Sentences with phrase «of last season due»

Last season: 1st in the Championship Key signing: Scott Carson Despite keeping the most clean sheets in the Championship last season, Dean Kiely was getting stick from his own fans at the end of last season due to some howlers.

It's all about getting back into the Champions League for Spurs this season and the return of Sandro will be like a new signing for the club, after he missed a large chunk of last season due to injury, and his class in a deeper defensive role is crucial for the attacking midfielder ready to fill Bale's boots.

After missing almost all of last season due to injury, George has bounced back with 25.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.

There is no question that Arsenal suffered in the early stages of last season due to the World Cup hangover being felt by the Germany internationals in the side.

Albrecht, who missed the majority of last season due to hip surgeries in the off - season, is a West Lafayette, Indiana native.

Prior to that he missed most of last season due to an injury to his left knee.

Cazorla missed the majority of last season due to injury and his absence from the side was painful on the team.

Not exact matches

And Prince Fielder, formerly of the Texas Rangers, will make $ 24 million this season even though he was forced to retire due to a neck injury last year.

The hippy movement lasted for a season, and I think your concept of community will implode due to the fact that human nature is to have a sense of functional structure.

The fact that our excellent centre back Laurent Koscielny is due to get the nod ahead of the Man City defender Eliaquim Mangala is hardly surprising really, as the Gunner was one of the most consistent and impressive players in the Premier League last season, while the only consistency with Mangala is how he has continually failed to justify his huge transfer fee.

Alexis may not have been at his best for us last season but he still often looked like our most likely chance of scoring and he also tended to come inside a lot due to his desire to score and his frustration about the team's lack of incision.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp is reportedly very eager to bolster his squad before tonight's 11 pm deadline report the Independent, after his side's title challenge faded after the turn of the year last season due to his squad's lack of depth.

If only we can cry over the spilled milk, I would have take Higuain from Madrid over Ozil... The season before we bought Ozil our best player was Cazorla (AMF) and we were in a desperate need for a striker (still we are) and Higuain was availabe for less than 30M... Ozil is good (more than good but not for Arsenal) but I think it was a panic buy in the last minutes to pleased the frustrated fans due to lack of actions in that window...

His game vs Man City at the Etihad last season made his mark on our squad, but he was overplayed due to the lack of adequate replacements and we will likely start Flamini again.

The Spo's saw a large influx of freshers due to the high number of people leaving at the end of last season, and these new faces have really stepped up to bolster the team.

The leader in receptions, Danny Amendola, went undrafted out of Texas Tech and played in just one game last season due to injury.

Despite missing the first six games of the season due to last year's infraction, Atterberry has also stepped up, and his 13 assists rank as second-most on the team, and in the league, behind only Petcu (14).

The Arsenal and England striker Danny Welbeck was a long time out of action due to the unpredictably long injury lay - off that began last season, so I can understand why Arsene Wenger has been cautious about bringing him back.

Let's give credit where its due, spurs gave a good account of themselves drawing against a double defending champion real Madrid side, who last season ruthlessly dispatched a Munich team that had walloped us 10 - 2 the round before

Due to injuries, Defour only played 13 league games last season (12 starts) and his absence played a big part in the failure of Standard's campaign.

I think most arsenal supporters love Giroud and wish him the best in recovery, he has done well in the style of play that Wenger has been using for the past couple years, and was doing a fine job last season which we could have won the title if it was not for injuries, no business january and his lost of form due to workload.

The Spaniard has been at Arsenal for just 12 months, but he was left bitterly frustrated last season due to injuries and a lack of opportunities from Arsene Wenger.

The Merseyside club were in danger of a ban from European competition after posting a loss of # 49.8 million last season due to Financial Fair Play.

Wenger also backed up the reports that Akpom was due to be handed a chance to impress for the first team in the coming season, after spending the end of the last one on loan at Nottingham Forest.

Last season we suffered greatly due to this in the last months of the seaLast season we suffered greatly due to this in the last months of the sealast months of the season.

The 25 year - old has endured a number of campaigns having been cut short due to injury, and his stay with the Cherries last term looked like it had helped him to build up his strength and fitness, but ultimately ended like most seasons.

I would say that is pretty tragic when main the reason we capitulated last season was because we couldnt defeat the best teams due to a lack of quality and ultimately goals.

On a personal level, I reckon that Giroud's last minute goal at Wembley was massive for him because he had just gone off the boil a bit towards the end of the season, which Wenger suggested was due to fatigue.

Semyon Varlamov posted his first shutout of the season, matching his total from last year, although he only played in 24 games last year due to injury.

I get your point.But it won't help us if we're playing in 3 back and some of our players are being played out of position.Our success of 3 back last season was more of mentality than due to the formation.The formation seemed to renew the mind of players and they started playing better.Little did people realize that we always go back to our old ways only to put up a strong surge in the end.We'll do well for a while when we go back to 4 back because our players will again change their mentality then after some time we'll go back to our old ways.

Man united did a number on us last season for a couple of reason.we were overconfident going into the match due to our form and United's lack off thereof.

Yet If Arsenal want the best out of him then Wenger must show serious trust in his abilities even after Xhaka's return because part of Elneny's slight turbulence in form this season has been due to the addition of Xhaka who's presence seriously affected Elneny's moral and those who deep into things would've noticed the difference between last years Elneny (prior to Xhaka's acquisition) and this year's Elneny with majority of games Elneny coming off the bench yet the very last few games he started before the AFCON have boosted his confidence back and that very much reflected on his last performances before leaving to an extent that surprised quite a few!!

After the hope of getting Falcao and due to the last minute nature of the transfer, it feels like Arsene Wenger is settling for second best, but I have just been looking at Welbeck's stats for last season and you will not believe what I found.

The first glaring observation is Walcott's lack of games during the last two seasons with Sterling making almost three times as many appearances due to the Arsenal player's continued injury problems.

The 2nd half of the seaosn is on the way we need him we manage for the last 2 month without him and him coming back along with 1 or 2 other first team players could be like us signing new players in Jan (i know Wenger says it alot but this season I believe it due to the way we have survived without them)

Well done Giroud (played 3200 mins last season, more than any footballer in the world, due to the lack of cover...!!!! You really deserve the rest) for the new contract and the raise.

To give Mourinho his due, his key signings of last summer have made the difference this season, but they are still a pretty turgid team to watch most of the time.

Although Napoli insist Arsenal and Liverpool must pay # 67m to activate Gonzalo Higuain's release clause, the Argentine striker wants out of the Italian club due to their poor season last year and may also hand in a transfer request if things continue like this.

There were question marks and doubts over Costa's ability to succeed at Chelsea following a stellar season for Atletico due to his susceptibility to injuries and his relatively paltry record before 2013/14 but he has proven himself to be every bit of the centre forward Chelsea were crying out for all of last season.

It's only few last months of the season he droped abit due to injury encountered.

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

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech is a doubt for this game, due to a calf injury sustained last week, but otherwise Arsenal could also have a fully fit squad with the exception of the unfortunate Santi Cazorla, who has not been able to play since October 2016 as I reported in my preview of this season's away game.

The 29 - year - old, who was linked with a transfer to fellow Premier League side West Brom last week, had been a free agent since being released by the Gunners at the end of last season following nine years in North London, but was let go due to his wretched recent injury record.

Mourinho was aware that he needed those players to win the bpl, same story with us this coming season, we need to replace our gk (last night ospina let in another soft goal due to his lack of height) peter cech / kondogbia or wanayama / cavani or benzema or higuain.

Seeing as how Gab was consistently injured last season due to an annoying groin strain it's kind of hard to know if Mert is still genuinely first choice.

Preston North End may not be up with the front - runners in the Championship due to losing their first 3 League games of the season, but they are notoriously hard to beat recently with 3 wins and 2 draws in their last 6 League games.

A major boost from Saturday's win was a first goal of the season for former Arsenal and Real Madrid forward Julio Baptista, who was making only his seventh appearance in the last 18 months due to Achilles and hamstring injuries.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has moved to allay fears that the injury will signal a repeat to last season, during which Diaby only managed 5 appearances for Arsenal due to a series of injuries, but Wenger will no doubt be worried that the injury - prone midfielder could be set for another blighted campaign.

Diaby played just five times for Arsenal last season due to a string of injuries, including a calf problem and a broken ankle, but has started the Gunners» first three games in the new Premier League campaign.

Although the 23 - year - old suffered something of a dip in form last season, he only missed out on a place in France's World Cup squad due to injury, and big things are still expected of him.