Sentences with phrase «team squad since»

The fact that he came through Arsenal's youth and has been in the first team squad since 2008 has led to him becoming a fan's favourites at the club.

Asoro has been attracting interest from a number of clubs this term, having been promoted to the Sunderland first - team squad since the summer, and even became the youngest ever player from his country to play in the Premier League.

Not exact matches

The midfielder has been frozen out since Jose Mourinho's arrival, training away from the first team and not travelling with the squad.

Since the New Year Arsenal have been the most in - form side so it could be argued that we already have a super-strong squad, but Wenger believes that the other teams around us will be improving their line - ups this summer.

Wenger has since played him and this season, he is looking like he could be a valuable team / squad player.

This Sooners squad was third, sporting national title hopes and maybe the single most impressive résumé win of the season (a road pummeling of an Ohio State team that has been perfect since).

Since the AP expanded its rankings to 25 teams in 1989, no I - AA team had ever beaten a ranked I - A squad — let alone a Top 5 team and the winningest program in the history of the game.

I wouldn't go as far as comparing this team to the drexler / porter team (that team would probably be first in the west), but it's definitely playing its best since the Roy / Trout squad.

During the weekend he played in the Switzerland squad against Germany and some journalist watched him play and said ooh he could be a target for Arsenal since he plays left back, is team mates with two former Arsenal players and a new Arsenal player.

The 21 - year - old defender has joined the MLS's newest side on a six month loan deal after failing to break into the first team squad at the Etihad since joining the club in 2014.

YellOwStaR had been with Fnatic since January 2013, leading the team to five titles in six European splits during his time with the squad.

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

After appearing as a late substitute against Burnley in early April, the former Southampton man has not featured for the first team since and didn't make the squad for the FA Cup final against Aston Villa last month.

Three SEC teams fielded their best squads of the decade (Ole Miss, LSU, and Georgia), Syracuse exploded, the Big Ten elites imploded, and OU lost more than once for the second time since 1947.

He is one of the brightest prospects currently on Arsenal's books and has been pushing for a first team squad place ever since last season.

This shocking statistic shows just how Wilshere has failed to nail down a place in the Arsenal team due to injury, since his breakthrough into the first team squad.

Since his tactical shifts and the return of our squad we have been the best team in the PL.

But even if Arsenal had signed him in the winter, wouldn't they have deployed him to the Arsenal's Premier League II team or to their Under21 team or even loan him out21 instead of to start using him straightaway in their first team starting XI squad since this is usually the practice at Arsenal whenever they sign a youth player thereby underutilising Mbappe's potential in their senior team?.

This summer our club only brought in two players to our first - team squad, a return far lower than any of our rivals, but it was us who needed the most improvements after finishing outside the top - four for the first time since Arsene Wenger joined in 1996.

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

You are talking about a team that has either WON THE EPL or been 2nd place since 2012 and consistently bolster their squad.

It was 6 - 3 and we say that every year but nothing changes against the big teams, since 2011 we have got ONE point against the manchester side and we do nt even have a full squad today.......

Bellerin has since emerged as one of the best right - backs in England, earning his rightful place in last season's Premier League Team of the Year, and was rewarded with a call - up to Spain's international squad for the summer's European Championships also.

ok we are in a strong financial position, we all know that since we are one of the richest teams ok the worls and we can buy any player besides neymar messi or cr7 (thats we we are tought, besides we fail in signing the likes of mbappe, lemar and others) we are there of course because of wenger masterplan to move to emirates and sacrifice our best year, when we were an atractive club because of the noise and image of the invensible... we have an awesome squad, last year, one of the best in the last 20 years of the club, as we were told from the same dictator who knows all arsenal players in those years

Chambers - Paid a lot of money for a young player with little experience in regards First Team and Premiership games.He looked a good prospect and because of injuries to the squad he found himself playing very soon into his Arsenal career.This caught up with him a bit as did playing with different CB partners and filling in at full back.Form dipped and was out of the side till a year long loan move to Boro.He was playing every week and despite them going down he was one of their best and consistent players.He has been indifferent since coming back but has looked better in last few games he has played.I believe there is a very decent centre back in this player and would not describe him as a bad buy at all.

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.

Dahoud has emerged as an important member of Gladbach's squad since breaking into the first team during the 2014/15 campaign.

The 26 - year - old not only wants a raise on his # 100,000 - per - week wages, but guarantees over his first team spot in the squad — something that has eluded him since his recent return from injury.

Since the appointment of a new manager seems to act as an automatic hypo to asthmatic baseball squads and since the average big league manager makes $ 40,000 a year, why not let each team have a platoon of, say, four managers - each getting $ 10,000 a Since the appointment of a new manager seems to act as an automatic hypo to asthmatic baseball squads and since the average big league manager makes $ 40,000 a year, why not let each team have a platoon of, say, four managers - each getting $ 10,000 a since the average big league manager makes $ 40,000 a year, why not let each team have a platoon of, say, four managers - each getting $ 10,000 a year?

If we need to try and buy Rabiot as a replacement, having ~ 30m less to do it isn't ideal since I would expect PSG to hold any PL team's feet to the fire in negotiations for a starter on their squad.

No one knew Sanchez would have the impact he has had on the team when he signed for us since he wasn't even able to get in the Barca squad ahead of Pedro when they played together and Pedro took a while to settle at Chelsea.

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...

... what happened to Ivan and Wenger putting a buy - back clause in his contract when they sold him to Bremen (Madrid, Barcelona and Juve do this)... mate i think you should also add the likes of Debuchy, Gibbs, Jenkinson, Walcott cos if you can keep this dudes and not send them on loan, rather give them new contracts then this guy should have been given ample opportunity in the first team... Bayern only acted wisely cos they know the young lad who scored 11 gaols in 27 bundesliga appearances is more like the future of the German squad and since Sanchez» weekly pay is just too much for a German club to pay Gnabry can offer them something close to it (Sanchez any day though)

A Final4 squad in 2015, Team Fallows is coming off their best summer since they were known as Team Glass back in their debut season of 2011.

I» v been a fan of Arsenal for 12 years, when i became an Arsenal's fan, Arsenal didn't win the premier league even once and have seen Arsenal getting wrecked badly by teams like Man utd and Chelsea, but also in these times i have seen beautiful football from Arsenal that no other team can play and this year's squad even without Alexis is the strongest Arsenal squad i have seen since i became it's fan.

Since the second half of January, when the 26 - year old forward entered a lean patch, Wenger has found other players of the squad come to the party and deliver the goods for his team.

We all know English talent is overpriced, so if Jack wilshere who is a England International were to leave, the only logical replacement would be another or someone capable of breaking into the English team, since that wont happen on the cheap, we would be forced to delve into the sub par just to feel the quota, I'd rather have Jack Wilshere (who loves the club, and actually shows potential) as a squad player / potential first team player, than Someone like friggin Jonjo Shelvey (I'm not saying is going to happen) so we can just meet the quota!!!!!!!!!!!

The e.Dams - Renault squad has been a part of Formula E since the series started in 2014 and has been incredibly successful, winning all three teams» championships and giving Sebastien Buemi the drivers» title in 2015/16.

This is arguably the worst American Olympic squad since the team that lost in Athens, but that's a testament to the juggernauts USA Basketball managed to assemble in the past, not a criticism of this iteration.

The 21 year - old has been on our radar since making the breakthrough into the first - team with PSG in 2012, and has become more and more regularly involved in the squad in recent seasons.

Prior to the pair of league losses that dropped coach Devon Jones» squad into a shared GEL title, the group had not lost to a Sac Joaquin Section team since last February's regular season finale.

Blaming Wenger isn't fair, he only started building a title winning team when he bought Ozil, ever since he's been slowly improving the squad.

It will be great to have Jack back as a squad player, and he will get starts as part of sensible rotation, but the team has moved on since last season, and he needs to understand that COYG

We recently wrote about how the Bengals were taking a look at an international player that the team may look to add onto their practice squad since the NFL is allowing each AFC North team to have an 11th practice squad player who is deemed to be international.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

His record since arriving is abysmal for a team and squad like Valencia's.

Since then he has viewed the Under - 21s as a genuine second team, with players moving between Warren Joyce's squad and the senior team on a frequent basis.

The 27 - year - old also talked about the team spirit currently surrounding the squad since his return back to the Arsenal camp with forward insisting that the present squad looked really solid.

He has come on so much since then, being one of the first names on the team sheet, and recently called into the England squad.

Still only eighteen, he would surely have made further appearances in the first team squad had an injury picked up in January not kept him out of action since then.