Sentences with phrase «shadow of the player»

Aaron Ramsey N / A A shadow of the player he was last season, and his latest injury won't help or hinder our cause

Only West Ham can seem to make Rooney look like Messi, when for much of the season he has looked a pale shadow of the player he once was.

Think of them as the ghostly shadows of players in parallel dimensions for now.

He cost the club # 17m back in the summer of 2013 but has looked a shadow of the player Spurs signed so far this season.

Moving further up the field, Riyad Mahrez has been a shadow of the player that was absolutely crucial to Leicester City's title triumph last season, while Nolito hasn't been able to offer the consistency that Guardiola wanted from him at City.

Midfield battler is now just a bit - part player at the Emirates Stadium and a shadow of the player who impressed in his first spell at the north London club.

The Chile international has not started well at Old Trafford since leaving the Gunners, looking a shadow of the player who shone as one of the best in the world in his three and a half years at the Emirates Stadium.

«He looked a shadow of the player he was at Dortmund.

Sanchez May be a one man show but Kocielny is a two man show because the BFG is a shadow of a player without him.

He was merely a shadow of the player he was last season.

Maks last season Mkhitaryan was far more effective then Ozil, Ozil has just only in the last couple of months started playing like the shadow of the player he once was, not taking anything away from Ozil in fact if he caries on playing the way he dose his amazing and also don't forget MK is a more of a winger where Ozil is more central attacking midfielder so they can both play in the same game

Alexis looks a shadow of the player he was last season, and seems to play more selfishly than ever and running into opponents rather than looking like a world - beater.

When he has featured under compatriot Louis van Gaal he has at times seemed sluggish, at best ring - rusty but at worst playing from memory, a shadow of the player who terrorised opponents two years ago.

Mustafi was solid to start last season, but is a shadow of that player; Bellerin was a great prospect, but has regressed; Kolasinac was a beast pre-season, now looks average, Laca started well, but confidence dipped with no service to complement his strengths and continually being subbed.

He is not even the shadow of the player he was at Barcelona, So, I can't see how Pato, will be more successful than him, When you consider that his career went backwards, as well as being injury prone..

It's clear for all to see that Hazard hasn't been at his best this season, with the Belgian looking like a shadow of the player we saw steer the Blues to the Premier League title last season.

Seems that way, Ramsey has been a shadow of the player he was last season.

Not only that, but the 28 - year old is not in good form and so far in the one club game against Liverpool and the two games for Chile Alexis has been a shadow of the player we know he can be.

Sanchez is a shadow of the player he was before last summer, when his head was turned.

Apparently the rumoured price that Arsenal are asking for is said to # 42 Million, but looking at some of his recent performances how many clubs are going to be willing to risk that amount for a 28 year old that doesn't look a shadow of the player he was last year.

Wilshere will be pleased, of course, that England are now back on course to not only qualify but top their group but he must also be a bit pleased that his rival has so far failed to nail down his place and has been a shadow of the player he was for the spuds as they chased Leicester City in the Premier League title race.

The Chilean has been a shadow of the player he was last year and he has scored one solitary goal since his failed transfer to Man City in the summer.

«Ozil looks a shadow of the player that joined Arsenal», the former Sky Sports presenter wrote on his blog.

Kouyate seems a shadow of the player we saw last season, Noble just isn't doing it, and Lanzini isn't yet up to speed.

Koscielny was imperious in dominating Adebayor pretty much throughout, and Vermaelen showed he is better than the shadow of a player he was in the Milan game.

Di Maria should get another chance and despite starting the campaign off with a flourish, looked a shadow of the player who won the Champions League with Real Madrid in 2013 - 14.

The Wales winger looks like a shadow of the player who once lit up the Premier League with Tottenham

He was hard - working in training and in games, often leading the way in off - the - ball pressing but on the ball he was a shadow of the player Southampton became accustomed to unleashing.

Ronaldo's petulance when not being able to score has been well documented, while Gareth Bale looks like a shadow of the player who was signed for a world record transfer fee from Tottenham in 2013.

It was clear they were just a shadow of the players that became household names across the footballing world, but Chelsea signed them anyway.

Hazard has looked a shadow of the player he was last season, after helping Chelsea lift the Premier League title and creating a remarkable 99 chances in the top - flight.

Whatever the reasons, he is a shadow of the player who frightened the life out of teams in his first year at the Bridge.

Since his first season at Watford three years ago, he has looked a shadow of the player who burst onto the scene at Vicarage Road.

Whilst Paddy Kenny, Paul Green, David Norris and Jason Pearce have been relatively successful, Rodolph Austin is a shadow of the player we saw in August and September, although his fitness is of course a major issue on that front.

DF Sime Vrsaljko, 5 — Did what was needed at the back but is a shadow of the player he was before injury last season.

Scott Dann looks a shadow of the player who formed such a formidable partnership with Roger Johnson for Birmingham, and while Grant Hanley showed promise at times (and conjured up a winner at Old Trafford), at others he looked more at sea than a cruise ship.

Sure you can play against the shadow of another player during Toad Rally, but that's not the Mario way of multiplayer.

Situated in a world where stepping into the shadows will instantly kill you, the player must follow an orb of light through a deteriorating world, the darkness is so dangerous that even stepping in the shadow of another player will kill you instantly.

But as the film progresses, another theme begins to shape up — growing up as «Player Two» is not about living in the shadow of player one; it's about sharing the journey — in games and in life.