Sentences with phrase «place the club into»

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Author Chuck Palahniuk plans to revisit Tyler Durden and the whole gang in an upcoming graphic novel that takes place 10 years after the events of Fight Club, his novel which David Fincher later adapted into the now - classic film.

I know that many elders and churchgoers don't like the idea of their building becoming an office complex or dance club, but from God's perspective, is the building really accomplishing its purpose by sitting empty six days of the week, or being a place that Christians dump thousands and millions of dollars into every year just so they can have a place to talk about the Bible?

And then we walked into this place, a remodeled building named for the women's club that occupied it for almost a century.

However, Gareth Bale's transformation into one of the best players on the planet, helped Andre Villas - Boas lead Tottenham to 72 points in the 2012 - 13 campaign — a club record, although it was only worthy of fifth place and another year in the Europa League.

Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the Premier League champions Leicester City last season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this season, while Chelsea had such a poor campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.

A draw would put Arsenal into third place before the other clubs play.

We know that Arsene Wenger will be intent on keeping up his admittedly very impressive record of getting us into the Champions League and even though it is very tight between second and sixth place and we have some very big clubs to contend with I am confident he will do it.

Remember if you aren't at the head of the class when it comes to the development of young talent, which means eyes on the ground everywhere, a vast array of connections with soccer associations throughout Europe and beyond and a manager willing to properly train and play said blue chippers, (like the 90s Arsenal or clubs like the modern day Monaco and Dortmund) you need to spend to win... anything in between is highly problematic... failure to make the necessary changes leaves you in the proverbial «no man's land» and that is currently where we reside... it's difficult to get out of this rut... just ask either of the Milan teams... next step after that is being known as a «seller», which could be us already if and when Sanchez leaves... there are only two teams that have worn this moniker in recent times and had some decent success and that is Athletico Madrid and Dortmond, which only occurred when they both brought in new, charismatic leaders in Simmone & Klopp... the odds that Wenger could conjure up the magic to repeat the performances of a bygone era are incredibly low, so why prolong the agony... he's not willing to create the hierarchy necessary to go the youth route and he's unwilling to put his team's potential success ahead of his job security by laying it on the line with Moustache, so it's time to place all your chips in the middle or go gently into that good night

Given the nature of the second tier of English football, a string of wins could catapult the club right up into the promotion places, and so there is undoubtedly still plenty of time to get things right and start pushing up the table.

Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked out of the FA Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our Champions League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win of last season to enter into this letter.

Arsenal have been desperately unlucky with securing work permits for young players being brought into the club from non-EU countries, even under the special talent measures that football permits have in place.

Montpellier Herault Sport Club secured a convincing 3 - 1 victory over SC Bastia to move into sixth place in the Ligue 1 table.

The Danish international is heading into the final year of his contract at the Amsterdam ArenA and though the club look likely to cash in on him, sporting director Marc Overmars has also denied that a deal with Dortmund is in place.

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!!!

However, the England boss explained his decision, after Arsene Wenger suggested that the Gunners star should be brought back into the England squad, by saying that he could not give a place to someone who had not been playing regularly at club level.

Now it would appear that Arsenal have turned their attention to the Nice midfielder Jean - Michael Seri, who has helped the South of France club make it back into the top three of Ligue 1 and a place in Europe's elite competition, the Champions League, for the first time in over 50 years.

This form has seen them shoot into second place in the Premier league table just 2 - points behind early leaders Chelsea and fans will be hoping that these big injury set - backs will not have too great of an effect on their club's form as the season progresses and they will welcome back Flores when he returns from his suspension in several week's time.

The only thing which makes our team unbalanced is playing the luxury item we bought called ozil.I thought he would need time to adjust to physicality of premier league so i supported him, but the guy hasn't improved he tries to dribble past ppl but runs into them somehow, tries to do showboating at unnecessary time which he fails to do miserably.And i see him giving too many back passes when he should drive forward.And the biggest reason i stopped liking him as a player is bcoz of his sulky attitude.No passion or drive for the club, as if he wanted to be at some other club and is just doing the job without his heart in it.He neeeds to be placed on the bench and make him work hard to retain his place.Ramsey and coq in middle with ox and sanchez on both wing and cazorla as cam will make us a more balanced midfield.

Parlour said, «You're always going to have some fans who want a change and look, Arsenal football club is a huge club, and nobody is ever bigger than the club and Wenger's been a fantastic manager but you've got to get the right man into place.

But if Wenger is continuing to hold the negative cloud of uncertainty over his future with the club on purpose in the hope the annual late rally to secure a top 4 spot would justify a new contract then I would rather finish 7th, outside of the European football places allowing a new manager to focus just on the PL and taking any arguments away from Wenger that would delude him into thinking he should continue his unsuccessful reign and the systematic dismantling of our competitive status and DNA.

earned a place in the Champions League Group Stages, and we also managed to «not lose» to a Top Club in an away fixture again, which can only help our confidence going into next seasons campaign.

Despite where Manchester United have reached in the Europa League this season, I believe that focusing on domestic football will give the club a better chance of swiftly climbing back into the Champions League places or even further.

Work permit regulations have been toughened in recent years, and with the 18 year - old far from breaking into the senior Chile international side, we could be forced to send him to one of our feeder clubs until a permit could become possible (Brexit could complicate this further, but we believe the Freedom of Movement Act will remain in place).

Club America, the reigning champions, moved into third place in this season's Liga MX after a 5 - 0 drubbing of previously high - flying Chiapas on Saturday.

«With the new round of Premier League broadcast deals set to deliver greatly improved domestic broadcast revenues in 2016/17, we expect to see Premier League clubs cementing their places in the top 30 in the coming years, with potential for some of these to climb into the top 20.»

The team fetes often took place at Dion's Bar of Music, a club at College and El Cajon owned by Dion Rich, who later became infamous for sneaking into Super Bowl locker rooms and having his picture taken with NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle.

even when he suffered a serious knee injury, instead of accepting the fact that he would never stick his legs into the spaces that were crucial for someone with straight ahead speed to succeed, the club actually contemplated giving him a chance to play up top where his lack of physicality, size and holding up play talents would been on display for all to see... these are not the actions of a club that really cares about winning at the highest levels, but they are the actions of a club that wasn't interested in spending the necessary resources to purchases a world - class striker, which is usually the most expensive position on the pitch... instead we adopted the horrible phrase «like a new signing» and proceeded to allow this ridiculous experiment to carry on, which ultimately caused some discomfort on the training pitch and inside the locker room as players battled for a position that shouldn't have been theirs for the taking in the first place... don't get me wrong, I believe that Walcott is a talented player, who can help a team reach their goals, if their goals are relatively modest... just look at the teams who supposedly expressed interest in his services and they weren't the kind of clubs who aspire to win at the highest levels... as for the reasons why he hasn't been bitching and moaning about moving on just look at the wage benefits he receives from our club and his obvious desire to enjoy the societal advantages that come with playing in North London for a club with worldwide appeal... so instead of continuing to try to fix a coat with a broken zipper simply move on and buy a new and better coat

Two: Biting female mosquitoes are still female, and hence have a difficult time getting into the club in the first place.

But he is now back and has been a massive part of his club's climb up the Bundesliga into sixth, while they also sit on top of their Champions League group and need just one point from the next two games to guarantee a place in the next round.

The Gunners lost 4 - 0 to the Anfield club in the back end of August, but have since won six of their seven outings in all competitions, and have shot up the table into fifth place at present.

I'm sure not every club has things just fall into place every transfer window.

This result was a microcosm of the last few years where we sneak into the CL places and paper over the serious cracks we have at the club.

Because they put that barrier in place to put into check some would be excesses by any Premeir League club in their recruitment of non EU players.

That could turn third and second places into first place, that could win a club their first Champions League.

The Brazilian has helped the capital club into the top three and, with only three matches to play, the Biancocelesti sit inside the Champions League qualification places.

The former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper experienced a rocky start to his Manchester United career, losing his place to backup keeper Anders Lindergaard multiple times during his two year spell at the club, but he appears to be coming of age, and maturing into a truly world class keeper.

It's added that the Italian giants will place a $ 50m price - tag on Donnarumma to ensure that even if their rivals still wish to sign him, they'll have to dig deep into their pockets to afford him as they look to protect their position and keep their top players at the club for years to come.

The Merseyside club lost to Seville 3 - 1 last night, after taking a 1 - 0 lead into the half - time break, and will be strongly disappointed to have ended the season with only an eighth place finish to boast of.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

For the first time ever under Arsene Wenger Arsenal finished below the Champions League places last season, and we all know that the endless speculation about whether he would be extending his managerial contract, after 21 years at the club, turned into a media circus with just about every single press conference ending with exactly the same questions.

never waste CAPITAL LETTERS on an article about Chambers at this juncture... I still can't believe that no one from management has ever explained why such a frugal club spent so much money on him in the first place... we haggle for months and years with clubs for players who could have a monumental impact on the very future of our club but somehow we found $ 16 million for someone who couldn't regularly crack a Southampton lineup (very fishy)... don't get me wrong, I like what he showed at times last season in Middlesbourogh but from the handful of games I watched him play I still have some serious questions about his consistency as a back - line player in the EPL; as such he should prove himself on loan for another season, making sure that he goes to a team that wants him in the starting 11... bottom line, let's not get bogged down with the semantics of peripheral players and focus on the real task at hand = figure out who the hell is going to be our starting 11 for the foreseeable future, which means getting contracts signed, getting rid of a lot of deadwood and bringing in talented players into the positions which truly need upgrading... the rest is just unnecessary noise

Bentley started his career as a youth player at Arsenal, and for a while was thought of as one of the club's most exciting prospects, though he failed to break into the club's first team at the time due to vast competition for places from the likes of world class players such as Dennis Bergkamp, Robert Pires and Freddie Ljungberg.

The respected paparazzo has given his insight into the summer - long transfer saga involving Southampton's key defender, claiming that deals were in place for him to move, but clubs were unable to manufacture a move.

There was a historic moment for the Partenopei, with Marek Hamsik surpassing Diego Maradona to move into second place on the club's list of all - time leading goalscorers in Serie A as the Slovakian midfielder continues to secure his legacy his Naples.

The former Magpie wrote in his column for local paper the Chronicle that he is certain that the midfielder will leave his current club and return to the Premier League in January, after failing to force his way into the French champions» starting XI on a regular enough basis to guarantee him a place in the France national team.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

Whether Arsene Wenger is in charge of Arsenal in the summer or a new man comes into the club, there is going to be a major rebuilding process taking place when the 2016/17 campaign comes to an end.

We know that the club thinks the Champions League is their rightful place; it's written into their bumper new contract with Adidas.

There is nothing to say that the player was thinking about Arsenal, or any club in particular for that matter, when he made these comments about a possible late move from current club Bayer Leverkusen before the summer transfer window closes in a few weeks, but with the Germans having finished third in the Bundesliga last season to guarantee a place in the Champions League, you would think that there were not many clubs around Europe that would tempt Javier Hernandez into a move.

Moses moved to Chelsea last summer but struggled to break into the Blues first team during his first season at Stamford Bridge and could be set to move away from the club, with places in the Chelsea first team likely to be very hard to come by.