Sentences with phrase «squad against the fact»

Not exact matches

Coquelin's defending is excellent.In fact i've watched many DM's Arsenal have been linked and he's better than some of them defensive wise.How many top DM's will keep the likes of Silva, Coutinho and Modric (12/13) quiet throughout a match?It takes top defending to do that.His biggest problem is that he's not adventurous and doesn't hold the ball with authority.It's just that I feel he's not given the appreciation he deserves.He's a good squad player to have and when on form can do well against top teams.

In fact Smudger, who scored the opening goal against Liverpool in the final game of the season in 1989 that gave Arsenal our most dramatic title win ever and inspired the book and film Fever Pitch, thinks that the resilience the current team showed at the Britannia Stadium proves that this squad is capable of going all the way and adding another title to our history of major honours.

The duo will be a big loss to our squad against Tottenham, with Aaron having been crucial in running our game from midfield this term, but it remains to be seen whether they pair will in fact miss out, as our medical staff will need time to analyse their sufferings.

Coupled with the fact that he was dropped from the squad last weekend against Chievo with Gattuso revealing to the media that he wasn't impressed with his application in training, as reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, that surely raises doubts over his future at the club.

That is why it is great news today that Francis Coquelin has recovered more quickly than expected and is back in training, in fact, according to the Mirror today, Francis is even likely to be in the squad for next weekends FA Cup game against Burnley in preparation for the midweek League game against Southampton.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

Shocking really, that one FA cup win against a CHAMPIONSHIP side playing it's reverse squad can put up an article like that, ignoring the fact we've been not good enough for 10 years, despite all circumstances.

Last November, our beloved club only managed to gain two Premier League points, including a 1 - 1 home draw against North - London neighbours Tottenham, but the most worrying statistic would be the fact that our squad picked up as many as nine injuries.

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

They look to Week 2 now where they will take part in a big - time Rivalry Game, in fact it is the StudentCity Game of the Week against the DTD JR squad.

The simple fact is that the Germany boss has left the Arsenal play maker Mesut Ozil out of his latest squad for the World Cup qualifying games against Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan, Squawka.com has reported, explaining that his decision was based on the idea that Ozil would be better off recharging his batteries.

Add to that the fact that many of the squad made their Championship debuts this season, and a victory against the Latics may (depending on the other results) see us miss out on the play - offs on goal difference alone.

But the fact that it's the Coppa Italia and the fact that most of the squad is healthy means that there could very well be some overhaul for the midweek encounter against the other football club in Turin.

The squad is still thin, especially considering the fact that youngsters Isaac Hayden and Chuba Akpom will be on the Arsenal bench against Marseille, but it does now Mesut Ozil.

By Paul Nicholson March 4 — The five - year long New York court case following the sale of Liverpool Football Club to Fenway Sports Group revealed this week former owner George Gillett Jr is still paying # 125,000 a month in debt repayments for a loan secured against the club, and that the new owners felt that due to the aging playing squad the # 295 million price was in fact an overpayment for the asset.

Sims was one of four academy graduates in Saints» squad against Everton — another fact which highlights both the club's philosophy and Puel's willingness to follow it.