Sentences with phrase «player side suffers»

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The flip side, however, of Google and Facebook's strong growth is that other players are suffering.

This is the second time Lucas Candido has suffered a serious knee injury; the first was at the beginning of the last season and left the player side - lined for the entire year of 2014.

Gutierrez has made 195 appearances for Newcastle since joining from Real Mallorca in the summer of 2008 and was a key player in helping the side gain promotion back to the Premier League when they suffered relegation in 2009.

Manager Arsene Wenger today admitted his side had suffered «heavy losses» with further concerns over three other players.

I've realised people are confusing fullback and wingback assuming them to almost be the same.A wingback can be viewed as a more defensive winger whiles a fullback is just a player put near the sides of the centre fullback.Their roles are clearly very different and well defined.That's why you'll consider Ox at RWB and not RB.We need to switch back to 4 -2-3-1 to get the best out of our players like Ozil, Ox, Kolasinac, Bellerin and Monreal.They'll suffer a lot under 3 -4-3.

Arsenal are in fantastic form in the Premier League and FA cup and even though we had to suffer yet another disappointing early exit from the Champions League, the players did go some way to redeeming themselves by playing well and winning 2 - 0 away in Monaco, so Arsene Wenger will be hoping that we can continue our strong run and cement our place in the top four by beating a struggling Newcastle United side at St. James» Park today.

Vincenzo Montella came under fire on Sunday after his side suffered a 2 - 0 defeat at Sampdoria, and there could be an argument that throwing more money at the problem might not be the solution given he welcomed 11 new players into the squad this past summer.

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This is telling us that our offensive side is suffering, and possibly that affecting our defensive players.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

The Hull City equalizer comes to mind, Mkhitaryan from a Dortmund side suffering 5 straight defeats in the Bundesliga, Eden Hazard going past 5 Arsenal players and earning a penalty for Chelsea and again I am probably missing a lot of other situations which were not that obvious.

However there it would have been grossly unfair to all other sides who had suffered the fate of losing ten points as a result of going into administration if Pompey had managed to skew the rules so as to allow them to sell players outside the transfer window.

We better be in mid-season shape and form come 12 august coz this season is going to be one of the toughest in decades.Last season we suffered a bit in some games and that trend may continue until someone this season steps up and gives the player who is not giving his 200 % a slap on his back side and tells him to work his socks up a lot more.

Mendy, who joined the Citizens from Monaco in the summer for # 52M, a club - record fee for a defender, suffered the dreadful setback in his side's 5 - 0 win against Crystal Palace last weekend according to the BBC, with the player having to go off in the first half as his side went top of the Premier League.

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The Reds suffered a blow to their top - four hopes last Sunday when they were beaten 2 - 1 at Anfield by a resurgent Crystal Palace side with former player Christian Benteke scoring twice for the Eagles.

However, Villa — who also sold players including Idrissa Gueye, Scott Sinclair and Ciaran Clark — secured only one win during Di Matteo's tenure when they beat Rotherham 3 - 0 on Aug. 13, while they also suffered an embarrassing EFL Cup loss to League Two side Luton Town.

It was horribly predictable that Arsenal would suffer more glorious failure, but on the night, it's difficult to fault the effort of the players against a side with an excellent defensive record.

Despite Laudrup's comment about us suffering from our players being involved in the international break, we started much the better side.

In December alone they've suffered more setbacks than throughout the whole of the campaign previously — 3 Defeats in 5 December fixtures, and with injuries really stretching the squad to the point where Coyle can't even name seven players to warm the bench, perhaps now is the time to air on the side of caution as far as Bolton Wanderers are concerned?

United will be a changed side this weekend with Jose Mourinho having an eye on Wednesday's clash with Hull in the Premier League at Old Trafford, a match in which they need the win to keep their chances of a top - four finish in with a chance at the end of the season, which will be required to play in the UEFA Champions League next season, or the club will face a reduction in revenue and players will suffer pay cuts.

In some ways, that's true — story pacing often suffers, in part due to the actual mission progression and in part due to player action, deciding to spend three hours between missions completing Side Ops instead of progressing the narrative.

However they do suffer slightly, as hardcore RPG players will find that side of the game lacking slightly.

One of the things I so loved about games such as SPIDERMAN for instance was the fact that even after the main story, the player could still move around the city and have some adventure... this of course resulted in too few variety of little side missions and could get repetitive, but we will see if Superman returns: The Video Game suffers the same malady.