Sentences with phrase «squad around the player»

Not exact matches

I feel he needs to do this to restore our faith in him so that in years to come we don't panic if we see little or no activity in the transfer window, because with everybody around us significantly improving their squad, Wenger has been quoted talking about the cohesion of the squad is more important than having one absolutely amazing player who wins everything for the club.

That will almost certainly mean some big changes around the place, including our squad of players.

Cat c = Song (7 - 9m had a good season, would come back as a squad player) Krychowiak (worth around 9m his team want20m can't see us bidding more than 15m) Aranguiz (12 - 15m would be the wildcard also linked with Chelsea very good Chilean player approaching his peak)

There were 55 players on that shortlist so it may not sound all that impressive that three of them were Arsenal stars, but that number does look better when you compare it with our Premier League rivals, especially when you consider how much more money the likes of Manchester United and Man City have been throwing around to build their squads.

Yes but it needed to be done, whilst it can be argued whether he would be able to produce the same performances he does now in 4 years time, the whole idea i would presume would be to let the younger midfielders learn from such a talented individual now with the eventual hope that they would be able to surpass or perhaps match his ability, plus its always a good thing to have experienced players of such calibre around the squad, like barca with Xavi he may not be able to perform to the level he was in his heyday, but every once an again produces a moment of magic when you need it on account of the experience.

Wrong, because there is a certain Alexis Sanchez in the Arsenal squad and the Chilean has all the attributes needed to make a top class front man in the modern game, especially with the right players around him to create space and opportunities.

That is good to have around and he can still be a SQUAD player.

It seemed like the ball constantly had 6 + people around as it multiple players from both squads would swarm... This was a low scoring Game and the Goalies played very well..

Jack and Giroud have been able to play themselves into somewhat useful squad players, but I wouldn't put Ramsey in this category because he keeps being first choice 11, and is exhibit A of why we hover around 4th place.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

Wilshere getting injured isn't new just how after Wenger does not sign a capable CF for the 4th season in a row and we finish 4th this season you will see the SAME PEOPLE around this SAME TIME next year who said the squad was good enough, you'll see there will be no injuries if everyone stays fit so we don't need to sign players or we don't really need any striker we have Giroud (a player better than Rooney and Henry who it is very very very very HARD to find any better player than him and whom some fans here will discount any other player better than him to prove he is good enough).

with his attitude as if we have to be his servant, get back to Chilie and get those life values back, he is a football player, but a man first, and as a player and man, his all attitude sucks, i don't know why wenger kept him and take that shit, means we have to take it... I told yo before, get his ass on training camp, ruining all day, shut him up, keep him out of the squad, not even in bench to bring his laim superior attitude... All money he is making, he should think of Chilie street and reality for kids he was once... He is in a great city, a club that won in this league and would be in CL as every year without this type of laim ways... So, of course no one wants him around during that ceremony, not even in the room... Get real sanchez, you came from misery, benched for years by gardiola too, sell out, poor minded..

You need a squad of 25 and we have around 33 players.

The list, compiled by a vote from France based football journalists of their ideal squad of players from around the world, heavily features Bayern Munich and Real Madrid stars.

Coquelin is a name that can be thrown around but he's still a decent squad player in my opinion and you need that in a team.

Moving on from it all for this season i fear for worst to come next season (just had a deja vu i say the same thing every season around this time) City already are talking spending 600 Million in the next two to three years on new players and you can bet Man - U will follow to try and close the gap, Liverpool can sell one player and buy an entire squad, Chelsea owner Abromovich has started to make noise's about next season so they will be spending, spuds will try to keep their existing players with one or two additions to strengthen and some salary rises to keep the elite, and Arsenal will go head to head with the likes of Burnley Everton Leicester for average players signature, and the board will make sure even if they replace AW they will replace him with AW No2 who will do what the board decides on who and how much to spend

Possibilities would be: — Welbz: isn't good enough to play regularly but I'd probably keep him around as a squad player as he's a hard worker — Rambo: I'll be annoyed if he does go but he's easily replaced lol I reckon he'll sign a new contract tho.

We're NOT linked now with anyone else and that's a worrying thing in itself, I personally really don't think Walcott is good enough to play that striker role and I know I'll get roundly «thumbed down» for this but its how I feel about the boy he's good but NOT as good as he thinks he is and it annoys me that theres a possibility that all the toing and froing around his contract may be stopping us from signing a top notch striker (and I DO NT think Martinez is this) I do feel that AW will opt for the cheap and second rate options again and this will also include not buying a striker and putting Walcott in this role, meanwhile all our rivals will be putting strong established players into the positions where they need to bull up their squads we are not well known for doing this and its not going to happen now, which is infuriating as this is the right time to break that mould and go for it!!

Expect a Wilshire or a Nelson or the other player who doesn't start normally in the PL but then he can turn around and call all his squad players PL players and thus he fields a PL team.

The 23 - year - old would command an offer of around # 35m according to the report, and so Mourinho will either have to convince United to dig into their pockets again or move other players on and raise funds while simultaneously making space in the squad.

Here we have a squad of 80 000 per week players that stroll around the park looking good looking sexy looking cool for the millions that watch them as if they were in a fashion show

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

For once it will be a stress free day we are in win win position if Wenger buys someone its a bonus if not it does not matter the squad is getting stronger and other injured players not to far away from returning we now have enough depth in squad to see us through to end of season so lets enjoy seeing other clubs racing around trying to make last min signings for a change!!!

Bellerin is fast becoming one of my favorite players in the gunners squad, thought we were doomed for sure when Gomis went racing through and then got around Cech in the first half but in came Bellerin out of nowhere just in time to save the day... It was a really pivotal moment in the game and I think we could well be looking at a different result if we had gone a goal down in the first half!

Ruthlessness, player petting (continually giving chances to players like Giroud rwho will not lead Arsenal anywhere rather than going out and strongly bidding and buying a top quality ST), slowness in reacting deficiencies in the squad even in January windows where it is clearer and the season can still be turned around, not basing our transfer windows on banking or players who get injured consistently, getting players we need and making respectable offers for players we need (like the Suarez debacle) are some of the things I mentioned.

everything get burned to the ground - City, Real,MU,Bayern,Chelsea - they all find easy ways to go around that stupid UEFA fair play rule and the prices in players, instead of going down go to the sky.They all become more powerful than before instead of getting weak.Home grown players, English players?Just promote some kids from academy just to make the squad number.They don't even stay on the bench - but the rule is obeyed, right?So, Wenger was betting on a dead horse, he got stuck with a mediocre team, full with overpaid mediocre Brit players, youngsters no one heared about (see Sanogo case).

you don't see values floating around for them because Arsene Wenger said, flat out, at the beginning fo the year that he didn't have to sell, he wouldn't sell, and he would only buy if he could find a special player or two that would improve what he feels is a title contending squad.

What I don't understand on here sometimes is how people can possibly think you can pad out your squad with a «who's who» of world class players — unless you are going to pay these stars # 150K - # 250K to sit on the bench then they are not hanging around for long — and even if they do stick it out, they are unlikely to be properly motivated or have a lot of love for the club.

I am not sure if Arsene Wenger was speaking about any individual players when he made the comments about the role of the senior and more experienced stars in his squad and what they needed to do to get the team back on track after a tough period, or whether he meant any of them who had been around the block a bit.

I can only see two solutions to this problem, One is to have less international friendlys and the other logical way around this would be to up the squad numbers of the top teams in Europe, From 24 to 34 giving more room to rotating and resting players.

Yeah... A move for Real Madrid's second best player the season prior, player the German national squad builds around, arguably the best # 10 in the world should've been wrapped up for a bag of crisps first minute the window opened!!!! He was after all a «luxury signing» huh david??

The plain facts are that as a squad, we have again been considerably weakened over this transfer window, with Kroenke pocketing around 50 million profit for the players already sold, including our best player, and Wenger dithering over buying anyone in, like we were already storming the league.

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

The poisonous situation Wenger has created by keeping players around that don't want to be here is rubbing off on the whole squad it seems.

why buy these players knowing full well there is a restriction on their wage demands, 200,000 should be the maximum, maybe 210,000 but any less despite the structure and the financial principle then why buy the players at all, just run around the squad and tell them all to be consistent.

The fact that he has been given the captain's armband, as well as the fact that he is known to be a very strong leader within our squad, leads me to believe that his extension is more to do with his impact in and around the squad, more than the need for him as a player.

We didn't need a manager this season if we're just gonna put out the same players that come 5th anyone could of done what wenger is doing it's easy I buy lacazette then put he same team out from the same squad even when I have injuries it's easy just put out the rest of the squad and play them out of position I mean I'd take 8mil to do that oxlade at lwb kolansinac at cb elneny cm holding rcb there's no work of a manager there just put in players were others ain't ready to play then buy nobody else and do interviews with the same excuses job done next game change some ppl around but same ppl that came 5th then sell Alexis do interviews same excuses job done transfer window closes fans wish they never supported arsenal wenger laughing to the bank job done

Though now it would seem he's only holding us back by sticking around, they're other youngsters should be considered, and the places within the squad should go to fit hungry players wanting to help Arsenal and improve themselves.

Messed around with Suarez, miss out on Cazorla (which we luckily got the following year), fails to invest in the squad which did cost us many players... sold Nasri behind Wengers back (confirmed by Nasri himself).

Thus, a squad of 25 players should have around 50 injuries per season (under21 aside).

The problem is his wages... it makes no sense to have a back up player on 90k - per - week... if he was cheaper maybe it woypd be ok to keep him around but as it is it is just a waste of money and squad space for someone who will actually play more than 5 games for Arsenal in a season.

It is a 32 men squad, surely Flamini can be part of a 32 players squad, is not like he can't kick a ball around and break some legs, isn't it?

I realize he's mostly been a practice squad player, but that's better than nothing and he's managed to stick around for a while and collect some OK paychecks.

But with our new depth in the squad, and top players like Alexis, Ozil and Cech around, surely we can be a bit more resilient than earlier seasons and can cope with our inevitable injury list?

Wenger wouldn't be able to win the title with City's squad, because although Pep has spent a fortune, he does actually apply tactics, and he doesn't keep players around for 10 years, in the hope they'll FINALLY come good!

He is one of the arsenal players who despite being great in his own right was overshadowed by those around him... Such was the quality we had in the squad during his time... So I hope that his situation improves financislly or at the very least we offer him a some kind of paid coaching / mentor role at Arsenal to help him get out of this mess...

We are not a saling club anymore plus we have a good squad with an addition of 2 or so WC players we could compete with any team around.

I bet he looks around the league and sees players that don't mean as much to their squad getting paid more then he does and I'm sure he asks himself why??

I believe our pattern of going missing in the big games and in the important part of the season and conceding many headers and from set pieces has been around longer than the players in this squad.

Well Arsenal fans, it now turns out that Arsene Wenger's squad purge which saw quite a few of the Arsenal fringe players leave the Emirates during the summer transfer window could have been even larger, but our England international midfield star Jack Wilshere turned down the chance to leave Arsenal on transfer deadline day despite being offered a hefty pay packet of around # 90,000 a week according to a report by The Mirror.