Sentences with phrase «oft injured player»

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How terribly sad... we have fallen so far that we find ourselves in the ridiculous position of propping up the oft - injured and rarely inspirational Jack Wiltshire... what's next, extending Walcott, Welbeck and Ramsey... can't you see that these players have nothing to do with winning and all to do with providing recognizable names to the plastic fans who frequent our overgrown library of a stadium... it's high time we rid this club of one of the worlds most incompetent and unsuccessful owners (look it up) and our fragile and spineless manager (much like our club) who can't bring in the best talent because he knows he can't live up to expectations that come with players of that ilk... think about it, he couldn't even handle Sanchez, who was largely a periphery character in Barcelona

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 think what's tough for Arsenal is that Arsene has amassed a bunch of players that if fit / healthy would result in a very strong team, but instead because they're oft injured, we're always on the brink of well let's just hang on and hope they come good v. let's just get rid of them Mourinho style and get new people.

Many clubs were also obsessed with players» fielding, so while the A's spent $ 5.25 million on the oft - injured defensive whiz Coco Crisp and the Orioles threw $ 4.5 million at the recently offensively inept Garrett Atkins largely because of his ability to fill holes at both first and third, Dye — whose outfield range has deteriorated — was left out in the cold.

Really, I want to put the Blue Jays in the winners» column, but they took on a bit of financial baggage for an oft - injured player and dished out a lot of useful prospects for a rental.

Furthermore, they have constructed a business model, with Wenger's active involvement, that appears to serve no one except the owner, Wenger, Gazidis and the multitude of overpaid, oft - injured and / or underachieving players that has enabled the owner to invest nothing, while still increasing his overall net worth with no foreseeable financial risk.

One of them, an «author and eccentric» called Sue, turns out to be a retired policewoman - turned - shepherdess living a hardy, isolated life in the North of England; another, Andrew, is a rugby player hoping not to fall on his oft - injured shoulder.