Sentences with phrase «play under a manager»

Who wants to play under a manager that picks players on sentiment and not on current form or demonstrated performance?
If you are a footballer, an ambitious one, at 24, you may have serious considerations before you commit another four or five years of your short carrier to playing under a manager like Wenger!
The Armenia international aimed a clear dig at United's style of play under manager Jose Mourinho by saying he missed playing in an attacking setup during his time at Old Trafford.
he was playing under a manager who needed a different sort of player.
Does Ozil want to win trophies, or does he just enjoy playing under a manager that allows him to play as he wants.
The former forward played under both managers during his playing career, although the player decided to leave the Gunners shortly after the Frenchman taking up his role in North London.
Yesterday, the Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech, who has played under both managers for long periods spoke about the big difference between the philosophies of managing.
i know that we need to keep both players, their importance to the team should be reflected in their wages, i'd like to see them get between 200 000/250 000 a week but they shouldn't hold us to ransom and ask for 300 000 like i read somewhere also they shouldn't take into account the reasons why they've been playing well (very well i should say) the fact that they are at the right club playing under a manager who gives them the freedom to express themselves on the pitch, teammates that respect them and see them as their leaders they must enjoy leading the team and the way our team plays its football, i think right now both the players and the club suit each other and the best outcome for all parties (including fans) would be to agree on contracts that satisfy everyone!!
Any player who wouldn't play under managers like Allegri, simeone, tuhel etc. is an average play with no self confidence.
Why would players be happy to play under a manager who continually fails to bring them the success and silverware that the game is supposed to be all about?
A player ruining his reputation with Liverpool fans more and more by the day, Raheem Sterling is being targeted by Manchester City and has made it clear he will not sign a new contract with the Reds, and that he does not want to play under manager Brendan Rodgers anymore.
The 19 year old Englishman had already played under manager Chris Hughton at Birmingham City and the boss's decision to raid his former haunts is paying dividends.
But he revealed that many other clubs were interested in securing his services but he rejected all other offers because he wanted to play under manager Jurgen Klopp.
Bendtner, who played under manager Martin O'Neill at Sunderland, is expecting more of the same at the Aviva, but is hoping for a different result.
Former striker Tony Cottee had claimed the style of football being played under manager Sam Allardyce is not entertaining.
One imagines that at Liverpool, Milner was promised a solution to all his previous problems: he could play under a manager who respected his quality, played him in his favoured position as a central midfielder and gave him responsibility within the squad.

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Another manager would not give a thought about playing Wilshere or making him first team... it would not just happen... Under Wenger so many overvalued and less than average players have grasses and worn the Arsenal shirt... It is disturbing!
That is how arsenal are playing under an absolutely clueless manager.
Apart from his preferred role of playing as a box - to - box midfielder, the Juventus star can also play as a winger, a full - back or as a wing - back, whilst also having played as a centre - back in a three - man defence during his spell at Marseille in the 2014 - 15 season, under manager Marcelo Bielsa.
But that delay also caused many other problems, with contract talks being delayed for many players, including Ozil and Sanchez, due to the uncertainty of which manager they would be playing under.
Arsenal are enduring one of their most disappointing campaigns at present, with the fans turning on the manager and a number of players, leaving a sour atmosphere to play under at the Emirates Stadium.
he has laid the cornerstone for future success under the next manager though, building a club from bottom to top with the same philosophy isn, t easy to do to get everyone on the same page with the playing style and formations, and to make it dogma is very hard indeed.
Some of our players are not average.They'd improve a lot under another manager because they'd be playing with a new better mentality.That's how come when some managers are changed certain players start improving.Arsenal's problem is more of psychological than tactical.We need a change.
but a t some point he lost it, and is not because of his stinginess to buy players, our core is good and has been for sometime now, his biggest problem was adaptation, change to the new EPL, his philosophy dating back 20 years does not work anymore and he knows it, because of this his biggest flaw all others came out to light, lack of rotation of his players favoring some over others, stubbornness that applies to his transfer policy buying for the future just as he had 20 more years ahead, players playing out of their natural positions, ARSENAL FLOPS who knows under other Managers they could have been great, for some reason they were signed in the first place, they must had some talent, best example is Campbell....
Meanwhile another report in The Mirror says that Wenger has asked Pato's manager Edu, who played under Wenger around 10 years ago, about the forward.
The ludicrous thought that even one, any one of these duds would ever be playing under the other five top clubs managers is too stupid to even imagine.
Vela has made 19 appearances in all competitions this season, playing a major role in Bolton's mid-season revival under new manager Neil Lennon.
If new coach comes, which I hope a manager like Tuchel (former Borussia man) can make Miki and Auba play like they used to under his management then we are in dreamland.
Elneny — love his energy, his shot (albeit inconsistent), his attitude and his desire to fight for a position but I'm not sure he will ever be top class and he certainly won't play enough under this manager to figure that out
Playing under former England manager Steve McClaren at Wolfsburg, the bulky target man we all know today was actually used as a winger.
The Sky Sports pundit, who played with Keane at United and also under him when the Irishman took charge of Sunderland, believes there may be too much demand on being personable as a manager.
He will probably be the most under pressure manager going into next season if we take out manager from Barcelona and Real Madrid out of the equation who are expected to win EVERY trophy and play the BEST football EVERY game.
«I can play in lots of positions and I've done that under the manager, whether it's up front or in midfield.»
«I am over the moon really to get the chance to play in the Premier League with a big club like Norwich City and under a great manager who I have a lot of respect for,» Johnson told the club's website.
Pogba is rated as possibly the finest young player in the world and has flourished into a superb box - to - box midfielder since moving to Turin on a free transfer from Manchester United, where Pogba had grown frustrated with a lack of playing opportunities under former Old Trafford manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert is keen on a reunion with 27 - year - old Norwich defender Russell Martin, who has played under the Scot at Wycombe as well as Carrow Road.
And through it all, the 19 - year old Englishman has taken it all in his stride, so the boss has no hesitation in throwing him into the maelstrom that is the north London derby, as an Arsenal.com report explains, even with the added factor of the new Tottenham manager being the same man he played under at St. Mary's, Mauricio Pochettino.
A loss to Chelsea, though, who are on a good run of form under their new manager Guus Hiddink, will have then looking anxiously back at Arsenal with just two points separating the clubs with two games to play.
The youngster has played under United manager Louis van Gaal before while part of the Netherlands squad.
Lacazette will not be going anywhere next season.He will be playing up top with Aubameyang under a new manager WHO WILL play to his strengths and WHO WILL get the best from him.
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!!!
I do take «Break - on - through's» point that a change in system under a different manager may of helped him, but looking at the way he has played over the years I do not see that happening.
That Manchester City team is what could happen if Arsenal play under Guardiola's guidance, or under any manager with Barcelona's system.
«Here, I will be working under Mauricio Pochettino, a manager who plays youngsters and allows them to progress.
The manager did say after the game, however, that Wilshere was just being rested and would play against Wolfsburg today but he is now under even more pressure to put in a brilliant performance.
The fact is Wenger has made Arsenal a «second» rate team and we have to world champions playing in an average team under the «guidance» of a less than average manager.
He would certainly get a lot of playing time there and it was under Bruce that he played on loan last season when the manager was in charge of Hull City, but Villa are languishing in mid table and I have an idea that Wenger would like the youngster to go to a better club, especially if he could get some Premier League experience while on loan.
I hear most of you saying Pep didn't like Sanchez blah blah, it shows that most Arsenal fans don't have memories intact, Pep was the manager who actually bought Sanchez & Sanchez only played a season under him (2011 - 2012) n that season Sanchez started almost every barca champions league game, u remember that pass he gave messi & mess I to Inniesta that led to Barca's 2nd goal against Chelsea?
«Jose is the best manager I've been fortunate enough to play under,» Lampard said in 2015.
It's not bad stats for a player of his age and position, however the fact that he's only managed six league games, four of which have been starts, since joining the side in the summer, makes you wonder why Campbell can not catch a break with the managers he plays under.
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