Sentences with phrase «of games on the bench»

Henrikh Mkhitaryan's solid display on Thursday Night against Feyenoord only meant he watched the beginning of the game on the bench, alongside the likes of the impressive Wayne Rooney who also couldn't find his way into the XI, and the returning Bastian Schweinsteiger, who seemed likely to never play for the club again.

Fernando Llorente, who had to spend much of the game on the bench, came on for Harry Kane in the 89th minute and ignited a clash.

Lampard has been linked with a sensational switch to Old Trafford, after starting a considerable number of games on the bench this season as a result of manager Andre Villas - Boas «rotation system, but Di Matteo, says he can't imagine a Chelsea side without the influential midfielder.

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We've grown used to Crosby's dominance, but it shouldn't be overlooked how a player who spends most of his time on the bench dictates the game every time he's on the ice.

Both Ramsey and Cazorla can defend and score as well and I am expecting a very tight match for Ozil to control the ball and make the right pass... Ramesy for Cesc and Coq for Hazard (tight m2m)... I am sure Monreal will handle his back very well and I hope the same for Bellerin against Hazard... Giroud will find difficulties to hold up the ball against Cahill and Tery, he must be on his day... Welback to do them the same of Utd game... Gabriel should start most of the remaining games, BFG should be benched next season

Shocking that ox plays a game of his life and starts on the bench so liability Ramsey can start.

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.

Josh Allen needs time on a bench, to learn the finer points of the game.

The former Man United man Kagawa is on the bench for them, but they still have a strong side with the likes of Bender, Grosskreutz and Mikhitaryan so it should be an entertaining game.

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier... this team actively pursued a policy to undermine the relationship between the fans and the best player on this team... for all intent and purposes this is a traitorous act... so instead of spending money, which all pundits and fans agreed was necessary in order to compete at the highest levels, this club was wasting time and money trying to turn fans against Sanchez long before the end of the season (the real concerted effort started around the time that Wenger benched him for the start of the Liverpool game)... for a team that pertains to be different, like a FAMILY, and constantly questions the tactics of it's opponents, to engage in such a treasonous act is deplorable

we have no cover for CB at all then, Chambers needs to sit on the bench and be healthy for covering RB and CB as much as i want to see what hes like as a DM its too high of a risk to play him there atm, I'd def go for bellerin for RB though hes so fast and has tremendous technical ability, One person i think wenger should of taken to dortmund is diaby just incase hes needed would be nice for diaby to get a good 60 min game but i do nt think hes ready for CL just yet since he hasnt even featured in the PL yet but then again no harm in taking him since hes been linking up with bellerin pretty well in the U21's we must remember we have some really good youngsters in the squad than can fill in some of the spaces.

For me, Poldi will be my first option off the bench when we are chasing games and needed goals, as he always have a knack of scoring whenever he came on.

They showed the end of our game, and there I was on the screen after the Russians had scored, sitting on the bench... crying.

The Belgian Number One striker Romelu Lukaku sat on the bench and watched his star studded team - mates fail to score for 75 minutes of last night's game against Finland, but he had to wait for the manager to put him on the pitch before he could score the equaliser himself!

It is ironic that Milner has played more games than ever for them this season and has become a key figure for them but apparently he still fears that when the likes of Silva, Nasri and Toure are fit and available he will be back on the bench.

Bottom line, if he is angered bench the players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.

How can Wenger appear so drained and frustrated on the bench and expect something positive out of the game.

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....

to be honest i think it is unfair to judge a player on just one game also i read somewhere that morata would rather join either chelsea or man united because of his past relations with both manager, concerning his goals scoring ratio it has to be mentioned that the majority of his appearances came from the substitutes bench which makes it more difficult for any forwards to score regularly, we all know the benefits for a player to play week in week out.

One factor that has mitigated against Rosicky getting much game time is, there are many top quality younger Gunners in the Arsenal starting team and on their bench who are considered to be ahead of Rosicky in the selection order of the team of the day to play a game.

Look at the options we had at the start of last season Sanogo started the first game Campbell was on the bench we also had Podolski.

The French international has managed to score just nine goals in 29 appearances so far this season, and coupled with the January arrival of Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang, the pressure really is on his shoulders having been benched for the last two games since the former Borussia Dortmund striker arrived.

Decisions, like leaving your ONLY quality forward on the bench, for a very tough away game, is why the fans are sick to death of Wenger.

It's great to have Ozil now he can focus even more, but I really want to focus on Xhaka, this guy is useless and Wenger LOVES HIM, I'm so tired of seeing him on the starting 11, he should be benched immediately and change the system to accommodate Auba, Mhki, and Laca I really like a 4 -1-2-1-2 system but we need that Elneny to play in beast mode on the CDM position and when there is 30 minutes left on the game let AMN play that position to get him used to play as a lone CDM, so my preferred 11 for Arsenal right would be............ Not Cech maybe Matt Macey or Ospina 24....6....20....18..........35.

Irving, who was replaced by Matt Dellavedova for the remainder of the game, seemed to really enjoy sitting on the end of the Cavs» bench for a particular reason.

I hope he does get rested, but I think it would have been a more cautious approach to have at least allowed him 10 - 15 mins on the bench at the end of games we've wrapped up (realising now that these have been few and far between) before our most vital, consistent player gets a serious injury.

Messi, who started the game on the bench and came on around the hour mark, only to end up scoring a last minute equaliser, helped preserve the Blaugrana's now 37 - game unbeaten streak in La Liga with a fine strike in the later stages of the game.

He would sit on the bench for two years and see some mop up action at the end of games.

What was the purposed of having 4 players on the bench who will not help in changing the game?

Although he has been dropped to the bench in recent games, the Spaniard has looked a class act in many of United's games this season, giving them the composure and quality on the ball that they've needed for so long in midfield.

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.

The boss left Cazorla on the bench and risked an unready Aaron Ramsey instead in the opening game and a lot of people questioned why he did not rush Koscielny back when it was so clear we needed him.

This is the main part of the season where u need to utilise the squad, looking at our bench who on earth can we put into team for tmrws game most of them are still in their nappies.....

i suppose playing home could be big facture on the end result hope we win and give our youth much needed game time and some of our senior players to who have been on the bench.

The England international keeper has been left on the bench for City's opening three games and the Sun states that his days are numbered with the imminent arrival of Claudio Bravo from Barcelona.

Though Johnny Manziel was active, the Browns left him on the bench in the fourth quarter of Monday's wild game against the Ravens.

Well, not really Datsyuk, but the team can tape a copy of his contract to the bench and Sharpie an A on it for every game, since Kenny will find a way to not trade it away.

In the middle of a game against the Rockets on NBC, Bowen, who just two days earlier had been called up from the CBA by the Heat, heard coach Pat Riley bark his name, so he bounded off the bench, nervously fumbled with his warmups and sprinted onto the court.

With his teddy bear in its proper place on the bench and a piece of bubble gum for every anticipated victory filling his hip pocket, Bryant extended his personal winning streak to eight games by defeating New York 2 - 1 and Philadelphia 4 - 3.

First things first ozil needs to be benched... he is not a wc player for me anymore... its his third season but not even one single performance where he won the game for us all on his own... Just because of him the whole balance of the team is unsettled...

In one of his first games Doby struck out on three pitches, then sat down at the end of the bench with his head in his hands.

Was good to see after the last view we had of him on the bench after being subbed off last game.

To get the best out of Giroud, you have to drop him on the bench for a few games so when he is back he shows a fighting spirit.

Derrick Favors had a solid game for the Jazz off the bench, putting up 16 points on 7 - of - 13 shooting to go along with nine rebounds, but the rest of the team struggled to put the ball in the basket.

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.

@darwin, He fufilled his dream he played for barca and won trophies, yes he did nt start every game like some may point out but being on bench here and there becuase of arguabley 2 of the best players of the past decade (xavi, iniesta) is not a bad thing.

And yea I omitted Ozil, he's played several games on rep alone which I'm not a fan of, Rosicky should've benched him on several occasions the last two years.

The Brazilian, who has won the club's «Player of the Month» award three times already this season, has controlled countless games so far this year, but wasn't even on the bench in Istanbul.

There's a lot of games to play, and depending on the opponent he can either start, or come in from the bench, and contribute with goals and assists.

Flamini has been poor all season his struggling to stay in the game he looks just a fraction of a player last season he should not be playing not even on the bench.