Sentences with phrase «previous seasons our injury»

Not exact matches

has wenger bought injury - proof bodies for the players???... i have to agree that we have a stronger squad than in the previous seasons but its no better than the other top teams... up to now i still can't get why we had to leave our home and move to the emirates except maybe for the ridiculous ticket prices... the stadium should start paying us back by now

The Gunners have been on the hunt for a new striker for months now, following the loss of Danny Welbeck to a long - term injury, while Theo Walcott failed to impress in the role for the previous season.

Arsenal's end - product this season, contrasting to previous seasons, depends hugely on Wenger's man - management skills, and how he juggles around with his injury - hit squad.

We have either started well or finished well in previous seasons and as always the injuries to key players have played a big part in our failure to win the premier league.

«Last year, when Rivers suffered a huge dropoff in play from previous seasons, I thought he might be concealing an injury, but the quarterback assured me he wasn't.

Due to a multitude of injury problems, Arsenal's little Spanish maestro Santi Cazorla only played 7 League games for the Gunners this season, and only played 15 in the previous campaign, so you imagine that the 32 year - old is close to finishing his career at the top.

The 20 - year - old, who made just one appearance as a substitute for Germany during the Euro U21 tournament earlier in the summer, missed the entire 2014 - 15 campaign as he recovered from a serious knee injury sustained in the previous season and it's been well over a year since his last competitive game for the club.

It was even better than the first half of the previous season when the Gunners raced to the top of the table and stayed there until the mounting injury crisis saw it all fall apart as the manager had to cope without the likes of Ramsey, Walcott and Ozil.

Kos has some moments of greatness but this past season he was totally underwhelming... not enough leadership provided, too many dumb mistakes in big games, emerging injury concerns and provides next to nothing offensively (he should watch some Sergio Ramos video because that was what I was hoping from him a few years back)... keep in mind, he is by far our best defender, which is problematic considering my previous comments

Theo's first three or four seasons at arsenal were quite disappointing saw glimpses of what he was capable of but always seemed to struggle then I think he stepped his game up and had a couple of better seasons 2012 - 13 season he was brilliant 21 goals off the wing had a really great season 2013 - 14 started the season strong but wasn't getting the goals he got the previous seasons had a bit of an injury then looked better than ever for a short period before his injury.

Wilshere showed his talent in previous seasons and can be world class... but his stock plummeted due to injuries, we property get scrapes if we were to sell him.

The New Zealander has been one of the Premier League's most consistent centre - backs for years, but a couple of injuries mean that he has not been as good as in previous seasons.

Jenkinson spent the previous two seasons on loan at West Ham where he initially made quite the impression before a nasty injury cut his second stint short.

In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)

«The injury in his ankle didn't allow him to show his best form like in the previous season, and in addition he felt an injury relapse after receiving a hit during a game with Spain Under - 21s.

He missed 64 games last season with two hand injuries and a minor knee operation, but his previous production speaks for itself.

We have a much bigger and more talented squad than in previous seasons, and we should be able to cover better if we get our usual injury glut.

It is a recurrent theme, the PL is a marathon and arsenal consistently do not have the stamina, often there are injuries which seem to plague us but there is more to it than that, there has been an underlying weakness in previous seasons and it is still there.

Who knows what might have happened if we had not suffered all those injury problems to key players at crucial points of previous seasons.

I've supported Giroud as much as a fan can but this season he has blown it big time, previous seasons there could be the argument that he had no competition / rest in his role, due to injuries he had to play a LOT.

It is a massive blow for the young player of course, as he had only just recovered from the previous injury to his ankle in time to score the BBC's goal of the season in our final Premier League game of the season.

I remember seeing a chart last season showing the injury situation for Premier League clubs over the previous 10 years and I think only Newcastle United's was worse than Arsenal's.

When Wenger says hes out for 4 months trust me its 8 months... we alrdy knw... in one of the previous articls the author said «WAT IF our playrs wont get injurd n we win the league» haha that ws fun bcoz winnin the league is already imposible wt wenger and Arsenal goin a whole season without serious injuries is anothr miracle!

The season was «Derailed» by not strengthening the team enough during previous transfer windows, not covering injuries adequately (EG.

Previous season Beginning from getting a starting role against Aston Villa (I excluded other games because he returned from a year long ACL injury returning to match fitness), He has 7 starts and 9 sub appearances scoring 7 goals in all competitions including a hattrick

Wenger said this on previous occasions, notably Wilshere's return from his injury in 2011 - 12, as well as the more recent return of Francis Coquelin last season.

Embiid's mask required the additional goggling — Horne preferred to keep the technology behind the lens a «secret» — due to a previous facial injury he sustained during his lone season at Kansas.

There has only been limited opportunities to play both in a first - team capacity since the pair have both suffered with injury setbacks this season as well as in previous years, but the duo did both start against Milan on Thursday night, and it could be interesting to see that system furthered.

Previous seasons I had hoped his form dips was due to playing too many games and because of our injuries... Well his bad habit was hidden better.

It very well could have been an acute injury, too, so it's hard to speculate whether this was impacting him in previous seasons.

The number of player days lost to injury fell from 2472 in the previous season to a much better 1834 last year, a drop of around 25 percent.

As you mention in the article, he started the 2015 season on PUP, but you didn't mention the reason he started the season on PUP was due to an injury suffered in the playoffs of the previous season.

Look Arsenal fans, even if this turns out for the worst, it is still nothing like the injury crisis that Arsene Wenger was having to cope with at this stage last year, or the continuous problems that hit the Gunners midway through the previous season that saw our brilliant start to the season ruined.

Knowing Arsenal's previous predictions of length of injury it would not surprise me if Ozil didn't play again this season!

Despite Wilshere's firmly impressive campaign thus far, we are said to have made him a offer of a new deal with negated terms, likely including increased pay depending on appearances due to his recurring injury problems of previous seasons, but with such little time remaining on his current deal, that could prove to be dangerous.

I have absolutely no doubt about Mikel Arteta's previous ability and the contribution he has made to the team in the last few years, but due to the emergence of Francis Coquelin last season and his constant injuries have seen him drop to third choice Defensive Midfielder at this present time.

Unfortunately he has fallen foul of a number of injuries in previous seasons, but does seem to have turned a corner during this campaign, although he was nursed back to injury in the earlier months of the term.

The Spaniard's artistry on the ball, leadership on the pitch and versatility have all been sorely missed and the correlation with Arsenal's drop in form and Santi's injury is evident for all to see, not just this season but the previous campaign as well.

But even assuming that Arsenal do not have to cope with the long list of injury problems that have scuppered the previous two attempts to win the Premier League, the manager will be looking to add quality in the summer transfer window and perhaps work on some of the things that have let us down this season.

We also took into account each player's statistics from previous seasons, as well as his role on his current team, his potential for improvement and his injury history.

Many of us Arsenal fans thought we had seen the last of Abou Diaby in an Arsenal shirt as his contract is nearing an end and that one previous appearance this season, in the Capital One Cup defeat by Southampton in September, was followed by the latest in a ridiculously long string of injury problems.

And I started to worry about the Arsenal injury crisis of last season coming back to plague us again, with Kieran Gibbs having picked up a knock in the previous game.

The 24 year - old chose to join the Cherries for the season in order to gain regular first - team action for the coming Premier League season, having struggled with fitness and injuries in previous years.

There had been calls for Welbeck to be chosen by Roy Hodgson for the 23 - man England squad in France this summer, after he came back from his previous injury to score five times in the second half of the season.

With even more injuries added to the disinterested squad who succumbed so weakly the previous week, victory at a ground which had been a fortress for Burnley all season looked remote.

As such, Petr Cech has returned to training after missing the previous game with a Pelvic injury which witnessed David Ospina earn his maiden Premier League start of the season.

He'd been a crowd favourite at Brighton previously but injuries had blighted his time there and he'd spent the previous season at Hearts where he was only able to play nine times because of more injuries.

«Everyone is available except the injuries that everybody knows, so the injuries that come from the previous season with surgeries.

I can't think of a bad game that Sagna had, and after some injury problems in previous seasons, he was able to stay fit for the majority of the season.

I see very little mention of Ramires on Arteta... As I mentioned in a previous post on another article: expect to see refs going blind in our upcoming games, which will facilitate targeting of key players for long term injuries to derail our season.