Sentences with phrase «player against them last season»

We gifted the Merseyside team our 4th spot, by being not prepared and then not playing our best player against them last season and I still think if we keep Sanchez we are the better team overall, and they didn't play Europe, so I expect them to drop out of the top 4 this year.

Not exact matches

One option for Coach K when facing future court storms, is to get his players off the court before the end of the game as Roy Williams did with his UNC players last season against FSU.

The 19 year - old has not yet played a League match for Leicester's first team but won the Academy Player of the Year last season and played a full 90 minutes against Hull in the League Cup this season.

1) On the pitch: - we always start 3 -4-3 but always switch back to a back 4... it isn't tactical as we look bad in both - Bellerin playibg LWB when you have the best in the bundesliga last season on the bench - Welbeck playing the striker role when he can do everything but score when you have Lacazette a record signing on the - Monreal in back 3 when you have Kostafi who can flank Per in the middle protecting him against pace as well as having a commending figure and - Telling Xhaka to not play as a 3rd offensive player when Ramsey dashes - Playing a guy in Ox so out of position and persisting with him over preseason as if he would be there for years when it is clear he doesn't want to play for us (his case is a weird one)

After denying it all of last season, Wenger FINALLY admitted that his contract situation was a problem for the team, and now he keeps god knows how many players against their will, and expects there to be no problems!

But I have been saying the same thing about Sanchez since last season, his first game in the Charity shield and then that game against Villa earlier last season when he played striker, I noticed that he was so poor in possession and can't link up play with his team mates, he has the worst passing for a player of his calibre..

The # 35million player settled quickly into English football, scoring 30 goals in his first season, including the memorable winner against Queens Park Rangers that sealed the Premier League title last year.

White hot: Alvaro Negredo plays against DC United on Real Madrid's US tour Real sold the player to Almeria last summer but brought him back on a similar buyback option for # 4.25 m purely with objective of selling him on at a higher price following an impressive season that saw him score 19 in 35 appearances.

Not only did they carry on their defensive solidity from last season, keeping a clean sheet against the Hammers, they answered the doubts about the other side of their game by netting four times, with summer signing Romelu Lukaku getting a brace on his EPL debut as a United player.

The 54 points that he scored on one memorable night against the Milwaukee Bucks were the most by a NBA player in a single game last season.

Just put the best players on the pitch whenever possible There was no reason to start both ox and iwobi and bench giroud and perez Honestly, i even would have preferred Joel Campbell to Ox last night Unfortunately he isnt with us this season Against PSG, you need to put the best players out

A win against our Premier League rivals would not only keep the Gunners in touching distance of the league leaders, but it would also land an early blow on Brendan Rodgers and his players, whose confidence is probably quite fragile after last season's struggles.

And about teams, he had scored against Bayern for last two season, none of arsenal player was able to do soo, & also scored vs LIV and how much had he played against Top teams like Che / Manu / Manc so never say about scoring against small teams...

Honestly to be fair to Jack Wilshere, the lad is passionate and loyal to Arsenal fc and i can't believe our fans would turn against him just because he got injured, Thiago Alcantara is also having injury problems, and i don't see fans turn against him like Arsenal fans do, Ramsey broke is leg and we everyone was asking for the coach to get ride of him, after last season everyone was like Ramsey is the class, you have to support your player because player's like santi Carzorla are not getting younger, Arsenal fans need to think and realize that Wilshere is a quality player who's disturb by injury and we don't have lot of loyal player's in the team, so why sell one of the loyal and committed ones..

Why were we OUTPLAYED OUTHOUGHT and pretty much 2nd best against a side who will probably only just realise their ambition of staying in thePremier league?Simple.They have a manager who COACHES and MOTIVATES his players to achieve to their abilities.When was the last time we could say this?Wenger somehow achieved this in last seasons cup final by getting a fantastic performance on the day with a second rate / string goalkeeper a back three which included a novice, a left back and BFG playing after 37 minutes of football the whole season.Thats not forgetting OX playing LWB.Why can't Wenger Coach and Motivate Players for a season any more?Start the clear out with Wenger and get someone in players to achieve to their abilities.When was the last time we could say this?Wenger somehow achieved this in last seasons cup final by getting a fantastic performance on the day with a second rate / string goalkeeper a back three which included a novice, a left back and BFG playing after 37 minutes of football the whole season.Thats not forgetting OX playing LWB.Why can't Wenger Coach and Motivate Players for a season any more?Start the clear out with Wenger and get someone in Players for a season any more?Start the clear out with Wenger and get someone in who can

A player who scored against United in the FA Cup last season, Nacho Monreal has shown tremendous improvement in recent months and is now surely one of the most underrated defenders in the game.

Alot of questions for a «BIG» club that spent virtually no money in the last 2 windows and stubbornly trots out the same players that choked against Monaco in the CL and finished 12 points behind title winners Chelsea last season

I can still see him equalize late in the game against a mid table team last season and celebrate like he won the world cup whilst the players in our team with a winning mentality had to go get him to run back to his own half because there was still time to win the game.

@TH14atl the list of the players you gave me were players who were naturally central midfielders but could play in cmf position and you also gave me no 10's who could also play cmf so i do not get your take.However did you see that they were being played in their best positions.I am also against Ramsey on the wing but i will not be blinded by the fact that if he should be put in box to box role he will be better than santi in that role.But from what you said i think we might just sell cant we.Have you forgotten the man utd match last season where peeps were like O!

if it means Alexis Lasting until the season's end injury free......... Then there'd be no point risking him against citeh......... Everybody knows he'd be the player to watch, every citeh player knows he'd be the danger man to be marked properly and placed under microscope... But what they don't know?

All he had to do was sell some non playing members and buy more defensive minded players especially after the big margin hiding against the top 3 last season... he did not do that..

Giroud spoke to Arsenal Player about his scoring record against The Magpies, which is eight goals in six games, including two in each of the meetings with them last season.

And now some of our curent players know this too, I read the Cazorla article here where he said we have to be smart in some games... Our victory against ManCity last season was planned by the players... Our team in my opinion should either play pressing football (as we did against UTD at home) or be pragmatic... possession footbal now is not really working for us

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

i think this could officially be the start of the end for wenger his blind arrogance has cause him to buy welbeck in the sheer belief that AGAINST THE ODDS HE CAN BEAT THE REST OF THE BIG 4 WITH ONE ARM BEHIND HIS BACK we should be buying top top top european c / l standard players not sunderland spuds everton standard players thats about welbecks standard of club in all truthful reality he is an honest hard working player but wenger thinks he can coach the mediocrity out of him he is truely insane its a guaranteed source of goals we need not more fancy hold up play and «pace» and missing chance after chance so the postman is to be joined by the manchester metro tram absolute disgrace he has kidded on ozil and sanchez they must be wondering what is going on atm they are seeing the true wenger now just panicking and not panicking very well to that effect and for some reason wenger has gone all kinky for english players for some strange reason at least chambers has great potential welbeck has past that stage and is a seasoned pro now and he is no where near what we need wenger is trying to show how great he is by whiping the back out of the same players week after week in the vain hope that he can win the league without rotating ever and they will get injured and he wont have learned his lesson and we will pay for it in the end best last day transfer would have been a 4 year contract for klopp

In the last two games, though, against West Brom and Brighton, Alexis has sparked into life and started to look like the brilliant player we know he can be and who had such a big impact for Arsenal last season.

The midfield player last season adapted readily and turned out some brilliant performances especially against Barcelona with his brilliant goal to spark up a possible comeback in the game.

Sterling was statistically their best player, every Liverpool fan I know says he was their best, and he won their player of the season...... sorry that goes against your idea he's garbage, but throw as much mud as you like Raheem Sterling was their best player last year and has just made the ManCity starting X1 stronger.

Tell me, when we were associated with Callum Chambers, a player only second choice RB for Southampton last Season, and, for the price tag, did you honestly think Wenger was mad to buy a 19 year old, and, put him straight in to the team in the Community Shield against Man Cty.

As for Gabriel I thought he was overlooked too often and was beginning to show some promise for the future.Is Mustafi really an improvement?Im not too sure.Gabriels performance against Citeh in last seasons Semi-Final was immense and he was a certain pick for the final but for his injury the week before.He is apparently impressing at Valencia and we could have done with him this season so it's a shame he is no longer with us but I wish him well.I believe he is a better player than we gave him credit for

The jack that ran into players when he scored the goal of the season last season or is it the jack that controlled the mid against man city at wembley that you are referring to?

gunner please credit where it's due, it's the player's that asked for a different approach versus against City last season.

These new top players that people want will benefit our chances fair enough but allot of last seasons points were lost against opponents we are already strong enough to mop the floor with.

220 RUSHING YARDS for Giants running back Tiki Barber against the Chiefs last Dec. 17, the most rushing yards for any player in a game last season.

we faced them twice without loosing against them beating them in d process, world class matic was in chelsea team we dominated and annihilated @ fa cup finals, with matic making zero successful tackles and was a liability all tru d duration of d match, was ran over by our midfielders like ever, lukaku was in Everton team we beat 3; 0 even with 10 men, even with Mert @ our back he couldn't even smell a goal, the way we ridicule our players is terrible, to some dudes here all we have is bunch of idiots, parading as players, what a pathetic bunch of ingrates, between Sanchez and walcot last season we have 49 goals and numerous assists, how many goals has Rashford and Martial scored since last season that makes they super stars?

I agree with you the players need some heat to perform to theor abilities and stop wasting created opportunities to kill games and or hold onto leads and i agree they need some heat to kick em in the arse to prevent them from under performing against milan but milan isnt city or chelsea but we need to beat them to get far in competition but i do nt think the players missing chances this year is whole heartey down to the manager and we need to finish out the year strong but with cazorla comong back and strengthening some spots in off season and now praying we finally have jack back this squad looks dangerous next year and wenger will have a good year with arsenal next year cazorla and another player will take time off xhaka and or put more pressure on him to perform but we have had success in recent seasons barley missing out on top four last year with highest points to ever miss out yes they need heat to perform strong rest of year but it is not wengers time to go yet be needs another season and if these two years are falling off we have done better than are rivals in are tough years

And I can't stand that guy... His inability to create a dominant attacking midfield given players he has speaks even louder volume for me... and those making comparisons with start of last season and saying were ok just don't seem to get the fact that in not one of those games against 2 and and 3rd tier opposition cld wenger orchestrate a dominant performance....

That stinging shot by Rosicky reminded me of that rocket against spuds at the lane last season!!!! And Le Coc, well, he showed those cave - dwellers another side of our game with him in the side... not as immobile as flamini and not as soft as Arteta... a combination of a good passer and a tough tackler... and he wins over 80 % of headed duels... i loved that step - over that resulted to a yellow to some rugby player too... what a win!!!

Monreal is weak against pacy players Lukaku, Robben, Townsend and Sterling destroyed him last season.

I thought the abuse Hector received last season against Crystal Palace was dreadful and only succeeded in draining confidence from a loyal and talented young player and made him want to leave us.

Arsenal were already up against it this weekend, as the fifth round of games in the Premier League season sees the Gunners travel to Stamford Bridge to take on the reigning EPL champions less than three days after facing the Ge4rman club FC Cologne in a Europa League clash, so the last thing Arsene Wenger needed was to lose one of his key players.

That makes it five new faces that have joined our squad and yet watching Arsenal labor through a cringe worthy draw against a very organized Besiktas side, you wouldn't know our squad is five players richer than it was last season.

Players who arent good enough starting with Holding had a few good games when on a winning streak against poor teams last season now looks like a 2 million pound player.

he has been a force to be accounted in many games, people can say whatever about his antics, his stats his suspension but there is the value as a player, he had to be accounted for on many games, last season and the season before, last playoff loss against GB he had the chance to end the game for us, if weren't for a blatant hold

Those two players were at their best against Barcelona and kept the Champions League final from being a complete embarrassment last season, despite the fact that Xavi Hernandez and Sergio Busquets dominated that game without really looking like they were trying.

The 6» 2 star made his debut for Freiburg last season and became the youngest player in his club's history to score when he netted against strugglers Augsburg.

I agree that for whatever reason SANCHEZ holds a grudge is against WENGER mostly and it was definitely by benching him against Pool in probably the most critical game for us last season, if the man is not happy let him go, we don't need a disgruntled player in our dressing room no matter who he is, now this being said, it was because of him that we are now seeing changes and active transfer window, WENGER motivated and actively pursuing WC players, looking to drop under performing players, if it was not because ALEXIS and the Fans who last year had their voice heard and made it clear to the board and WENGER that is enough is enough....

Well he's got huge funds and he's is still clueless in the transfer window, he's got star players, and even with almost no injuries against West Ham or the back end of last season, we still had the exact same problems.

In an interview reported by Arsenal.com the Frenchman was asked about various things from last season and about which players excelled and he picked out the two central midfielders Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla, the players that Jack and Aaron are up against for a place in the starting XI.

Check his clips in Bournemouth last season, check his game in a Bournemouth shirt against Chelsea, just see how Willian, fabregas and co couldn't stop him, he tormented Chelsea for us last season as a single player.