Sentences with phrase «starting on the bench at»

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That evidently wasn't an appealing option for the Red Devils, especially as the 22 - year - old is now earning the trust of Jose Mourinho on a regular basis, having started four consecutive Premier League games before being left on the bench at Burnley this weekend.

A fit Walcott would probably walk in to the starting X1 for 16 or 17 of the other PL clubs and def be on the bench at the other 2 or 3.

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier... this team actively pursued a policy to undermine the relationship between the fans and the best player on this team... for all intent and purposes this is a traitorous act... so instead of spending money, which all pundits and fans agreed was necessary in order to compete at the highest levels, this club was wasting time and money trying to turn fans against Sanchez long before the end of the season (the real concerted effort started around the time that Wenger benched him for the start of the Liverpool game)... for a team that pertains to be different, like a FAMILY, and constantly questions the tactics of it's opponents, to engage in such a treasonous act is deplorable

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.

Giroud did score a good goal for France last week and I thought he would have earned another start against Russia but instead Deschamps left him on the bench and only brought him on at the end when all four of their goals had been scored.

Now that he is stuck on the bench at Anfield, he is very unlikely to show his full potential and probably needs a fresh start at a new club.

He had started nearly all of our Europa League games, but he would even probably have only been on the bench at lowly Ostersund if Lacazette had been fit to play....

I'm predicting this match to have come too early for the likes of Olivier Giroud or Aaron Ramsey to start, but you can expect them to come on from the bench at some point.

Look at the options we had at the start of last season Sanogo started the first game Campbell was on the bench we also had Podolski.

Maitland - Nile's has played a blinder at LB the last 2 games but to put him in against Salah is asking a lot especially when we've got an out and out LB on the bench and don't get me started on Iwobi #WengerOut

If all goes as planned they'll have at least one really good player on the bench to start no matter who it is.

Start theo against Sunderland.I really do not understand why mr wenger plays the likes of Ramsey on the wing which is a position he admits he is not at his best when he plays there.and you have a natural with the likes of Walcott warming the bench.

Blues manager Roberto Martinez has named an unchanged starting XI for the match from the one that defeated West Brom 2 - 0 at the weekend, meaning that Romelu Lukaku starts in attack, supported by Steven Naismith, with Samuel Eto'o on the bench.

The Rockets did what they could to try and make travel arrangements for White, but if White wants to be in the starting lineup or at least on the bench every night, he's not going to be able to bus everywhere.

In that contest, Conte's men were denied by an inspired rearguard action from the Eagles, but their loss at the hands of Mourinho and United was far more worrying for the Italian as they were outclassed from start to finish, even with Zlatan Ibrahimovic sitting on the bench.

Someone should grill him at the press conference, becuase he will answer that there is no other defender he could've had on the bench, then someone should say why not, you knew perfectly well you had only 2 registered CB before the season started.

I almost feel like I'd rather try to start Okafor at the four (put Saric back on bench where he probably belongs) and see if he and Embiid can work and then sub them both for Noel and Saric / Illy together.

Carpenter might at least start out on the bench as she is introduced to the American game.

I'd love diaby to start at the back, (if fit) next to ramsey with arteta / flamini on the bench as injury cover all I ask for today is 100 % effort, high tempo and a 1 - 0 or 2 - 1 win would be great, coyg!!

The Wizards» most pressing need is a player on the wing who, if he can't step into the starting five immediately, can at least come off the bench and take some of the scoring load off Wall and Beal.

Nervous start — usual criticism at the beginning of the season, with the lack of spending Ramsey's first blood — Arsenal shocked the league, we played brilliant football, scoring beautiful goals, all seemed like a decent season for us Coq red card — injury crisis struck, the lack of bench depth put pressure on the team, the downfall of performance caused crucial points Alexis» goal when down to ten men - it all seemed like arsenal would lose out in the title race again but arsenal somehow surprised the league again, saying aye we got the quality but we just ai nt gonna show in week in week out Draw in NLD with 10 men — can't really complain about it but you ain't happy.

Benteke and Jordon Ibe provide fantastic options from the bench, and at in - form Watford on Sunday, this is where they should start — enabling our most technically gifted, creative attackers more time together on the pitch.

At 6ft 4in, van Dijk certainly has plenty of physical presence, but he is quick and talented as well and is still learning his trade, so would not baulk at having to sit on the bench while Mertesacker and Koscielny started most of our gameAt 6ft 4in, van Dijk certainly has plenty of physical presence, but he is quick and talented as well and is still learning his trade, so would not baulk at having to sit on the bench while Mertesacker and Koscielny started most of our gameat having to sit on the bench while Mertesacker and Koscielny started most of our games.

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.

I think Sanchez should start on the bench with Lucas at centre - forward.

I prefer to see the Boss starts Bellerin on the bench and starts Gibbs at left wing - mid while Sanchez is started on the bench.

At Arsenal, being the manager, Wenger decides which player is good enough to be bought, which player is good enough to play in the first team, which player should start or be «benched», what tactics (formation and style of play) to use, when to bring on or take off a player (substitutions) during games, etc..

Having started on the bench for the clash, he could be set to start at Wembley Stadium against Switzerland on Tuesday night.

So if fit and in form Ozil Cazorla Coquelin to start with Ramsey deployed at RW or on the bench.

Sanchez got much considerable starts & minutes under Guardiola but he didn't do much that season & even got injured at the latter part of the season, the those times Sanchez suffered been on the bench the most was under Tata Geraldo (that Argentine coach) & Luis Enrique, in his last season in Barcelona when he was frequently coming from the bench but still managed to bag in 19 LA liga goals... y ’ all should quit this bullshit about Guardiola not liking him when it was Actually that brought him to barca & Sanchez's most starts & play time in barca where all under Guardiola & Tito....

I also think the boss was preparing our number 11 for a place on the bench at the start of the game in Munich.

Because of the skill of Campbell to scheme & wriggle past defenders, I am starting him on the bench to come on at a stage in the game and I'm giving Welbeck a complete rest from the match till the Palace game when he could be in my match day squad.

given that 33 % of our 24 or so players are going to be injured every season, if we get 2 really good players at the start of the season, one of them will only be sitting / moaning on the bench for 6 - 12 weeks at the start of the season.

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.

But the Frenchman has resisted the urge to make any changes from the away win at Sundertland last weekend, so Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey remain on the bench, while Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini both start in the centre of the pitch.

ill tel you why from life experience, its because no player gets replaced if they don't do well, as long as they have a few good games a season they are considered irreplaceable where other teams you have a bad game or two your questioned or benched, take Mourinho's comments just last week about Mkhitaryan that he is still monitored whether he will be starting or he will be on the bench, at Aresenal we would star to build a statue outside the stadium,

The starting team was not correct Why did Theo start before ox Why xhaka on the bench At 2 - 1 down why stay with two DM

Kola is a very good left back but his played at central defence or benched, bellerin left wing, starting welbeck ahead of lacazzette and so on.

why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield

Blanda, who had lingered for a decade on benches in Chicago before becoming, at 33, a regular starting quarterback in Houston, would have none of the complaining.

the induvidual Gunner performance in training at Arsenal's London Colney training ground should imform the Boss which Gunners will get the nod to start the game propper and also start the game on the bench.

I think its more up to Gibbs at this point whether he wants to sit on the bench another year and watch Monreal be incredibly consistent, or look for a team where he would start every week.

For I expect the Boss to start him in the middle of the park alongside Flamini at the Gunners» base, while Ramsey and Coquelin are rested on the bench to start in the Barca game.

Moaning we look good got my forward and awful at the back Why not play mustafi if he's ok for the bench he should be ok start And what's happened to chambers Take ozil and belerin off put mustafi and iwobi on

We are all impressed with real madrid but look at how much that starting 11 was and even their bench, they have won two champions league in a row due to the accumation of spending big money on world class players over the years.

Finally, and to reiterate an earlier point, the way forward for this club is to stop paying below average bench players so much money and to focus the bulk of the weekly wages on establishing a dominant starting 11... this will require the club to eat some wages in order to ship some players out, get rid of any deadwood over the age of 21, develop a cutting edge scouting service and put your money where your mouth is for once... I would much rather have a starting 11 that was world - class and give some reasonably paid young blue - chippers playing time when injuries occur than have 2 or 3 world class players surrounded by a plethora of overpaid and underwhelming players... management would no longer be able to sell their half - baked plans to the fans under the guise of «winning now», which any intelligent fan knows is a crap - shoot at best, and instead create a a squad that provides hope for the present and the future... this is exactly the model that has been used by Barcelona, Real & Bayern, so it should be good enough for us... by the way, until Messi & Ronaldo re-signed just recently all 3 clubs weekly wages were on par with ours... think about that for a second or two

Start of this season Walcott walks back in first team, and it is the player that benched him that is on loan at Sporting Lisbon.

with miki in its though to see a future for ramsey if wishere stays fit... ramsey was always a bench player who made it in to the starting 11 coz of wengers favouritism... i still have a good chuckle when some of the kool aid crowd were frothing at the mouth on reading fake news about his imminent transfer to barca... some people never learn

The problem with this board is that, they don't like it when older players are replaced with younger ones from within the squad, they are obsessed with having world class starting xi and incompetent «bench pieces», who can't replace the aging squad, look at RM and Bayern, they have at least 8 kids on the bench who can replace their current starting xi s.

Look at the future squad carefully (mina, umtiti, semedo, digne, roberto, dembele, etc all 25 or a little above or below) this will be our next starting xi while instead of bench pieces we will have 20 year Olds e.g Abel Ruiz de ligt etc waiting to replace them when they are at their peak, If you look instead of hear you will see where Ev is leading us to with his signing s (which have all been world class) he is building a squad worthy of our style and one that will require only a few tweaks so we won't spend millions on players and find our selves getting rid of dead weight ala pep and lucho.