Sentences with phrase «squad of players who»

Part of that burden lies with the current squad of players who are not kids anymore.

However, with only Goodwillie, Salgado and Grella on their injury - list, Blackburn have the benefit of picking from a squad of players who know each other well after partaking in their latest upheaval side - by - side.

They have a squad of players who appear to have zero interest in the club.

Collecting a squad of players who may or may not contribute now or in the future is one thing but Atletico lacked a cutting edge last year and it ultimately hurt them in the race for La Liga.

Mourinho has a whole squad of players who get no games including last seasons outfield player of year Martial and likes of Schneiderlin, Mata, Depay, Herrera etc..

The new manager also has a huge job on his hands, because he'll be inheriting a mess of a club, and a squad of players who have been brainwashed into thinking that their performances have been more than acceptable.

We have a very average squad of players who are not different from one another.

I honestly believe we have a pretty decent squad of players who could challenge for the league under a younger, more motivated, more inspiring manager with fresh ideas, i.e. someone like Allegri.

The second problem is that we have a squad of players who are just there to pick up their extravagant wages every week and the manager can seem to do nothing to motivate them to do better.

We have a squad of players who are questionable and people have blamed Wenger for this.

Not exact matches

Arnold Mandell, who for two years held the unique office of psychiatrist to a professional football team, has found that the position a player fills on a squad is dictated as much by his personality as by his physical endowments.

Save if the present Gunners save themselves from going out of this season Ucl to Barcelona, the Boss and the Arsenal Board MUST re focus their focus on revamping the Arsenal squad with some additions of top quality players from where ever they can find them to replace the dead woods, the injury proners, the past it, the can't make it, the too average, the not Ucl quality, the 1 or 2 matches performance players, the low class ones, the uninteligent ones, the lazy ones but swallowing up vast wages of Arsenal money, the cave - in big games players and the boastful but lackluster players in big games who are presently at Arsenal now.

Wenger has mostly used the second string squad at the start of any season to great effect, most teams aren't at full strength or match fit and he plays that Wengerball numbers game, throwing in squad players who are fit and raring to go whilst the first team get ready, we'll win 2 of our 3 opening games and he'd rather that than splash 100m on 3 players and get the same amount of points.

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.

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.

Finally, the Sun report Liverpool could battle Arsenal for the signing of # 30m - rated Brazilian ace Luan, who is another attacking player ideal to help bolster Klopp's squad following the departure of Coutinho.

It is believed that Livermore would cost in the region of # 6m and Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has shown a willingness to sell any player who doesn't not feature prominently in the first team squad.

We will end the season with 29 players classed as overage, 5 of them are goalkeepers (of which 2 min will not be part of the squad) whilst 4 others are arteta, Debuchy, flamini and rosicky who will surely leave, I also don't expect Sanogo or wellington to be part of the first team next season as they are simply not good enough.

Good squad player; great athlete who will run the channels all day long; has a poor first touch compared to many of his contemporaries.

we need a younger, vibrant manager who can take us through the transition stages of transforming Arsenal from an old dog with no new tricks into a POWERHOUSE that can show true class by adapting tactics according to the opposition and utilize our entire squad instead of 14 or 15 players trying to carry us through the BPL, CL, FA CUP, League cup.......

We have literally sat and watched as the likes of kondogbia, schneiderlin, Martinez, vidal have moved to other clubs, and then the excuse will be «there are no players in the market who can improve our squad ``

The forward has just been left out of England's squad for the upcoming matches against Germany and Lithuania, but that's of little importance to Arsene Wenger, who will most likely be happy for his player to get the extra break.

Alexis Sanchez need to go to club with a more ambition unlike arsenal, cos he is a winner and he needs to win more trophy, he scored 30 goals last season yet arsenal couldn't make top 4, that's to tell u a tree can't make up a forest but till now what has Wenger done to improve the squad to convince Sanchez to stay?nothing, and u expect him to stay with those players who don't have winning mentality and a coach that lacks ambition, Sanchez don't need money what he need is quality players...... my gunners fans all over the world let's be truthful to ourselves, how many of us will still remain in arsenal fc if we were Sanchez, with arsenal transfer activities so far in mind?

Their squad players were comprised of older, experienced players who have since stayed at the club at moved into senior roles, but were still players performed admirably whenever called upon.

The author of the article then analyses the Arsenal squad and wonder why Wenger is talking about «trying to bring new world class players» when he already said that his squad was completed, but he will add if he can find a player who could improve the current group.

We will hopefully have a stronger squad to choose from for the upcoming encounter, which can be watched on Sky Sports, although we will still be without some of the players who went deep into Euro 2016.

«When you have six or seven players in the squad who think this is the club they want to be at, of course this gives us strength and brings stability to the team.»

I completely agree, we have to be one of those teams who keep their great squad players to win league titles.

It is fine to analyze a match in terms of players who will be missing from the opposing squad but...... c» mon..

(3) formation flexibility — it took 20 years for Wenger to return to a back 3 and now he can't seem to choose anything but that formation... the teams in the premiership and those we could face in the Europa will present vastly different tactics and we need to have a manager who can prepare this squad for this eventuality and have the fortitude to make the necessary adjustments throughout the season... I have seen nothing in the past 6 - 7 years to suggest that he is the man to take on this challenge... I can't even remember when he changed formations when he would replace a small, pacy striker, like during the Walcott experiment, with the lumbering Giroud... of course this is exactly why there is no other manager in the world that plays more players out of their natural positions (square peg in a round hole)

-- Insufficient cover / players of quality in squad due to Malaise in the transfer window (I.e there is no - one out there who can improve the Arsenal Team and we have an abundance of options).

There will be those who will argue that due to his age, injuries and lack of pace, Per Metersacker deserves to be a squad player.

The Anfield club's owners are ready to hand the Liverpool boss a significant transfer fund injection and those funds will be fuelled in part by the sales of some squad players who are not part of the club's long term plans with the likes of Alberto Aquilani, Milan Jovanovic, Christian Poulsen, Emiliano Insua, Philipp Degen, Paul Konchesky and Joe Cole all reportedly set to leave the Merseyside club.

Everyone n football and most of the same fans know Sanchez is our only player of quality, Henry said he is the only player who would get into the Spurs squad, and we play him with one hand tied behind his back on the left wing with effectively no existing central striker to worry defenders (unless you count Giroud as a central striker but I refuse to believe Giroud worries any central defender).

Name one manager, in the history of any sport, who signed a player just because the fans felt he would be good for their squad?

We really miss Santi there and the backup option of Coquelin again doesn't fit the idea of dominating teams with possession by putting a player who's success in the squad came from breaking the play of the opposing team.

He's just bought replacements what we need is reinforcements, players who will get in and improve our squad immediately, the first 3games of the season Palace, Besiktas and Everton have shown how short of quality we are!

Arsene Wenger is the cause of his own problems.Why did he sell Gabriel?A player who for all his mistakes has better defensive skills than Mertesacker, Holding and Chambers.I don't care about potential as I'm talking about now.I also kept saying Monreal shouldn't be played as a CB yet people here were including him in our best lineup possible when everyone is fit.This is just bizzare.Also this may be unpopular opinion but I feel Wilshere is better than Xhaka and Ramsey and only he in our squad has the intelligence to play the Santi role.

And other teams buying players even though they have a good squad also doesn't go unnoticed by our players.It must be putting doubts in their minds as to why am i in this team who isn't showing ambition.I am against buying for the sake of buying but at least assemble a decent group of players who could get the job done.

With all the players going out of City this summer they will be playing with a new squad who will still have to adjust to the league.

I think the point is you can not have a squad of top drawer internationals as they won't all sit there watching and getting an occasional game, you need squad players who work hard and give their all.

Come on — there are lots of players in the German squad who are good enough for the award.

Of the above mentioned 10 players, 4 are bit part players, 1 is retired, 1 is injured and the Spaniards have the best squad among the international teams Either that, or they don't pick players who don't play for Barca or Real.

But Arsene Wenger, who has seen hundreds of awful injuries to Arsenal players in his lifetime, including the broken legs of Eduardo and Ramsey and the never - ending problems of Abou Diaby, has now admitted that Cazorla's injury was ¡ the worst he'd ever seen», although it seems that Le Prof believes that the Spaniard's problems are now over and thinks he will return to the squad in January, when he can be reinstated in the Premier League squad.

We also got rid of our best squad player in Oxlade who was starting matches before he left.

Picking a best XI from this season's Premier League but with just one player allowed from each club... who gets in from Chelsea's superb title - winning squad, and which stars stood out at the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United?

Our road to mediocrity is paved with the injuries of players we relied heavily on or players who took up valuable squad space and payroll load.

While a big emphasis will likely be placed on signing players capable of helping them take the next step to compete for major honours, Jose Mourinho will have decisions to make on his current squad and who will remain to see out that process.

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

I could be wrong but don't see him as a PL centre forward option for some time at least but he is one of those types who Wenger obviously likes that could play anywhere in the front 3 behind the CF. I rate DW as a squad player and decent option and am open - minded as to how much better he can become — I suppose bottom line is I don't see Dybala as an either / or option for Welbeck.