Sentences with phrase «playing at the back recently»

Joleon Lescott has been playing at the back recently and the defence doesn't look so comfortable to me, compared to last two seasons where Joe Hart has won the Golden Glove for the most clean sheets.

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I read books that extended the original story 20 years into the future, played the video games, and have even recently spent an evening at Secret Cinema dressed as Han Solo, recreating A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back (two of the greatest films of all time).

The Arsenal defender Calum Chambers was watched by Roy Hodgson in a few games recently, including at right - back against Chelsea, and it seems that the England boss has decided to pull the 19 year - old out of the U21 squad for the important European Championship play - off against Croatia to give him his first taste of senior football at Wembley, after coming on as a sub in the last friendly in Norway.

Chambers — had a great season you look at the amount of football Bellerin has played recently and chambers has hardly featured but Chambers has still played a lot more minutes of football than bellerin this season not a natural right back but did a great job earlier in the season and a more central position looks to be where he'll play in the future but he was never going to be first choice straight away.

At the back I feel we are very good, Cech, Bellerin, Kos and Monreal are all definite starters in my book, Wenger has recently been putting a lot of faith in stats (Buying Gabriel was as a result of stats) So I hope to see Gabriel in for Mert both have played twice, With Mert we have conceded 3, With Gabriel we have yet to concede.

The six players are; young striker Chuba Akpom who has been on fire this season and scored a hat - truck in the last under 21 game, Gedion Zelalem, the central midfielder who has been compared to Cesc Fabregas, Ainsley Maitland - Niles, the talented winger who was on the bench for the Stoke game, Stefan O'Connor the promising 17 - year old centre back who recently signed his first professional contract, Alex Iwobi the Nigerian born winger and nephew of Jay - Jay Okocha and finally the young defensive midfielder Glen Kamara who also plays for the Finland national team at under 21 level.

The Big Show recently spoke at the Play Fair toy convention in New York and reminisced about his entry into pro wrestling at the age of 23 back in 1995.

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

In addition, the Ox admitted recently that despite his success at wing - back, his desire was to play in midfield and any promise in that regard may contribute to a potential departure as well.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Ospina takes the No1 jersey for me and there is no need to explain further Bellerin (needs to play in the hope of getting back former electrifying form) Chambers (proving versatility day by day and Hull is best training ground for him) Per (with Gabriel playing recently, Per had a rest for a few games, he can freshen his legs at Hull) Monreal (the only pity that he can't rest, Gibbs is out and can't play 2 games in a row, need backup) Coquelin (needs to complete 90 minutes anticipating Barca, don't want to see Flamini anywhere near bench during the Barca game)

The right back has already showed thanks and loyalty to the manager and club who gave him the chance to play and prove himself at the top level and he has just recently signed a long term contract, so what do you guys make of his tweet?

i have to admit at 1 nil up it was painful to watch this arsenal team, toothless, no fluency, no penetration and you could sense how tense and nervous the team was, the only players pushing to go forwards were santi & wilshere sadly both them were recently back from long term injuries and lacking match fitness / sharpness which was understandable, on a different day they both would have scored, jack had a couple of good chances and santi had one, anyway we sorely missed both that, s for sure, santi, s linking play and their fighting spirit jack was not afraid to have a go at alexis in fairness he deserved it!!

Jan Vertonghen has recently told the media that it really helps that he is playing with a regular centre - back partner, so obviously, it should be Vertonghen and Fazio at the back.

People criticised United, who did sit back, but I thought Liverpool were going to come out of the blocks and play like they have been at home recently.

He started last season in the centre of defence but has moved more recently to a right - back berth whilst stepping up to our under - 23 team under Michael Duff who himself played in that position before finally settling in at centre half in the Burnley team.

Unbeaten in their last four league matches, Everton will set out to continue their surge up the table when they play host to Stoke City, who have recently embarked upon another losing run which has seen them lose back - to - back games since the international break at the beginning of October.

Sterling wants to play regular Champions League football and he is also thought to prefer playing up front — as he did for England against Lithuania on Friday — than at wing - back, where the Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, has been using him recently.

Recently on Monday night football Jaime Carragher analysed the two players and commented that Ramsey works on the right hand side because he helps Bellerin at right back but then come in field to join up the play but this has now become a weakness in this Arsenal side.

Derby led the Championship in March but a wretched run of form saw them eventually finish eighth and miss out on a play - off place at the end of the recently - completed season, and Clement will no doubt be expected to succeed where McClaren failed in guiding the Rams back into the top flight for the first time since 2008.

After recently giving you a first look at Zazie Beetz as Domino for Deadpool 2, a teaser image of Deadpool's long - time friend and time - traveling maniac Cable has finally emerged following the announcement of Josh Brolin confirmed to play the character back in April.

Looking back at his formative years as a player, Duncan, who recently graduated with a first - class degree in economics and business management, said: «The beauty of floodlit 3G pitches is that they don't get waterlogged and you can play on them through the dark evenings.

It'll feature recently updated games, games you've recently played — so you can jump right back in — and games that your friends are playing at that moment, so you can join them quickly.

This felt especially cumbersome after playing Capcom's recently released Disney Afternoon Collection, which lets you rewind at any moment (and go much further back) with the click of a button.

I was diplomatic about it at the time, but I went back and played Dead Rising again recently to capture some footage and it is just a much cleverer, meaner game.

The discussion I had recently about this had been irritating, so many examples in my research which showed the faked Hockey Stick cause was alive and well and now not just eliminating the warmer periods like the MWP and Roman, but taking it even further back and ludicrously even positing that temps now were rising higher than at any time in the Holocene, but the 6/7, 000 year had been a first step to this, eliminating the Holocene Maximum by clever sleights of hand and word play.

Following the dual camera trend, Coolpad recently launched its Cool Play 6 smartphone which packs a combination of dual 13MP lens at the back.

This felt especially cumbersome after playing Capcom's recently released Disney Afternoon Collection, which lets you rewind at any moment (and go much further back) with the click of a button.