Sentences with phrase «same old squad»

We will quite possibly be the team that strengthens the least in the transfer window so it will have to be the same old squad that will have to catch up to our faster - developing opponents who don't have to play in far away places on Thursday nights.

Not exact matches

It looks as though we probably won't aswell, seeing he's just benn named in there weekend squAd I just don't get our way of thinking I really don't This 1 chance to grab a star signing and all we hear in we gets press conference is the same old bullshit

well Man united have and Man city have and perhaps chelski may, the fact is we are NOT a top four club at present and the fact also remains that most of the afore mentioned actually don't NEED to add to their squads due to being very active in previous windows there wont be any activity as there are NO plans to add in this window and its got nothing to do with traditionally NOT buying and everything to do with the «Bargain basement2 mentality that Wenger and the board have always adopted and in todays market your NOT going to get the sort of top notch players we need to actually change for a rock bottom price same old Wenger same old Arsenal

We have no chance of the title with this squad and recently not with Wenger in charge, but nothing will change.Don't expect any more signings he has basically told this already.Our squad players won't leave simply they are just getting paid too much to do nothing.So just except the same old rubbish until the club gets taken over

If Wenger thinks that the squad us adequate then he's in for a big surprise cos I don't see cech making much difference when Walcott and group are leading the line mark my words neither will be adequate and it'll be the same old story, plus Coguellin will get clattered at some point and be out for a month.

I do feel that the oldest player in our squad took the comments on board though, and perhaps felt that he more than most was in the mind of the Arsenal manager when he said them, because Petr Cech spoke about the same thing himself after the Gunners had cruised past Lincoln City into the FA cup semi-final.

every team from top 6 will strength their squad, comes august we will have same old Gruffalo story tale..

Even though the current Premier League season, so far anyway, is throwing up signs that Arsene Wenger and the squad are in a batter position to push for the title than usual, we still keep hearing pundits in the football media talking about the same old things when it comes to Arsenal.

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 season going to be be the same old Wrong tactics, players out of position, favouritism shown Ramsey, giroud etc deadwood not justifying places in the squads n the likes of players who played their hearts out Campbell n Co suffer.

For so long Chelsea had the presence of old heads like Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Ashley Cole, but all have departed in fairly quick succession in recent years, leaving them without that same kind of know - how in the squad.

That makes it feel like the same - old, same - old, and maybe that's what we get from Bonamego's third squad.

And the same old mentality and squad issues will come too.

can't see us wining the title city are clear favorites already welbeck / wilshere / rosciky are out injured + if coq gets injured it will be arteta / flamini in cdm giroud / sanchez form is also a big concern as always wenger has the squad short & at the end of the season it will be the same old story the cycle will keep repeating unless klopp / guardiola / ancelotti comes in

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I'm more balanced, while I see we have a squad bnetter than we had 6 years ago I also see we manage to royal mess up our chance to improve it by using the same old cop - out with money.

After all the frustration earlier in the summer and the feeling that Arsene Wenger was making the same old mistake of being way too over cautious with the club's money, Arsenal did end up spending a fair bit and strengthening our squad in the three key areas of defence, midfield and attack.

Same old Wenger, always giving his backing to the undeserved sh*t in the squad!

Manchester City spent big in 2016 summer transfer window and going into the 2017 - 18 season they did just the same bringing another expensive 6 players and let go some of the older ones in the squad.

I am not advocating throwing young players in at the deep end but why not use them as backup rather than keep rolling out the same older or under - performing senior squad members?

Dyche has also overseen the # 10.6 million improvement of the club's training ground, with efforts underway to upgrade areas of the 135 - year - old Turf Moor stadium at the same time as reinvesting Premier League prize money in the playing squad.

Its been obvious to most that this squad of players has not been right since the end of that 1st great season under Bilic orchestrated on the pitch by Payet.This was followed by a disastrous Summer window when we bought bulk instead of quality, top that off with the Payet wanting to leave fiasco and we have never been the same since.Odd good displays which flattered to deceive but in general a gradual and consistent decline to the bottom.Moyes has inherited this group and i can honestly not see how it will change until January in the transfer market.He will not get a bumper warchest to improve thats for sure and who would want to buy some of these under achievers to create money for new buys.Its a mess and has been since that awful Summer transfer window plus on top of which far too many of this lot have under achieved drastically be it new players we have bought or the OLD boys.Its an ageing side especially at the back and needs a serious overhaul.

Unfortunately, the same thing can not be said about Morgan Schneiderlin as Owen stated that the 26 year old player does not have what it takes to be a regular starter in the squad of Jose Mourinho.

The 25 - year - old left back has amassed just seven international caps for Sbornaya, which is the same number of CSKA players in the squad for the Euro 2016 tournament.

Aside in - form midfielder Aaron Ramsey who is a doubt for this clash, Arsene Wenger has no injury concern going into the game and will most likely travel to Old Trafford with the same squad that lost to Swansea City at the Emirates Stadium on Monday.

Despite spending 15 months out with injury, the 21 - year - old has slipped seamlessly back into the Arsenal squad and did just the same for England on Wednesday.