Sentences with phrase «player of one's ilk»

This squad is not good enough from next season we need a whole revamp, Ideally Wenger must go so we can get a new manager with ambition to win then we can sign more players of the ilk of Sanchez, Ozil and Cech

what exactly will anothr player of their ilk bring that we don't have already.......

I have seen too many players of that ilk heralded from France and claiming to be the next big thing since Thierry Henry.

True worldly talent is not coming in, and if it does, it won't be followed by more players of that ilk, and thus they'll get frustrated and leave.

So what really is stopping us from forking money to fill the CB and CF positions with players of this ilk?

These are not of the Invincible mold but they rarely make players of that ilk any more.

Players like Kuyt are occasionally maligned for keeping more skillful, supposedly more talented players out of the side, but the Dutchman's effectiveness has gradually received recognition and there now appears to be a begrudging consensus that players of his ilk do make teams more solid defensively.

Unless in exceptional circumstances, the general trend is that players of this ilk tend to be signed as squad players.

The guy would flourish in our team and I think players of that ilk need a little more respect from fans who have this snobbish attitude.

In fairness, exciting players of this ilk are normally trying things others don't / can't attempt and often at fair tempo so shouldn't be too harsh I suppose.

But I'd be surprised to see Wenger let go of 3 players of their ilk without someone stepping in as cover at least.

Provided that they do so, it will undoubtedly aid their bid to target players of the ilk of Griezmann ahead of next year.

Of the current crop, I think toral has been the best this season, he has a good end product, but like many players of his ilk he comes across as lazy and in the championship it is pretty unforgiving.

Vidal offers everything Coquelin does defensively, but he also contributes to the football a club like Arsenal play, then there's the immeasurable aspects a player of his ilk brings (experience, leadership, winning mentality etc).

Players of his ilk are at their peak untill 33 - 34.

Mack is a great player, no question, uniquely great, in fact, because of his run - stopping ability, but we might be at a point in the NFL's evolution that players of his ilk have less to do with winning than they did in year's past, like with Reggie White, Bruce Smith, or Lawrence Taylor?

I think the biggest difference between them is that one has had an opportunity to make an impression at a club that really doesn't have many players of that ilk.

And now it appears that Arsene Wenger has finally joined the consensus of opinion that Arsenal need another player of that ilk if we are to turn our creative talent into a Premier League title and regular trophies.

Most of y ’ all would hope we get more players like Ramsey, failing to acknowledge that players of his ilk have us as the midtable squad we are.

I have to agree, we have restored some pride, we played very well and battled hard it was nice to see us pressing high trying to win the ball back at every chance, Welbeck was good, Bellerin had Alonso in his pocket, as for Kolasinic, he's a monster and will strike fear into attackers as Viera did, it's about time we had a player of this ilk.

Having cash on hand would also give us an upper hand in case a player of that ilk suddenly became available.

No players of that ilk have been linked this summer, so it would be a surprise if the club did make an addition in that area.

Do United currently have a player of this ilk?

Winks will have less competition for the game time he needs to development himself further given the purges that have already taken place over the past few summers to clear out the likes of Paulinho, Etienne Capoue and Benjamin Stambouli, however Spurs still need a player of his ilk.

I think Arsenal are crowded in this area and the development of Alex Iwobi has somewhat softened Arsenal's need for a player of this ilk.