Sentences with phrase «season fighting for his place»

Spent much of last season fighting for his place in the team with Diego Lopez, a battle that has continued this term with Keylor Navas.

Not exact matches

ha had the chance of joining PSG this summer the team to beat 2017/2018 CL season and Ligue 1 in France, and why did he leave Barcelona he should of stayed and fight for his place and now that Neymar has left he could of slotted in nicely, he could also joined Bayern Munich which is a guaranteed Bundesliga winners almost every year, so why moan about loosing when you make the choices

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

Wilshere should have been brought in to create and add danger, speed to our game, Walcot some more and Giroud if needed... Ozil being supposed to sit apparently... So, it is no referee, but a team as reflecting manager... If owners and Wenger himself do not get a huge container of coffee, we will finish 12 and he will be doing the walk of shame, leave himself remembered as a loser... What they need to do NOW is bring Henry to assist him and do the job, boost, get players focused with winning spirit he has in him... Then wenger can sit all season long, bench himself as he does and watch henry do the running and screaming as other manager dio... Then we will be in top 3, meaning third; there's now way to ctach up the Manchesters and if we do nt wake up now, we will fight for fourth place; the spurs will distance us and fight for second or third.

Gabriel and Mert will fight for their places when they are back bcos Rob will definitely have a chance to play going by what he has done so far this season.

The season is far from over and the fight for the top three or four places still on, i do not believe that any of the teams occupying the positions above us will be faultless throughout the remaining games and we should be fearful of all our competitors in the league or we will surely finish outside the top four.

With that in mind, and a few good seasons left in me, I will stay here and fight for a place but most of all I will fight for the badge.

While I agree we would need to change to get the best out of Ramsey, Giroud simply needs someone to fight for his place, rather than running him into the ground each season because we have no other real strikers.

Los Merengues need to step things up in a big way soon, or their form will continue to deteriorate to the point where they'll have to fight just to make the Champions League next season — and with just a one - point cushion on fifth place coming into this match, their fight for that relevance may be coming sooner rather than later.

I also read that Gotze wants to stay at Munich and fight for a place in the team, next season... that's if their new incoming manager gives him the chance.

he should remain patient cause soon Debuchy will leave, look at his age he's getting old... I love Jenks a lot and be it in our jersey or not, we all know he's been impressive this season, he should stay on loan fr another season then come back to fight for his place....

Arsene Wenger said last week that Giroud is angry over his lack of action so far this season, but is using his time away from the starting eleven to improve his game and fight for his place at the club.

His lack of playing time is largely due to injury problems though, as he has only played four games for the under 21s, but now that Danny Welbeck has recovered from his own injury and with Theo Walcott set to return and joing the likes of Giroud, Alexis, Iwobi, Lucas Perez and the Ox in fighting for a place in the forward line, I do not rate Akpom's chances of playing a lot of football for the rest of the season very highly.

I want to be part of this team and I proved last season that I can get back and fight for a place.

Neville said: «For the first time this season I am concerned as to whether Manchester United can fight them off in the scrap for the Champions League placFor the first time this season I am concerned as to whether Manchester United can fight them off in the scrap for the Champions League placfor the Champions League places.

If they manage to win that series against the Blue Jays, too, then Toronto will likely find themselves still fighting for a wild card spot over the season's final weekend, and doing so against the first - place Sox.

In 1979, Villeneuve was having a much more competitive season than previous years and at the French Grand Prix was fighting with Renault's René Arnoux for second place.

Lets not talk get ahead of ourselves, for all we care to know by this time Monday we could be back to fighting for our annual 4th place trophy seeing how we buckle under pressure and this game has to rank as the most important this season so far.....

It has to be something else and IMO is that I've noticed Wenger has made a LOT of decisions in the past few seasons that are nothing more than deflating and soul sucking to players who want to fight for a place... he sticks with players when they are out of form, benches players when they are playing well, makes substitutions that make no sense, plays players out of position, does not show any type of rapport with his team when things are not going well.

i think ospina will stay and fight cech for a place in the first team, its very important for cech to keep him on his toes throughout the season.

Times are changing, we can sign top players now, which means players need to give 110 % if they want position is starting line up, look at cazorla, last season his defending was abysmal, but he hit ground and he is now great, fight for places are great, ask szczhesny, walcott is behind ox, and not to mention sanchez, so he have 1 year to start playing or he will be goer!!!

«We want to play in the Champions League next season we have a tough job with six, seven teams fighting for the places.

Lille has been linked with making a # 36M bid for the Belgian international, however it is reported by the Evening Standard that the player is willing to stay at Stamford Bridge this season and fight for his place, after the striker has begun to make breakthrough into Antonio Conte's side so far this season.

Would have liked to have had him this season to see how he fit into the squad and if he could fight for a place, but that's his loss.

«We want to play in the Champions League next season we have a tough job with six, seven teams fighting for the places» now isn't this a clue that next season I'll still be around this club ruining everyone's life?

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The Sun report that Bravo's intentions are to remain in Manchester next season and fight for the number one place between the sticks.

So most probably our season will end fighting for 2nd / 3rd place.

Again I point out he was cast out of the team back end of last season «everyone fighting for their place» Wenger said then.

We as the Arsenal need to do our part in becoming a place where the highest dreams of players are realized, even if we don't always win trophies, we need to at least always have a «Genuine» fighting chance, Real Madrid went a number of seasons chasing La Decima, spent loads of cash, played second fiddle to Barca for a few seasons even but still players still dreamed of playing for them in that period, we as fans need to grow up too and stop bitching and whining especially about our players, we create a toxic atmosphere for these guys when we do so and it doesn't help nobody, little wonder our players perform better away than they do at home.

This season is not over for Arsenal, we still have the fight for 3 / 4th place.

bcos he wasn't good enough in the 1st place.Arteta is kind of irrelevant to this debate.The point is Wiltshere feels that he is entitled to a place in the team for some reason, which is strange to me seeoing that Wiltshere has been injured for most of the season, the likes of Coquelin an Cazorla have driven the team on, Wiltshere can't just expect to get back in the team when these 2 have proved more efective.Wiltshere has a future at Arsenal but he must stay fit an fight for his place, he can't expect to just walk back into the team

Arsenal have eleven players currently out on loan, and as fans we would love them all to be lighting up the lower divisions with brilliant football and proving themselves good enough to fight for a place in the Gunners first team next season, but alas the truth is that there are very few impressing at all.

Arsenal were the only team in the top half of the Premier League table to lose at the weekend, meaning that we lost ground on all of the teams fighting for the title or for a place in the Champions League for next season.

Everyone seems to think that Arsenal's season is over right now, but as with every season, we are still in the most important fight for a Top Four place, and have made it to an FA Cup semifinal for the third time in four years and are two games away from winning the trophy yet again.

His performances last season and then in Brazil were pretty impressive and there seemed to be no shortage of interest in him from other clubs, but the 22 - year old seemed determined to play for the Gunners and I remember his agent Joaquim Batica declaring that he was not interested in going elsewhere and was determined to fight for his place.

The trip to Anfield last season was a real low point for Arsenal and a lot of people will see it as the start of our slide down the Premier League table that left us fighting for fourth place once again.

Yeah Walcott was «fighting» for his place the end of last season, start of this season he will be in the starting 11 automatically.

The news that Zelalem will be returning to the club to fight for a place in the Arsenal first team squad next season, has both its advantages and disadvantages.

We could go on a winning run but it won't be a title run, we are going to struggle to even make the top 4 again, the positions of the league now is how I think it will be come the end of the season except us and Liverpool fighting for 5th n 6th place.

After City drew they may be fighting for 4th place so we can expect no favours when we go there in the penultimate game of the season.

Even without the latest bad luck injury suffered by the Arsenal and England international star Jack Wilshere last season, it was looking as if he would have a real fight on his hands to get a regular place in the Arsenal starting line up, mainly dues to the excellent form of his main rival for the role, Aaron Ramsey.

Louis van Gaal's side remain five points adrift of fourth - placed Arsenal with four games remaining this season as they continue to fight for a chance to qualify for the Champions League.

All four of those have now had to endure a season below 4th place recently, and the emergence of Moneybags Man City, Tottenham's kids and even Everton are improving and fighting for positions in the Champions League so who is best placed to win the title in this coming campaign?

All of the riders in the league have gotten super strong and fast as the season has progressed; I believe our 3rd place on the day was our hardest fought for podium spot of the season.

My only worry is I wont be able to get in touch with him when the season ends while we are fighting for 4th place again.

Damn, it seams Depay is Messi, at least according to pundits hahaha, they have di maria who is much better player and still did nt cut it, so how big impact can have young Depay, next season Untd will be fighting for 4th place with Arsenal.

Must be a joke; should be ashamed to even mention this game again... I need a good drink after what i read and shut my computer... Someone said we should not complain as Chelsea flopped 2 years ago... So, yeah, we should as well and accuse referrees... I'm out guys... The season is over, what we fighting for, 6 to 12 place... Liverpool can't finish behind us, we have no consistency nor game, just pass the ball like academy 6 year old do, passing the ball... Instead to put the damn ball behind the net, contrrol the ball and never score means no control of the game nor the ball, it should be behind frekin net...

Jenkinson had a very impressive season on loan at West Ham but he now has three other right backs to fight against for a place in the side.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!