Sentences with phrase «quality football on»

England boss Roy Hodgson said on the eve of the game that he was expecting an «electric» atmosphere, but there was barely a flicker of excitement from the stands during the match due to the poor quality football on display.

We're just living up to our new standards which is Europa League quality football on a good day.

Not exact matches

Aside from the qualities that he brings on the pitch from a football perspective, the Serbian international has posted a string of light - hearted messages on his social media accounts to show a different side to him.

One sunny day in June doesn't make a hot summer... part of our 4th place junkie years that need to go in to football history... He maybe quick but he actually slows down movement from defence to attack Can't dribble or defend and his positional sense is average... Hundred grand a week is day light robbery by the whippet... And he crowds out better plays in squad and stops wenger investing in top quality we need... Might get 16 or 17 mill from some deluded team so sell qnd let's move on to better things... Dybala for example... Sanchez dybala drexler... Hmm

The following information takes a list of known wonderkids from the Football Manager series back in 2009, and looks at the game's prediction success rate based on the quality of the player in the latest instalment of the series; Football Manager 2015.

While the top dogs did what quality teams are supposed to do, the teams that put on for THE TWELVE were the two that took tough losses to the college football elite.

when i referred to walcott as the whippet i was roundly condemned by the arsene fan club that passes for football pundits on this site... i now see that i was wrong... and would like to extend my profoundest apologies to whippets everywhere for maligning the genuine qualities of that particular breed... as for walcott...

Martinez is quality striker but he looks ugly remember Dimaria was sold because he is ugly.I like seeing players with good looks on pitch they attract supporters who are not even interested in football mostly ladies.Buy players like Reus and the stadium, will flood

Everyone n football and most of the same fans know Sanchez is our only player of quality, Henry said he is the only player who would get into the Spurs squad, and we play him with one hand tied behind his back on the left wing with effectively no existing central striker to worry defenders (unless you count Giroud as a central striker but I refuse to believe Giroud worries any central defender).

Fefu, if football was won by quality of a team on paper alone, we would have known d CL winners before group stage draws are even made.

This dude had little no experience of being near a quality football club, and knew even less on Arsenal.

«They are certainly a football club who have done one of the best jobs in producing young players, on keeping the quality high despite losing big players.

As has been regurgitated on a thread to thread basis Arsenal are realistically two quality signings (Lacazette / Benzema, Bender \ Krychowiak) from being a serious European football power, why would Wenger in the twilight of his career not spend the money thats readily available?

and the two sloppy goals we conceded was pub team football on a drunken Sunday afternoon, quality.

We both played against Bayern and Barca and lost because you can't play attacking football on their level unless you have absolute world class quality in every position.

guys obviously your both passionate Arsenal fans and your both right in what you say but i have to agree with @Nothing changed, up until three years ago when we made new contracts with our sponsors which put us up there financially with the elite of Europe but the quality or quantity of signings did not match the finances, lets not forget we made a profit from sale of players against buying players and add that to your annual profits that's not acceptable, its a load of bull that we couldn't sign Lamar on time we had almost three months to do so, and regarding playing sexy football, what happen to it?

Nervous start — usual criticism at the beginning of the season, with the lack of spending Ramsey's first blood — Arsenal shocked the league, we played brilliant football, scoring beautiful goals, all seemed like a decent season for us Coq red card — injury crisis struck, the lack of bench depth put pressure on the team, the downfall of performance caused crucial points Alexis» goal when down to ten men - it all seemed like arsenal would lose out in the title race again but arsenal somehow surprised the league again, saying aye we got the quality but we just ai nt gonna show in week in week out Draw in NLD with 10 men — can't really complain about it but you ain't happy.

The recent fixture at West Ham was a perfect case in point; the quality of football was superb when we raced into a 2 - 0 lead, but our intent on attacking to add a third and fourth, plus an element of poor understanding to not realise that West Ham were trying to find Andy Carroll with early crosses into the box from out wide, ultimately led to our downfall.

As such, as well as having no positive impact on the England team, restricting the number of foreigners playing in the Premier League would «risk substantially curtailing the overall quality of the world's most popular football league.»

Football is a game where one team tries to outwit the other and being too obvious is not always the smartest thing to do but some of us fans, we'd spend 90 million on a Pogba, I actually do nt see the problem with spending that much on Pogba if you can actually afford it, so I won't even hate lol, but of that amount, how much is hype and how much is actual quality?

LOL... Quality of footballers depends on how hard fans root for them... Seriously....

The only plus I can see in this happening is the quality of football that would be on view for the fans.

The best case scenario for Arsenal would be a new Quality manager who is given 5 years to get this club back on track because with our budget it will take at least 5 years to undo the damage done by Wenger particlularly if you take in consideration the age of our squad, the departure of Sanchez and Ozil and the absence of CL football.

The constant inclusion of and reliance on Ramsey, Jack (quality footballer but can't stay healthy), Theo, Ox, Giroud, to eventually come good is a reason (if not the reason) we don't lift trophies.

The most likely, however, is the move for a top quality central midfielder that Arsenal fans and the football media have been banging on about for years.

The man has delivered nothing but promises in ten years and the quality of our football has been going down for five... the only thing that has been on an upward curve is wenger's pay packet... With manager above the club his string of mediocre results... 4th place and last 16 or even 8 of cl are just that....

Finances in football are only going to continue rising and if the Gunners want to be able to sign players with the quality and reputation of Alexis and Ozil, then Arsenal not only need to be willing to pay the demanded figure, but we also need to put the club back on the map by winning major honours.

Sylvester, while Antoine Griezmann is a top striker at Atletico Madrid and scoring goals there until his recent dry spell, we should also remind ourselves that Arsenal currently have a top quality striker in the footballer of Alexis Sanchez whose 17 PL goals this season is only rivalled by Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku who are the current three joint top scorers on 17 goals in the PL so far this season.

Look man this unlucky excuse can't go on & on... luck is part of football but the best teams manage to nullify that factor with there quality & Win regardless 8-9/10.

Well it seems that even with a network of scouts on our payroll there is not, in the entire world of football, better quality players than what we currently have, to be found!

of course it wasnt right... this was a big game today and much bigger than wednesday night... you play your best players in big games but more than that football is a team sport which depends on players learning to interact with each other they can only do that if they play together in familiar roles... our real qualities players do nt play enough together....

total failure... Can you believe Wenger spent 32 millions on 2 average players (Chambers and Welbeck) and is penny pinching when is sbout real class players?What is in his mind?Pay a fortune in salary for mediocre players live Walcott, Ramsey and Wilshere and have hesitations about increasing Sanchez wages... keeping on books failures like Sanogo... The truth is - I say it for years and years - until the «British core» disapears, we are not going to be succesful.The low quality of British players is dragging the team back.Last time Arsenal was a powerhouse NONE of the first 11 was British.Wanna see how the British quality looks like in a football team - look no further than national sides of England, Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, even Ireland (not British but same style)- all mediocre teams «able» to be defeated by any team coming to mind.And you are asking about Chambers?He is in the same mold like Wilshere,Walcott,Ox,Ramsey,Gibs,Jenkinson - mediocre overpriced and overpaid players.The world is full with hungry, ambitious and skilled players living in poverty and dreaming of moving to the top at any cost or sacrifice (did you see the poor house - if you can call that house, looking more like an old tent - in which Alexis Sanchez grew up?Or Suarez?)

Is a manager not judged on the result and quality of football on the pitch?

We all need constants, and more than almost anything in college football, we've been able to count on Toledo playing high - quality football and losing the one game it can't afford to lose.

Wilshire can play anywhere in the 5 man midfield, that is a mark of his quality and in a couple of years he will probably find and settle into his best position, for now he just needs to lay his injury troubles behind him, build up his ankles and focus on his football.

coquelin is a decent player but overrated by many fans because he did fill a gap a couple of seasons ago when he came back from charlton and did it well... but like ramsey running around non-stop is not in itself the defining feature of a quality footballer for a DM tackling, positioning, link up play and passing are equally important coquelin is excellent on two of these good on one and poor on last two... xhaka overall is a better DM and should be starting all the time to make him an integral part of a cohesive set up

exactly my point, we arsenal fans are so retarded that we think having lacazette on the bench is bad, but if it's manchester city everyone will say it's quality in squad depth, we always criticise mourinho for playing defensive football but want simeone to come and be our coach, someone who can not attack against a team as weak as leganes or alaves.

So, what do you do as a football club when you have this player; who although immensely bequeathed with quality, isn't exactly world class, and worse still, has spent sundry hours on the treatment table, all the while taking squad space and wages?

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

and there were times when he was on the attack and no one else anywhere near... we need a proper DM ASAP flamini and arteta and Diaby can't deliver its so obvious only the arrogant Frenchman refuses to see it and if the reus rumours are true then splashing over the odds is a no brainier... also sick of hearing that it all depends on Wednesday night... only if profit stream trumps quality flowing football

start for your team that means you have a very weak team we have no world class players at arsenal world class players preform with or without a good manger our players are weak as individually and collectively lack technical ability basic football qualities we don't recognize good players a arsenal Jermaine defoe is a better a better center forward than Sanchez but we will never acknowledge it because we are blind on deluded

Possession football, leaving it late ti find goals, an utterly confused defence after taking a lead, fighting to salvage draws agains weaker teams, reliance on one or two special players to bale us out, poor timing of substitutions, the frequent long term injury list, quality players played out of position, referees gunning us and yet our players commit the kind of fouls leading to cards and penalties.

Wilshere needs another manager to improve... I have a lot of time for him but he stands around too much waiting for ball whereas before he used to hunt for the ball... but whatever happens we are 6 players short of a quality team... years of penny pinching and over indulging crap players by a clueless manager who is a legend in his own mind... people go on about guardiolas spending in the summer but the team we are now watching play the best football in epl history only has 2 new additions from last year Emerson and walker... I guess mendy would start if fit... we have 2 new players too but we are further behind than ever!!

Wenger should go full on those last transfer days and recruit 3 more players (I know that is «insane»), but players like Wilshere, Gibbs, Sanogo, just need to be loaned to see for themselves the reality of professional football in lower quality outfits.

We need a new striker... Cazorla who actually plays alongside Giroud (not like some obsessed guys here who've never played football expect in play - station) emphasized these... OOOhhh, have you heard city, madrid, bayern, etc players asking for strikers???... i bet no... so for only that reason in particular (God i have so many) i think we should spend on a top quality forward... 11-16-14 — Van pussy scored that in a single season just that we had a crappy team in general that time... we would have won the league if we had the team we have now

I think a quality DM is very important for any team, but especially teams that play very attacking football, and are then susceptible on the counter-attack.

The result today was great, but the quality of football on display was poor.

So with the rumour going around the football media that the Frenchman will have something like # 150 million to spend on new players we were looking at an average spend of # 50 million on each, which is certainly good news in terms of getting the right quality into our squad.

the teams from northwest (of england) do not mess round when it comes to football we'll have plenty on our hands when we face efc, lfc, manu and man city we ain't made a big enuff statement in the transfer window we need two more quality players or we will take a swallow dive and go deep into freefall.

Arsenal MUST attack with a positive productive attacking quality to collect all the 3 points that will be at stake on the Ems» football playing turf tomorrow Sunday afternoon kickoff time.