Sentences with phrase «than match fitness»

I think his problem is confidence rather than match fitness... either that or he wants to join his Welsh mate at Real Madrid...

Not exact matches

Preseason means nothing more than for just match fitness.

«The Europa League has helped him more than any other player, giving him time to build his match fitness and the chance to break into Arsenal's first team.

Wilshere has played more than 1100 league match minutes this term for the Cherries, more than he has had since the beginning of the 14/15 season for our club, and finally looks like he may have turned a corner where his fitness is concerned.

Ozil hasn't played more than a few minutes for 3 matches.Surely this should have been an opportunity to get him some way towards match fitness and the chance to prove that he «can be bothered»!!

If you look at Wilshere clearly he has these matches since his injury where he starts to get back to his old self.Honestly, I see an injury free Wilshere being world class even if it's not with us.The talent in him is just too much and only these repetitive injuries can hold him back.I don't see him becoming a normal player because even when you look at his Bournemouth loan which was okay the way he performed against the top teams shows he will make it.He's better than Ramsey but more injury prone.If he had Ramsey's fitness he'd be better.However, it's best we sell him with a buy back clause or send him on lian to aid his development.

He scored one and as he gets more match fitness I am sure they will start coming on a more regular basis than he was getting on the wing.

shows these pre season games mean nothing other than to get some match fitness and meet fans from around the world

Still, that edge in fitness kept Atlético in the game far longer than many observers thought they would have been after they struggled early in the match.

This period is purely to get match fitness and to use proper matches rather than training ground for new players to understand the system as well as giving Arsene a chance to see which of the youngatefs might be able to cut it and also to see which of the 1st team squad might be able to cover other positions (or not as the case seems to be with Elneny!)

No excuse for match fitness because Diaby played better than them and he was out for ages.

It is not likely to get any easier for the Costa Rica international star Joel Campbell to force his way into the Arsenal first team, with our flying England forward Theo Walcott getting closer to full match fitness and his two international team mates Danny Welbeck and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain giving Arsene Wenger better striking options than we have had for many a year.

All Wilshere needs is an injury free season which makes his situation more frustrating.You have to judge a player looking at his top form because that's the player's highest point.At top form he can still be in the Arsenal squad.Deny it all you want but if he had Ramsey's fitness he'd be better than him.Also at Bournemouth he was their best player as expected and I quite remember him having some man of the match performances.Don't let the stat deceive you.He did well at Bournemouth and against Chelsea and Liverpool.What he needs is an injury free season but for that he needs to go elsewhere.I'm just praying he has the luck of Van Persie for one season.He can still do it.

I have no problem with Coquelin getting match fitness, but I think Wenger knows the physical and mental conditions of players and can decide better than us.

With his side 3 - 1 down at the time of coming on, coupled with his lack of match fitness having not yet played this summer, little would have been expected of Morata other than just to gain some sharpness ahead of the new campaign.

I know that these matches are much more about gaining fitness and form than the result but even so it was quite a painful watch.

1) refs are shite as usual 2) Chambers» inexperience, Mertesacker's lack of match fitness and the lack of familiarity showed today for both goals 3) Sanchez makes good runs, but nobody plays him through 4) Play Ozil in the center 5) team showed they still have more fight in them than last season and actually closed down better 6) Why is Ramsey the only one to make a run into the box and attack the ball?

Adam Lallana is another player that could fill the void if he can get back to match fitness sooner than expected.

Wenger generally picked a stronger team than I expected ahead of Wembley, but there didn't appear to be any injuries, so it was positive that most of the key men for the final were able to sharpen their match fitness.

For this match, the visitors were still in pre-season mode with big question marks about their fitness over 90 plus minutes of football against the 2014 ACL Champions who are more than two - thirds into their A-League 2016 - 17 campaign.

Rangers also say they will assess the fitness of top scorer Charlie Austin, who has not featured for more than a month and has not started a match since November.

The new workout will be one of more than 60 15, 30 and 45 - minute workouts on the NTC app, which matches gym work to your goals and fitness level and features video demos and playlist sync.