When Arsenal declined to sign a single
outfield player last summer, Arsene Wenger insisted that he simply could not find someone with the «exceptional quality» to improve his squad.
Despite being arguably our best
outfield player last season, Herrera found himself out of the side for an extended period, much to the frustration of the fans.
I actually disagree with you, given the current circumstances our team is good enough to win this year, Leicester players cumulatively are no way better than our players (if you ask me «if we are good enough» at the begining of the season, I would say: hell no), but the tactics and the favoritism let's down... How can you justify him not signing a single
outfield player last summer?
Jesus we need to put this «it's Wengers fault we didn't win because he didn't buy
an outfield player last summer» talk to an end.
It is not forgivable that Arsenal is the only team in top flight European clubs that did not sign
an outfield player last summer.
The Gunners are not in the best situation currently, with many fans having turned on the manager in recent months, with the club's failure to sign a single
outfield player last summer blamed on their disappointing title challenge.
This thing looks so easy: We didn't sign
any outfield player last season the fact that we are always told we have enough cash.
If you are unhappy that arsenal did not buy
any outfield players last season and are unhappy with this transfer window then not buying merchandise will tell kroenke that he has a problem with his «brand» and may do something about it.
He knew he goofed not buying
outfield players last summer because he felt Walcott and Welbeck had come of age to stand up and be counted.
Not exact matches
Last summer not signing an
outfield player (striker?)
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.
In fact despite having a small fortune in cash available this
last summer to buy some much needed reinforcements, he didn't buy a single
outfield player.
Are we really surprised by Wenger though?this is the same manager who only signed a goalkeeper with no
outfield players in the
last summer transfer window and this is the same manager who brought in an injured CM Kim Kallstrom on loan when we were leading the league in January 2014 and we needed a striker!
Recall
last season when Wenger captured Petr Cech and then went on not to sign any
outfield player?!
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.
Aaron Cresswell has made more errors leading to an opposition goal in the
last 3 Premier League seasons (10) than any other
outfield player.
Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil have arrived in recent windows, somewhat exciting the masses, but with the club failing to sign a single
outfield player in the
last close - season, the fans have every right to be frustrated.
Last summer with the same need we tried nothing as far as
outfield players were concerned.
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.
Going by that statement I doubt that the German was very impressed by Wenger's actions
last summer, when he failed to bring in even ONE
outfield player.
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.
My
last space would be filled by carvalho if we had money left to be used as a utility
player or I would keep one of the 8
outfield players I was planning on selling / releasing
he was the 2nd best
outfield player for montpellier
last season (squwka * behind remy cabella and infront of new spurs boy stambuili)
Everyone was waiting for a big
outfield player, they had Ozil two seasons ago, Sanchez
last summer and it just didn't happen.»
I've always backed AW but not buying a single
outfield player was the
last straw for me!
The protests eventually died down a little once Wenger bought Granit Xhaka and met the buyout clause for Jamie Vardy, as at least he is showing a tad more ambition than he did
last summer when he bought ZERO
outfield players.
Injuries clearly played their part in our downfall this term, but for me, Arsene Wenger should be well aware that we ALWAYS lose a number of
players during the season, and should have used the summer window
last year to bring in two or three
outfield players (instead of 0).
We are doing the same thing that Chelsea did but with so many injuries and no
outfield players purchased
last summer and yet people think we ought to be doing better?
Arsenal added no
outfield player because we couldn't find anyone to improve us, breezed preseason, and then have went on to show the same tragic management as
last season whilst making an absolute mug of ourselves in Europe to boot.
Mourinho has a whole squad of
players who get no games including
last seasons
outfield player of year Martial and likes of Schneiderlin, Mata, Depay, Herrera etc..
«In a 90 day transfer window, a team that was 12 points off the pace
last year, did not find a single
outfield player to better their squad while a Billion Pounds was spent in transfers»
Arsene Wenger might decide to keep faith with the Arsenal
players who got beat in our
last Premier League match which ended with a 4 - 0 defeat away to Liverpool and could have been a lot worse if Petr Cech had played as badly as his
outfield colleagues, but somehow I doubt it and expect the manager to make a few changes to the team for the home game against Bournemouth tomorrow.
In fact, he didn't sign a single
outfield player the season after Sanchez signed and Xhaka was his best effort
last season.
Last season was an embarrassment for us and the season before we didn't buy a single (
outfield)
player, I think it is a bit rich to turn on Sanchez who no one doubts wants to win above all and if we think that buying Lacazette will win us the PL we have learned nothing from the past.
Our Rosicky is also our best over 30's
outfield player and he is our oldest in mid 30's too Unfortunately we may have seen him for the
last time with his injuries
So now we know why no
outfield players were bought
last season.
The two biggest factors in the Cubs» surprising turnaround
last year were rookie
outfielders Jerome Walton -LRB-.293, 24 steals) and Dwight Smith (52 RBIs in 343 at bats), the first position
players from the same team to finish 1 - 2 in the Rookie of the Year voting since Fred Lynn and Jim Rice did it for the 1975 pennant - winning Red Sox.
GOD knows what wud hav happened if he hadnt inherited george Graham's defense as thats what i hav heard u ppl say.and maybe hes afraid that spending will expose his incompetence... if hes that a genuis that he shows himself to be (he stands on his opinion even when whole world think otherwise); then atleast arsenal twam shud be within some 5 pts of first placed teams for most seasons and hav regularly atleast a quarter final finish.he had shown glimpses of a changed attitude with ozil and Sanchez but i guess am wrong.arsenal first place in January when ozil was bought, ppl asked for striker, but this man showed himself to know more and failed again.a nd
last year only club to not buy an
outfield player #wow jus wow; like team was picture perfect....
We have added «0»
outfield players to our team that came in third
last year.
Premier League stars faced that age old conundrum this
last weekend with temperatures plummeting almost to zero whilst matches were underway but despite having to brave the cold, just 24 of the 200
outfield players chose to wear gloves.
Goalkeeper Moutha - Sebtaoui received an injury on the
last day of the tournament, meaning
outfield players keeping goal in true 5 - aside style for the final few matches.
But the numbers likely don't account for everything, either: keeper Claudio Bravo was a swinging gate
last season, while the team's fullbacks — i.e., 20 percent of the team's
outfield players — were league - average at best.
Furthermore, DDR does excel at the offensive components of this position, as he averaged 20 meters per pass
last season, while completing 89 % of all his passes, both high marks on the clubs
last season among
outfield players who logged at least 1,000 minutes, suggesting that he is actually adept at distributing from the back.
Xavi was also a star on the international stage, winning the European Championship in 2008 and 2012, while lifting the World Cup in 2010 with Spain, for whom he made 133 appearances — a record for an
outfield player - before retiring after
last year's World Cup in Brazil.
* The other three
outfield players to appear in every minute in the Premier League
last season were Mohamed Elmohamady (Hull City), Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), and Terry's Chelsea team - mate Branislav Ivanovic.
We've won just six out of our 22 games to date and the result of it all was shown
last week with only Khius Metz of eight
outfield players winning a third year at Burnley.
Wenger had the Arsenal fanbase frustrated by the end of deadline day after deciding against signing a single
outfield player — the only club in Europe's top five leagues not to do so
last summer.
It uses the FOX engine (also being used by Metal Gear Solid V) and has some significant advancements, it will feature 3 times more animations than
last years title, much focus has been placed on Goalkeepers animation this time and
outfield players will benefit from a greater variety of movements and techniques.