Sentences with phrase «place in the first team»

He's a fine young player with a great attitude who's rarely looked out of place in his first team outings this season.

Firstly, when did you see any of them play well enough to deserve a regular place in the first team?

It would open up around 8/9 places in the first team squad, but not even have any impact as only a handful of them are actual starters.

The appointment of Terry will complement the wealth of football experience already in place in our First Team Manager, Nigel Pearson; Academy Director, Jon Rudkin and Football Operations Director, Andrew Neville, whose roles all remain unchanged.I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Terry to Leicester City and wish him great success in his new role.»

Instead he is a central midfielder which is probably the position that Arsenal least need any more options in, with Cazorla, Ramsey, Wilshere, Xhaka, Elneny and co already fighting for places in the first team.

Well it seems that Arsene does know best and all the players on the field looked like they were fighting for a starting place in the first team.

Zidane and Real have a lot of quality stars at their disposal for all departments on the pitch, who are still fighting for a regular place in the first team.

This is a big game for the club captain Mikel Arteta who needs to show that he can be a viable alternative to the brilliant Francis Coquelin, while both full backs will also want to impress the boss in order to challenge for their places in the first team.

But how long will Mertesacker's place in the first team be safe with Gabriel pushing to start?

Perhaps strong competition for places in the first team will help and if it was me I would every now and then pull out a video of a game like Watford to remind the players what can happen if they slack off and make them recall how bad those times feel.

Chirivella will not be playing in the most functional of teams, but at least he doesn't have much competition for a place in the first team.

Martinez could do with all the confidence boosting he can get because not only does he have the brilliant Cech to get past for a place in the first team, he has the excellent Colombian international number one David Ospina and then the even younger Mat Macey to consider, but Cech says that all four Arsenal keepers have a good working relationship despite the strong competition between them.

OTHERWISE AKPOM CHUBA DESERVES A PLACE IN THE FIRST TEAM OR SOME MINUTES.

Well I think a recall to the England squad and then a place in the first team will surely help and with the Gunner in red hot scoring form and with the Tottenham striker Harry Kane out of action with injury I think that will happen over the next two weeks.

The Young Lions have so far kept two clean sheets out of three games with Chambers being very impressive at the centre of defence, and he is looking forward to returning to Arsenal to fight for his place in the first team.

What tonight will bring is plenty of players looking to earn a place in the first team in games that do matter, and Roy Hodgson has confirmed the likes of Ryan Babel, Joe Cole and Christian Poulsen are set to start — as well as young players such as Danny Wilson, Martin Kelly, Jonjo Shelvey and Dani Pacheco.

Sherwood worked with the centre - half during his spell in Tottenham's youth set up, with the now Spurs manager singing his praises and pushing for his place in the first team squad.

I just want to cement my place in the first team, get more games and hopefully stay for a long time.

the truth of the matter is, although we have some great youngsters easily holding their place in the first team arsenal and especially «wenger» should be able to identify a major tell sign, being that you can't have an ozil, lacazette or even sanchez every 2 - 3 years and expect them to stay.

Emile Heskey has failed to cement his place in the first team which leaves O'Neill looking for an effective partner for Gabriel Agbonlahor and it could be that man could be Kevin Doyle, a player who has more than proved his top tier credentials in recent seasons.

And now we have the Spanish club captain Mikel Arteta fit again, the chance of the Gunners finding a place in the first team for the former AC Milan man are almost non-existent.

But now it seems (after another long term injury) that he is now back to full fitness, and now Wenger is saying that the 32 year - old is now back in contention for a place in first team squad after playing some games in the Europa League and the Caraboa Cup.

: all youth players should be sent on loan before getting a place in the first team.

What I would say is, now is the time for others to step up, affect the game, score goals and stake a place in the first team.

He has stuck with players who have been sub-standard and not worthy of a place in the first team.

The big man has allayed those fears this week and declared that he knows he faces a fight for a place in the first team and has no intention of giving up on his career as a Gunner, even if his Chilean rival does also commit his future to the club.

But Casillas stayed and has generally kept his place in the first team, playing 29 La Liga games to the five of Navas.

He will be looking to continue his emergence at Burnley, potentially returning to United in January as a player capable of genuinely putting pressure on the senior central defenders that are ahead of him when it comes to challenging for a place in the first team.

Joel Campbell also arrived with great promise but never seemed to like waiting patiently for a place in the first team, but Wenger refused to sell him and obviously believes that there are great things to come from the Costa Rican international.

The only player that keeps his place in the first team after coming in for the Cherries is our England international Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, so the Costa Rican forward Joel Campbell will start from the bench and will probably feature at some point.

I'll concede that maybe he is better as a sub, but he is worthy of his place in the first team.

Arsenal were believed to be keen on bringing him to the Emirates this summer, with Kieran Gibbs heavily linked with the exit door, having lost his place in the first team to Nacho Monreal of late.

No placed in the first team is owned.

You earn a place in the first team by working for it; consistently putting in performances that show you deserve it.

They still will have to find a place in the first team squad, but their selection on academy and loan level is huge.

Being able to rest Alexis or Ozil every now would surely help to keep their legs fresh and their minds focused, as well as keeping them on their toes and fighting hard for their places in the first team.

Wenger has also mentioned that he thought Calum Chambers could also be an accomplished Defensive Midfielder, so Arteta now has two more challengers to his place in the first team, on top of his straight replacement Matthieu Flamini!

With Arsenal set to sign Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia in a # 35 million deal, it means that one current defender on Arsenal's books is going to find his place in the first team squad drop down the pecking order.

If Arteta does hang up his boots, you might think that the current vice captain would get the nod but that is Per Mertesacker and at the moment he has lost his place in the first team.

Strikers Carlos Vela and Nicklas Bendtner have both struggled to cement a place in the first team but the Mexican's spell at West Brom may work the same magic as Jack Wilshere's stint at Bolton and the top notch performances he has put in at the Baggies mean he is more likely to be staying at the Emirates than Danish international.

Ilori is keen to stay with the Merseyside club and fight for his place in the first team, despite having never made an appearance since signing in 2013 [Liverpool Echo].

If Arsenal are going to keep hold of Olivier Giroud this summer as Arsene Wenger has suggested he will, then the big centre forward will be only too aware that he faces a fight for his place in the first team.