Sentences with phrase «player took his spot»

Marc - Andre Fleury, winner of multiple Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, had been cast off to Vegas when a younger player took his spot as starting goalie.

Not exact matches

As retailers and brands vie for a piece of a hit that takes players from place to place, fast food chain McDonald's Japan (mcd) said its nearly 3,000 shops across Japan would serve as spots where Pokemon can be battled or «trained» in the game — within limits.

As for the companies that employ the most retired players, Stryker (syk), a medical technology company that makes items like replacement hips and knees, takes the top spot.

Its quite unfortunate that Wenger is yet to find and still searching for a better player to add quality to the team at his disposal, my take is, the problem limiting Arsenal as a whole not claiming any major trophy is our high record with injuries and the coach inability to select the right player for the right spot, no genuine back up for some crucial positions, if and only if we can sort the injury issue out and Wenger selecting the right player at the right time and in the right game, then we're good to go.

Iwobi is an excellent player and deserves his starting spot until somebody better takes it from him.

Fluker wouldn't be a huge reach at this spot, but it's always tough to take a player when you think you can get him 5 - 6 spots later and add a draft pick.

Bran911 you are spot on; as well as technically gifted players Arsenal need physically commanding players with a take no prisoners mongrel attitude.

Argentine has been Man City's best player this term, taking the right - back spot for his own despite stiff competition.

After saying his piece and expressing obvious displeasure, Gasol retreated and deferred to Dwight Howard offensively, the irony being twofold — first, that Howard didn't fancy the offense even though it took Gasol out of his natural spot on the floor, and secondly that Gasol is a much better player in the low post with a refined game in and around the restricted area.

Former Tottenham manager Glenn Hoddle believes the club needs «a special player» if they are to take the next step and challenge for a spot in the Champions League this season --(Sky Sports)

Chelsea finished 10th in the league before Chelsea took over — and the only «new» players he got were: Victor Moses (who nobody thought was actually a good player), Marcos Alonso (thought to be an average player who had flopped at Sunderland), David Luiz (PSG flop, was being kicked out because Marquinhos took his spot), and Kante (very good signing)(and Bats I guess).

The Green Bay Packers have only signed four free agents this offseason, but each is a player who should take up a roster spot.

The secret to keeping players fresh is effective rotation and NOT having deadwood players taking up spots in the squad for potential classy players who could join us and improve the team.

The rules behind picking a squad for the Olympics is that only three players that are over the age of 23 can be called up and that would mean the two World Cup - winners take up two spots.

The player I am most impressed so far this season is Bellarine, he has really matured and taken that RB spot no doubt.

But I'm really hopeful that one or more players step up and take this spot from them.

But we can't be sure whomever they draft at that spot was the guy they were targeting, because we don't know what their board looks like — it's possible the guy they wanted was taken before so they just took the available player that was next highest on their board.

So we are selling a player who takes up a foreign player spot in the squad?

The trouble is in my opinion that arsene still believes it is the late nineties still where he and only he can spot a player, pay relative peanuts for them and take on the best teams in Europe.

A spot kick could and should be able to be taken by most outfield players with confidence in themselves that they will score.

The Gunners have seen the likes of Cazorla, Giroud, Walcott, Alexis and Ozil all take penalties on various occasions in recent seasons, but who should be the player to step up to the spot if available?

Whoever takes over, I'd love for him to — Make the players fight for their spot in the team Make them earn their money (for once) If they've played s ** t, tell them exactly that If they haven't been good enough, drop them

I would rather Wenger wait for the right window to sign a TOP player, like he did with Ozil and Sanchez, than waste money on a player who is not the answer and then sit with a 3 - 4 year contract whilst taking up a squad spot.

The La Liga giants have had to use players out of position to take the veteran Spaniard's spot in the centre of defence, with the likes of Javier Mascherano and Eric Abidal filling in for the 33 year old.

Martinez would only take Diaby's spot in the treatment room — good player though he is.

the home.grown quota is a talent killer in my opinion, all it does is guarantee very average English players ridiculous overpriced fees and guarantee of a spot in the EPL because clubs will always take a punt, not because of talent but mainly to fill up their quota....

The rest of the team upped their game the moment the captain was taken off uninjured, the message was clear, no one's guaranteed a spot, if our dearest manager let that resonate with the players more often, we'll win crucial games more often, simples.

Granted, I'm no expert and the pre-season is too small a sample to take a player's measure, but he's at least proven he deserves the chance to compete for a spot.

He just was injured when a younger better player emerged to take the starting spot.

It took just a few months for Mourinho to spot the weakness in Shaw, yet Wenger can not spot ANY weaknesses in some of his players even after a decade!

When the players arrived, they were each told to take a towel and go find a spot in the outfield.

Then they could take a Euro stash player, which would free up a roster spot this year.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

Bellerin can't take on players, can't cross the ball and can't dribble... let just play our old formation for this one, let's have Bellerin play his usual spot with Lucas Perez coming in front of him....

The only player I'm ever confident of taking free kicks is Podolski but that's only if the ball is spot on the right side so he can use that cannon of a left foot of his.

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

All of Real Madrid, Barca and Bayern etc. first team players can legitimately take the spot of every Arsenal first team player.

An even more important player with Angel Di Maria leaving, Juan Mata takes up the third cental midfield spot here.

Most likely, Jenkinson won't be starting in that spot for the next three straight months as a more experienced player - albeit out of position - takes his place.

This could result in an upward spiral: more American kids playing indoor soccer, more young American players capable of beating out foreigners for spots in the indoor league, a more American game overall, a higher profile for the sport, encouraging more amateur players to take it up, and so on.

Mitchell will have turned into one of the league's top 30 players by 2021, jumping the depth chart and taking over Rodney Hood's starting spot in his rookie year.

I keep on saying that we have to first leapfrog City from top spot and take as cushioned lead at the top as our players are not as experienced as City players in title push.

A cluster of stakeholders in the match — refs, coaches, players, and a few fans who poke their noses in — forms at the penalty spot, their urgency implying that an injustice is about to take place.

This House of Cards created by the thin - skinned narcissist and our absentee landlord is going to come crashing down over the next 12 months and anyone who doesn't put the success of the club ahead of blind allegiances will need to check themselves so that we can move forward once the dust has settled... this club has been on auto - pilot for far too long and the same old, same old just won't cut it in the new EPL where many of the best managers, players and deepest pockets in the world now reside... just think to yourself what has transpired in the last 7 years alone: Leicester City won the EPL, Chelsea and ManCity have changed several managers and still won the League on multiple occasions, ManU lost Fergie yet we still didn't take advantage, Liverpool has emerged from their slumber and the Spurs are presently the better team in North London... if you find this acceptable, I feel for you and this future of this club... hope you all enjoy fighting with Everton and West Ham for the final Europa spot every year (aka the new Wenger Cup)

To me, i feel xhaka is well needed in dis new formation (d 3 -4-3) n moreso, he is a typical arsenal kind of player... can hold on to d ball n distribute it with precision... all we need to succeed with dis new formation is to get a combative football playing midfielder dat can win d ball n move with it... in d mould of naby keita, verrati n even Everton's gana can do d job or better still, take renato sanchez on loan... doubt if he is going to get enough playing time as he would want at bayern dis season again coz of their luxury of midfield player, not sure if he will be in d 1st team with vidal n thiago alcantara unbenchable n anceloti having a soft spot for kimmich (just as wenger has for Ramsey) I think if we propose a loan deal for renato sanchez dah bayern will grant it

These guys probably have some grip coming in at the # 6 spot in the Week 1 Power Rankings but unfortunately for them, their fellow housemates did not have enough players to field a team in Week 1 and had to take the forfeit win.

The TV football pundit suggested that anything less than full effort and commitment from a player who wants to leave but has not, will be spotted quickly by his team mates who will not take kindly to it.

The thing that really bothers me is the thing we've disagreed on in the past and that's imo Wengers apparent lack of Urgency and decisiveness when moving into the transfer window I know that Scheweinsteiger would be a great addition but He is somewhat over the hill in comparison to the others that are being toted about and while I know that we are not the cash Rich Man Poo or Man Sh!tty or Chelski I do know that we are at a point for the first time in ten years where we don't need to replace many players or are being frced to sell the quality ones we have, we are for the first time in a spot where we only need to add two or three players and we are there in terms of being able to compete, Id hate for the financial Exuberance to stop us taking that final stride forward into the competitive team we nearly are IMO spend the money now, get the striker, get the DM and we wont need to look at transfers in a big way again for several seasons and with that in mind Id rather have the likes of Benzema or Lacazetta or even Cavanni than a nearly over the hill Scheweinsteiger.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

Outgoing rumours certainly take top spot over incoming players, especially with Alexis and Ozil being on the brink of possible moves away.