Sentences with phrase «player end of last season»

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Eventually the season will end with a sour taste, with the departure of our best players the last nail on the coffin.

Last season we needed a Defensive midfielder this Fraud of a coach ignored signing a defensive MF player and we had to rely on Flamini till the emergence of Le Coq in midfield which was purely Luck, that season we would have ended in a weak position 7 probably if he did not come around.

Burnley, QPR and Hull City all went down with their players to the Sky Bet Championship at the end of last season.

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.

Ospina has barely started this term Bellerin is 3rd choice Coque is 4th choice Ramsey is a shadow of last seasons player Mertz is struggling Kos has an archilles issue Monreal is 2nd choice Ox has run a lot but has little end product Sanchez did not score Giroud has previously struggled v the big teams.

Despite the discussions having supposedly started at the back end of last season, talks are still ongoing and they are supposedly coming to terms on a good deal for both the player and the club.

Did Theo play wide right at the end of last season and the players who had filled that spot was injured?

Wenger thinks that the anger shouldn't come from the fans and they should stand shoulder to shoulder and support the players until the last game of the season, and hopefully we will still walk away with the title in the end.

Considering the number of blues players that were lost at the end of last year, the women's blues have had a brilliant first half of the season and are well of track of achieving their aims for the year.

Define «Rush» if he's fully fit he should be bought in soon as possible, he looked a great player towards the end of last season.

wenger is a legend in his own mind so other peoples opinions... fans, ex players, journalists, etc... have no bearing on his greatness or the righteousness of his own decisions... from end of last season it was clear we needed two quality attacking options to put up a serious challenge (getting rid of walcott and campbell or ox and bringing in a serious upgrade over giroud) instead he brought in another midfield option (having done the same in the winter window) which only makes sense in his own delusional world rather than the reality of facing up to serious and strengthening competitors and which defines the job at hand....

As his senior season ended last weekend, he led the nation in blocked shots (5.7 per game), topped the Stags in rebounding (8.5), averaged a career - high 13.9 points and won his third Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference defensive player of the year award.

As well as investing in players, FSG have put their faith in Dalglish, who was given a three - year contract at the end of last season having taken over in January and started an impressive turnaround.

At the end of last season a shortage of players forced the Cardinals to go belly - up, and in mid-October Blechen found himself without a team.

Bale, who scored seven and assisted three in 19 La Liga games for Los Blancos last season, is reportedly unhappy at the club, as per the Sunday Express, after dropping down in boss Zidane's pecking order, with the player set to find himself even further away from the first - team should the Spanish giants end - up being successful in their pursuit of Monaco forward Kylian Mbappe.

Wenger is known for his loyalty to his players and it would be no surprise if he chooses to stick with his current crop of midfielders given how well they performed towards the end of last season.

Hopefully the fact that we suffered a surprise defeat at home to Swansea City last season, a match that Wenger has suggested ended our hopes of winning the title, will ensure that the players do not take this match for granted, even though the Welsh club have only taken a single point since the opening day.

Undoubtedly Sanchez is top quality player but for sometime (even during the end of last season) Sanchez's form has dipped and has not been a team player.

I said the same thing about Arsenal sometime near the end of last season, that playing just to qualify for UCL could proof very dangerous, in that should we just happen to mss out on UCL, then all hell will break loose in trying to obtain good players the following season.

Ramsey reached the end of that road last season and was rewarded by the Arsenal fans voting him our Player of the Year, but not before he needed a hell of a lot of belief and support from the man in charge.

Hector told the Star: «We didn't do that great at the beginning of last season but we showed by the end how we can perform, that we have great players and we were really doing well as a team.

Kante has been one of the best players in the Premier League in his short time in England, winning the title in each of his first two seasons on these shores, first with Leicester City and then last season with Chelsea, when his all - action displays also earned him the PFA Player of the Year award at the end of the campaign.

For once it will be a stress free day we are in win win position if Wenger buys someone its a bonus if not it does not matter the squad is getting stronger and other injured players not to far away from returning we now have enough depth in squad to see us through to end of season so lets enjoy seeing other clubs racing around trying to make last min signings for a change!!!

Wenger's short term solution appears to be trying to move players from other positions to fill the gaps, but today it has been revealed that our old left - back Bacary Sagna was released by Manchester City at the end of last season and is currently priced at 3/1 to head back to make a sensational return the Emirates.

seriously, what is wrong with you, you're making excuses for man united on why they lost to MK DONS for god sake, and not just lost, but were destroyed 4 - 0; had it been us we would have never heard the end of this from you, you would have been all doom and gloom probably telling everyone how we would be lucky to take 4th this season despite taking 4th + for the last 15 years and being just as close to the title as 5th last season and improving or squad (as much as you would like to claim that we have only really signed Sanchez, Campbell is an upgrade and Chambers is an upgrade and we will get another player for sure.)

I don't think Sanchez ever asked to leave, he is the kind of player that is motivated by winning and being at the top, our failure to qualify for the UCL may have made him feel a little bad at the end of last season but not enough to force a move.

if anybody noticed, we were good at the end of last season after chlsea was unreachable and the players didn't have any pressure to win.

Isco has enjoyed two standout seasons since moving to La Rosaleda, last term showing signs of a player able to provide a consistent end product, be that in the form of goals or assists.

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

This is 100 % wrong, we are third in terms of injuries this season; last season we ended as 1st by a mile with 289 injuries (1 player out for 1 weeks = 1 point)(about 80 extra weeks of injuries more than # 2).

It just ended up with Wenger selling his best players 1 by1 (after he said he was building a team for the future with the likes of Van Persie and Fabregas) every single season until the last straw which was the RVP sale.

Mourinho said at the end of last season he gave the board a shopping list of players he wanted and all Arsenal were talking about was players they were trying to keep, that didn't even want to stay.

He may have to wear a face mask, I think he'll be okay, I remember the same thing happened to Rosicky away at Villa last season and he played the next game, broken noses aren't the end of the world for a player I don't think there's too much cause for concern, hope he makes the United game though.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

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 kloof 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 kloOF 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 kloof 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 kloof 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 kloof 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 kloof 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

At the end of last season I thought Arsenal could mount a serious title challange if we could keep the starting 11 (mainly Sanchez and Ozil) and bring in 3 - 4 players to strengthen the staring 11.

In the media we get A. arsenal have over # 200m to spend on player transfers B. Graeme Souness on tv at the end of last season saying «wenger may as well spend the # 200m or the next manager will» C. Stadium debt is paid off D. Arsenal is the fifth most valuable club in the world.

From two season ago we keep hearing Arsenal has # 200M to spend, that its only Rinaldo & Messi we can't afford yet Wenger delays till last minute of the transfer window to bring in players that have not taken part in our Pre-season matches to prepare them, only to end up crying to the fans at the end of the season that we were not mentally prepared!

Giroud is a player who thrives on confidence so if he had not scored that hat - trick at the end of last season to break the long scoring drought and then done himself justice at the Euros I would have been worried about how the Lucas Perez signing would affect him.

The Daily Star is reporting that the French Ligue 1 club are reluctant to seel because they have already lost a few of their key players from last season but Arsene Wenger has suggested that the deal might still be done towards the end of the summer transfer window.

But when the fans had their chance at the Emirates at the end of last season they responded by singing «And it's Arsene Wenger...» «No titles are us» is deeply ingrained at Arsenal FC because the Owner, the Board, the Manager, the Players and the fans are all very happy not competing for the title.

The 24 - year - old former Liverpool frontman is out of contract at the end of the season and the Trotters revealed last month that they had received two approaches from Premier League sides for the player who has already found the back of the net three times this month.

I fear that signing new players could cause us to lose that click factor we gained towards the end of last season.

City, who lost left - back Gael Clichy at the end of last season after his contract with the club expired, had reportedly offer # 40M for the defender as they look to tighten their defence ahead of next season, however the Ligue 1 champions are, as per Sky Sports, valuing the player at more than # 50M.

For me wenger has last chance to sign players we need in january window otherwise he should resign at the end of this season..

If I had a pound for every time time Arsene Wenger or any of the Arsenal players said «cohesion» since the end of last season I would be a very rich man, but what does it actually mean?

They ended the season by winning 32 of their last 36 games, which isn't something you can do unless you have the very best players.

After we gave Chelski a good spanking last season in probably Conte's fifth or sixth game in charge he immediately re organised them and went through till the new year unbeaten.He had them very solid at the back and scoring goals for fun.And all this with a squad of players he inherited and their top striker Costa wanting Away.They ended up romping to the Premiere League Title scoring loads more goals and conceding far less than Wengers Arsenal.We by the way are treading water at best this season and would not bet on us finishing above Chelski even allowing for the season they are having.

It wasn't obvious initially until all our injured players recovered at the end of last season.

as wih just about every season for last 10 years we have a team that is a couple of real quality players short of challenging on three fronts for top honours... so if wenger is willing to get rid of mert flamini arteta diaby and walcott (and possibly gibbs who is begining to really disappoint but perhaps worth another season) and bring in three quality players cb dm and attacker i will change my mind and give him a chance till end of contract... if its another round of bargain basement players with potential and talk of getting in to cl as like a trophy... then yes he needs to go