Sentences with phrase «since last season when»

His immediate goal will be to recover his full fitness after not playing since last season when he helped Chelsea win the English Premier League but fell out of favour with coach Antonio Conte.

Ibrahimovic has been sidelined since last season when he suffered a serious knee injury in the Europa League clash with Anderlecht.

If anything, the league has been poor since last season when Chelsea won it unchallenged, only Arsenal and Pool beat Leicester this season and Leicester were not even properly challenged too...

Not exact matches

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Last year I fell in love with zucchini tots, and since adapted the recipe using cauliflower instead during the colder months when zucchini isn't in season.

Sub-plots: Daley Blind is poised to make his 50th Premier League appearance for the Reds on Sunday, while Danny Welbeck is set to return to Old Trafford for the second time since leaving United for Arsenal in 2014; the England forward scored the winner when the Gunners visited in the FA Cup last season.

The Islanders lost both of their home contests against the Lightning last season, but had been 21 -7-0-2 over the previous 30 games when hosting Tampa Bay (since the January 2000).

The lesser fans of lesser teams will say it was because the Vikings got the game at home (as if the NFL knew back in 2014 when they gave the game to Minneapolis that the 2017 Vikings were going to be really good), but really it's because Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman have built the best defense in the National Football League over the course of the last four seasons since Zimmer's arrival.

He has the prospect of probably a 6th place finish (everyone has strengthened considerably since last season — we haven't) He would probably prefer to train in the sun like Spain or Italy as opposed to here in the UK and prefer a manager with ambition and an idea of tactics when Plan A doesn't work.

Flamini — unfortunately for him he's already been replaced by Le Coq he had a good spell last season when he rejoined the club been a bit inconsistent since.

In fact they have been # 2 since April when they were the Runners - Up last Season.

It was only in January that Mourinho was praising Shaw as being one of the best left - backs in football, as per the club's site, but the mood and situation has seemingly changed significantly since then, going back to last season when he publicly criticised him, as noted by BT Sport.

Time of Death: Houston's last meaningful drive ended in a turnover on downs with two minutes to play when Case Keenum missed on his last three passes, and the Texans are just one loss away from their worst season since 2005 — the year before they hired Gary Kubiak.

But I have been saying the same thing about Sanchez since last season, his first game in the Charity shield and then that game against Villa earlier last season when he played striker, I noticed that he was so poor in possession and can't link up play with his team mates, he has the worst passing for a player of his calibre..

The highly rated young Denmark international has been attracting interest from Premier League giants Liverpool, who have been monitoring the playmaker since the beginning of last season with a view to bringing the 21 - year - old to Anfield when the summer transfer window reopened at the beginning of this month.

It is no secret that Liverpool have fallen back a long way since last season, when — powered on by Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge — they finished a close second to Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

This last season was one of my most enjoyable in recent memory, not only the win against Michigan (when yes after God only know how many years it has been since we got to host them, wow what a scheduling setup?)

Suarez left Anfield for Madrid's great rivals FC Barcelona in the summer for a # 75m fee and since then the Reds have struggled to rediscover the form they showed last season when the Uruguayan was in the starting XI.

Barnsley • Having won their first FA Cup ties in five seasons, Barnsley are now aiming to pull off their biggest shock since 2008 when they last reached the semi-finals, knocking out Liverpool and Chelsea in the process.

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

When Sanchez did come back he was dropped was sent out on loan (again) last season and has not started a game for Arsenal since.

With just a matter of weeks to go before he's back on the pitch though, Costa has shared the video below on social media which shows he is in prime condition despite not playing since last season and he's evidently motivated to produce when he steps back out on the pitch.

If anyone is to blame for his confidence crisis then it has to be Wenger; if he had bought another striker since begining of last season when it became obvious to every football follower Giroud still needs a lot of work to become the finished article then the poor chap will not be under such intense scrutiny and pressure.....

He's only dipped below 1,000 yards twice since he was drafted — when he had 970 yards in 12 games in 2011, and the 75 yards he had in one appearance last season.

Take last season as a prime example, because just at the halfway point of the season when the big Frenchman was on fire and was well on the way to proving all the doubters wrong once and for all, it all turned around and Giroud then endured his worst period since joining the Gunners.

lol at the expert fanbase deriding our own players Ramsey is a fantastic footballer with a great engine and a work ethic gives his all when he playes H was one of the best players at the last euros or did people forget that It's really sad to se our moronic fanbase who keep attacking their own players as if they know all about football and tactics Do you forget that he has scored in two cup finals Ask yourselves what have you achieved when criticising others At the rate at icy the moronic Arsenal fanbase hating their own players and Manager so viciously what too player would cme and play for us Look at teams like pool or spuds don't an fuk all but their fans support their teams no matter what It used to be like that at Arsenal but now we have the worst fanbase in football I know because I have bee a season t it holder since the 70s Hat a spoilt bunch of useless fans we have now mrs so sad to see COYG

I have been attending from 1958 as a young boy til last season when I went only once and not since.

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

A real sign of ambition would have been to send Wilshere on loan (or even sell him... He won't improve anyway and we clearly saw since last season that when he is on the bench, we are playing better and winning) and get Fabregas back.

I had been going since 1958 til last season when I finally stopped, ENTIRELY BECAUSE I finally resolved to give not a penny more of my money to this corruptly run club, while Wenger stays.

Lawrence started to stand out when he was finally healthy and it was since last games of that season not until playoffs.

Ramsey has had one good season for us since his horrible injury, he needlessly gives the ball away much too often and his finishing is even worse than Giroud's... once again we have fallen in love with the idea of what could have been... Ramsey has only scored 2 meaningful goals in his entire Arsenal tenure: one in Turkey and the other in last year's FA Cup, which is not near enough to make him a centerpiece of this offence... likewise simply his presence on the team sheet has led Wenger into making horrible tactical blunders because he will force Ramsey into the lineup even when it doesn't make sense... just think of all those games when Ramsey was played out wide on the right, which forced the RB to come up into the play far more often, and deeper, because Ramsey invariably would find himself in a more central position leaving us far more vulnerable to the counterattack..

General fans were asked who they would pick for PL team of the year so far and we had 5 of our players in the team and deservingly so considering we've been the most consistent team since last January, nobody said a thing about Chelsea having 7 of theirs in the team lasts season but somehow the world is ending when Arsenal have their own.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The fact is all the teams that won the EPL since the invincible era save for the Leicester fairytale actually bought success including fargie in his last season he snatched our best striker.That's explains why arsenal is still in a good financial position in europe dispite winning few trophies, when you buy success it comes with losses ie high wages transfer fees and insane transfer fees

Since making his League debut for the Gunners at the tender age of 18 he has never managed to stay fit for a full season, and last years tally of 24 League starts is the best he has achieved in the intervening 6 years at the club, but he has always shown great promise when fit enough to play.

with this situation, which is undoubtedly Wenger created, the waters are so muddy now I'm not sure things can return to normal... no matter what is said through official club channels, this is clearly their fault... when they rolled the dice with the whole Sanchez negative media spin to protect Wenger, when he didn't start Sanchez against Liverpool last season, (how ironic) they sunk to a new low... it's become too easy to deceive, just think of all the manufactured lies that have come from the mouths of Wenger and Gazidis since we've arrived at the Emirates... the only reason we allowed them to happen for so long is that we hoped it would eventually lead to something of some consequence and all would be forgiven... well I don't forgive them and I certainly won't forget anytime soon... the worst part is the lies are oftentimes so juvenile that you can only conclude that the club must think that we're a bunch of intellectually challenged 10 year olds....

Last season was the first time that Tottenham have finished above us in the League table since Wenger became our manager 21 years ago, and they were also in front of us when we played them at the Emirates earlier this season and everyone was predicting an Arsenal defeat.

During the 2015 campaign, the Chargers finished last in the AFC West with a 4 - 12 record, which marked the franchise's worst season since 2003 when Marty Schottenheimer was the head coach.

I don't like quick starts since the team almost always switches off when we score an early goal / goals (e.g Napoli and Spurs last season), but if we keep intact for the first half an hr, we can certainly win the game

I have been one of the few people that have stood up for Giroud since he signed for us and last season when he was being blamed for Ozil's poor attitude..

(when was the last time we had a striker that scored 30 goals a season since van Persir?)

It is the 11th time that the league's top seeds will be matched up in the big game since 1975 (when the NFL's playoff format began basing home field advantage on teams» regular season records), and recent trends favor a Seattle victory: the NFC has won the last six Super Bowls between No. 1 seeds.

It has been almost 12 years since Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to our last Premier League title, which was almost unthinkable back then when Thierry Henry and all managed to complete the season without a single defeat in the league.

It is a scary thought that they have lost only one game at home in the League since 2013, and that was on the last day of last season when they had already been crowned as the runaway Champions!

Well mister, if Sanchez's heart is with arsenal he would have signed a new contract since last season, so u wan na tell us the reason why he hasn't put pen to paper other than not wanting to be with us or laughing on the bench when we were being hammered by pool.

In home matches West Ham have won five of the last twelve although have not been victorious at home since March 2011 when a 3 - 0 victory was the last of a season that led to relegation.

This is a fair comment when we saw Harry Winks perform to a much higher level last season in limited appearances than club record signing Moussa Sissoko, who has proved to be nothing short of a walking disaster since his move last summer for # 30m.

Fellaini struggled when arriving to United from Everton in 2013 for a fee of # 27.5 m (per the BBC) but has since found himself as a surprise favourite of Jose Mourinho's after making 28 appearances in the league for the Red Devils last season.

Liverpool have had a number of false dawns in the last six years or so, when a decisive end to the season created expectations for the next, much like how our FA Cup victories since 2014 have deluded us into thinking Wenger has regained his mojo.