Sentences with phrase «quality players away»

Tho definitely not the finished article, it feels we are really two quality players away from contending for the title.

... even 4 years ago i thought ok we are just a couple of quality players away from matching this lot..

But I still stand on the fact that we are only 3 quality players away from our first UCL finals in many years.

Even now, we are still a couple of quality players away from genuinely being title contenders / title winners.

The boss is correct to say we are 2 top quality players away from winning the Premier title.

Not exact matches

you cant tell me he sees more than everyone that said arsenal are just two players away from winning titles, even the best teams of this world do add qualities to their already star studded squads, so why wenger is making arsenal case different?

The fact that you do not like Per does not take away the fact that he is a quality player, one who brings solidity to our defence.

We were top of the league for longer than any other team last year, we have been buying some really top quality players in recent transfer windows, our team is a few signings away from being real title contenders... Do you forget the unbelievable injury record we have had this year?

we have at most 4 real quality outfielders i.e. players that other top european teams would take... ozil sanchez santi and kos... in my books you need 6... we are two short but worse the quality of others is lower than needed... only bellerin coq and wilshere have that potential... and there are problems with each still... we should have put in bids in june for griezman kondogbia and the Burussia striker as all could have been prized away with right bid plus players thrown in IMO... now its too late and wenger is in some weird gallic world of existential hope and denial and fans are just praying we do nt lose opening 2 matches for first time in over two decades... but no one is really confident against a team which is sure to finish around mid table...

all excuses about new faces and never played together... LAFC comes out and spanks Seattle and RSL scoring 6 goals in two games (away games too) Different approach, mentality, coach and yes quality talented players.

The only Spurs player to show consistent quality on the ball — rarely giving it away in the heat of the midfield battle.

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)

We will improve next season only if we sign a quality GK, CDM and ST.. We are always 2 - 3 players away from being champions.

I think only barca real or Bayern can tempt those players away from leicester, they would give at least a year to the club, but season after that they will move onto other club depending on their form next season.As for arsenal transfer i wouldn't want to listen to rumours as most of the times these rumours are just utter garbage.i want a certain rumour about Wolfsburg signing giroud to be true.Anyways if our idiotic manager has some sense left in him after an embarrassing season he should get a premium striker which the club needed for past 4 years.He need to put his ego aside and his old philosophy of waiting for players to develop.We need already established players in every department of our team.Penny pinching has cost us just pay the damn money get the players.I get the feeling next season is going to be harder and we have less chance of winning cause man city have had 2 seasons without premier league and guardiola is gonna bring more quality and hunger to that team.

The sad truth is that we are just a couple of players away from having a very strong starting 11... Wenger's fixation with Walcott and mertesakher as starting players remains a mystery to me... neither have the quality of a top team like arsenal... I am not a giroud hater but he is still too inconsistent and the big question is whether welbeck can push him in a way Walcott won't... Campbell has done well and has moved ahead of Walcott and, ox for sure but there is still a question about how much more he can improve... Elneny is certainly an upgrade over arteta and flamini whether he will make it I don't know just hope that he does but arguably wenger could have been more ambitious... That leaves a top quality striking option... There is no doubt that wenger deluded himself over the summer and that needs to be corrected ASAP... Draxler dybala aube and even griezman with a big enough big could have been prized in summer... january not a good time for this but it is not difficult to find better options than Walcott ox or Campbell... All a question of whether wenger wants to win EPL on his terms or wants to win this for the club

We have a good chance with the champion league who are the players of quality class that can slot straight away and bring the champion league home that to me would be a very good piece of business

However, when people on the board bomb out statements that you have 200 mills in the bank and you are a player or two away from a real title challenge, it's not serious to risk the best chance we've had for years to win the league, and an excuse of «there wasn't enough quality» would just seem silly.

When Wenger has more quality options he does make those changes, he does drop players... He will send them away from AFC.

For Arsenal, a Club which seeks to play entertaining football both home and away against Clubs who are either fighting for survival or a place in the top 4 with a squad that because of under investment is short in terms of having the squad of quality players that you need to play the Wenger way — then something has to eventually suffer.

Wenger is a good coach (undoubtedly)... We have «some» great players (undoubtedly)... But as long as we don't make other quality signings, our competitors for the BPL will keep pulling away from us.

Let's concetrate the cash this year on those 1 or 2 or 3 true quality players we need to take us to the next level rather than fritter it away on depth.

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 turn, it remains doubtful that he'll be moving to the San Siro this summer, but the rumour won't go away as Milan could certainly do with a player of his quality and experience in their midfield next season.

May be in a decade, we may be relegated to Championship as other clubs are not shy away from investing in quality players while we are behaving like what we see

do any of you arsenal fans see any deference in quality we should identify it right away all our players are none league players i blame Wenger because there are is players but when you see a quality player is first touch said every things

If quality players don't sit on the bench, then why not price them away from other clubs?!

There are of course the top quality players who hit it off right away and continue to shine like Alexis Sanchez and Thomas Rosicky.

«They're in a difficult moment, certainly away from home, but they have top quality players throughout the team.»

If wenger was serious in the past, he wouldnt bother buying joel campbell, Asano, Miyaichi, silva and Botelho instead he would have improved our squad depth by brought in some quality players who could walk straight and help improve a team right away — he had his say!!

Wenger need to realise that the game is moving away from his mentality and we need more quality players!

It will backfire if we don't win the EPL.I don't think this decision is as easy as it seems.I wouldn't want to keep players who have their hearts far away from the club.We should sell him abroad and get another top quality winger before it's too late.There's no positive in losing him for free.It would see wise and brave but it will look foolish and cowardly if we end up failing.I hope those who are asking us to keep him won't blame Wenger when he leaves for free.We live in a world full of wicked things you know.

I have said, have been saying Spuds and LCFC are just a loss away from getting the jitters and maybe, just maybe unravelling... my fear is how mentally ready are we to take advantage, because with them starting to drop points the pressure level will be ratchet up a few notches and we have the habit of wiltering under pressure... we have the quality to do it, the players just need to really really want it and grow some balls

van persie was always a fantastic player, only injuries keept him away from the pitch, and not his lack of quality.

Look at the quality of clubs that are trying to pry our players away.

@Wootton I also believe that quality cover for Le Coq is more important than getting a striker... Remember the DM position is also the position where the player is forced into making tackles and give away fouls so he is more susceptible to yellow and even red cards, and that's not even counting injuries.

I» v gone away from blaming the players Because as i» v said I believe they are a hard working bunch and when they (Players) come out and say we need more Quality players then that says it for me regardless of what you or i think the players are in the know and if it they didn't see the need then am sure they would not have said anplayers Because as i» v said I believe they are a hard working bunch and when they (Players) come out and say we need more Quality players then that says it for me regardless of what you or i think the players are in the know and if it they didn't see the need then am sure they would not have said anPlayers) come out and say we need more Quality players then that says it for me regardless of what you or i think the players are in the know and if it they didn't see the need then am sure they would not have said anplayers then that says it for me regardless of what you or i think the players are in the know and if it they didn't see the need then am sure they would not have said anplayers are in the know and if it they didn't see the need then am sure they would not have said anything.

One of many Liverpool players who defended heroically in a hard - fought win away to Southampton, Martin Skrtel showed his experience and quality at the back.

«Mastering the conditions was important and both sets of players did their best to make it an entertaining game and because of the quality of our frontman today we won the game and secured another three points, gladly away from home.

This Liverpool side is just 3/4 players away from being very, very good, so let's go out and sign real quality in the positions we need to strengthen in, allowing Klopp and the team to go out next season and give every competition a right good go.

With many of our attacking players being linked with a move away from the Emirates, it is best to keep hold of our stars till we don't really add some alternative, high quality options.

He's a proper centre - half, a player who will win headers, win challenges and we looked very solid at the back all - round, we didn't give away too many chances and the quality we had on the ball when the defenders won it was great.

Akpom is yet to open his account for Arsene Wenger's side but feels his first goal can not be that far away with the quality of the players around him.

Charles N'Zogbia has shown glimpses of quality, a player with genuine match - winning ability, however the Frenchman has his sights firmly set on a move away from Greater Manchester, to further add to the manager's woes.

The quality is good, certainly better than we expected, and the speaker placement uses the curve in the design of the back of the player to bounce off the table if lying flat, although at an angle is pushed away from you.

I don't buy games purely for online play and try to stay away from games that don't offer a quality single player.

Dear Blizzard, while you're working on the next expansion for World of Warcraft, making changeable hair styles and the new über Death Knight class that 50 % of players are probably going to pick, take this list of improvements into consideration to truly improve the quality of the game, draw back those players you've driven away, and help retain a lot more who are itching to leave for the next best thing.

It's all work that took quality and mindshare away from the single player.

Right away, the player is presented with a huge quality of life improvement from damn near any comparable RPG.

It's annoying to constantly have DLC thrown at you, it's irritating to have to worry about that online pass, and it's just plain stupid that every game just has to have a multiplayer mode which arguably takes away from the single player of the game quality wise.

Players can expect a quality experience both on and away from the television and on top of that, Switch players will benefit from the huge list of updates we've added since launch such as a brand new camera mode, control improvements, menu options, music... and a lot more!Players can expect a quality experience both on and away from the television and on top of that, Switch players will benefit from the huge list of updates we've added since launch such as a brand new camera mode, control improvements, menu options, music... and a lot more!players will benefit from the huge list of updates we've added since launch such as a brand new camera mode, control improvements, menu options, music... and a lot more!»