Sentences with phrase «pressure of a big club»

The pressure of a big club is a little different.

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Having not won a trophy for ages and thinking of themselves as a big club there is much more pressure on them to compete for every competition they are in.

In fairness to the Costa Rica international, he has done a decent job as the club's number one since the departure of club legend Iker Casillas, dealing well with the pressure of taking on big gloves to fill.

As well as lifting the mood around the club and taking the pressure off him, the experience of winning competitions is what his young players need to help them challenge for the big competitions in the future.

A lot of players fold under the pressure of moving from one big club to another in the same division, but the 29 - year - old has thrived, looking deadlier than ever.

The Belgium international joined United from Everton in the summer for a big price tag, with plenty of pressure on him to show what he could do at a big club after flopping at Chelsea earlier in his career.

I'm conscious of the size of the club, the expectation level, so the pressure is even bigger than the first day I arrived.

Chelsea don't tend to bow to pressure to sell their stars to big clubs, so should be reasonably confident of holding on to Alonso, even if Barcelona can be very persuasive.

Some Arsenal fans have not been happy with the club for keeping Arsene Wenger as our manager for some time now and even though the pressure may have been taken off the Frenchman by the team ending the long trophy drought and then backing it up with back to back FA cup wins at Wembley, the failure so far this season to take advantage of the struggles of the Premier League big boys has brought it all back with a bang.

Thierry Henry has said it all, that there's is a problem in arsenal, there was a time he don't even relate with his teams mate and he question why Sanchez will remain at arsenal after the display against Liverpool, I have said it before the big issue on ground is not money that the player are demanding but the ambition of the club... henry also said, when u are playing for arsenal u are comfortable whether u are playing well or not because there's no pressure on u....

Just a few are; the inability to handle the pressure of expectation, complacency, bottling it in the big games, Wenger's apparent reluctance to compete and spend the club's money in the transfer market and his insistence on playing a certain style of attractive football when a more pragmatic approach may serve us better.

They've fulfilled a dream because most of the time players want to come to a big club in England, and they could be under much more pressure than they're used to.

I can only assume it is the pressure of playing for a big club, at lesser clubs they keep busy which must help with confidence and also you cant really point fingers because then there would be finger pointing all season long.

Further, he essentially hinted that he's happy with what's he got and would not be applying pressure on the club to act and splash out on any big players for the second half of the campaign.

Wenger said on Arsenal.com: «English players could have more of a problem when they come from a smaller club to this club because of how big the pressure is.

and he Is in a position where he is not questioned, not under any pressure and in charge of everything regarding football and more... No one is bigger than the club, but we might, just might have to reconsider the saying...!

And when I read the comments from the young forward on Arsenal.com about enjoying the pressure of playing for a big club and feeling that he has adapted well to the demands of EPL football it made me question even more the wisdom of not trying to tap that enthusiasm while Arsenal are in this current rut.

Big club, lots of money, great squad, full control of transfer targets as all board members know F / A about football and 0 pressure to win anything.

Complacency was more the culprit in the first game and the real pressure was evident in the return game — can't be more pressure to perform if you know you are going out of the biggest club competition there is unless you can score 3 goals.

Manchester City were punished last season for breaking the FFP rules but the regulations were relaxed recently after pressure from some of Europe's biggest clubs.

and I still reiterate my sentiments, many players are better suited to playing for smaller clubs with very little expectations and less pressure and I can name loads of very very talented players who just don't have the big club mentality, players who bloom and shine when they are the main attraction, the big fish in a small pond but who will whither and fade once they make the step up to bigger teams... with Arsenal Afobe will just be another player, another upstart who will find the pressure of delivering week in week out or be out of the team hard to deal with... at Bournemouth he has time to settle into his pace, if he misses chances like he did on his debut for the club he will still be given chances after chances, just like it happened withn him

Am never one to excuse our continuous failings and Wenger's general ineptitude but all this talk of Afobe been another one we missed out on is a bit preposterous and very very premature... yes he's scored a few goals for Bournemouth but can we all take a step bck and recognise that playing for a team who will be happy just to avoid relegation is very different from playing for a club which demands trophies and high achievements every season (yea, I know we have been found wanting on these fronts for a long time)... some players are better in small clubs with limited expectations and very neat to no pressure... that is why history is littered with stories of good players who went to big clubs and flopped only to go down a few levels and find their form again....

I do think that both Sergio Aguero and Alvaro Morata are much bigger losses for their respective clubs Man City and Chelsea though, so with the football media reporting that both strikers could be set to miss around six weeks of action, Arsenal really need to keep the pressure on and hope it tells.

He has the pressures of having to contend with big spending clubs who are buying top rated to world - class players every year like they are cheap as chips.

I like working for a club where a lot of people are interested in football so that's no pressure, it's only a big joy, it's a big honour.

At his former club he was often nothing short of spectacular but the pressure and expectations are now much bigger.

Clubs like Southampton and Tottenham are now applying pressure on the traditional big boys of the league which means that a top 4 finish is no longer a cake walk that it was made out to be a few years ago.

The typical role of a top - class goalkeeper at a big club is to command his area and make one or two key saves per game to take the pressure of the rest of the team, something that the Spaniard has done consistently over the past two months.

The midfielder gave the ball away on countless occasions and for a player who his manager and the supporters believe is their only saviour — one of just a select few proven match winners in this Blackpool squad, it would appear the pressure is finally getting to him, not least the speculation regarding a possible switch to a big - four club in the summer.

There is a huge amount of pressure on Antonio Conte as the team is not performing well against the big clubs.

Between a no - pressure, open membership series of book clubs, community events such as a feminist crafting circle, and poetry and book readings from authors big and small (Anne Lamott, anyone?)