Sentences with phrase «team squad on»

«We have an opportunity to rotate the squad members in January, so it is a good idea for us to look at them training with the first - team squad on a regular basis and see if they are good enough to be brought in to the squad until the end of the season.»

Mauricio Pochettino reports that Toby Alderweireld could begin his integration with the first team squad on Saturday.

Zelalem has made an appearance with the Arsenal first team squad on a number of occasions, but is yet to really evidence the claims that he could have a very bright future at the club.

Francis Coquelin had never really broken into Arsenal's first team squad on a regular basis and it looked like he was finished at the Emirates when Wenger sent him off to Charlton on loan, but he played well at the Valley and when Aaron Ramsey got injured Wenger did the sensible thing and recalled Coquelin back to the fold.

He has played so well that he has actually been called up to the Italy national team squad on the back of his performances.

Not exact matches

CEO Óscar Grau, director of football Raül Sanllehí, and first team squad director Javier Bordas have travelled to the UK willing to spend $ 120 million (# 108 million) on the 25 - year - old.

Most started playing professionally on one of the thousands of semi-pro clubs and company teams scattered across the country: steel mills and ice creameries offered $ 40 a month plus a job for good arms and hot bats, and every small town in the Midwest seemed to have its own amateur squad.

Arnold Mandell, who for two years held the unique office of psychiatrist to a professional football team, has found that the position a player fills on a squad is dictated as much by his personality as by his physical endowments.

We read up on our squad, learn the strengths and weakness of the teams in our pool, and even watch a human interest story or two on an American footballer.

Because we all a little nutty on the Babely squad, it seemed appropriate to team up with the kings of nut butter - Big Spoon Roasters.

Coquelin's defending is excellent.In fact i've watched many DM's Arsenal have been linked and he's better than some of them defensive wise.How many top DM's will keep the likes of Silva, Coutinho and Modric (12/13) quiet throughout a match?It takes top defending to do that.His biggest problem is that he's not adventurous and doesn't hold the ball with authority.It's just that I feel he's not given the appreciation he deserves.He's a good squad player to have and when on form can do well against top teams.

Wenger has mostly used the second string squad at the start of any season to great effect, most teams aren't at full strength or match fit and he plays that Wengerball numbers game, throwing in squad players who are fit and raring to go whilst the first team get ready, we'll win 2 of our 3 opening games and he'd rather that than splash 100m on 3 players and get the same amount of points.

I'd expect Wenger to name a few regular stars in the side, but I think the majority of names on the teamsheet will be those fringe players in the squad and those youngsters on the cusp of breaking into the first team.

We should be in for the likes of Griezmann AND every other world class player that fits our method of playing, Ive said it time and time again our squad is only half world class the rest are mediocre at best (yes I know Ill get thumbed down ect by all the AKB's on site) but the results over the last ten years are proof alone that we are NOT good enough to compete with the other Elite teams.

One sunny day in June doesn't make a hot summer... part of our 4th place junkie years that need to go in to football history... He maybe quick but he actually slows down movement from defence to attack Can't dribble or defend and his positional sense is average... Hundred grand a week is day light robbery by the whippet... And he crowds out better plays in squad and stops wenger investing in top quality we need... Might get 16 or 17 mill from some deluded team so sell qnd let's move on to better things... Dybala for example... Sanchez dybala drexler... Hmm

If you were playing on a Sunday morning and got caught out by that goal you would be steaming 3 players v 1 and not one players actually picked him up, so he turns and runs 60 yards Massive schoolboy error And why is the team virtually the same barring forced changes What's the point of having a squad WENGER OUT and you will hear this again and again One difference in the teams, they play as a team Ramsey and Alexis awful

We definitely need to freshen up the squad before this season first transfer window closes, we do not really have any long term injury except for rosicky, a couple addition would ensure certain players are kept on their toes and would give the team an additional feel good factor

Yes on paper we should beat them without to much trouble, even with our weakened defence we should be to strong for them with the (Wenger's fave word) quality... we have in our squad or team.

Welbeck could well turn out to be our new Theo Walcott, with his recurrent injury problems, and with the manager holding him in high regard, and he may well end up becoming a burden on our first - team squad.

But the beauty of the BlogPoll is that there are a lot of voters who genuinely care about merit, and, on the merits, Florida may have the nation's best résumé, given that the Gators have a win over the highest - ranked one - loss team and are the only squad with two wins over teams currently ranked in the BlogPoll.

Chelsea had a total of 28 players out on loan on September 1, more than the amount needed for a Premier League playing squad, and so far very few of those players loaned out get the chance to break into the club's first team.

Blessed with blistering pace and an abundance of technical ability, Robinson has trained with the Arsenal senior team and was part of the the Under - 18 squad that narrowly missed out on a place in the Youth Cup final last season.

Wenger has 2 years left to make his mark and try and sign off on a high — to what extent does he want to start cutting and carving the team / squad he has with so little time left?

I have no issue in Wenger looking to give youngsters like Bielik a chance in the first team on occasion, if they can prove their worth to be in the squad.

'' [James] Harrison spent two years on and off the practice squad for the Steelers, being released three times, and also was briefly on the active roster towards the end of the 2002 season, playing only special teams.

Top managers in modern football don't gamble and rely on other teams mistakes, they make sure they have every chance of reaching their goal by building an unstoppable squad even if it costs an extra 60m.

I say Lets focus on the young gun Reiss Nelson... scored a cracker for under - 23's tonight... get him in the 1st team squad and let him run riot in last 15 minutes if we are already winning plus europa league and League cup.....

Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry seems like a player who has been on the books at the club for a while now, but is still yet to show enough promise to warrant him a regular position amongst the first team squad.

(3) formation flexibility — it took 20 years for Wenger to return to a back 3 and now he can't seem to choose anything but that formation... the teams in the premiership and those we could face in the Europa will present vastly different tactics and we need to have a manager who can prepare this squad for this eventuality and have the fortitude to make the necessary adjustments throughout the season... I have seen nothing in the past 6 - 7 years to suggest that he is the man to take on this challenge... I can't even remember when he changed formations when he would replace a small, pacy striker, like during the Walcott experiment, with the lumbering Giroud... of course this is exactly why there is no other manager in the world that plays more players out of their natural positions (square peg in a round hole)

Last week Sanders, whose own team is pictured on the following pages, addressed his squad.

Mesut Ozil is another who has only 12 months remaining on his contract, but seems much less likely to force a move away from the club, and is currently playing in the first - team squad unlike the above.

Mahrez is a brilliant player for sure without a doubt but the OX showed last night that he could be even better than Mahrez with the OX campbell and walcott do we really need a winger I beg to differ what we need is a striker a striker of 25 + goals imagine henry or van on the team sheet now with the squad we have I liked be yedder because he was young and complete striker a striker that no mater of the circumstances are or position will strike you a goal pace agility skill clever cunning and ugly

Giroud ain't that bad I think we play better with him I'm not all that gone on him either its a strange relationship i think he is after improving but we got a lot of options now with a full squad with spurs coming up cmon things are looking up Gabriel on the way i believe in this team needs a bit of tinkering over the summer but we got a good crop of talent quit bitching

«I'm just concentrating on getting games and training hard and trying to get myself in the squad and the team.

I see a lot of guys on here evaluating a player as a first team player and not first and foremost as an asset to the 25 - 30 man squad.

He is a squad player at best, and just like Giroud he should be happy to be part of the team, coz other managers not like Wenger would sell him a long time ago, a not force him into playing on the behalf us even losing games at times due of him being used no matter what due of Wengers obsession of making him a star.

im sorry if i dissappoint u men, but i think i can win u on fifa, ur team vs our actual arsenal squad + cech, a dm to back up le coq and maybe a cf... one more thing: cavani is overrated, look at him in uruguay...

In addition, if neither Cazorla nor Ramsey improve their game by a mile, i reckon Ox (for ramsey) or Sanchez (for Cazorla) should take their place on the team and put Poldi on the left winger (or even Campbell on the right) They do nt even have to be bad, this could even be nothing more than a proposition on how to rotate the squad in the way of avoiding injuries on players, as well as giving frustrated benchwarmers some much appreciated time on the pitch.

IF «strength of the squad» includes Alexis, Ox, Ozil staying and IF they play flat out all season and IF either renewing or not distracting the team with their stay / go drama for next year a and IF the bulk of the squad stays uninjured the bulk of the season and IF Wenger actually shows some strategic sense on a regular basis and IF a brilliant season and IF massive screw - ups by most or all of the other top 6ish teams we could still pull it off.

For, I can assure you with confidence to say, Arsenal will beat Chelsea despite the arrays of top quality talents they parade in the rank and file of their 1st team squad whom they've planned unlease on Arsenal during the match in an attempt by Antonio Conte, the Blues manager to see that his Blues team collects all points in the match.

Our bigger squad has been huge help, and at least in midfield and strikers we can put a good team on the pitch -

However, IMO he hasn't really performed when stepping up in competition - 5 goals in 22 European matches over the last 3 seasons, 1 goal in 10 appearances for the French national team - he's on standby for the French Euro 2016 squad but hasn't made the cut - barring injuries.

He was in senior team squad sometime back and now he is on bench for U21.

We all need to calm down on the «sell Jack», «Jack is crap» etc etc and reflect how much our quality has improved if he is now the benchmark for a squad player who will have difficulty breaking in to the team.

I trust Arsene on who he picks, I just hope he targets the right parts of the team and we go into next year with a full squad — this year serves as the biggest lesson in having the positions covered (Coq / Gab).

Your right Muff.We are nearly there with the Auba deal and if it gets over the line the club will have improved the team and squad considerably.Sanchez Walcott and Coq all gone with Auba and Mikki replacing them.Lets bank what we can from Gironde and this will allow the club to give Kronke enough th buy Mexico to add on to his back garden.

They take on a sneaky good Team Chaikin squad in Week 3.

They have long been a feared Hoops squad and faced their toughest Hoops test to date but still managed to come out on top with Team Lazarov last Monday Night.

They just didn't have enough to compete with the strong Team Purimleta squad (on this day, normally they will).

They are going to be tested once again in Week 3 when they take on a fellow 1 - 1 squad Team Hrusocky who is fresh off their first W of the season.