Sentences with phrase «of keeping a place in the team»

Likely to drop out to Chris Smalling next weekend, but did his chances of keeping a place in the team no harm at all.

Not exact matches

Emotiv opened a new headquarters in San Francisco, placing it close to the heart of the gaming industry, while keeping an R&D team in Sydney.

The cabinet shuffle was billed as leaving the government's «economic team in place,» with the Ministers of Finance and International Trade, along with the President of the Treasury Board, keeping their jobs.

One of the best left - backs in the world, Jordi Alba keeps his place in the Barcelona team moving forward.

There's basically no sense in allowing a player leave for free.The disgraceful thing is he's our best player and you're letting him go for free.PSG have also given us the chance to include Lucas Moura / Blaise Matuidi in the deal.Why not take Matuidi and run.Then go all out to find his replacement before the season starts.I just don't see sense in keeping him.Common sense tells us that he should be sold.You're not granted the title with or without him and just so you know, teams have won the EPL with wingers who are not better than Sanchez.Arsene should be smart before it's too late.I said weeks ago that if he knows in his heart that he's going to sell he had better do it quickly before teams start placing mammoth prices on their players as they'll know that desperation of suitors grows towards the end of the window.

Coquelin keeps his place which is a good idea as our opponents have plenty of danger in their own team, although their pacy front man Gabriel Agbonlahor only makes the bench.

The Ox has been enjoying a run in the first - team of late, but I have a feeling we could see the Spaniard playing down the left tomorrow, with Theo Walcott keeping his place down the right.

The Win keeps them locked in a tie for 3rd with 4 other Teams who sit just a Game Back in the Standings of first place..

They had 4 Players placed on the All - Star Ballot and they will look to help the rest of the group on Sunday Night in an effort to keep the hot - streak going against the always tough # 5 Team Zimmerman.

However the win came under a bit of a shadow as many suspected the team of heavily sandbagging in the run - up to the race in order to avoid being slowed down by the balance of performance (BOP) adjustments which are in place to keep the GT category close.

Sacramento was recently in danger of losing the Kings to Seattle, but Stern presided over the negotiation and sale of the Kings from the Maloof family to current owner Vivek Ranadive to keep the team in place.

Shaqiri could be tempted by the chance at a fresh start in England as in 15 Serie A appearances from January onwards, he managed just one goal and registered two assists and will need to be playing regularly in order to keep his place in the national team ahead of next summer's European Championships.

But he keeps flamini and Arteta as backup for Coq, Giroud still our main striker, Per still in the team and worse of all our beloved captain, same tactics, same formations, favoritism, fourth place target, and Wenger still in charge

A player who has shown his worth this season, Michael Carrick remains a key part of this United team and keeps his place in midfield.

You can keep the genius who gets us to 5th place and who hasn't won a major trophy in eons and who hasn't build a winning team of his own.

If Arsenal are to finish the season strongly and keep the pressure on Leicester and Tottenham while keeping the teams below us at bay and ensuring a place in the Champions League next season, we will need the creative and attacking players in the side to keep up the sort of performances that have seen Arsenal score six goals in the last two Premier League games.

Wenger is footballs equivalent of the cheese eating surrender monkey... In the parlance of our times... and that's cool if you are a 4th place junkie... If you care about this team you will ask what it takes to start winning serious stuff given the opposition we face week in week out and act accordingly... wenger doesn't care bcse 4th place is all he needs to keep his paymasters happy... He might even sneak a third place get to the quarters of the cl and win a capital cup..In the parlance of our times... and that's cool if you are a 4th place junkie... If you care about this team you will ask what it takes to start winning serious stuff given the opposition we face week in week out and act accordingly... wenger doesn't care bcse 4th place is all he needs to keep his paymasters happy... He might even sneak a third place get to the quarters of the cl and win a capital cup..in week out and act accordingly... wenger doesn't care bcse 4th place is all he needs to keep his paymasters happy... He might even sneak a third place get to the quarters of the cl and win a capital cup....

This headline could be said for any player this year!!!!!! i think apart from our new wizzard from barcalona the rest of the team have so stage been very average!!!!! most of them would have struggled to hold down a starting place in any of the other top 4 teams, I keep hearing fans saying we have loads of players but where is the quality that we all seen 10 - 15 years ago?

4) yes Keita: he's got a release clause that get's activated next year it's around 45 mil if I remember correctly, i highly rate him as the all rounder Dm / Cm / Am does it all and can fill the cazorla void instantly, for anyone that are reading the 70 - 80 million valuation I don't see any team paying that, but making him the most expensive African player will sure tempt him to move Bid 45 mil with add ons and there is a big chance of getting him, if they don't accept that offer to make a red bull commercial that should boost the sales of that terrible tasting energy drink, Sanchez Ozil Ramsey ox bellerin wenger it's time to get drinkng that's Just good marketing for redbull, a team with no history or fans shouldn't have a say in who to keep in the first place they are a stepping stone to bigger things and we are the team to make you world class, wan na eventually play in barca or real look at our track record we will get you there!!

1) Ten years without a significant trophy yet the Manager is never questioned 2) Selling off key «World beater» Players season after season and replacing them with mediocre at best replacements 3) Keeping a 33 % shareholder who is one of the world's richest men AND a true football fan as far away from the board as possible 4) Charging possibly the highest prices in Europe but NOT reinvesting within the team in any really significant way 5) Classing 4th place in the EPL as a trophy 6) Boasting of a # 100 million war chest for transfers then quibbling over a few hundred thousand on deals.

Arsenal made hard work of beating the Championship side Reading on Saturday, but Arsene Wenger was proud that his team kept their heads and went on to secure a place in the FA Cup Final for the second time in two years.

But Casillas stayed and has generally kept his place in the first team, playing 29 La Liga games to the five of Navas.

While Costa may be the finishing piece of a great puzzle at Chelsea, Sanchez is single - handedly keeping Arsenal alive this season, and it is hard to imagine he won't prove the catalyst to a great period of success if Arsene Wenger can build a better team around him in the next couple of transfer windows, with a player of this ability deserving a solid defence and midfield behind him to allow his talent to deliver more than just fourth place.

That's the kind of stuff that keeps fans coming around last - place teams in September.

The ruling on this has apparently been in place for 20 years and is known about by all teams, although the exact amount of tolerance deliberately kept a secret to prevent teams from exploiting it.

The Gunners travel to Crystal Palace today looking to keep the pressure on the teams above us in the race for the Champions League places, and Arsenal are undoubtedly in a great run of form at the moment.

There are no real surprises in the team Arsene Wenger has picked, with Ramsey keeping his place on the right and Theo Walcott chosen over Olivier Giroud to lead the line of our attack.

In previous seasons, the Selection Committee attempted to go to great strides to avoid regular season rematches of both the conference and non-conference variety, with a particular emphasis placed on keeping league rivals apart until at least the Elite Eight, though the 2011 Tournament saw a pair of potential Big East Round of 32 matchups, thanks to that conference placing a record 11 teams in the fielIn previous seasons, the Selection Committee attempted to go to great strides to avoid regular season rematches of both the conference and non-conference variety, with a particular emphasis placed on keeping league rivals apart until at least the Elite Eight, though the 2011 Tournament saw a pair of potential Big East Round of 32 matchups, thanks to that conference placing a record 11 teams in the fielin the field.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

If Arsenal are going to keep hold of Olivier Giroud this summer as Arsene Wenger has suggested he will, then the big centre forward will be only too aware that he faces a fight for his place in the first team.

Working from the basis that (a) Stones will keep his place in Manchester City's first team for the foreseeable future, (b) that he will continue to improve as he does so, and (c) no England manager's going to drop anybody rated by St Josep Pep Peppy McPeppington of Guardiola, the question at the back is going to be Stones plus who?

Although the Ivorian missed 13 league games for Jose Mourinho's side last season, Bailly put in some seriously impressive performances towards the back end of last season as United won the Europa League, and should the former Villarreal man manage to keep up the form he showed at the end of last year, it shouldn't be surprising to see the 23 - year - old claim a Team of the Season place come May.

Arsenal bounced back from last weekend's defeat to a team not to be mentioned in midweek, by beating Leicester City 2 - 1, to keep us within a point of the Champions League places.

With the thought of wenger saying theo hasnt an automatic place in the starting 11, this could make him work hard and fight for a starting place, competition is good for the team, look at the goal keeping dept with ospina keeping szczesny out of no 1 spot!

Marcus Ericsson: Just about managed to keep his new team - mate in his place in qualifying but the Swede was another early retiree with a hydraulic issue just as he was starting to get into some kind of groove.

Even if he were to play a dramatically weakened side, it would still be prudent to claim that it's a «strong team» as to keep the selected players» confidence high, and make clear that pressure is on the first choice players for places in the remaining fixtures of the season.

He featured alongside Walker in the WhoScored team of the year, and should keep his place in the team on Wednesday night.

Getting out of the group will be tough, and we will need to keep an eye on the Champions League as the third placed teams in the group fall into the Europa League, which will make the knockout stages tougher.

Theo Walcott, perhaps in the knowledge that he must continue to excel to keep his place in the team, has been in sensational form, while Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain has improved of late and is fully aware that consistency is required if he is to play regularly.

He kept a clean sheet for the first time this season and after four impressive games in a row the manager has all but confirmed he will be retain a place in the team despite the imminent return of Manuel Almunia.

Barcelona celebrated in a Catalans derby over Espanyol with goals of Neymar and Lionel Messi, keeping the gap above the second placed team, Real Madrid intact.

A rapid rise from Steve Gatting's under - 21 side saw Iwobi propelled into the first team in October 2015, and now he is fully focused on keeping hold of his place.

The last ten games of the season give us a nicer run - in than many of the teams we'll expect to be challenging for the Europa League places, but as detailed above we have to keep fighting for points.

Team News & Possible Lineups: Liverpool will be without Sakho and Skrtel which means Lovren and Toure are set to start in heart of defense while Moreno and Clyne will keep their places as full backs.

With Chelsea, Newcastle is another team who fights for a place in the Champions League, and they also play on Monday, like Chelsea, so competition for Champion league places is tough, and Chelsea will have to beat Fulham if they plan to keep their hopes of going to the biggest competition.

Nevertheless, the diagrams above clearly show that Aquilani brings more attacking thrust to the team than the more defensive Lucas, who has managed to keep hold of his place in the team due no doubt to Benitez's desire to achieve supremacy on the pitch by controlling as many «zones» as possible.

The governor also pointed to the state's massive investment in the economically depressed city of Buffalo in western New York, crediting the emphasis placed on the region with the recent purchase of the Bills football team from an owner who plans to keep the team in the area.

At an event to recognize that the office's SWAT team's first place finish in a statewide competition of other like units (pictured above), Howard addressed the protesters concerns, saying that they had a right to express their views, but not to disrupt business or keep people from entering the facility.

«The Navy dolphins can easily follow them along like golden retrievers and let us more easily keep track of where the animals are, to let the capture team have their best opportunity to be in the right place at the right time,» says Taylor.

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