Sentences with phrase «players returning to the squad»

Today we had three players return to the squad in David Ospina, Laurent Koscielny and Mikel Arteta, but Santi Cazorla suffered a mystery illness before being taken off.

The current Black Ferns squad of 28 includes six new faces as well as a number of other players returning to the squad after a period of absence.

Two players returning to the squad are the Brazilian midfielder Kaka, and the Portuguese defender Pepe.

Not exact matches

Signing or not, I'm just eager to watch the boys play, Mustafi doesn't come with guarantees either, most of these players we cry out for are just average at best and only contribute to bloated squad numbers in the long run after our already average squad members return from injury.

Three Arsenal players — Debuchy, Giroud and Ozil — look set to be out of action until the turn of the year, at least, which means that Wenger has been handed a serious kick up his backside, with a small squad at the start of the season further shortened by this injury pileup that also sees Ramsey, Arteta, Diaby, Monreal and Sanogo not yet fit to return.

Apart from the obvious stubborness by Wenger to not buy a defensive minded player to add to the squad, our team is definitely up for a title challenge once Theo returns.

Some first team players however will not be returning until the very end of pre-season training, whilst the likes of Giroud, Ramsey, Ozil and Koscielny are not expected to join up with the squad until little less than a week before our Premier League campaign kicks off.

(3) formation flexibility — it took 20 years for Wenger to return to a back 3 and now he can't seem to choose anything but that formation... the teams in the premiership and those we could face in the Europa will present vastly different tactics and we need to have a manager who can prepare this squad for this eventuality and have the fortitude to make the necessary adjustments throughout the season... I have seen nothing in the past 6 - 7 years to suggest that he is the man to take on this challenge... I can't even remember when he changed formations when he would replace a small, pacy striker, like during the Walcott experiment, with the lumbering Giroud... of course this is exactly why there is no other manager in the world that plays more players out of their natural positions (square peg in a round hole)

But Arsene Wenger, who has seen hundreds of awful injuries to Arsenal players in his lifetime, including the broken legs of Eduardo and Ramsey and the never - ending problems of Abou Diaby, has now admitted that Cazorla's injury was ¡ the worst he'd ever seen», although it seems that Le Prof believes that the Spaniard's problems are now over and thinks he will return to the squad in January, when he can be reinstated in the Premier League squad.

Remember the times our entire 23 man squad would all be called up on international break, then about 8 of them would return with injuries and knocks and our team would have to suffer?I am so excited about the fact that it is no longer the case and our players should be getting a good rest.

In January, the Arsenal manager said he would not sign another striker to his squad because there was no players «better» than the returning Welbeck available.

Others could point to injuries — key players like Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery and David Alaba sat out the game in midweek, while other members of the squad were not fully fit after only recently returning.

As for worrying about losing more, the players we shall have to worry most about are Laurent Koscielny, who has been called up despite just returning today, Olivier Giroud, who is a certain starter for France as Benzema has been omitted from the squad, and even more worryingly Alexis Sanchez, who has two more World Cup Qualifiers to play in South America.

One player who has put that exact case forward is Arsenal's Welshman Aaron Ramsey, who has recently made his return to the squad after a 13 match absence.

Welbeck's return will give Wenger more opportunities to rotate and rest any tiring strikers as we negotiate the crucial second half of the season, and Le Prof is happy that he has another fresh player to add to the squad.

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!!!

One positive is that most of our players are returning which means we have the depth in squad to cope with the most crucial stage in the season.

This summer our club only brought in two players to our first - team squad, a return far lower than any of our rivals, but it was us who needed the most improvements after finishing outside the top - four for the first time since Arsene Wenger joined in 1996.

this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

Add that to Arsenal are looking, Arsenal are scouting, Arsenal are preparing an offer, Arsenal have decided he's to dear, Arsenal have a returning from injury he's like a new player cobblers, Arsenal have enough cover in that position and last but not least, we will not be adding to our squad this transfer window.

It's clear what's needed and it never gets addressed, to add to it, we play people out if position just to accommodate some players, we have a big squad, but too much average players whom they either kept and or renewed their contracts, younger kids who are showing promise may not see the pitch for the next two years, Wilshire will return so I'm fearing for the OX or Less Coq (because favoratism seems to rule).

Every year when Arsenal go through a bad patch (like losing ONE out of the first TEN League games lol) the fans start calling for Wenger to be sacked, but surely he has had to cope with players returning from the World Cup, an unbelievable injury list, blending new players into the squad, and he has STILL managed to get us up into Fourth place already.

There are finally some big names amongst the squad again after many years of struggle and these are the types of players who will return the club to its former glory.

The former Liverpool player has been linked with a shock return to the Italian squad after a strong start at his new club in France.

It will be welcome news for Van Gaal as his squad continues to be bolstered by the return of injured players, and it will undoubtedly strengthen their belief that they can still claim a top - four finish.

I am sure that Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board will want to get the best possible return for any of the current Arsenal squad who will be leaving the club this summer, but the reality of the situation is that we do not have all that much bargaining power with many of the players likely to leave.

Always good to see important players returning from long term injuries.But in this case I feel that cazorla would be the one whose comeback will be more significant in terms of quality in the squad depth.I guess wenger will look to put together two first team squads one for the epl while the second for the efl cup, fa cup and europa league.We have enough quality and depth to actually do that

So much for Arsenal fans hoping and praying to get most of our players back uninjured after the international break, and some of our currently injured ones to be returning to the squad, but Alas!

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Ever since he returned to Manchester City, the player has been the heartbeat of the squad on many occasions despite recent injury and erratic form.

Wellington Silva will be returning and he has been showing he can run and pass quickly and smartly... although a bit too inconsistant IMO to be a starter, still a squad player though and one with talent and happy to work hard and try to force his way into the team.

Tinkle, the squad's top returning player and a sophomore, received a medical redshirt year after missing 26 games due to a broken wrist in 2016 - 17.

That lot don't impress me none.Very average players returning to a very average Team / squad coached by a very average coach.

You need a squad player to hold the fort while waiting for players to return.

Here we have another AudioPost from Arsene Wenger's Swansea v Arsenal pre-match conference yesterday, where he discusses the injury situation and how quickly some players will be returning to the squad.

On the surface, Newcastle's squad is largely made up of Championship quality players, however despite a shaky start on their return to the Premier League, experienced boss Rafa Benitez has handled his side with a real panache that highlights why he was such a coup for the Tyneside club in the first place.

Yesterday we looked at 5 loan players who will be returning to the Tottenham squad next season and among them was our 22 year old midfielder Tom Carroll.

A number of players should be fit to return to Villa's squad including Chris Herd, Nathan Baker and Joe Bennett.

If Liverpool are going to find players who will make a Salah-esque impression on the squad, it might be prudent to return to the scene of...

With a number of key players also leaving or returning to their parent clubs from loan deals, Zubeldia was faced with remolding an entire squad and hasn't been afforded any sort of patience to get things back on track after defeats to Leganes, Barcelona, Celta Vigo and Villarreal.

The return of Hatem Ben Arfa, arguably the most talented player in the squad, should add another bow to Newcastle's armoury.

The squad left the UAE's capital on Saturday after a five - day break, with the majority of the players now set to join up with their international sides before returning to Manchester.

-- We always try to play with a full squad, and some players were playing a lot of games have had a break on Sunday and the same are now returning, said Jose Mourinho for the Man Utd official site.

For the first leg, Ernesto Valverde opted to rest key players like Leo Messi and Luis Suárez, who had only just returned from their Christmas holiday, but both the South American strikers are in the squad of 19 that he named after training on Wednesday evening.

Chelsea trio Cesar Azpilicueta, Pedro and Cesc Fabregas are among five Premier League players in the squad and have all been included alongside Manchester City's David Silva, who returns following his comeback from injury and Manchester United's David De Gea who is set to be Spain's number one this summer.

Douglas Costa is widely regarded as the most exciting player in Shakhtar's squad, and was one of the six players who initially refused to return to Ukraine due to the political turmoil.

Speculation surrounding his return has been highly disputed, not as popular as people would expect, Sweden will most probably be hoping to cement a new generation of players in the senior squad lead by their new captain Andreas Granqvist.

Croatia announced on Saturday that six key players — Luka Modric, Mario Mandzukic, Ivan Perisic, Marcelo Brozovic, Danijel Subasic and Nikola Kalinic — would be returning to Europe after Friday's 2 - 0 loss to Peru in Miami, severely weakening the squad that will play Mexico.

LONDON: Jurgen Klopp says his current Liverpool squad is the strongest he has ever worked with as the players prepare for a return to action after a warm - weather training camp in Spain.

But with an extra day to prepare the squad there is a possibility of both players being fit to return for Newcastle's visit on Sunday if the medical staff deem it will not be a risk.