Sentences with phrase «pressing game the manager»

Not exact matches

«It's the topic of every press conference we've had with the exception of two (games),» Royals manager Ned Yost said of the weather, according to USA Today.

Besides if you and I can see that Arsenal struggle against teams who play a pressing game, surely any experienced manager with the players capable of carrying out the tactics would just use that on Arsenal as Dortmund did

There has been and will continue to be an awful lot of talk among Arsenal fans and in the football press about various behind the scenes goings on at our club, but right now the manager and the players need to focus on the next match and taking all three Premier League points from our home game against Manchester City.

Mackay was appointed as the successor to sacked former Brentford manager Uwe Rosler this week, despite the fact that his texts drew wide condemnation both in the press and within the game and that he is still the subject of an FA investigation.

Arsene Wenger gave his final pre-match Arsenal press conference yesterday, ahead of our final Premier League game at home top bottom club Aston Villa at home tomorrow, and one thing he said has left a lot of Arsenal fans shaking our heads and fearing that after all the criticism and complaints that have come the manager's way this season, nothing is going to change after all.

The former Southampton manager has introduced a high press, high octane play style into Spurs» game, which is one of the main reasons why fans have seen the club turn into title challengers.

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...

Big games need big players, i think if the manager is being honest with himself, ozil should be coming from the bench, let ramsay partner coq and cazorla behind giroud welbeck and sanchez, also put in gabriel so that we can high press liverpool and kill their game.

Poor old Steve Bould took today's Arsenal press conference ahead of Sunday's game against Stoke because Arsene Wenger has caught the dreaded lurgy and lost his voice, and the assistant manager was just about as interesting as watching him sit on the bench beside wenger during games!

Theo Walcott looks to be unavailable again after missing the midweek Champions League game in Paris with a knee injury and the manager suggested in his press conference reported by The Mirror that the reason he has not been starting Olivier Giroud in the centre forward position is that the big Frenchman is not fit and has been slowly reaching match readiness.

When Arsene Wenger gives a press conference ahead of an Arsenal game there is usually one of the players there with him to answer questions from the attendant football media, and it is almost always one of the players that the manager plans to be in the starting line - up for the game.

Ashley Young, for example, was attracting interest from several clubs — domestic and abroad, but the manager made it clear in his pre-Hull City press conference that the 31 - year old was going to stay with the club owing to the nature of their schedule ahead which will see them play seven games (in four competitions) in the space of 26 days.

You can watch highlights of every first team game, interviews with the manager and players before and after every game and the manager's pre-match press conferences.

Despite that, and despite that Barcelona again appear to be playing the press and player agitation game to force Liverpool to sell Coutinho for less than their value of him, manager Ernesto Valvrde today insisted his club have nothing but respect — for Liverpool and the fact Coutinho is another club's player.

Addressing his morning press conference manager Allardyce said: «Andy Carroll will get another game, at some stage he'll get more minutes than he's had in the last game, which is obviously another important factor for us.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger threatened to end his press conference ahead of his sides live Super Sunday game against Manchester United if questions continued on his decision to leave Cech on the bench against Olympiakos on Tuesday.

Embed from Getty Images Speaking at the press conference ahead of the game against Swansea, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger spoke at length about Spanish midfield dynamo Santi Cazorla, praising the «intelligent and versatile» player.

Speaking at the press conference ahead of the game against Swansea, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger spoke at length about Spanish midfield dynamo Santi Cazorla, praising the «intelligent and versatile» player.

Everton manager Roberto Martinez met with the press ahead of their game against Tottenham on Sunday at the weekend and

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp spoke to the press ahead of Sunday's game against West Bromwich Albion.

In the manager's usual weekly press conference — in which he also stated that Kieran Gibbs will be out injured for two to three weeks and finally explained Abou Diaby's Manchester City absence, an ankle injury that will also keep him out from this weekend's game against West Ham — he looked confused when announced the state of Almunia's injury.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of the game, the Villarreal manager said: «It is a real pleasure to play here.

Embed from Getty Images Speaking during the press conference ahead of tomorrow's game against Sunderland, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided detailed updates on the squad.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini met with the press ahead of their game against Norwich this weekend and gave an

After the game, manager Massimiliano Allegri fielded questions from the press, mostly focused on the upcoming Champions League Final.

Arsène Wenger spoke after the West Ham game about Ozil «being hit hard by us going out of the Champions League», and the manager clarified that comment in his pre-Crystal Palace press conference.

In Mourinho's most recent press conference, ahead of United's Monday night game against Stoke, the manager had the final word on the fall out.

So says general manager Darrell Gallagher in a recent press release which reminds of the game's Xbox Live Arcade debut tomorrow; the content will be free «so that gamers can get a taste of some of the exciting extras we have in store,» he says.

In a somewhat surprising move during the PC Gamer E3 press conference, Xbox Games head Phil Spencer and Coalition studio manager Rod Fergusson took turns taking the stage to announce that Killer Instinct and Gears of War Ultimate Edition would be making their way to the PC.