Sentences with phrase «league games on the bench»

Not exact matches

That evidently wasn't an appealing option for the Red Devils, especially as the 22 - year - old is now earning the trust of Jose Mourinho on a regular basis, having started four consecutive Premier League games before being left on the bench at Burnley this weekend.

It is not an easy fixture, though, even though Arsenal are coming off a shaky start to the new Premier League season after losing away to Stoke, so every Arsenal fan will be delighted to see that Arsene Wenger's team for the game at Anfield includes the Chile international star Alexis Sanchez, although Lacazette starting on the bench with Welbeck in the XI will certainly raise a few eyebrows.

He had started nearly all of our Europa League games, but he would even probably have only been on the bench at lowly Ostersund if Lacazette had been fit to play....

Prioritize the league, on the bench for the Munich game.

Come the other year when Arsenal went the whole season without a defeat in the Premier League, Barcelona were attracted by Marc Overmas and Emmanue Petti, the two joined Barcelona, they played few games, and sometime on the bench, as a result Emmanue Petti decided to go back to England and joined New - Castle and always regret leaving Arsenal, then the other year it was Alexander Hleb, he was the best dribller in Arsenal team, he went again to Barcelona, he was never given some games, I think he only played few games as a sub, and his carrier was destroyed by Barcelona, then come Henry, he again went to Barcelona, he played some games but not like he used to do at Arsenal, he was not looking like a star player anymore, he decided to go to America, then there was Fabrigas, he joined Barcelona again, since he was one of their juniors, I think he played for two seasons, and supporter used to booing him, he decided to come back to Arsenal, by then Arsenal had already resplaced him with Ozil, and he joined Chelsea, then come Alexander Song, he pushed to go to Barcelona, he was always on the banch, and never been on first eleven, then he ended up regreting joing Barcelona, and wanted to go back to Arsenal, but normally Wenger do not take players who pushed themselves to be out of Arsenal, lastly there was Vermuleen, he went to Barcelona and ended up not playing at all but when playing for Arsenal they used to be star players.

Shearer has his and many of us will have our own on whether or not there are more world class players in the Premier League and indeed if Aguero influences every game given he's just spent a week or so on the bench for high - profile clashes with Barcelona and Manchester United.

I love Barcelona always will and been loving this club since the Ronaldinho days, but it's been about 2 to 3 years now that this club is showing stupidity and no ambition whatsoever, bad signings, a dumbass coach that has never won anything important, and loosing the future of soccer and not realizing it, also used that money on a player that gets benched for champions league??? This is driving me crazy the more I think bout it, I'm so sad and still so hurt, Iama wach the game because of the love I have for this club, but honestly I don't see our ambition, we have Messi another two to three years, please Barca don't fuck those years up I beg you!!!!

He flew to Las Vegas — in coach, no less — to sit on the bench during summer league games.

He scored a hat - trick against Brighton last night and that took his goal tally to eight in just nine games and he has already played for the first team this season in the League cup, so the talented 19 - year old is very close and could soon find himself on the bench a lot more often.

Olivier Giroud scored 12 Premier League goals last season but spent many games on the bench and it seems obvious that Arsenal need a new striker.

The attacker, who joined from Deportivo in the summer, has netted an impressive seven goals in all competitions despite his limited game time that has seen him start just twice in the Premier League and often finding himself on the bench, revealed there has been a transition since moving to England and now feels that he is well integrated into the side.

we need squad quantity and depth with europa cup and keep star squad fit and able to concentrate on league and give bench sitters run outs in cup games.

Would Lacazette provide an upgrade on Giroud's ability to shield the ball from opposition defences, to come off the bench & have an immediate feel for the game to provide assists & goals, win headers against the far more physical Premier League defenders?

Jack makes Özil look like a poor player, he holds on to the ball for too long and slows down our passing game, besides I don't see him going anywhere near the starting eleven except we have an injury crisis, lastly, you don't win the league by having bad players on the bench, jack is an amazing talent and will be good to have him as backup when all hell break loose.

We can use him from the bench in league games now as we will no doubt be concentrating on the Europa Cup.This should at least give him an opportunity to taste the bigger games.If the club gave him a bigger contract with the promise of more game times next season you would hope this would show the Clubs commitment to him.

Mourinho sided with youth, meaning Cech had to settle for a place on the bench as well as the odd league and cup game throughout the season.

it is also telling that Bellerin is put on the bench after playing all of every single League game this season.

It was not just the new Arsenal signing Granit Xhaka's place on the subs bench for the first game of the Premier League campaign that was a surprise to many Arsenal fans and other football watchers, because our Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla was also left out of the starting line - up, despite having played the full 90 minutes of a pre-season game the weekend before.

Scored on his debut in the League Cup against Bolton but questions were raised over his quality and fitness which led to a lack of game time, making only six further appearances for Arsenal before leaving... # 4million to sit on the bench, goodness me.

That the first team is on the bench waiting for a weekend decisive premier league match and or a ufl game midweek.

Pep Guardiola took charge of his first Premier League game against Sunderland on Saturday evening, and opted to start Willy Caballero between the posts with Hart on the bench.

Around the league it was long known that Sloan was a good bet to have an adult beverage after the game, but he was always at practice the next day and never seemed to give anything less than his all on the bench.

Not many people gave Arsenal much of a chance of getting anything from our trip to Chelsea in the Premier League today, and that was before we heard the news that Mesut Ozil had picked up a minor muscle injury ahead of the game and that Alexis Sanchez would only be on the bench.

The superior quality and fitness of the Premier League stars began to tell later in the game, as did the strength on their bench.

But after some impressive showings from the subs bench and a very good game from the start of our Champions League tie in Barcelona, the 19 - year old was handed his first Premier League start and grabbed it with both hands at Everton on Saturday.

But as Walcott proved with England at Euro 2012, he is capable of turning a game on its head from the bench and there are few better impact subs in the Premier League.

Giroud is a great option coming on as a sub from the bench to change the game but we really need another main striker who can get us 20 league goals in the 38 games so we can challenge for the title!

i think everyone forgets if it wasn't for Arteta few seasons ago we wouldn't off been in the champions league and likes of Ozil and Sanchez would not be with us today, and i think its a good thing we have him weather he sits on the bench or plays a few easy games which will rest Coq or others

Wenger chose to largely base his selection with the midweek champions league game in the back of his mind, with both Alexis and Giroud sitting on the bench, whilst Perez, Chamberlain and Walcott, all who could play an important part out in France, were all substituted to ensure their fitness doesn't drop too low.

our British core and players like sterling and delph could've been at europa league level clubs earning quality game time to improve themselves instead of sitting on the benches at top clubs just to fill the quota.

The initial signs were positive as he started a string of league games, but in recent weeks he's been left on the bench and has struggled to keep his place in the side.

Giroud might be back on the bench for the Premier League game against Bournemouth but do you agree that he needs to start against PSG?

Currently he has too many players in front of him in Wenger's estimation, including Lacazette, Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Danny Welbeck and Alex Iwobi, and you are much more likely to see Giroud brought on from the bench during League games.

I really hope the wheels are not coming off right now, i still believe with a couple of additions in jan, we could still top the league come may, but smart team selection, and a general rotation of players will get it done, keep the players sharp, eager and in shape, not sit on the bench sometimes months on end and then get thrown into a difficult game.

Wilshere could come back down to earth with a bit of a bump when he most likely finds himself back on the bench for the Premier League game at home to Brighton on Sunday as Wenger looks to rest those who suffered the punishingly long trip to Belarus.

Alexis Sanchez missed out on a place in the starting XI for a Premier League game for the first time since his January move from Arsenal, with Romelu Lukaku also on the bench.

He wasn't picked for Arsenal's hard - fought draw at Chelsea or the midweek Europa League game against BATE Borisov, and started the home game against West Brom on the bench.

The youngster failed to make a single first - team appearance for the Bundesliga club, despite appearing on the bench in all six league games this season.

The setback kept Ramsey out for the best part of three weeks before making a speedy recovery to start the Champions League game against Anderlecht before coming off the bench against Sunderland on the weekend.

Murphy said: «I was at the Chelsea game at the weekend and they had Willian coming on, Matic coming on, John Terry on the bench, and I was thinking Conte can't wait to get in the Champions League so he can start giving them a game.

Gooners were already on edge before the game even started with Alexis Sanchez, unquestionably their, and arguably the league's, best player, left on the bench for the massive game.

Left - back Angeliño has already played two games this season, coming off the bench in the Champions League and EFL Cup after a season out on loan in MLS with New York City last year.

I played with the U-23s, got on the bench for the first team a couple of times for a few of the League Cup games.

Giroud has yet to start a Premier League game this season, but he showed his value coming off the bench when he headed a late equaliser to secure a 1 - 1 draw at Southampton on Sunday.

Rodgers should not have any selection dilemma for the starting XI with Aspas injured as he kept Spaniard on the bench for the last two premier league games.

After 37 games in the Premier League I feel I have proved my worth so why should I go and sit on the bench somewhere?

The likes of Lamela and Chadli who impressed in the FA Cup game find themselves on the bench as the Argentine boss has opted for the regular league starters.

His final game was sat out on the bench in the Champions League final with the Gunners having waved goodbye to Highbury earlier that month to move to a 60,000 - seater stadium.

Sturridge started just 7 games in the league last season, making 13 appearances off the bench, much of this lack of playing time was down to him being injured which meant Klopp couldn't rely on him or trust him when we needed him the most.

Axel Tuanzebe — The defender has been on the fringes of Van Gaal's squad this season and made the bench for the Premier League games away to Crystal Palace and Bournemouth.