Sentences with phrase «starting line»

Arsene Wenger made just one change to the Arsenal starting line up that beat Burnley on Saturday, with Aaron Ramsey replacing Mathieu Flamini.

So if both Coquelin and Flamini are available, should Wenger give the young Frenchman another chance to carry on his improvement, or bring Matthieu back to he starting line - up?

With Elneny establishing himself in the team's starting line up it means when Ramsey is fit he will fight with Iwobi (who is a central midfielder as well) for the wide role.

I doubt that I was the only Arsenal fan to be surprised to see the name of our France international right back in the starting line - up instead of the young Spaniard Hector Bellerin at the weekend.

Off topic: I didn't notice Hayden in the starting line up or on the bench for the Gala match.

The return of Abou Diaby to the starting line - up for the first time in 19 months was obviously a great boost for him and the club, but I think perhaps the biggest positive for us was the performance of Isaac Hayden at centre back.

In turn, he's picked out two players in particular who he believes shouldn't be anywhere near the Liverpool starting line - up again, and in truth, he has a point.

And so there must be a few of them whose places in the starting line up are at risk for our next game, which is an away day clash with the Crystal Palace side rejuvenated under Alan Pardew.

It's my first pre-season for two years and I want to work really hard to make sure I'm in the starting line - up for the first game of the season.»

But I still think that Wenger should put Szczesny back in the Arsenal starting line - up for the FA cup tie away to Brighton on Sunday.

Arsene Wenger has some big choices to make in the next few days about which Arsenal players will be in the starting line up on Tuesday night, when the German Bundesliga champions come to town for the first of two back to back games that will probably decide our fate in the Champions League this season.

Wenger freezes them out, then decides to put them all in the starting line up at once without any preparation.

Arsene Wenger is going to have a dilemma on Tuesday if he is intending to rotate his starting line - up like he has done in Arsenal's last two midweek games, with the massive game against League leaders Man United next weekend.

While you can argue that other clubs also have their own problems to deal with, is it really a coincidence that the pace setters Chelsea have been almost injury free so far, or that last season's surprise winners Leicester City were able to field the same starting line up for almost the whole campaign?

The Frenchman may well have a big part to play in this north London derby but I can not blame Arsene Wenger for leaving him out of the starting line - up, because the return to fitness of the in form England forward Theo Walcott allows Arsenal to go back to the system and formation that has looked so good this season, with Alexis Sancjez through the middle.

There are not too many surprises for Arsenal fans today, in fact it looks like the Arsenal team is almost picking itself at the minute, with Arsene Wenger sticking with the same starting line - up that faced Chelsea eight days ago.

Interesting match - up issues between starting line - ups.

I honestly believe he deserves a spot in the starting line up.

You can get to any length to denigrate the club and manager but it will not take away the fact that alexis was bought by wenger and is played by wenger as part of the 11 member starting line up, while Alexis has been exceptional the team is where it is collectively not by reasonin of one player, players can never turn from being brillient to rubbish in a space of one season, and that you need to start using your brain not that borrowed from the media.

With this in mind, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see Coquelin return to the starting line up for a little while.

The preferred attacking trident of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Alexandre Lacazette start up front, although much to the frustration of supporters, as seen in the tweets below, there's no place for Jack Wilshere in the starting line - up.

There is some good news for Arsenal on the injury front today, although I was hoping that Hector Bellerin's early return from his ankle injury would see him back in the starting line up for the visit of Stoke City in today's Premier League game.

Would you keep Welbeck in the starting line - up and if so would you keep him at centre forward or move him back out wide?

So there have been a few more questions aimed in Ospina's direction in the past week or so and his position in the starting line - up could be under some threat again from Wojciech Szczesny.

But it would be a bit worrying if Arsenal do fail to beat Crystal Palace at home today, so Arsene Wenger has refrained from messing about with the recent starting line up, other than to bring back our experienced number one keeper Petr Cech in place of the Colombian international David Ospina.

Our hard - fought 3 - 1 win will have given us a huge boost going into the trip to Stamford Bridge, but I fear that we could lose some heart if he was taken out of the starting line - up.

We could all see that Arsenal were totally outplayed in the first half in Paris, and even Arsene Wenger admitted it (although he didn't mention the starting line up!).

Giroud only lost his place in the starting line up in the first place because he was missing chances and with Theo having drawn a blank in his last three starts, there have been some calls for Wenger to change back, but the England international has still been making great runs, getting into good positions and helping the team.

The 23 - year - old has impressed in the heart of the Premier League side's defence so far this season, and has been an ever - present in the starting line - up.

Im pretty sure he will made it to the starting line up and become regular scorer....

I can understand Arsene selection of alexis and giroud but definitely not having OX in starting line up after his poor performances in the chances given and leaving theo who performed better than him out of squad.

It is understood that Giroud may be ready to return to the squad within the next week or so, however my main topic for debate is the fact that I don't think Giroud deserves to be placed back in the starting line up so soon after injury without proving himself, especially as Alexis Sanchez is doing so well.

But ozil deserve to be there eventhough i don't where to place him in the starting line - up As pirez him self is not present

Mourinho has a host of defensive and holding midfield options at present, with Serbian Nemanja Matic now the regular in the Chelsea starting line - up.

Danny was not in today's starting line - up due to having both Lacazette and Aubameyang available, but Arsene Wenger believes that Danny has done enough lately to persuade Gareth Southgate to include in this summers England squad to go to Russia.

Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler has told Mario Balotelli to stay patient, as the Italian tries to bring himself back into Brendan Rodgers» starting line - up, reports the Daily Star.

If I may ask, how did Giroud and Ramsey earn their places in the starting line up for the last game and this one??.

That starting line up leaves no real creativity from the bench.

With Daniel Sturridge missing for the next month with another injury, Balotelli may just have partied himself out of the starting line up.

For me, he struggles to make the starting line - up

Nevertheless, the Brazilian defender will push to get back into the starting line - up in west London after the international break, with Essien seemingly still a popular man with the club's supporters too as many left comments insisting that they wished he would return as well.

Theo and Iwobi have earned their positions in the Starting line - up However, if they slip in performance Ox could be there to steal the position It's all about competition.

In turn, both sides will be hopeful of claiming a win in their showdown in north London, and that's reflected in their starting line - ups as it's set to be a star - studded affair.

With Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Luka Modric among the injured at Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti is set to hand Manchester United loanee Javier Hernandez a place in the starting line up against rivals Atletico Madrid.

The likes of Djorou and Squillaci were still on the starting line up, yes?

There are some changes to the Arsenal starting line - up which is hardly surprising after the lame effort the team put on at Old Trafford, but not many would have expected it to be Koscielny that dropped out for Mertesacker.

What about how many of those games were in the starting line ups?

The starting line up was questionable once more, with Xhaka again on the bench and no striker.

Rugani made a total of 17 appearances for Juventus last season and has struggled to break into the starting line - up with Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini all ahead of the 21 - year - old in the pecking order.

Given that he hasn't been a regular in the United starting line - up this season, it could force the England international into a re-think moving forward.