Sentences with phrase «right back last season»

I watched him defending at right back last season in our FA Cup home game with Liverpool and he handled attacking Robert Sterling very well.

Not exact matches

But if Sky Sports are right about our big centre forward Olivier Giroud being preferred to the Man United forward Anthony Martial then there will be a few more raised eyebrows, especially after Giroud suffered his longest ever barren spell for us last season and only got back among the goals very recently.

Our full - back roles are somewhere to look at, with Nacho Monreal turning 31 in February, and with Debuchy definitely in his last season, not to mention the wealth of injuries currently challenging us at right - back.

A win last night would have put us right back in there.just furious with Wenger but still think he should be given the chance to end the season.

The Saints right - back has been key to his team's amazing start to the campaign following the loss of last season's star performers.

Team Berkson got right back on track after suffering their first loss of the season last week.

They had one last chance in their second of two Games on Monday Night and they were able to right the ship and get their momentum back with a Hoops W in their final contest of the Regular Season..

By making only a halfhearted attempt to re-sign free - agent running back Ricky Watters after the 1994 season, San Francisco found itself high and dry when fullback William Floyd destroyed his right knee last October.

His last game in the FA Cup against Spuds last season, he was so good up and down and got injured because he made 2 tackles consecutively, 1 in the Spuds half and had to run back to help the right back in our half, that's how he injured himself tackling a spuds play in our right back position.

Darmian is capable of playing on either flank at full - back — having featured regularly on both wing last season, with 19 starts on the right and 15 on the left — and can also deputise as a centre - back, having started his career in this position [via the Daily Star].

Rafael made just 11 appearances last season, with Antonio Valencia being preferred at right - back.

A move for Rafael to leave United makes sense given his lack of playing time last season, while Matteo Darmian's arrival from Torino at right - back has already been confirmed this weekend.

Last season Sanchez had a dip, Wenger came out saying it was because Sanchez on the left wing is a bit too predictable and he moved Sanchez to the right where he was back to his best.

With 67 goals in his career so far, there's no doubt Sergio Ramos is confident in finding the back of the net, popping up just at the right time in the Champions League final last season and in other big games.

Sagna has suffered two broken legs last season and Wenger is ready to make a move for Lille right - back Debuchy, who has also been targeted by Newcastle United, and the French international is apparently ready to call time on his Stade Metropole career.

How could he be disillusioned at being given the opportunity to be first choice right back for the side that finished 2nd last season and receiving so much praise for his performances?

United, meanwhile, have not won the Champions League since 2007/08 but will hope the appointment of Mourinho last season is the right one to get them back on track at the top level in Europe.

The right - back featured 20 times for Barnsley in League One last season, making 18 starts and scoring once.

And after an excellent game in the Asia Trophy final against Everton to back up the brilliant performances right at the end of last season, Walcott has done everything asked of him to prove his worth to Arsene Wenger.

The 23 year - old right - back was reported as being in talks with Wenger last summer with a view to moving to the Emirates for free when his contract ended, but the ex-Spanish youth international has only featured once for Barca this campaign and has made it clear through his agent that he doesn't want to waste the rest of the season in the reserves.

Mark Dominik looked back to the end of last season through this week and felt that it was the right time for Greg Schiano to see what he had with Mike Glennon.

On the outside looking in at the moment with a 16 -15-2 record and 34 points, a good stretch could help a team that mustered just 48 points all last season climb right back into the picture.

The news will come as a bitter blow for United as they are in desperate need to sign a natural right - back this summer, as Antonio Valencia has been forced to play out of position for much of the campaign, while last season's first choice Rafael is set to leave Old Trafford at the end of the season.

In games against Swansea and Sunderland last season it wan't poor goalkeeping that left us with no bite in attack and many squandered chances as we continuously shuffle the ball from left to right and back infront of the defence.

The Red Devils were thought to be closing on a deal for the right - back as they look to strengthen their squad for next season ahead of their return to the Champions League and the Metro claimed last week that they were in advanced talks after making an # 18million bid for the Saints star.

But last week Gibson, who has been hobbled by a sprained right knee and a strained left hamstring, went on the DL for the second time this season, and rightfielder Mike Marshall is still bothered by the sore back that sidelined him for 30 games.

I don't know how many players are better than Lucas in our team, sometimes I am sick of arsenal fc, he can create chances and he can score, why can, t Mr Wenger just give him the chance to play if not favoritism on is part...... neymar is the most expensive signing in the world how many tackle does he make per game?marez becomes pfa player last two season because of his attacking flares not because he knows how to support the left back or right back,....

One thing we must NOT change is our unbeaten run, stretching right back until everton away last season.

There has been a lot of talk about Bellerin and his potential over the last year or so, and of course he will improve with time and experience, but as a Metro report shows, his stats show that the young Gunner is already the best right back in the EPL this season.

Handicapped by a broken right wrist for part of last season, he came back to score three touchdowns which defeated a superior Yale team.

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

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

If Chelsea play a natural ful back out left and their new LB on the right they would be a better team than they were at their height of last season.

I know that our defenders have taken some stick in recent years but over the last couple of seasons our stats have been right up there, especially when there have been no injury problems weakening the back four.

Tempted to slip out the back door after a poor effort in last month's regular - season finale against Georgia Tech — 8 for 16, but three interceptions — Belue realized that wasn't right and walked out the main door into the waiting throngs.

xhaha is becoming deadwood Wenger played bellrin on the left at wing half he is a right back recipe for disaster I think Wenger has lost the plot and we are only in the second game and already it like last season again God help us

-- Upon his return to Arsenal last season, he filled in as a right back during our run in the FA Cup.

Moreno, who impressed for Sevilla last season as they won the Europa League, is likely to arrive as Brendan Rodgers» long term left back solution, having used youngster Jon Flanagan out of position during the last campaign — the academy graduate is now likely switch to his natural right hand side.

Bellerin has since emerged as one of the best right - backs in England, earning his rightful place in last season's Premier League Team of the Year, and was rewarded with a call - up to Spain's international squad for the summer's European Championships also.

You are dead right been saying it since he came waist of money and why late in changes says a lot about Wenger, he moans when last season not having subs, the bench was full and he left that tall Zulu up there doing nowt Bendtner was far better than him He is late in getting one all other teams have beaten arsenal in the striker position He can't honestly say Sonargo will do till Giruid gets back please tell me I'm wrong CB

He played his first few games for Arsenal as a right - back but he was soon usurped by the improving Hector Bellerin, and he was then being used as a centre - back, and played many games in the first half of last season, until Kos and Mertesacker found full fitness, and when Gabriel arrived in January he was rarely seen outside of cup games.

On top of that, he was rated one of the best Right backs in the league last season.

(and don't say last season, cause that's clearly proving to be an anomoly) and 2 — what has jack proven that he should be able to walk right back into the team as well?

What I don't understand is how Ramsey walks right back into the team, was clearly our weakest player, played the same way he has all season and exactly how he was prior to last season, and yet people keep protecting him and say he'll be back.

The former Southampton player has at least got some Premier League experience to his name, with 22 appearances for the Saints and another 35 over the last two seasons with Arsenal, but in a lot of those games the versatile Gunner was playing in the right back position so there are still real concerns over his ability in the middle.

It's noted that Conte specifically wants to convert Oxlade - Chamberlain into a right wing - back, and after enjoying some success in that role last season, he'll undoubtedly be able to a do a job for the Premier League champions if he opted to move to Stamford Bridge.

The attacking right - back has been one of the most improved players since arriving at Goodison Park from Irish outfit Sligo Rovers in 2009 and was voted in the PFA Team of the Year last season.

Off topic anyone notice how ozil was used on the left wing last season and the first part of this season and he was under performing fans and pundits were all saying how wenger should build the team around ozil since that was his best position and he cost us 42m well since his return he has only played either cam or right wing (he said in a interview that those were his fav positions since he played them at real) taking the place of an in form cazorla and it all seems to work I think wenger has done this all on purpose because if u look at ozils overall performance after his injury its much better than before, he tackles, wins the ball back and covers more distance than anyone else wenger does this often using players out of position for a while only to make their overall game better and mostly it works genius

Having made a favourable impression last season, the young right - back has really stepped up his form this time around.

Our young right - back Hector Bellerin believes that these figures show that the Gunners are getting their mojo back and will soon become as efficient as they were at the end of last season.