Sentences with phrase «start on the bench after»

Johan Djourou may have played a full 90 minutes for Switzerland during the week but in my eyes he deserves to keep his spot while I feel an injury - prone Robin van Persie should start on the bench after he played for Holland this week.

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It is not an easy fixture, though, even though Arsenal are coming off a shaky start to the new Premier League season after losing away to Stoke, so every Arsenal fan will be delighted to see that Arsene Wenger's team for the game at Anfield includes the Chile international star Alexis Sanchez, although Lacazette starting on the bench with Welbeck in the XI will certainly raise a few eyebrows.

The Red Devils welcome back Marcos Rojo to their starting XI after a while out injured, but Angel Di Maria is still on the bench.

Will be interesting who starts... Dare I say it, but i think Ramsey may find himself on the bench after his comments on RW.

Walsh, who started Saturday's contest on the bench, entered after two ineffective series by Clint Chelf and never left.

Bill O'Brien named Brian Hoyer the started after a preseason battle with Ryan Mallett, but Hoyer was benched in the first game despite being told he would not be on a short leash.

The 23 - year old was not even on the subs bench yesterday, with the boss going for the Welshman Aaron Ramsey alongside Francis Coquelin in the centre from the start and then replacing him with our Spanish magician Santi Cazorla after about an hour.

After this stellar campaign the youngster thinks that he is good enough to challenge for a starting place at his parent club, but doesn't want top be stuck on the bench if things don't work out.

All to start on the my bench and rest for the Liverpool big game coming after the international friendlies.

We basically start playing in the 7 - 8 mins of the game, just after Wilshere went on the bench... I mean what the f*ck!!

Antonee Robinson has started 2 of the last 3 matches after about a month on the bench.

Shortly after the good start Arsenal became exactly what we expect nowadays... Naïve defending, lots of sloppy passing, too much sideways & backward passing, weak pressing, losing the midfield battle, no leaders on the pitch, no teeth, no ideas from the bench...

Yet If Arsenal want the best out of him then Wenger must show serious trust in his abilities even after Xhaka's return because part of Elneny's slight turbulence in form this season has been due to the addition of Xhaka who's presence seriously affected Elneny's moral and those who deep into things would've noticed the difference between last years Elneny (prior to Xhaka's acquisition) and this year's Elneny with majority of games Elneny coming off the bench yet the very last few games he started before the AFCON have boosted his confidence back and that very much reflected on his last performances before leaving to an extent that surprised quite a few!!

Giroud is given another starting place after scoring twice at the weekend, but Welbeck and Walcott are on the bench if he fails to perform.

France international Anthony Martial, who has bagged 27 goals in 95 games during his United career, has also been handed a start by Jose Mourinho for their match tonight, with the winger having reclaimed his place in the side after starting on the substitutes bench for their fixture against Stoke on Saturday.

However, fellow new boy Alexandre Pato is available for selection after completing a loan move from Corinthians, although he is likely to start on the bench.

He played his first senior game in November but then suffered a groin injury while on England duty and did not start again until after the New Year against Hull, although he was on the bench for the second half of December.

Without sounding like Arsen Wanger bashing most injuries are because of not having a choice of good players on the bench for rotation (not good enough in terms of for a top club) so he keeps playing his best 11 if they are not injured and we all know what happens after a while what with international duties and CL other cup games they start cracking,

There is a chance that Giroud coud start again after his heroics against Palace but I think he will be on the bench until Alexis starts to look tired.

This was the second big game after the defeat at Liverpool that he has started on the bench.

But after some impressive showings from the subs bench and a very good game from the start of our Champions League tie in Barcelona, the 19 - year old was handed his first Premier League start and grabbed it with both hands at Everton on Saturday.

Poor old Alexandre Lacazette set Arsenal fans on fire by knocking in goals as soon as the season started after his arrival from Lyon this summer, but his confidence seemed to disappear after 5 or 6 games and Arsene Wenger decided to bring in Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang just six months after the Frenchman's arrival which relegated Lacazette to the bench.

That was the third game in a row that Welbeck had started on the bench and after the way he impressed after his return to the side and with Giroud being on his longest ever goal drought, it seemed an odd decision.

Now that Arsenal have Olivier Giroud back in the first team after his freak tibia injury at the start of the season, and with Theo Walcott back in training and on the bench for the away game at Anfield, the attacking side of the Arsenal squad is the one thing that Arsene Wenger does not have to worry about.

The striker didn't get off to the best of starts in his first season with Tottenham, scoring twice in 27 league appearances, per premierleague.com, and is likely to start on the bench again this weekend after being an unused substitute in Spurs» 2 - 0 win away at Newcastle.

i think we will make fourth spot this season if we get to keep Sanchez that is if Sanchez starts to play like he did yesterday, i think because lack of squad depth the likes of Spuds, Liverpool and possibly Chelsea will start to drop points in Feb by losing first team players to injury after busy Christmas scheduled and busy CL scheduled, we on the other hand should be topping the group on Thursday night football playing with mixture of youth and bench players hopefully leaving our first team rested and fit, February we have three big games Everton home, Spuds away and City home, hopefully we do well

That would not necessarily earn the big striker a place back in the starting line - up though, as he was back on the bench for the game after his previous super sub showing away to Sunderland.

Origi started the group games for Belgium on the substitutes» bench, but his impact after coming on combined with Romelu Lukaku's dismal displays convinced manager Marc Wilmots to start him against the USA in the last 16.

Odemwingie will be hoping for a place on the bench against United after a rare start on Saturday at Crystal Palace.

After overcoming a problem to start in midweek, Nacho Monreal is sidelined for the game tomorrow but the hope is that Kieran Gibbs, who was on the bench in midweek, will be available for selection.

Mourinho was booed during victory over Real Sociedad after again starting the game with Iker Casillas on the bench...

His impact in Scotland had been noticed back home, and he Jason made his first senior international start for Belgium against France on 7 June 2015, just three months after his debut off the bench in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Israel.

I'd expect him on the bench for that match, but after that he can think about starts.

After finding himself on the bench more often than not in the opening weeks of the season, United's utility man, Ashley Young seems to be back in favour, having started in their last five league matches.

Bale impressed on his return after the winter break, but he has found himself starting on the bench of late, most notably against Paris Saint - Germain in the first - leg of the Champions League round of 16.

Douglas Costa and Mattia De Sciglio were both on the bench after being heavily used on the international break, but Giorgio Chiellini recovered from a minor knock in Italy camp to make the starting lineup.

Van Persie injury record down the years suggests he does need regular rest and with the priority surely having to be the Premiership after a disastrous start it wouldn't be much of a surprise to see him start on the bench and come on towards the end.

Emre Can is likely to return to the XI after spending most of Saturday on the bench, while Philippe Coutinho's back problem means Daniel Sturridge — fresh off his first goal in two months — returns to the starting line - up.

On the plus side, Vedran Corluka should be fit enough to start after making the bench on SaturdaOn the plus side, Vedran Corluka should be fit enough to start after making the bench on Saturdaon Saturday.

Team News − Simeon Jackson, Steve Morison and Wes Hoolahan could all be drafted in after starting last week's home defeat to West Brom on the bench, however Daniel Ayala is out injured with a knee problem.

With that said, Benni McCarthy hasn't exactly been at the forefront of Sam's selection mindset after starting just one game this season, making four cameo appearances from the bench, spending just 175 minutes on the pitch.

After starting the 2016/17 season as first - choice at the heart of Everton's defence, Jagielka spent the majority of the first two months of 2017 on the bench.

Florian Klein 35/0 Stuttgart (Ger) Age 29 (17.11.86) After making his debut in 2010, he has made the right - back spot his own under Koller, despite finding himself on the bench at Stuttgart since the start of the year.

Sofiane Boufal called on Pellegrino to start him after coming off the bench to fire Saints to a 1 - 0 win over West Bromwich Albion last week.

But James, 24, is unlikely to start after Zidane left him on the bench for the entire 90 minutes of the first leg at the Bernabeu and gave the Colombian just 23 minutes in the second leg, as Bale's strike dumped out Manuel Pellegrini's team.

After two years of sitting on the bench after coming in as a (relatively) high - priced buy from Real Madrid, Alonso was finally given consistent starting time with Bolton Wanderers and kicked on from tAfter two years of sitting on the bench after coming in as a (relatively) high - priced buy from Real Madrid, Alonso was finally given consistent starting time with Bolton Wanderers and kicked on from tafter coming in as a (relatively) high - priced buy from Real Madrid, Alonso was finally given consistent starting time with Bolton Wanderers and kicked on from there.

Coutinho started on the bench last weekend as he did not arrive back in Liverpool until Thursday after being in South America with Brazil.

He is the Belgium captain and the most important thing is to continue to work and improve and then after the international break, to have the possibility to have him on the bench and to start to think of him as a new player for Chelsea this season.»

The 32 year old star started in the bench for Real Madrid and when he came on for his side he made diffrence as he scored in the 80th minute to give real madrid the lead but he was shown a his second yellow of the game as he made a dive to the ground in the penalty area just two minutes after scoring and was sent off.

Lampard has been linked with a sensational switch to Old Trafford, after starting a considerable number of games on the bench this season as a result of manager Andre Villas - Boas «rotation system, but Di Matteo, says he can't imagine a Chelsea side without the influential midfielder.