly make them a stronger side, with the duo fitting the bill in terms of what Guardiola requires from his full - backs with their defensive qualities coupled with the pace and energy to get up and down the flanks.

Yes, we had some chances ourselves but our lack of quality, strength in depth and ball watching team deserved to loose against a team who go out to play the game.

This is not a problem that started today but rather has been around for the last decade.To start with, everyone knew we would fall short at the secound half of the season for lack of enough depth in quality and the outcome now isn't surprising to most pple especially our rivals... wenger himself said we had enough quality to challenge in all front and even went further to say there were no players out there who cld improve us.i have said many times that half of this squad is average and can not achieve much.with klopp, mou, conte / simeone and pep around nxt season then lets see how this blemish «Angel» of our is gonna fair out.Nxt season will even get worse.for arsenal the phrase is «IT»S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN»!!!

As a result, the plan to bring in Johansson as a No. 2, which is sensible as they lack quality depth in that department of the squad, would fix their issue and allow them to keep hold of one of their top players.

The team is weak in too many areas, isn't well balanced, is lacking in quality depth, never seems to have a game plan that is executed professionally for 90 minutes and doesn't seem to have the passion to be champions.

The squad has good depth when you look on paper, but in certain areas we are lacking quality and some players are nearing the end of their arsenal careers.

While Arsene Wenger has several quality attacking players within his squad, he lacks strength in depth defensively and has targeted Reid to solve that problem.

Conte was undoubtedly in a difficult position with a lack of quality and depth behind first - choice pairing Gary Cahill and John Terry, but he has now eased that headache.

Umtiti has established himself as a pivotal figure at Barcelona, and the Catalan giants will undoubtedly be desperate to avoid losing him as they will suffer with a lack of quality and depth in that department with Yerry Mina and Thomas Vermaelen in reserve.

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.

The Ligue 1 outfit have a lack of quality and depth in that department, while they could also possibly tap into the fact that Kante is from the suburbs of the French capital and could be persuaded to move back home.

However, with a lack of real quality and depth behind Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, with the inexperienced Yerry Mina and injury - plagued stalwart Thomas Vermaelen in reserve, the Catalan giants could certainly do with better cover in that department to continue to compete on various fronts.

When your squad is already depleted and lacking suffecient quality and depth don't loan OUT your players before there have been similar or better players brought IN.

One can attribute our failure to win the league title over the years to our lack of quality in our squad depth.

Arsenal's failure to create a sustained title challenge last season highlighted the fact that, not only did the squad lack in quality, but more importantly, lacked depth.

Liverpool lack quality and depth in their strike - force and someone like Luan will solve that dilemma for the German boss.

Securing Elneny is going to be Arsenal's most important signing of the winter transfer window because they lack quality and depth in the midfield due to injury concerns.

It has been widely accepted that the Gunners have lacked both depth and quality in this area for many years, and yet Arsene Wenger has been very reluctant to address this in the transfer market.

Moreover, Ings is out injured and Sturridge remains injury prone and the Merseysiders lack quality and depth in their strike - force department.

Liverpool lack quality and depth in their strike - force and must sign a proven quality goalscorer in the summer transfer window.

The Reds lack depth in their attacking midfield and Lemar would be a quality signing.

He lacks experience at the highest level, with only one Champions League final appearance and two Bundesliga titles to his name when compared to say Mourinho and Guardiola; and it is one thing competing with Jupp Heynckes, and then Guardiola one at a time, but competing with Mourinho, Conte, Guardiola, Wenger and Pochettino simultaneously, whilst they have squad depth and quality that makes a mockery of Liverpool's, and an inability on Liverpool's behalf to secure players that will improve the team to the level of the competitors makes the challenge of top four a remote one, and the ultimate challenge of returning Liverpool to the highest level in English and European football minuscule.

Our two biggest problems are lack of quality and lack of depth in the Squad — you'd expect at least 3 or 4 to improve the quality and another 3 or 4 to bring more competition and depth to the Squad — of course that assumes the upwards of 5 will be outed!

Midfield, once a source of pride and inspiration for Roma, has suddenly become a sore point, not due to a sudden drop in quality but rather a lack of realistic depth.

Sure, they signed some nice depth behind him in Allen Hurns and Deonte Thompson, but the Cowboys» receiver depth chart is still lacking a quality playmaker.

Presented in widescreen and fullscreen on the same side of a dual - layer DVD, the film's image lacks depth here — there's a muted, Seventies quality to Barry Stone's cinematography that no doubt looked smashing on the big screen and probably would've been marginally improved at home by dispensing with the fullscreen version (thus lessening the compromise of compression), which lops a significant amount of visual information from the right side of the frame (while restoring a negligible amount to the bottom — in one shot literally a pinkie toe).

Dream Team and Paper Jam were decent entries in the Mario & Luigi series, but lacked the quality and depth of Bowser's Inside Story and its predecessors.