Sentences with phrase «on and off the pitch in»

Valencia have gone through a lot of problems on and off the pitch in the last two seasons, but they are still one of the most successful teams in Spain.

Not exact matches

I know we're short in central midfield, but Arsenal would actually be better off playing with a man less, than having Ramsey on the pitch, and Giroud proved over a whopping FOUR YEARS, that he isn't good to be our main striker.

Tottenham and England ace Dele Alli is in red hot form on the pitch, and it seems as though his girlfriend Ruby Mae is equally as hot off it.

With life treating him well on and off the pitch, there seems to be no limit to what Alli can achieve as the 20 - year - old has bagged himself 17 goals so far this season and continues to establish himself as one of the top players in the Premier League.

However, considering the money he has spent since his arrival in 2014 and given how big United are as a club both on and off the pitch, there really is no excuse to suggest that they shouldn't be competing at a higher level.

Those two would give us great energy and work rate in midfield and if Wenger wants to bring the just back Coquelin off before the end he has a ready made replacement on the pitch in Elneny, increasing his options to change things around.

Aformer fast - pitch softball player, Margie strapped on gear to catch CC in thebackyard, quitting only when, at 12, he nearly broke her hand with a fastballand she pulled off the mask and said, «Get someone else.

He has the passion but not the ability and I still believe he has a vital role to play in Arsenal season, albeit more as a presence off the pitch than on it.

Martial will be sick of the bench, Zlatan will retire, Rooney will quit or go to the US, Mata will be gone next summer, and between the player's he's treated like rubbish and the people he's offended in the front office, the club will start to fall apart on and off the pitch and he'll be fired or resign.

With two wins in two games to start the La Liga campaign and four goals scored with none conceded, things are going to plan on the pitch even if there have been plenty of distractions off it.

I actually thought he played well when he came in, got to wonder he seemed to get on well with sanchez on and off the pitch is this why wenget didn't take to him?

While the squad reconvened on the training pitches in recent days, Mauricio has spent the last fortnight counting down the hours to his seventh Premier League meeting with Arsenal, his eighth overall, and plotting the Gunners» downfall in Saturday's 12.30 pm kick - off at the Emirates.

There had been concerns earlier in the summer that Ozil was becoming frustrated with Arsenal's lack of ambition, both on the pitch and off it regarding transfers.

Start laying in the foundations for a new manager now, get the right type of support and in 12 months time when Wengers contract runs out we bid him a good farewell and remember the good he done, it gives the club 12 months to make the changes and then we can show any great manager that we mean business on the pitch and not just off it.

«It is important for his development that he is given the time to adapt to his new surroundings both on and off the pitch and we believe that by coming to us in January it will give him the best opportunity to do so.»

With an exciting mixture of promising young talent combined with the experience of six returning Blues, led by a captain who leads by example both on and off the pitch, and inspired, motivated and guided by the ever-wise words of OUAFC stalwart coach Mickey Lewis, the Blues started off their BUCS campaign with 4 straight victories, in a run that saw them storm to the top of the league.

The Black Cats will not be looking forward to taking on the Gunners today, having already endured relegation, and with their fans having booed their players off the pitch at half - time in their previous match.

It is incredibly satisfying to see the team really starting to click both on and off the pitch and despite being in low positions on our Saturday league, I have high hopes we will turn it around this term when we re-meet teams that I know we can give a run for their money.

We played Cambridge 2s in a BUCS league match in the second week of term and lost 6 - 0, we then drew them in the second round of the BUCS cup and lost 3 - 1, holding them at 1 - 1 for much of the game before conceding two late goals — I think the contrast between these two results (and the performances) is a testament to our hard work on and off the pitch and gives us a lot to be optimistic about looking forward to next term.

He is a world class player on and off the pitch,» the Egypt international told beIN Sports, as quoted in football.london.

There is no doubt in my mind that the most disastrous decision we made during the past calendar year, up to and including the most eventful January transfer window in recent memory, was not the Sanchez debacle that saw him off to Old Trafford, which will forever be considered a failure of epic proportions, or the selling off of Ox to Liverpool following a thrashing less than a fortnight earlier, or even the triangular clusterf * ck that saw Giroud head to our crosstown rivals in the 11th hour, but the re-upping of our manager after another tumultuous and cringe - worthy campaign both on and off the pitch.

Our board has recently stated that whoever is manager will take FULL responsibility for the actions of the club's decisions both on and off the pitch even though he plays no part in most of them.

When a target is evaluating his options to sign somewhere else and he has a chance to play alongside one of the best wingers in the game, Sanchez is a fantastic asset to have, on and off the pitch.

As Wenger said in response to the protests: «We live in a society of total opinion but we live off not what we say but what we do — and what we do is on the pitch,» Tomorrow night, Arsenal desperately need to «do what they do» and take all three points from high - flying Southampton to take some pressure off the manager and the players....

The match in question, sometimes referred to as the «Battle of the Bridge» for the fighting that took place on and off the pitch, featured Chelsea overcoming a 2 - 0 deficit to tie the game against Tottenham and deprive the Spurs of their last chance to stave off Leicester City in the Premier League title chase.

On pitch successes coupled with off - field sponsorship deals have driven these clubs» worth through the roof, and according to Forbes, these are the 12 most valuable football teams in the world.

A generally well - respected coach (in the cones on the pitch sense) but a deeply flawed manager (in the actually running a team sense), McClaren arrived at Newcastle having pulled off the uneasy trick of failing upwards, having blown the Championship title with (and then been sacked by) Derby County.

So bearing in mind nearly all the whining on here involves the alleged lack of quality in nearly every other position on the pitch other than those occupied by AR / MO (LW / ST / CDM / LB / GK / CB etc) your idea to improve the team would be to sell Ramsey and / or Ozil and buy Fabregas, a player who f**ked off when we needed him and came crawling back expecting royal treatment after his Barca love affair went tits up.

corzola is very good at giving us good control when we are up against teams that stand off our midfield, but if we up against a team that presses against us we need power to break through and press back, i saw pogba last night and he was miles above all the players on the pitch, when he came on just ran the whole midfield on his own, wenger should blow all of his next summers budget signing pogba, even if it takes everything we got the kid is the best young c / m in the world atm.

Da Costa declared that he had lined up Pereira as a possible successor to Villas - Boas «about a month» before the 33 year - old departed for Chelsea, and whilst there may be an element of exaggeration in what he said, there is little doubt that continuity is a prized commodity at the Dragão, on and off the pitch.

Nelson certainly appears to be level - headed on and off the pitch, and seems to have the right attitude to make it big in the game, but we all know how quickly the young players can get distracted from what is important, and hopefully he can continue to concentrate on his football.

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

Most of us were on Wenger's case until very recently seeing that we didn't understand what his overall game plan [on and off the pitch] was and we had good reason to doubt him but at least the criticisms were meant to be of a constructive nature but I fail to understand folks who come on here to spew bile even when things are finally looking up for once in a very long while.

Cech said after the game: «We played really well in the first half and that sending off changed the situation on the pitch.

However, things have deteriorated for him in his second year, as he has struggled with fitness and form and issues both on and off the pitch.

Off course we can not just change everyone on the pitch (as Hafiz would have liked), but the fair point is that we need a goal machine sort of striker and we need him as soon as possible, bringing on Alexis Sanchez (who just came back from his extended leave) in the second half after Walcott, is itself a proof that Giroud can not score in such games where if expect our striker to score.

My point is that the Captains job is on the pitch and the off field side of things is down to the manager and in the past few season's history has proven that Wenger just picks his lineup and tells them to go out and enjoy themselves.

He may not have the physical abilities all of us want but he is the role model on and off the pitch, he put in 100 % every single game he played, helping new player adapting to life at Arsenal.

It might seem like a small matter, but evidently Griezmann values being happy off the pitch as a huge factor in his success on it, and so it remains to be seen whether or not his fears over not settling in England turn him off the idea of moving to Manchester this summer.

There were rumours yesterday of a bust up in the dressing room an hour before kick off, which would explain the lack of cohesion and lacklustre performance on the pitch to a degree.

As well as pointing out that it is his decision and that Danny Welbeck is in need of minutes on the pitch, Wenger was relaxed about the reaction and explained that no player wants to come off.

The pair played against each other at the Euro's this summer and so they won't let family blood get in the way of their professionalism on the pitch, which is good for Arsenal given that Wednesday night is likely to be the first time Xhaka has managed to pull off a starting role in the squad.

Lazio's solicitor Gian Michele Gentile added that this is a «clear breach of contract» and that legal action was inevitable with the club put in a difficult position both on and off the pitch.

Man city project started in 2008, it took them almost 10 years with heavy investment on and off the pitch.

Instead, Wenger strengthened the one area on the pitch that didn't strengthening, CM position, and in Kallstrom we had a very average player with no pace and to top it all off... he couldn't even play for about 6 weeks due to injury.

What that teaches us is this, one bad signing can destroy a team season, Xhaka possesses none of the credential Arsenal need his lack of stamina effects his ability to move up the pitch and distribute the ball and hence close the opposition down, his poor acceleration put him in at a massive disadvantage in taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal, his sluggish tackling causes him to get sent off and his poor positioning allow the opposition plenty of space to exploit, Xhaka overall style of play is going to cause Arsenal huge problems for the foreseeable future.

After his retirement, the Arsenal boss was keen to pick a player who showed leadership on and off the pitch and in the eyes of Arsene Wenger, that player was Per Mertesacker.

I have heard people talking about a staleness that can creep in when the players are dealing with the same man at the top for so long and to be perfectly honest I am struggling to remember when the problems both on and off the pitch for Arsenal went on for so long.

Well written, but I think it will fall on deaf ears, my fear is as follows, it will take a loss in money for the manager and board to change, this will only come if we finish out of the top 4, but knowing the board they would still give home a season to try again, I feel very sorry for Sanchez, he is total quality and deserves better, most of the other players look settled, turn up give70 % and get paid, no matter what level you play at you should come off the pitch thinking I gave everything, how many of our players could say that, they lack motivation, player for player we are as good if not better than athletico Madrid but they have a manger that gets 100 % out of every player, Klopp is the same, but why would they leave their clubs to come here with a boar that cares about money not entertainment, Wenger was a lucky manager he inherited a top defence now his luck has run out

Not saying he is not a damn good player but he is not someone that can stand toe to toe with Alexis Sanchez in terms of their work rate, discipline and impact both on and off the pitch.