Sentences with phrase «spots in the squad»

However, injury has robbed him of a spot in the squad for the hosts.

The secret to keeping players fresh is effective rotation and NOT having deadwood players taking up spots in the squad for potential classy players who could join us and improve the team.

I'm happy for Monreal and Gibbs, it's been a long time coming for Monreal, hopefully he cements his spot in the squad.

His injury made him losing the first spot in the squad and Bellerin was there to take it.

The blatantly obvious weak spot in our squad.

So we are selling a player who takes up a foreign player spot in the squad?

Campbell finally got his chance at Arsenal that season, albeit a very irregular spot in the squad.

Well now he's injured, collecting his big fat check and yet still takes a spot in the squad from someone who could actually benefit the team.

Get rid of a CAM spot in the squad and make some room and cash for other more needed positions (ST, DM, RW, GK).

We have 2 non HG spots in the squad atm which we will probably fill with a dm as we already have too many strikers (Giroud, Alexis, Campbell, Sanogo, Poldi, Walcott) so Podolski will be sold because he won't play much.

The 26 - year - old not only wants a raise on his # 100,000 - per - week wages, but guarantees over his first team spot in the squad — something that has eluded him since his recent return from injury.

If you do bad, no worries you will keep your spot in the squad.

Podolski leaving means we have 2 open spots in the squad, a DM (seemingly Carvalho) and a CB seem to be our two priority signings, though a DM is usually able to play as a CB too, but I haven't seen Carvalho play as a CB so I'm not sure.

He would still be taking one spot in the squad.

I strongly believe that Iwobi should go to the olympics to continue his development as a young player, However, i understand the reason why he wants to stay with arsenal and i do not think it has anything to do with the players we have out from the various tournaments, but as to do with the chance he may lose his spot in the squad to one of the other youth stars

This would mean that one of David Ospina and Szczesny would be unsure of their spot in the squad.

This means there are a few spots in the squad up for grabs, and the players will have to do everything in their might to impress Cherchesov.

Now the young lad is hoping to be fit and sharp enough to take a spot in the squad that'll take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup final at the end of May, and he'll trying hard to impress Arsene Wenger in the meantime.

If Alex performs well before Mkhitaryan returns, he have a opportunity to cement his spot in the squad at the start of next season.

World indoor medallist Lorraine Ugen had already secured her spot in the squad.

Holland's performances in the World Triathlon Series over the past 12 months not only earned Team GB a quota spot at Rio 2016 but also pushed her claims for a spot in the squad in Brazil.

Not exact matches

@ Robin VanPayslip what if we try it and it works wonders... Our squad would certainly be well utilized with it, we will get more counter attack goals coming in — Right now our counters fall in the way side and we would have 3 guys — not two to meet the opponents counters... and at least two or three players in every spot in the field...

His form for the Eagles last season could be enough to convince them to make a bid as they remain interested despite a change in manager, and it certainly looks as though he'll be desperate to move on as having been frozen out again, he'll need regular football elsewhere to secure his spot in the World Cup squad next summer.

As an Arsenal fan I would love to see us get to the point where we have 2 WC players (1 «old» and 1 in prime) for every spot, 22 players who need to be registered and this allows an allowance of 3 players for the squad, utility players / big personality... Use kids to make a 3rd man for every spot, get them ready to step into the shoes of an older WC player.

We are used to being able to secure our top four spot without too much hassle, with Arsene Wenger managing to somehow maintain our place in the Champions League year - on - year despite the changes made to the squad, but this year will not be so easy.

But, other than those three, Wenger must also make sure the rest of the squad is in tip top condition, and one worrying position for Gooners is the left - back spot, with Nacho Monreal approaching 30 and his backup Kieran Gibbs suffering the English disease of injuries and inconsistency.

Despite the disappointment of eventually finishing in third place in the Premier League last season, Spurs are evidently keen to keep the same nucleus of the squad in place and build on their success last year as they currently sit with eight points from their first four games of the season leaving them just four points off top spot.

White Hart Lane boss Mauricio Pochettino has successfully offloaded a number of under - performing members of his Spurs squad this summer and knows full well he needs to bring in top quality signings if his side are to seriously challenge for a top - four spot.

this 2nd half of the season has been unlike ANY of the «better» halves we've mustered in recent years as we've seen almost all our squad issues addressed (a decent DM, a reliable GK) and our approach in big games is showing signs of change — the signs of encouragement are much brighter than just us picking up some form to make the CL spots.

you're spot on, really need Kos in back, Oz in middle and Theo up top, otherwise we seem to be a mid table squad... even arteta seems to spread the ball around better then flamini,

They hang onto the # 11 spot this week despite this loss but will need a big win in Week 13 against a 6 - 6 Team Purimetla squad looking to get back over.500.

In Week 3, we'll have an early clash of the titans in Student City Game of the Week, when the only two Undefeated squads remaining battle it out for the # 1 spot in the Power Rankings and StandingIn Week 3, we'll have an early clash of the titans in Student City Game of the Week, when the only two Undefeated squads remaining battle it out for the # 1 spot in the Power Rankings and Standingin Student City Game of the Week, when the only two Undefeated squads remaining battle it out for the # 1 spot in the Power Rankings and Standingin the Power Rankings and Standings.

These two squads took the court knowing a spot in the Final4 was at stake..

A few minutes later, police in a squad car spotted the Grand Am and began a high - speed 45 - minute chase.

If an American Athletic Conference squad runs the table in the AAC and finishes undefeated, it would most certainly deserve a spot in the College Football Playoff.

Campbell was seen to be much more impressive than the likes of Walcott and Oxlade Chamberlain last year, however the Costa Rican was unable to maintain a regular spot in the team and was often left out of match day squads all together.

While teams must always show respect to each other, showing too much is a problem, and England will surely want to use this as an opportunity to make a statement that they're serious contenders next summer, while the younger group will be battling to get a spot in his final squad not coming along for the experience of playing against Brazil.

Are the over # 66m Arsenal re-enforced squad not worth more than 4th spot finishing in the table this season?

Given the sheer size of Chelsea's squad and the number of world - class players vying for spots that Traore would want to fill it seems highly unlikely that the starlet will get a look in at Stamford Bridge any time soon.

It all suggests that Barca are serious about tying up a move, but it remains to be seen what they do as they currently have no more free non-EU spots left in their squad following the arrivals of Coutinho and Mina last month.

Since Moyes» departure, Rooney has become a pivotal part of now manager Louis van Gaal's Manchester United squad who are in a perfect position to retain their Champions League spot and sit in third place.

Bellerin has earned a call - up to the Spanish first - team squad already despite his age and lack of football in his home country, as well as earning a spot in last season's Premier League Team of the Year.

Wilshere is being touted for a spot in next summer's England squad, with the current options showing a lack of creativity, and Wenger believes he can earn that spot with Arsenal, despite claims he could pursue a move in January.

Surely the competition for # 1 spot would be high between the two, but that's what you need in your squad!

We are in Europa and we are going for fourth spot, Wenger will be happy with the size of his squad even though being low on CD has already hurt us, and we are short in CM because it looks like he doesn't trust anyone other than the two there now and he's awaiting on a Santi surprise.

After impressing during a loan spell with Espanyol last year, Asensio has earned his spot in Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid squad with a series of impressive displays so far this season.

Sherrod Gideon, the man taken one spot after Brady, spent time on practice squads in St. Louis and Miami, but never played in a regular - season game.

Walcott anyways would always have a very solid case in England at least in the short term due to lack of competition in that spot and Walcott's unique ablity of speed in the England squad.

Whoever is in charge knows what they would have to do make some drastic changes, breakdown the squad and get rid of underperforming players who have been at the club for too long already (it could be that they've been here recently but you don't need more than 2 seasons to assess those things) and make the tough call that would free up some spot and cash to go for higher caliber players and winners!

In my ridiculously deep dynasty league (16 teams, 58 roster spots including minors), I had Freeland vs Roark both on my squad.