Sentences with phrase «starting place in the squad»

And my rant on Ramsey wasn't really meant to be a comparison of the two, but rather indicating that Ramsey has not been good enough, and has done absolutely nothing to warrant a consistent starting place in the squad, and even to the extent that we have to play without an actual winger in order to incorporate him into the team.

Players like Santi Cazorla, Cesc finds it difficult to get a regular starting place in the squad.

Not exact matches

I think if LACAZETTE can keep this up, he's going to claim a place in the french world cup squad next year, his goal scoring instinct is sharp, he knows he won't get too much chances and makes use of the few ones he gets and he was unluncky not to have scored against chelsea and his header wasn't a fluke, he knew where the post were and he directed the ball, he will be handful for defender when our complete squad starts and luckily for us he's not an injury prone player, having him, Sanchez (if he stays), Giroud and Ozil fit will be vital for us this season and i see plenty of goals..

I still call him an England player but he does appear to have lost his place in the squad, never ming the starting XI, under the new manager of the Three lions Gareth Southgate.

England manager Roy Hodgson has told Theo Walcott that he needs to earn back his starting role for Arsenal if he wants to seal a place in his squad for the European Championships.

The Arsenal midfielder was in a race to prove his fitness before the end of the season, and is now set to start for his country in one of two matches remaining before finding out if he has secured his place in the final 23 - man squad.

The Telegraph recently claimed both London giants were interested in Shaw, who is valued at around # 20million by United, but it's unclear if he could cement a regular starting place in either of those squads.

It's of a Arsenal manager who at the start of the new season has ensured that a squad of sufficient quality and depth has been put in place by scouting players in positions where the team has been found to be lacking in the previous season.

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.

Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey are also out, which could allow 17 year - old winter signing Krystian Bielik a chance within the squad, but a place in the starting XI seems rather unlikely.

The 24 year old also made just ten Premier League starts last term and that lack of first team action in all likelihood cost the winger his place in Roy Hodgson's Euro 2012 squad.

That is not the only good news for Jack though, because his main rival for a place in the starting line up is not included in the squad, with the young Tottenham player Dele Alli having picked up a knock in training ahead of the north London derby.

However instead he has looked like a passenger at times and as a result, his place in the starting eleven is now under threat with so many class midfielders in our squad.

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

So he has already proved his worth and ensured that he is a proper part of the Arsenal squad this season, with more than enough time to improve and secure a place in the starting line - up on a regular basis.

It was always going to be difficult for them to establish themselves in the starting line - up this season with such fierce competition for places in the Barcelona squad.

This is a Super must win game (6 pointer) And I just hope that wenger starts with his strongest eleven, Which means, no places for Mertesacker and Flamini in the squad.

Alex Iwobi broke through the ranks to earn a place in the Arsenal first - team squad in during the 2015 - 16 season, but has not started a single match since the club's change in formation.

Because even though our Czech Republic international keeper Petr Cech is fit enough for a place in the match day squad today, the boss has not brought him back into the starting line up.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

I don't suppose it would stop Arsene Wenger and his backroom staff at Arsenal from working towards getting the rest of the summer transfer action sorted out or at least in place, but I am starting to get a little concerned about the fact that there is little sign so far of the Gunners clearing out the dead wood from the current squad.

With the prospect of losing Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil before next season, it will be essential to bring in a top replacement or two into the squad, and the French giants could be a good place to start.

Mesut Ozil is apparently ill, and has even been left out of the playing squad entirely, with Alex Iwobi coming in to start in his place.

However, with Juve manager Antonio Conte keen to strengthen his squad this summer to help push for a third consecutive Serie A title as well as progress further in the Champions League, it is thought that he may sign a number of players that would threaten Marchisio's place in his starting lineup.

Jack might have a tough time earning a starting place in Arsenal's squad however, with Mohamed Elneny impressing in the central role since joining in January.

On the surface, Newcastle's squad is largely made up of Championship quality players, however despite a shaky start on their return to the Premier League, experienced boss Rafa Benitez has handled his side with a real panache that highlights why he was such a coup for the Tyneside club in the first place.

Now i do think Nolan does nt command a starting place like he used to, but i cant think of any better leaders in the squad and pls remember he was our top scorer last season.

Welbeck has long been said to be a player who could make a place in United's starting line - up his own and is also a regular figure in Roy Hodgson's England squad.

The versatile 31 - year - old has struggled to hold down a regular place in Kenny Dalglish's starting line - up this term and looks certain to be one of the players shown the door when the Reds revamp their squad.

He struggled to secure a regular place in Zinedine Zidane's squad last season and has started all official games of this season on the bench.

Competition for places in the Tottenham squad has never been stronger, and here are three players that will be keen to impress the Pochettino in a bid to claim a regular starting spot.

The Japanese international has started 5 of the 6 games he's been available for since touching down in Istanbul and his place in Vahid Halilhodzic's squad appears very secure.

The likes of Davy Klaassen and Sandro Ramirez were hailed as bargains when they were picked up in the summer, but neither has been able to hold down a place in the squad, let alone the starting eleven.

Maybe a starting place ahead of Leighton Baines in the England squad?

Negredo scored 23 goals last season but ended up missing out on a place in Spain's World Cup squad and faces fierce competition for a starting spot at City next season.

The important thing is to have a squad in place over the summer, train together and go on preseason together and start the season together injury free.

David Luiz was also dropped from the squad, as Andreas Christensen started in his place.

Winner of the 2016 Golden Boy award and voted Best Young Player at Euro 2016, Sanches needs to kick - start his career following a miserable season with Bayern which resulted in him losing his place in the national senior squad and dropping down to the Under 21s.

For although, at 22, Oxlade - Chamberlain still has time on his side when it comes to establishing himself as an automatic starter at Arsenal, the fact that he has already made 86 appearances for the first team (42 starts, 23 last season) and has yet to nail - down a starting - spot has prompted some Gooners to question whether he is worth his place in the squad?

Max has been touted for a place in Germany's World Cup squad owing to his consistency and increasing number of assists as Augsburg make their best start to a Bundesliga season.

The Colombia international was not happy with how his season unfolded as he failed to secure a regular place in Zinedine Zidane's squad, making just 13 starts in their title - winning campaign.

The likes of Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott are hoping to earn a place in the England squad for the European Championships and the duo will probably get the nod to start against Villa.

The Algerian lost his place in the first team when he picked up an injury, since Eric Dier has occupied the defensive midfield position, who has since cemented his spot in the starting eleven and in the England squad.

I entered my first national competition when I first started graduate school and I took third place, and that put me on the international squad in the United States.

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