Sentences with phrase «season as a key player»

We had major financial retraints and on top of it, Wenger had to rebuild our squad every new season as our keys players all left, yet we remained in the top 4.

A tough - tackling youngster who can operate as a centre - back or a defensive midfielder, Hayden started the season as a key player for Hull but has been used sparsely by the Championship side in recent weeks.

Not exact matches

It was funny but while the notion is clearly daft, as Fabregas was one of the key players in helping Mourinho and Chelsea to the Premier League title last season, the Spaniard is being seen as one of the mail villains of the piece and a key player in Mourinho's departure.

I believe our European exploits did the damage on our overall fitness levels, as well as being mentally tough, and we lost a number of key players including Alexis, Coquelin, Cazorla and Ramsey at crucial points in the season.

Perhaps an argument in his favour is that both Sane and Sterling have played significant minutes this season, and so competition and an ability to rotate and rest key players could explain the interest in Mahrez as City will look to compete on various fronts again next year.

The Gunners have been plagued by injuries to a number of key players already this season and with Chamberlain continuing to struggle to fully establish himself in the side this will come as another setback in his short career.

As a team we are looking like next season we can challenge BUT we need two or three key players and we all know the ones we need wont be the ones we get.

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.

Haas» second season in F1 didn't quite reach the heights of their debut year which saw a handful of top six finishes and served as a campaign in which the team firmly established itself as a key player in the midfield rather than a new squad just there to make up the numbers, something we have been accustomed to with other new teams in recent years.

Patrick Cutrone's goals have been key, as the 20 - year - old has bagged 15 in 37 appearances in all competitions in his first full season as a fully - fledged senior player.

Typically these periods in past few seasons has seen us chasing the top table team with average of 10 points, then comes our end of season charge which has seen us having more points than any other epl team in the final two months of the season over the past few years as well.This is mostly due to injuries plaguing key members our team around this period every year, apparently we've gone through our rough mid season patch again or might still be going through seeing as we have list some key players like carzola, bellerin to injuries again.

With Liverpool selling Raheem Sterling to Manchester City this week, as confirmed on BBC Sport, the club will be in need of new options out wide, with the England international proving a key player for the Reds in the last couple of seasons.

However, critics will slam this spending spree as ultimately it's not really testing the Spaniard as a coach if he can go out and throw # 40m here and # 40m there on new signings who are already established and have been key players for teams this past season.

Sinclair scored seven league goals last season and was a key player as Swansea impressed in their debut Premier League campaign.

Arsenal fans know and understand the policy of Arsene Wenger in resting first team players in the Capital One Cup games, and even in the FA cup and Champions League games when we can, to give those key men a rest as well as giving some valuable opportunities to the up and coming Gunners from the academy and the likes of Debuchy and Gibbs who have not seen much action so far this season.

The French forward has become one of the most wanted players on the market following an amazing three seasons with Atletico Madrid where he has scored a total of 77 goals, as well as earning the European Golden Boot Award at last summer's European Championships, where he was key in guiding his France international side to the final of the competition.

This time last season, we had just about signed an injured Ospine, we were not also sure if we could really rely on Szczesny, we had Chambers as our only CB cover, no DM, Walcott was still injured, two key players in Ozil and Mert could not join us for pre-season, we were not sure how much Sanchez would adapt to the PL, perhaps we should compare that to where we are right now and see how much of a better place we are in now.

It may be wise for such a key player, who is likely to play the majority of games next season, to have a longer rest over the course of the summer, but a bit of light training surely would help Wenger's cause of having as many fit players available for the Premier League opener as possible.

Iwobi has been treated as full time key player this season when in reality he isn't.

he was injured part of last season but still scored 19 goals... as a squad player he can play in Europa and League / FA Cups and give a rest to the key players — that in itself is a value... whether # 100k a week is mute as no footballer is worth these stupid sums of money in my opinion but that is football in 2017!

As I commented yesterday «rotation `, «tactics «and «player management «are the key to success at Arsenal this season.

I for one believe he will play a big role this season as people tend to forget our injury record to key players.

Bad luck is one thing but Injuries in key positions to key players is what will cost us this season as far as a title challenge is concerned because it exposes us for the lack of depth in the squad.

1) Ten years without a significant trophy yet the Manager is never questioned 2) Selling off key «World beater» Players season after season and replacing them with mediocre at best replacements 3) Keeping a 33 % shareholder who is one of the world's richest men AND a true football fan as far away from the board as possible 4) Charging possibly the highest prices in Europe but NOT reinvesting within the team in any really significant way 5) Classing 4th place in the EPL as a trophy 6) Boasting of a # 100 million war chest for transfers then quibbling over a few hundred thousand on deals.

At the end of the season, Peter Cech cited long term injuries to key players over the crucial run - in period as the main reason that we failed to win the league.

Once thought of as a bit of a joke figure at the club, Luiz looked to have really matured last season as he became a key player for Conte, but there have been signs of his old habits starting to creep back.

The same thing happened this season, as New Orleans lost their first eight games missing several key players.

It is a measure of Lamela's drastic improvement this season that he is now among the key players who Pochettino wants to save for big league games such as this one.

With Louis van Gaal's side somewhat short of options in midfield last season as Michael Carrick spent a lot of time out injured and new players like Ander Herrera and Daley Blind took time to settle, it's clear that Schneiderlin could make a fine addition in that key position.

No matter how confident our players are this season, any bad moment such as being cocky, selfish, over confidence, slip up, complacency or an injury to a key player in a key position where there are no key back ups will break that confidence...... CONFIDENCE IS LIKE A PACK OF CARDS

Key to his evolution as a player this season has been trading inefficient long twos for higher - efficiency threes.

This is mostly due to injuries plaguing key members our team around this period every year, apparently we've gone through our rough mid season patch again or might still be going through seeing as we have lost some key players like Cazorla and Bellerin to injuries again.

In turn, that means the 27 - year - old could earn # 41.6 m over the course of the deal, as he becomes one of the highest paid players at Man Utd having proven his importance last season after establishing himself as a key figure for Mourinho.

Even after season after season we see youngsters that Wenger has shown faith in establish themselves as key members of the first - team (Coquelin, Ramsey, Bellerin) some fans still question the player Wenger felt was ready to combat one of the best midfield's the world has ever seen at the age of 16 and was arguably the best performance a 16 year old has ever achieved!

Arsenal were already up against it this weekend, as the fifth round of games in the Premier League season sees the Gunners travel to Stamford Bridge to take on the reigning EPL champions less than three days after facing the Ge4rman club FC Cologne in a Europa League clash, so the last thing Arsene Wenger needed was to lose one of his key players.

Arsenal are also seeing the return of a number of players, and although key stars like Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere still face some time on the sidelines, things aren't looking as bleak as they have been at times this season.

«We have a good track record in recent seasons of retaining our key players, developing young players and attracting new players,» he said at the AGM, as reported by The Mirror.

Still, with Hernandez unlikely to be a key player at Old Trafford this season, it could be worth bidding for the Mexican international, who did a decent job as a backup on loan at Real Madrid last season.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

Add a CB and Mkhitaryan or Mahrez to that and as long as we keep hold of our key players, we should see an big impovement in Arsenal, next season.

Even Arsene Wenger admitted that a sickness bug that is affecting the touring Arsenal squad on top of a few fitness and injury problems as well as missing a few key players because of their summer international duties was not the ideal way to prepare for a new season.

Mahrez was key in helping the Foxes to lift the Premier League title in the 2015 - 16 campaign, and was rightfully nominated as the PFA Premier League Player of the Year in that season, and those performances put him right in the limelight, and attracted plenty of interest from potential suitors.

If our squad stayed fit the whole season then we could capitalise on their misfortune, but as we all know it is inevitable that key players will get injured, so we will not beat them to the title without a big striker, one of reus / Cavani / Falcao

«As we have previously stated, we are aiming to strengthen our squad this summer — not dismantle it — and we believe Youssouf will be a key player for us again this season.

As key players have come back from injury, the Arsenal squad is looking fuller than ever this season, and depth could be important, as they push for third placAs key players have come back from injury, the Arsenal squad is looking fuller than ever this season, and depth could be important, as they push for third placas they push for third place.

The Spanish youngster has earned his place as one of Arsenal key players in recent seasons, leaving Mathieu Debuchy to doubt his future at the club, and he would be a huge absentee should he be unable to return to action following the international break.

One player who is seemingly on their transfer shortlist is Maguire, but according to The Sun, Newcastle United are desperate to land the powerful defender and Rafa Benitez will be looking to make his own key signings to keep the Magpies up next season after ending this year as Championship champions.

You can look back at the last few seasons and point to things that went wrong for Arsenal, such as the injury problems that hit our key players including Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey at the same time after the Gunners were looking good to finally reclaim the Premier League title.

It boils down to this, if we only buy in one key player per season we are NEVER going to be able to compete with the elite clubs and despite there being a few good points in your argument above its worth noting that only 11 million was spent last summer when it was as clear as the noses on anyones face that we needed a better spine up the middle of the pitch, AW has offered and given Theo a new contract at twice the wages he was on and he is without doubt the highest paid flop in the team.

At any rate who cares if Le Coq ai nt going to the euro's it does nt affect us, it also worth noting that the season ticket letters go out in a few weeks wich means we will be linked to every player under the sun until that time is done and then we'll end up with noone new cos as Wenger said last season «there are no available players out there who are better than what we have» nice play on words there the key word being «Available» No one is available unless its on a freeand that means they are too old or are sh!t Wenger just wont spend the money that we do have but he has too if he wants to win anything worth a damn