Sentences with phrase «plagued by»

Plagued by fan violence at earlier home games, Hammers fans have not been put off supporting, especially for the local derby against Arsenal.

Plagued by injuries, Thiago missed almost the entirety of his first season, and then struggled to be a consistent presence throughout Guardiola's final two years.

Varane has been plagued by injuries this year, necessitating the rotation of Nacho and Pepe into the side.

That might be under - stating the problems felt at the back as a result of injury problems and bedding - in the last - minute signings (not to mention the fact that neither Mertesacker or Santos were around at the beginning of the season), and was probably intended as a vote of confidence in a line - up plagued by injuries.

Forrest's campaign has been plagued by injury but Lennon rates the 22 - year - old highly, having given him a debut four years ago.

Who would need him more than a team that has seen its legendary captain leave, its main defensive midfielder being plagued by injuries over the last few seasons and its status...

However, he was plagued by hamstring trouble and missed the World Cup after aggravating the problem during the play - off final against Derby.

Yet, his time with the Gunners was plagued by injury and the Liverpool - born forward returned to Goodison Park on loan in 2003/04, featuring 18 times.

The Bianconeri are plagued by injury problems with Luca Toni, who recently arrived from Genoa, the latest to be added to a worrying list that includes Leonardo Rinaudo, Paolo De Ceglie, Vincenzo Iaquinta, and Fabio Quagliarella.

Since joining Arsenal's academy at the age of nine in 2001, Wilshere has 159 appearances for the Gunners in a career which has been plagued by injuries.

With the Blues plagued by injuries in April 2011 McAleny was named as a subsitute in the 2 - 2 with Aston Villa at Goodison Park along with fellow academy graduates Adam Forshaw and Aristote Nsiala.

Gardner has been plagued by injuries.

On top of that, an aging backline plagued by injury ensured they leaked goals.

Wilshere has been plagued by injuries throughout his career and has struggled to force his way back into Arsene Wenger's plans this season, playing just 25 league minutes so far.

But there are a number of professional footballers who have always found themselves plagued by injury problems during their football playing careers which have not only hindered their development in the game, but have also caused headaches for their teammates and managers.

The England regular has been plagued by a succession of injury problems, and Arsenal have had their fingers burnt in the past by sticking by players who are perennially unfit such as Abou Diaby and Tomas Rosicky.

Jose Mourinho's side is plagued by injury with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo suffering knee injuries a week ago, with many more still on the sidelines.

Worst: He is plagued by setback after setback in his recovery and misses most (or all) of the season.

After seeing his career plagued by injury in recent years, Radamel Falcao is back to his best this season.

The 28 - year - old has been plagued by injuries at the Westfalenstadion and is stalling on a new contract with just a year remaining on his current deal.

Ronaldo Vieira, fresh off of being named one of the top 20 teenage prospects in Europe, might get a start, but his form has been plagued by injury as of late, and there is no reason to rush him back into the lineup.

Wie, who is coming off a T16 at the Evian Championship — one of her best finishes in a year plagued by injuries and illness — absolutely shines in the biennial competition between the U.S. and Team Europe.

While the Seattle Sounders have been plagued by injuries and been generally awful to start the campaign (not for the first time — beware the summer surge), Toronto FC's last - place standing can be explained away by three letters: C - C - L.

Worst case scenario he goes on loan and he has another season plagued by injury and we lose a few hundred thousand off our asking price.

AIBA, the sport's governing body, has been plagued by politics, scandal and skepticism.

The former Tottenham man struggled to nail down a first team spot last year in a season plagued by injuries and has been asked to be dropped by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Mighty Oakland rolled twice, on Monday night over Kansas City 37 - 28 in a game in which the Raiders gained 539 yards from scrimmage compared to the Chiefs» 322, and Sunday afternoon over Cleveland, which for the second straight week was plagued by errors.

After playing in all 16 regular season games in his rookie season, Gronkowski has been consistently plagued by injuries.

Seantrel Henderson, the former top recruit in the country who has been plagued by injuries since arriving at The University of Miami, is unlikely to play for the season opener against Boston College after head coach Al Golden told the Palm Beach Post's Jorge Milian that Henderson needs to «get his personal house in order.»

Some fans might say that he has not done anything in the two years since to prove that he deserves more or even the same, but we should remember that those two years have been plagued by injury.

A bizarre fee for a player who has been plagued by injuries and until recently has only been a fringe player at Old Trafford, surely?

Maybe it is because we are so used to Arsenal being plagued by injury problems year after year that it seems normal, but it does seem a bit odd that a lot of the talk in the football media in the build up to the north London derby this weekend is about the injury problems facing the Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino.

As for Team Samawi — they were a solid bunch that were just plagued by a unforeseen events which hindered their lineups.

Both Teams were plagued by injuries heading into this one..

Team Rubin is another one of those feisty high school teams (from GBN) and Team Holzman has been solid all year but was plagued by vacations / injuries / conflicts and couldnt seem to get a consistent showing from their entire team.

Earlier Tuesday, the NFL got positive reviews for changing a catch rule that was plagued by those same issues.

And like them a downhill racer may be plagued by an old or new injury — Mill, for example, has had no fewer than six knee operations, two broken legs and a fractured arm.

Thomas» time in Jacksonville was plagued by injury.

Plagued by shoulder problems, Pate won seven times before the Players, and not once after.

Possibly available for between # 30 - 35m, clubs could start queuing up for the unsettled Ozil, who has often been played out of position and plagued by injuries during his disappointing spell at the Emirates Stadium.

Saha was plagued by injury problems during his time at Old Trafford, where in five attempts he only once managed to play more than 20 league games in a season.

Until that changes we are going to be plagued by PG, Lance, Hibbert, GHill, Ron Ron breakdowns every night.

Odell Beckham is the closest thing we have to a go - to receiver, and he's been plagued by lapses in concentration.

The former Manchester United youngster, who is currently out of favour at Upton Park, was once regarded as one of the most promising young talents in English football, but has had a career plagued by disciplinary problems off the pitch.

The three - time NL batting champion is plagued by chronic injuries (right knee, left hand, neck) and was batting just.253 — 60 points below his career average.

He has also been plagued by leaks coming from within his administration.

Florida and Wake Forest's super regional tilt in Gainesville has been plagued by downright foul weather.

The final four - days of running were plagued by problems once again.

Maybe this is some kind of apex — or nadir — of a sport increasingly plagued by the possible revolution of CTE awareness.

The last few years we have been plagued by kicking that has been predictable — hovering right around 50 % — and this is with somewhat limiting the opportunities.