Sentences with phrase «leaky defence»

Surprisingly, it is not the once leaky defence which has been the issue this season.

Arsenal are also interested in the Englishman as they look to bolster their defensive options and improve what has been a rather leaky defence so far this season.

The Frenchman's partnership with the man likely to lead the side out in Rome, Kolo Toure, has seen a previously leaky defence concede just one goals in the past eight games.

The Sun claim Jose Mourinho will offer # 33m for the Toffees star, and the Chelsea boss will hope that such an addition will solidify his unusually leaky defence.

Defence isn't our problem, with LFC we have the most leaky defence off the top 6 clubs.

Hopefully they suffer from Pardew's leaky defences when playing Arsenal.

With United's attack looking so sharp at the moment, it's bad news for Manchester City's increasingly leaky defence.

Both will have to play well to ensure Norwich don't concede too many and score enough; if Holt doesn't play well, Steve Morison and Simeon Jackson aren't good enough finishers to constantly provide enough goals to cover Norwich's somewhat leaky defence; if Turner gets injured or plays very poorly, Norwich could find themselves closer to the relegation zone if they don't improve their goals conceded number.

The likes of Ederson and Kyle Walker have been regulars in the starting line - up, and their presence has added more calm to a previously leaky defence.

Van Gaal knows tough tackling centre - back Vlaar well from his time in charge of the Netherlands, indeed the 29 year old former Feyenoord man was a pivotal member of his 2014 World Cup finals squad, and the Man United boss feels he urgently needs to strengthen his leaky defence.

The 29 year old Dutch international is out of contract next summer and Louis van Gaal sees the no nonsense defender as the man to help solidify his leaky defence.

The loss of Debuchy has drained my optimism away, we can compete offensively with them but with our leaky defence I can see a repeat of last years scoreline.

Newcastle have already strengthened their side this month, but not in their leaky defence.

Redknapp, who saw his struggling side fall back to the bottom of the Premier League after a 2 - 1 defeat by West Brom on Boxing Day, is desperate to shore up his leaky defence.

On top of the issue of a leaky defence the Scot has issues with players currently at the club.

City have too many games and a leaky defence.

He was handed another good draw, because City has a leaky defence which we could exploit.

-- Oxpool — have a leaky defence which will cost them having consistency to contest for big majors.

It was clear that Liverpool needed a big signing at the back, someone who was able to galvanise a leaky defence and, so far at least, the # 20m that the Reds spent on centre back Dejan Lovren from Southampton has not proven to be a shrewd investment.

While plenty of blame has been put on the shoulders of Chelsea's leaky defence, the club's management are desperate to bring in quality all over the field.

The midfield may well be an area that Klopp looks to strengthen too in time, but for now, anxious Liverpool supporters will likely be waiting to see what the German tactician does to fix their leaky defence.

This was very surprising to me as it is a fact that it is our leaky defence that has caused us to lose so many points this season We are desperately in need of an upgrade, and Evans looks like the best EPL defender available right now.

Other than MC and Liverpool, I have not seen any other performance other than of AFC bar her leaky defence, to challenge for EPL honours yet.

Avoid signing a goalkeeper — a new pair of gloves fails to improve a leaky defence 70 % of the time.

Still though the biggest problem of their squad is their leaky defence.

They've had one of the leakiest defences in the league this season, and with Romelu Lukaku not always firing on all cylinders that's been a real problem.

The 25 year - old German international would certainly go some way to shoring up our leaky defence, and with our German contingent on hand to help him settle in quickly in London he could be an excellent addition to the Arsenal squad.

If we don't buy a DM and lose because of a leaky defence because Coquelin is injured, that would be beyond a joke.

Arsenal have splashed the cash on the uncapped Brazilian centre - back in a bid to plug what has been a leaky defence at times this season.

It does not take a rocket scientist or even a football expert to see that Arsenal's leaky defence was a major reason for the club's struggles in the season so far.

What we can do is to pressure them early on and force their leaky defence into making mistakes.

The Gunner have started to find their form again recently, but had to rely on Alexis Sanchez to dig them out of holes created by their leaky defence in the first half of the season.

We play a leaky defence and then we put on a midfield that doesn't care about helping it.

However, their leaky defence and mistakes in possession could hold them back in their bid to reach their objectives this season and time will tell as to whether Klopp keeps faith in their current approach or makes a change.

With the Saints having a disappointing campaign so far, it is understood that Ronald Koeman has identified the former Southampton star as an option to fix his leaky defence.

As part of a relegation - threatened team with one of the leakiest defences in the Premier League, Pickford has found himself involved in almost every game.

We need BFG to marshall what has become a leaky defence.

Other than that, tough to see how Burnley's leaky defence can withstand this test.

Due to both sides» attacking prowess, I expect a high scoring game and Spartak may prove too much * if * they can sort their leaky defence out.

We ask the big questions of the contenders: Can Philippe Coutinho be Liverpool's Neymar, is Daley Blind Manchester United's secret weapon and will Gabriel Paulista fix Arsenal's leaky defence?

His failure to adequately screen is hindered by advanced midfielders and a leaky defence.