Sentences with phrase «number of seasons since»

He has had a terrible number of seasons since his year of his «Sign Da Ting» glory and he needs to work hard this year to prove to Arsenal that his current # 140k contract reflects his quality on the pitch.

This was a player who had struggled for fitness in a number of seasons since joining and only showed true value a season and a half before he left for man u... AS OUR CAPTAIN.

Not exact matches

Starz chief exec Chris Albrecht, who ordered two seasons of the Capetown - based drama Black Sails before it had even aired, points out that the number of scripted dramas on TV has increased by 33 % since 2010.

After coaching change season and the Early Signing Period, a number of new QB commitments are expected, since they often visit for junior days in December, January, and February.

And a record - breaking number of hunters — most of whom haven't had a gun in their hands since last year — are out after them as seasons open across the nation.

Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to plot a bid for Spanish youngster Isco after receiving a number of glowing scouting reports since the start of the La Liga season.

Here are the Raiders» offensive numbers with Jackson and without him since the start of the»87 season:

De Gea initially struggled for form, dropping a number of clangers in his first season at the club, but has since matured into one of the best keepers in European football.

For one thing Arsenal have the huge double boost of getting the best number 10 in the world this season back in the shape of Mesut Ozil and he is going to be joined by Alexis Sanchez again for the first time since November.

OG averaged 13 goals per match in his 3 seasons at AFC in Prem matches, thats a pretty established number since over 3 yrs now, thats a goal every 3 matches on average, of course he does nt play all the time, but this is over 3 yrs.

And Alonso should bring something back even if interested clubs are skeptical that he'll continue to mash like he has: Since coming up for good back in 2011, Alonso has had a number of solid seasons, they just happen to be too often flanked by uninspiring ones.

Our stats team have looked all the way back to the beginning of the 2015/16 season to analyse how former Chelsea number one Petr Cech has compared to the current Blues» keeper Thibaut Courtois in the Premier League since his move to Arsenal.

Ever since Arsenal announced the early summer transfer of the Bosnian international Sead Kolasinac from Schalke, the Arsenal fans have been eagerly awaiting the next piece in Arsene Wenger's jigsaw puzzle for next season, but apart from a massive number of Arsenal transfer rumours linking us with almost every striker on the planet and players in every other position besides, we are still waiting.

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 thing that really has troubled me ever since the end of the last transfer window and has made me become an anti-Wenger proponent is this: At the end of last season every man and his dog could see that the team needed new signings in a number of key areas, from the most intelligent fan to most casual followers, all the discussion was around strengthening in defence and also in the front line.

Perhaps more fascinating is that the average Petco total remains unchanged since last season despite the number of improvements made to both the roster and the ballpark.

The numbers show that Alexis and his 24 goals and 11 assists has, since the start of last season been involved in twice as many EPL goals for the Gunners than any other player.

This is despite the fact that he played the most number of games in a season since joining from Southampton and also recorded his best goal tally with a fair few assists thrown in for good measure.

It was the lowest single - season home run record for any franchise in the league and it was not only a sad number but a depressingly long time since anybody had topped the lowly record of 36.

Petr Cech insists that Arsenal deserve to be in Europe's elite footballing competition, having missed out on entry only once since Arsene Wenger joined the club, but admits that his side have not been good enough on a number of occasions this season.

The number of available coaches of that calibre is low, with Nigel Pearson arguably the best bet given he has been out of work since leaving Leicester City last season.

«If you look at the number of games Mathieu Flamini, Aaron Ramsey and Joel Campbell played since the start of the season... even Olivier Giroud for a long while didn't play games and Theo Walcott also has just come back.

Imo he is one of the best «number 10's» in the world, his position is right behind the striker, a CAM as you say — Yet since he has come he has played LW for the first season, CAM for the second (Surprise surprise he almost broke the PL record for assists, and that was with very average finishers in front of him) and now he seems to be playing as a RW?

The 2010 GP3 champion turned heads when he qualified an incredible third in Canada during his first season and since then has put in a number of quality performances.

Should Blind be converted into a centre - back for the upcoming season then it's likely to save van Gaal some money in the transfer market as he has been linked with a number of defenders since the start of the summer but has not been able to secure any of his transfer targets just yet.

That's the same number of double - digit loss seasons it's had since 2013.

Since the start of last season, the Warriors have received 70 % + of the spread bets on 55 different occasions, the highest such number in the league.

According to our Bet Labs software, only 20 teams have closed as larger favorites than the Razorbacks» current number of -54 since the start of the 2005 season.

Personally I think there's tremendous value on the Ducks Under 105.5 since they'll be dealing with a number of early - season injuries.

One of the main reasons why a large number of Arsenal fans and almost all of the football media have been so hard on Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players for not maintaining the Premier League title challenge this season, apart from the 12 year gap since the Gunners were last champions of course, is because the struggles of our big Premier League rivals Man City, Chelsea, Man United and even Liverpool seemed to have opened the door.

We have already heard from a number of Arsenal stars such as Per Mertesacker, Jack Wilshere and Mesut Ozil who spoke this week about the great run of form that the Gunners are on, and the belief that we can take that into next season, start well and make a real go of reclaiming the trophy that has not been resident in north London since the Invincibles brought it to Highbury 11 years ago.

Pogba has established himself as one of the best young players in the world since making the move from Manchester United to Juventus back in 2012, and is now thought to be valued at around # 60m as a number of top clubs around Europe pursue him before next season.

His current stats for this season are not bad and he still has more assists in the number of games played since joining Arsenal than any other player in the premier league.

Since the start of the season, look at the number of goals we've scored in the final five minutes.

I think it's jealousy, we have never been relegated since we entered the top flight in 1919 (the only club), unbeaten in a full season (in fact 49 games) and now hold the record number of FA cup wins.

In the 21 seasons since the league ended its experiment with a shortened three - point line, the number of threes attempted has risen or remained the same 20 times.

The Arsenal youth product has suffered with a huge number of injuries since making the step up to the first - team, and this season featured in less than 150 Premier League match minutes.

If you go back to the start of last season, Wondolowski, bolstered by his MLS tying record of 27 goals in 2012 and his eight consecutive seasons scoring double digit goals, topped the Quakes goal efficiency list, but he's dropped to number three since then.

Leeds have looked worse, not better, since Heckingbottom took over, and while injuries and suspensions have robbed him of a number of first - choice players, that's going to happen to every season.

Lukaku has hit the ground running since his # 75 million switch to Man United with his strike in Tuesday's Champions League opener against FC Basel goal number six of the season so far.

Liverpool have had a number of false dawns in the last six years or so, when a decisive end to the season created expectations for the next, much like how our FA Cup victories since 2014 have deluded us into thinking Wenger has regained his mojo.

Reece Burke has been allowed to join Wigan on loan despite Slaven Bilic having used him in a number of reasonably high profile games in pre season and since.

The result at St Mary's was United's 15th draw of a frustrating league season and means they are guaranteed to register their lowest number of wins in a campaign since the 1990 - 91 season.

A number of clubs have shown an interest in the 22 - year - old since Charlton were relegated from the Championship last season.

Bendtner joined the Black Cats on a season - long loan in August, having told Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger he would no longer settle for a fringe role at the club, but has since struggled to impose himself in the North East, with a number of injuries and off - field issues restricting his progress.

They lost a number of players since last season and have been trying to reassemble a competitive squad that required great performances from newcomers.

However, since the 25 - year - olds return to Old Trafford things have not necessarily gone according to plan and he has struggled to find the form that made him such a talent in Serie A. Although he won two trophies last season, the highlight coming as he was the catalyst for United's UEFA Europa League win against Ajax, he was recently dropped for a number of important games for the Reds.

However, since that season, Sturridge has spent more games on the side - lines than the number of goals he's scored for Liverpool (after joining in January 2013).

Lampard's return of 13 goals was his lowest total since the 2002 - 03 season, and the first time he had failed to reach the 20 - goal mark in six seasons, though injuries had limited his appearances to 32 in all competitions; the lowest number in his ten seasons at the club.

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