Sentences with phrase «of the few players up»

I'm not the most ardent Theo Walcott fan either but he was always one of the few players up for a big game.

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So much of the Tim Hortons brand is tangled up in our national identity — and with a hockey player that fewer and fewer people have heard of.

Share prices of oil sands players are down by roughly half since the recession and have shown few signs of perking up for the last several years running.

I am convinced the Euro has been riding high these last few years due to currency manipulators and a few key players who had enough green backs to short the dollar, prop up the Euro, and make a ton of money in the process (George Soros comes to mind).

A good example: I've been playing a videogame of late with a combination Greek / fantasy pantheon in which the player - character is a very faithful servant of a particular goddess, knows other gods exist (because killing them / beating them up is the main plot of the game), and winds up with an ally who can clearly see that the gods exist but only cares about following himself — so there's a mix there of misotheism with a few of the gods (they are there, but they're evil), faithful worship (serving a good goddess), and nay theism («You gods are selfish jerks, I'm going my own way!»).

The obvious candidate for Player of the Year at the moment, Chelsea star Eden Hazard has lit up the Premier League this season and looks almost guranteed to scoop the prize if he can help the Blues wrap up the title in their next few games.

I think if LACAZETTE can keep this up, he's going to claim a place in the french world cup squad next year, his goal scoring instinct is sharp, he knows he won't get too much chances and makes use of the few ones he gets and he was unluncky not to have scored against chelsea and his header wasn't a fluke, he knew where the post were and he directed the ball, he will be handful for defender when our complete squad starts and luckily for us he's not an injury prone player, having him, Sanchez (if he stays), Giroud and Ozil fit will be vital for us this season and i see plenty of goals..

This might be too much to ask but can you dig up the rankings of players before the underwear olympics from the last few years?

We already know that Kieran Gibbs is on the market to free up space for Kolasinac, and probably Lucas Perez will be sold off cheaply at the end of the window, but there are few players that Wenger could get big bucks for other than Oxlade - Chamberlain.

Most of ye probably didn't support arsenal when Wenger was classed as one of the most wanted managers in Europe and was putting it up to Utd and winning trophies every yr things are different now the moving stadium all that less whinging give it a bit of time he is starting to spend and I'm sure he will buy 1 or 2 in Jan and a few big signings nxt summer and I hope he goes out on a high man gets ridiculed by knobs like ye on a regular basis players want to play for him big star players like his style wake up a bit as long as he is in charge the club is in good hands

The report goes on to say that there are a few of our big Premier League rivals keen to snap up the player so it seems pretty odd that Arsenal and Wenger are giving him any reason to consider whether it might be better to move on.

Truth is, once a manager's future is somewhat in doubt, the players kinda take their foot of the gas and once a new manager is appointed, players tend to get fired up even if for a few games.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

If a player shoots up your board this time of year, a few things may have gone wrong within your scouting department:

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.

I do think that stadium debt was a big factor in the lack of success and having to sell our best players, up untill a few years ago.

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.

When we were asking Wenger to spend big to buy Lacazette some few seasons back people said he is not proven on the big stage yet and that he was in the French League.Today, we are in a similar situation and we are going to bid a whooping # 50 for a player who'll probably be benched if Sanchez stays and take up the leading role if he leaves.Whrre's the sense in all this?Probably, long term he might be worth it but as of now he ain't.

What you don't expect is a myriad of players — Admiral Schofield, Lamonte Turner, James Daniel and Jordan Bowden to name a few — with the ability to light it up from the outside.

This year Payton is getting credit for leading an overachieving team — 10 players have fewer than four years» experience — that's challenging for one of the three Western Conference playoff spots that are likely to be up for grabs.

Quite a few notable players will be unable to suit up for this week's version of Sunday Night Football.

Cut out the cancer that is wrecking our club weâ $ ™ ve all been saying for the past few weeks, but what if when youâ $ ™ ve done that there's about four players left in the team — and an ever - shortening list of players of Boa Morteâ $ ™ s quality who are willing to sign up to the soap - opera?

For instance: giving up a disproportionate number of corner threes (which tend to be role player - ish shots) while allowing the fewest total P&R ball - handler points in the league (which tend to be star - type shots).

Although quite a few good players come along on these cruises, I didn't really expect that many of the declarers would be up to the winning play.

Consider this: the Entire NBA national Media & quite a few Local media were practically Inviting the players inside the Sixers locker room to just quit — after all the Nat» l media gave them an Out — it's Not your fault they would imply it's this stupid «Process» that Hinkie dreamed up but in 5 full seasons now — 4 of them filled w / merciless losing there has Not been a Single problem inside that Locker room — Not one «anonymous» quote attacking the coaching staff or management

While few can question Fellaini's importance to United's team this season, he doesn't quite look like the calibre of player PSG would necessarily be desperate to have lining up alongside Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and co..

But when Bellerin faced a few weeks out injured, it was time for Jenkinson to step up, however he looked like he was on a completely different level to the rest of the players and he quickly found himself replaced by centre back Gabriel after a few games.

I too thought he was easily the best player on the pitch in a few of their games, he was everywhere, we don't like that but Wales are set up to accommodate that.

The Penn State players remained polite, buttoned - up and, with the exception of a few wounding jabs at Miami coach Jimmy Johnson's perfectly coiffed hair, respectful.

The issue is that very few players speak out, take leadership over others and when the going gets tough, a lot of them just seem to give up.

That is why every team as a manger, It is down to the manger to make sure we have a very good squad, Not a good starting 11 and a few good subs and the rest of the squad made up of average players, The fact is it all comes down to the manger!!!!!! he as been there for years each and every player is his choice,

In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)

I just can't believe that we have become a joke we always start the season well then have a bumpy December and by the time Feb comes our form has taken a dip and we get kicked out of all competitions except for that valuable top 4 that the board loves so much... ultimately if Arsenal want to compete again we need changes from the bottom up... Kroenke and his board need to go cause clearly for them profits matter more than trophies... Wenger needs to go for his lack of tactical naus guy has been using the same fornation since I was in high school and I'm doing my honours in accounting now... our medical team must all go our players always get injured and they never come back in time (take a look at Santi) players like Coquelin Theo Mesut Gabriel Gibbs Giroud just to name a few need to go they're just not good enough seriously these players lack fight tactical Discipline and tactical awareness... at the end of the day change needs to happen things can't keep going like this for us....

We have been linked with a number of players this past few months, from goalkeepers right up to the frontmen strikers, but is our current squad good enough to challenge for the title next season?

And actually feel a bit sorry for Chambers — he might have been our best player for the first 6 or 8 matches of the season but can see the fans ganging up on him now following a few disappointments.

Arsene Wenger has some big choices to make in the next few days about which Arsenal players will be in the starting line up on Tuesday night, when the German Bundesliga champions come to town for the first of two back to back games that will probably decide our fate in the Champions League this season.

Henry clearly thinks that Vardy has a screw loose and that he should have already snapped Wenger's offer up gratefully, pointing out that as the Leicester player is almost 30 and has only a few years left at the top of his game, this really is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Just a few of years ago, after the «homegrown» rules were tightened up in the European Leagues, Arsene Wenger promised to build an «English core» of players, educated in the Arsenal academy and taught to play the Arsenal way.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** oUp front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** oup and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

As is only to be expected in a competition that, for many years, threw the champions of more modest footballing nations up against the continent's elite, a fair few players have plundered five goals in the same game.

I like both Welbeck and Lucas but don't really understand why we got them as Welbeck wasn't an improvement and Lucas was a gamble because he is 28 and only 1 good season (also he hardly starts even though he has performed well) we should have got a WC Forward in past few years Now we have: Alexis, Giroud, Welbeck, Lucas, Iwobi, Ox, Walcott, Akpom, Sanogo, Campbell We are collecting average to good players (except Alexis who is WC) In order to get another WC forward we need to get rid of a few of the above for funds and clear up wages.

Wenger has no clue on how to set up his team, the best position for the good players I his squad and he is incapable of motivating his players to get results just to mention a few.

The knives are out for the boss in the football media once again, and a few of the individual players as well after another performance that has added fuel to the fire of the old adage that Arsenal have got a soft centre and don't like it up»em, with the Watford penalty scorer Troy Deeney not helping by suggesting that exact thing.

Absolutley fair point, but who's to say that he is even going to perform well, he has had a few scary patches of inconsistency, like most brazilian players now days remember Bernard, Adriano, Vagner Love, Ganso it ends up all the same..

Cazorla has 1 or 2 years at the top left, it could be a good time this season to move him back to ACM and act as direct cover for Ozil, Cazorla is one of the few players good enough to fill that role and not end up a hindrance.

We can easily free up salaries and free up money for transfers Sell Ramsey and / or Wilshere (Ramsey playing poorly, Wilshere injury prone) We can sell a few of our forwards to help fund a World Class player

As for Thomas I doubt he goes ahead Hurst, Goedert, Gesicki, Andrews and a few others TE...... with all the rumors of players rasing up the first 3 round would have to have 60 picks each to fit all of them.....

Wenger doesn't know how to win the PL He inherited many of the players in late 90's He didn't build our legendary brick walll of a defense That's why we havent had one since they broke up We didn't even adequately replace Viera (who again Wenger inheited) Coquelin came from our academy like Bellerin (very few top players come from Academy) And Coquelin isn't good enough Wenger will NOT spend big on a Defensive Midfielder

If we had a manager in the form of Allegri or Simeone then I'm sure the team with a few new players and a lot of our dead wood players shipped out to ever is willing to stomp up the cash for them, then I believe we would be challenging for every domestic cup / PL and more importantly the Champions League, but while Wenger is allowed to dictate his own terms to the Board and Kroenke then we will never ever move on, we will become a laughing stock and probably be relegated.

Back at the circle, one of the players has scaled a few feet up the wall and is flailing a broom wildly with one hand and coming up short with each swing.