Sentences with phrase «statements about our players»

Can we please try not to make blanket statements about our players based on a few cherry picked data points?

If anyone saw that, I was in no way trying to use that illustration to make a statement about the players being horrible people.

I'm usually quite careful not to make unrealistic statements about players joining or leaving the club until the deals are finalised but by all accounts this one looks all but a done deal.

The 20 - year - old French attacker looks like he will be leaving Marseille to join Arsenal for a transfer fee worth around # 13.5 m. I'm usually quite careful not to make unrealistic statements about players joining or leaving the club -LSB-...]

It is the thing that calls into question all of the assumptions we've made about game development for this entire generation - even making Will Wright's statements about player creativity and proceduralism, and the «second processor» and sharing, ranking, rating - seem a bit off the mark.

Not exact matches

King says to expect «strong statements about basketball» this year, likely in the form of getting «innovative product» on players» feet.

The NFL Players» Union issued a statement defending its members right to free speech, saying «It is a source of enormous pride that some of the best conversations about these issues have taken place in our locker rooms in a respectful, civil and thoughtful way that should serve as a model for how all of us can communicate with each other.

So my reading of this statement is forget about any Top class players coming read between the lines the Cheque Book is closed.

broad statements about whom and where to beat or which players should score how many goals on average are just unnecessary statements which says nothing about the title, only throwaway opinion from the pundits who have no plans, every singlw title winner in the last 10 years will have drawn at home against teams they were expected to beat, nothing wrong there

Artur Grigoryants, head of the Russian Football Union's disciplinary committee, made the startling statement in response to questioning about why black players in the country were being handed bans for their reactions to the hostile crowds, that seemingly now plague the game in the country.

The MSU coach released this statement about the three football players in question:

They're so irritated that their player has to play for them when he's healthy that they're putting out public statements about it.

Ranadive makes every new player read his mission statement, which he laminates and posts, about how the goal of the team is to «make the world a better place.»

They won't actually do it because they're more concerned about an exciting playoff series than protecting their players, but I stand by my statement — it'll be a disgrace if he doesn't get at least 10.

Klopp made a statement about English players being pushed too hard while they're young (If we handle them like horses, then we get horses) Pretty good article in the Mirror...

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.

That's interesting that Wenger is telling / tricking players that he is staying, which is unlike Wenger to show his hand instead of his poker face, but wait, didn't the Arsenal Board recently make a statement about waiting until the end of the season before they sit down for talks with Wenger?

Jones met with his players after that statement, but players were quiet about what Jones had said to the team.

In a statement reported by Sky Sports the World Cup winning defender spoke about what a huge influence the former Chelsea star has already had during his short time in north London and our BFG is one of the players to feel the most benefit.

These are the types of statements that the NCAA utterly hates, especially with all the stories that keep coming out about the NCAA violations and academic issues players are having.

If Wenger and his players are serious about making a statement heading into the Christmas period, it starts on Merseyside by dealing with Romelu Lukaku and seeing off Ronald Koeman's men to secure all three points.

That's interesting when the player only recently made a statement about being upset with the journalist made up stories regarding him and Real Madrid.

Wenger made a statement within the last few weeks, about how he admired this player!

The family of the woman who accused three former MSU players of sexual assault released a statement about this week's plea deal.

We are bound to lose 2 - 3 key players during the summer, yet Wenger keeps making the same old stale statements about only Looking to bring in one or two new signings.??

No one is questioning Wenger's past achievements, but he has had three seasons and 5 transfer windows to get the necessary players i.e a top sttiker and a dm which are glaring deficiencies in our squad and yet he ignores it and this summer was an example of how delusional he has become, by making statements like there no players available which could improve our squad, while treble winner barca even with their transfer ban get couple in, same with Bayern, Madrid and all other big clubs because they know you have constantly improve their squads to compete, and by making that statement he implied that he has one of the best sqauds in Europe, so can you please tell me whether you are optimistic about our chances against Bayern?

Certainly our own AFC made statements — statements of intent which we are all too familiar with, about acquiring the right quality player who would improve our team, about a «list of targets», about a war chest of funds.

There was some interesting statements from Arsene Wenger in today's Arsenal v Stoke City pre-match press conference, and the one that most of the media took up on was what Le prof said about the ongoing contract discussions with our two star players, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.

All the papers have been full of rumours about Arsenal's long - running contract talks with our two top players, Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, and in responses Arsene Wenger has released a worrying statement about the futures of our two biggest stars.

Update: On May 18, Ty Votaw, the PGA Tour's executive VP & chief global communications officer, responded via e-mail to SB Nation's earlier request for comments about the heckling at The Players with this statement:

Jim White believes the Frenchman, despite him having made similar statements about former players shortly before they left the club.

In a statement reported by Arsenal.com today, Chamberlain spoke about how he gains inspiration from his Chilean team mate, in just about every aspect of him as a player.

The president of Napoli, Aurelio De Laurentiis, has never been backwards about coming forwards and making bold statements about his club and their players and the ongoing transfer saga of Higuain is no different, and the president has been declaring his ultimate confidence that the striker will not be going anywhere unless a club activates the massive release clause of nearly 100 million euros.

To be honest I always raise an eyebrow when I hear one of the Arsenal players or Arsene Wenger talking about team spirit or fight or the togetherness in the dressing room, because it strikes me as though they are trying to convince themselves about the truth of their statements as much as they are the fans.

I'm not saying i'm satisfied with top 4 however, i'm really tired of all these statements about how crap our players are and how we are going to lose top 4 and how great liverpool, tottenham, southampton, man united, chelsea, and city are.

Making a statement about the ref needs to protect his players with the physical assaults his players carried out against the Sounders?

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

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...

Arsenal fans were greeted this morning with all that exciting talk about a # 200 million transfer kitty, after the Arsenal director Lord Harris made the very bold, and possibly foolish, statement that the Gunners could afford to sign just about any player in the world except Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.

Yet, he is a player who has spoken vocally about police brutality, been subject to it himself and made huge investments into the community through his foundation — all things that take more time, effort, and energy than a three - sentence statement:

The NFL commissioner released a single, three - sentence statement about how the president's comments failed to respect the NFL and its players, and suddenly he was catapulted to being one of the leaders of protest, at least according to this cover.

But we can not trust on Wenger... In the he has given lot statements like this about various players but those statements never turned into signings... For example Barry, Kompany, Higuain....

And speaking of Galacticos, there is one former player who could argue about the statement of Ronaldinho being the best player when he was around.

I have never heard a coach make a statement like this about one of his players.

Think how much pressure he may have taken off his players by making that statement, which we must consider in context of what the press has been insinuating all week long, about our efforts this season.

While these sorts of stories do make up quite a lot of the material that we all comment on in this blog and others it's important to remember to check the facts before making statements about the attitudes of the players or indeed the manager.

As a statement of their intent, Leeds United went about handing a number of players long contracts, almost as a remedy to the way that previous owner Massimo Cellino had dealt with a number of players, refusing to give them the contract they deserved and then selling them on at a discounted rate.

It appears like Joachim Low wanted to make a statement about the next generation of players that Germany has to offer and he indeed accomplished his mission as his rising stars made a memorable performance which was sealed by winning the international football competition.

Because when I stepped on that court I was making a statement about what kind of player I was.