Sentences with phrase «league position when»

Even John Lyall, who is revered by many, and who took us to our best ever league position when we finished third in 1985 - 86, took us down twice.

1934/5 saw some improvement in the league position when for the first time Town finished in the top half of the table, a creditable 8th place overall.

Not exact matches

I am of the belief that when you have an opportunity to sign a world class player and one of the best at his position in our league you should go gor it (aka Van Djik).

«Overall, when you look at our continuity, 2015 was a positive year because we won the FA Cup, improved our results in the Premier League at the start of the year, continued with that and today we are in a strong position.

bellerin is the weak link in the arsenal team but you fans will never realize when other defender are out if position he never tuck in woest left back in the league

In the National League especially when you only carry a 4 man bench, position flexibility becomes very important too.

What I don't understand is AW taking huge risks by playing young players out of position especially when we have the best LB in the German league last season on the bench.

When the champions league squads are submitted later this week, you will see we are not in such a bad position.

It is incredibly satisfying to see the team really starting to click both on and off the pitch and despite being in low positions on our Saturday league, I have high hopes we will turn it around this term when we re-meet teams that I know we can give a run for their money.

When we stay in the league everybody is in a better position, a better place, to do better.

Perhaps the overwhelming oddness of the position — the shadows of 1966, the constant scrutiny, the on - again, off - again calendar, the increasing irrelevance of international football when set against the all - consuming Premier League, the insistence from the FA that the England manager stand as some kind of moral paragon — drives those that inhabit it to do strange things, to kick out against common sense.

The league will be in the same position it was in when they locked out the first time, the only difference is that the league is no longer top heavy and there is more parity.

He obviously thrives when we're getting penetration from wider positions, but when we do he's up there, if not the best in the league at the near post.

You are just been intentionally argumentative, Klopp inherited a squad that he had to work with, if the Wenger we have now fund himself in the same position that team will be looking at a relegation scrap, if you fail to recognise the impact the Klop appointment is having on Liverpoo l based purely on their league standing them I have to admit i have been giving you more credit sense wise than you deserve when you make comments.!

They said that the Brazilian league has taught him the physical aspect of the game and making last ditch tackles and all, but when it comes to positioning himself during setpieces, defending and keeping the ball, he doesn't have a clue.

One of the biggest concerns for everyone connected with Arsenal right now is the possibility that our injury problems will have the same effect on our Premier League title challenge as they did when we were last in this position.

This is what happens when theres no pressure from upstairs to win if wenger was in mourinhos position (win the league or ucl or get sacked) theres no way he wouldnt have bought a DM or let the manolas deal fall through over a measly # 3mill.

Even though the current Premier League season, so far anyway, is throwing up signs that Arsene Wenger and the squad are in a batter position to push for the title than usual, we still keep hearing pundits in the football media talking about the same old things when it comes to Arsenal.

I think Oz is fragile physically and mentally, the premier league is very physiacal so he would always struggle in this section, add that to him beeing played and overuse in a position (LW) that does not suit him and he s lost and dejected quickly.People ask him to be tougher but some people are just by nature more fragile, with depressive tendancy.The guy should play in his favourite role and not be overuse as he probably hates himself when he has bad games.

I really hate when Arsenal fans join our rivals to take shots at the fact that we sold our best players in d past, do nt you get it, we had to do so, so as to be at the very comfortable position we are now, looking back wenger did a remarkable job by keeping the team in the champions league while building a stadium, just ask spurds n chelsea y they so desperately want to upgrade their stadium now.

The Scousers are now unbeaten in 13 games in the League and their boss Brendan Rodgers laid down the gauntlet last night when he said: «We've put ourselves in a great position,»

It was no surprise to hear Arsene Wenger talking this week about the pressure of being at the top of the Premier League, as his Arsenal side have suffered with it plenty of times, including over the last few weeks when the Gunners hit a slump after finding ourselves two points clear and in pole position to win the Premier League.

... despite all these observations (or criticisms) both players can take some credit for being in today's success in which effectively we have catapulted our league position above spurs — when we look at it this way we can all have reason to be cheerful, that's you, me, aaron and of course jack.

If he carries on with the formation that makes half the players look like a duck out of water, carries on with bad team selections, absurd substitutions, refusing to pay the price teams want for players when he can, putting players out of position — we will be out of league winning contention by November.

This Manager would have been sacked 10 years ago at any other Top Premier League club for his complete mis - management which has led to us being in a far worse position than when he took over and made us the current laughing stock of European Football.

Our progress has been rather slow in getting into position to win the league, my 2 pet peeve with Wenger is his favoritism in playing some players (his british core) even when there are better alternatives there in the squad and the second one is our preparation for the second part of the season, I would love to see him try something different buy two positive signings in january to freshen the squad for the run in to MAy.

Elneny coquelin Ramsey xhaka will not get a football club top 4 bcoz the balance ain't ready right it was so obvious bs L City that we need another's midfielder that's holds the ball and can pass forward directly with defensive positioning even nzonzi would cost more than 20mil it's getting real boring being just short every season when ur in the hardest league on the planet

Arsenal currently sit in second place in the table, a position we are all too familiar with when it comes to the Champions League stage.

Normally in that position they play big strong guys to run and Arsenal decide to put Cazorla, When that happens, they are going to play well and they have done in the last month, especially in the Premier League.»

While Arsenal could really do with the clubs above us and around us in the Premier League table having a few slips and dropping some points, the only thing we can really do ourselves is to keep winning games in order to keep up the pressure and to put ourselves in the position to take advantage if and when they do, which makes our away game against AFC Bournemouth tomorrow another must win match.

At one point he mentioned the position of Arsenal in the Premier League table by saying that there were 17 clubs below the Gunners, but when he spoke about what we need to do to claim the title in May he seemed to think that there was only one team we needed to catch and that is Leicester City.

Many factors are to blame but fact of the matter is when you are unlucky so often, perhaps it is more than just luck hampering your league position.

Its unbelievable that Wenger thinks this team is good enough to fight for the Premier league when it is very obvious that some positions need cover and some need replacement.

We are at the top and its important we cement this position if we intend to become champions of this league, our long term injured players can not be depended on to win the title, when they may need 5 or more games to get into top gear, which may cause the lost of valuable points, so this janaury window may be the most vital window for arsenal in many years.

When it comes to Arsenals predicted performance for the season ahead, they started off with an estimated position of 5th with odds of 11 - 1 to win the league although as time is going on, it seems they could be in with a slightly higher chance of getting a better position.

When you win third place is reachable and a few months ago nobody was thinking about that apart from me, the third position in the table is good because you are certainly qualified for the Champions League and it would be better than our pre-season goals.»

We have been in this position before, of course, like two seasons ago when the Gunners were well beaten at home by Bayern Munich after going out of the FA cup to lower league Blackburn before losing to our north London rivals Tottenham.

Real Madrid wisely included a buy back clause when they sold him to Juve and the story goes that they might be set to activate it this summer and then sell Morata on, with Arsenal said to be in pole position to complete the complicated deal and bring him to the Premier League.

He only seems to make those errors when we are in a strong league position.

Stranded in fifth position, seven points behind bitter rivals Manchester United with only four games remaining, Rodgers and co. are almost certain to miss out on Champions League qualification, in stark contrast to this time last year when they were still on course for their first title of the Premier League era, only to miss out to Man City at the death.

Trammell, who in 15 major league seasons never played a defensive position other than shortstop, will work at third base, first base, leftfield and centerfield because his successor at short, Travis Fryman, took over when Trammell was injured last season — and Fryman is there to stay.

Wasn't Wenger the same man who brought in Kim Kalstrom when we were in an advantagious position in the league during 2013 - 2014 when it was a striker that we desperately needed & furthermore made it public that he was aware of Kalstrom's injury when it was confirmed the player had an injury after his medicals?.

For his swan song in an Orioles uniform, the Orioles are moving Machado back to shortstop, the position he played when drafted and in the minor leagues.

When faced with the conundrum of who to position up front last Sunday against Liverpool, in Arsenal's opening Premier League fixture, Wenger decided to go with Alexis Sanchez over Theo Walcott.

Nevertheless, Dean did make a strong attacking impression with this overlapping run from left wing - back, which one assumes must be his position when the Prem Refs play Sunday League.

Just trust wenger, Hes probably playing ozil on the wings to teach him in the premier league you have to defend as a team its not like germany where u can afford to be lazy or real madrid where you only have 3 teams to compete against, putting him on the wings and then watching the match back viewing how he plays not covering or tracking back will show him in plain sight that he needs to work harder, when he proves hes fighting for every ball im sure he will get put back in the middle cause you need to defend whatever position you play and i think letting him have the middle will spoil him not teaching him to trackback.

This weekend's game against Tottenham is always the biggest fixture for Arsenal fans to look out for when the season starts, and this year the significance is even higher due to our respective League positions right now.

Dallas Keuchel, Justin Verlander, and Darvish would make for a serious 1 -2-3 in the defending champion's rotation, especially when you consider that it was their league - best lineup that put them in a position for that title in the first place.

When you look at Arsenal's League position and our horrendous double defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League you could be forgiven for thinking that this is the Gunners» worst season ever under Arsene Wenger, but Le Prof feels that his squad has proven that they are «special» and have a great attitude....

The 37 - year - old is allegedly one of 120 candidates to apply for the position that Lee Johnson vacated, when he joined League One rivals Barnsley.