Sentences with phrase «of outfield players»

Heynckes had all of his outfield players fit to face Besiktas and admits it was a struggle deciding who to leave out.

Has the lack of glamour in the position compared to the twinkletoes of outfield players blinded us, and indeed the transfer market, to the real value of a goalkeeper to a football team?

I think some of the outfield players will look at what Hart's wearing, and will be secretly thanking themselves for being outfitted in this kit.

This is in line with most of the goalkeepers in the league, and it tops the list for most of the outfield players in the lineup.

We lined up in an ultra-attacking 3 -1-4-2 formation, and dominated the game by suffocating PSG and keeping the play in PSG's half (to such an extent that the average positions of almost all of the outfield players on both sides were in PSG's half).

There's also a handful of outfield players who went in goal as an emergency measure including Dani Alves» late effort for PSG and Jackie Blanchflower's FA Cup final heroics against Aston Villa back in 1957.

Alongside Myhill's indiscretion are a collection of outfield players who saved a penalty, the tale of Gordon West going to the pub at Everton's expense after buying some goalkeeper gloves, the lengths Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois goes to in order not forget his gloves and some fine goalkeeper quotes.

Looking at all of the outfield players with mainly defensive responsibilities (i.e. everyone except Mario, Lanzini and Arnie) they are characterised by an overall lack of pace throughout.

Just look at the injury list of outfield players.

Right now Oxlade is probably the biggest character we have of the outfield players — know what I mean without saying much?

When you're talking 50 % or over of your outfield players are just having total mares, it makes it nigh impossible for other players to perform.

The decline has been evident over the last 12 years; however the final straw for me was the signing of no outfield players, when Cech was signed in 2015.

@Arsenal007 I also agree with your «appraisal» of AFC, with the signing of any outfield players the exception.

Im all for bringing Mahrez in if we had a full contingent of outfield players who can fit the bill thats required, do nt get me wrong I rate Mahrez but all this talk of coversions to strikers ect is a thing that takes time and theres little garuntee that it will work and while we are finding out if it works or not we are again loosing games we should win through a deficit of goals and real goal scorers.

Not exact matches

A group of players watches a televised tribute to Don Drysdale and Roy Campanella while Reggie horses around, trading insults with some of his friends on the team — outfielder Danny Tartabull and rookie pitcher Bobby Munoz.

But in order to set a new Premier League record of 21 in one season, the attacking midfielder needs another four and if our strikers and other outfield players continue to spurn chances the way we have been seeing then he might just fall short.

ONE The squabble with fans over the last season, when we did not buy an outfield player until January, which left us short at the start of the season, i think it had a telling effect on Wenger when the fans began protesting he seemed quite flustered, although i never agreed with some of the behaviours, i do not think he would not want another episode.

Our Big Effin» German turned 30 years old a couple of weeks ago, but Arsenal should still get plenty of service out of him at centre back, where age does not tend to cut a player's career off quite as soon as other outfield players.

Wenger looks set to achieve the aims set by Kroenke despite not signing any new outfield players in the summer, so the offer of a contract extension looks plausible.

Wenger is just too stubborn is the problem.we have a very strong chance of winning it this season (bpl) but if Wenger had gotten two outfield players in d summer (a fwd and cdm) we would have been sitting at d peak with at least 9 points off the rest d rest by now.but alas his egocentric stubbornness and blind loyalty to some average players in d team is giving us heart aches.however I still see us winning d league this season only that we'll b doing it in a cinderella story way

Wenger ran out of ideas and bought no outfield players despite our poor injury track record and despite only having one DM in Coq.

Given the longevity of a career between the sticks compared to an outfield player, in theory Courtois could have fifteen years of football ahead of him for his country.

same team who the god of Arsenal couldn't find a single outfield player to improve its quality.

But being the only team in serious football not to sign an outfield player and then missing the title because our striker goes missing for a long stretch of games underlined the poor judgement and lack of ambition.

I gave Wenger my backing this season... Outfield player or not, I felt the squad was capable of challenging and if we brought home the PL title he would've been justified in his movements.

The move that led to the goal involved 16 passes, with all of Barca's outfield players getting a touch in the build - up!

Aaron Ramsey will be entering the last year of his Arsenal contract in about 10 weeks time, and according to the Welsh international there has been no progress at all, and the Gunners risk losing out on our highest - scoring outfield player in the current squad if a deal isn't agreed before the summer transfer window.

we have at most 4 real quality outfielders i.e. players that other top european teams would take... ozil sanchez santi and kos... in my books you need 6... we are two short but worse the quality of others is lower than needed... only bellerin coq and wilshere have that potential... and there are problems with each still... we should have put in bids in june for griezman kondogbia and the Burussia striker as all could have been prized away with right bid plus players thrown in IMO... now its too late and wenger is in some weird gallic world of existential hope and denial and fans are just praying we do nt lose opening 2 matches for first time in over two decades... but no one is really confident against a team which is sure to finish around mid table...

The Boss refusal to sign at least 2 top quality outfield players in the summer as option & cover for known injured Danny Welbeck & Jack Wilshere has turn round to bite us as Arsenal lost ground in their League campaign during those 2 months the services of Welbeck & Wilshere might have added 10 points to our title charge.

We need players like third and fourth goalkeeper and outfield players in the team in case of injuries from a busy schedule we have in the EPL and if Per don't mind been a sub most of the season and with a reduced salary then both parties are happy, I would like to see Per involved in your development the guy is intelegent and has respect for Arsenal

The American League Player of the Week was Toronto Blue Jay outfielder Joe Carter, who went 14 for 29 with four homers.

It's a slash line that offers contact, patience, and power, all in the complete package of a player who can zip around the bases and the outfield.

This, however, is likely to do with previous reports that the United boss wants one of these five outfield players from Los Blancos, including exciting Spanish starlet Marco Asensio and proven German World Cup winner Toni Kroos.

it will be three outfield players max this summer i think wenger will always stick with scezschny because he is an arsenal man from a young age and wenger always stays loyal to these type of players, we just need to get a better goalkeeper coach in maybe seaman or lehmann to help sharpen him up, as for the other player it will be c / h, d / m and c / f additions not replacements we need to add not replace so we have top quality backup in reserve.

Not only don't we have the quality, we then drag that lack of quality down even further by playing them in a shape and in a system that doesn't benefit a single outfield player.

Five more years of 40 - game seasons will put him in their company, while 10 would make him the busiest outfield player of all time.

Meanwhile, JRW has fielded talented players like Pierce Jones, a tall slender outfielder with a sweet swing, and Trey Hondras, a power - hitting, long - limbed first baseman whose handsome looks drew the attention of pre-teen girls nationwide.

The trade that brought Sutcliffe, a six - year veteran with career marks of 69 - 46 and a 3.87 ERA, reliever George Frazier and catcher Ron Hassey to the Cubs in exchange for four players, including young outfielders Mel Hall and Joe Carter, was one of Chicago's slickest moves ever.

We beat Europe's in form team, which kind of proves that when we keep 11 outfield players we can match the best.

The best part might be where the expensive free agent plays the same position as the player they recently locked up for lots of money, and they'll move the incumbent to the outfield, where he hasn't been very good.

While some rival fans have been taking to social media sites to take the mickey out of Arsenal because of Arsene Wenger's failure, or refusal, to spend any money on new outfield players in the summer transfer window, the prof has been doing a bit of trolling of his own.

We have a world class stadium and fan base (check good) We have a healthy cash deposit (Check good) We have some world class players (check good) We are still short of player additions and didn't sign any outfield player in the summer (check bad) We have not won the BPL in a decade (check bad) We have only a UCL final to boast of (check bad)

Next season will be tough as hell This season was our best chance to win the PL in 12 years Wenger not signing a single outfielder to strengthen the squad was ridiculously bad decision We only needed a top CF and another DM He needs to make up for it by getting a handful of WC players: CF, winger, CB and DM

The Oakland Athletics have reportedly acquired outfielder Stephen Piscotty from the St. Louis Cardinals for a pair of minor league players, per Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports.

I know we did nt buy any senior outfield player, but damn its in the middle of the season now so just support the team.

And if we were left a bit bemused at the manager's failure to sign a single outfield player, the only Premier League team not to do so, then the football media including former Gunners like Thierry Henry were even more critical of what many called the stubbornness of Le Prof.

AW is an attack minded coach who considers only 2 of his 10 outfield players as defensive.

Some players debated that Wenger didn't try to bring in an outfield player, specifically a DM and a ST.. But seriously, ask this question to yourself, could that outfield player have prevented us from conceding those type of goals??

Of course we want the EPL trophy back and we know it does not come easy, but when you are the only Premier League club that does not sign a single outfield player in the summer then you are asking for trouble.

The last 2 summer transfer windows that we bought outfield players we won the FA Cup, not the EPL but it was still a trophy after years of nothing, that got us some # # # # which we missed out on this year.