Sentences with phrase «than on the pitch»

They spent more time on treatment table than on the pitch.

Just because our last two captains Arteta and Vermaelen spent more time in the treatment room than on the pitch does not make it a good idea, so it seemed logical that the boss would hand it to another player who would be playing and it was reported that it could be our midfield maestro Santi Cazorla.

So, to be clear, we got a midfielder who has been on the bench more than on the pitch and a defender who has been good but has also been not - so - good — suggesting a lack of consistency.

For someone who's long been touted as the midfielder to hold his own for many years, Wilshere has spent more time off the pitch than on the pitch.

He looked like he would rather be anywhere than on that pitch!!

Look at Arsenal's so called english core of Wilshere, OX, Theo, Gibbs every season these players spend more time injured than on the pitch, if I include Welbeck and Chambers you'll realise none of them have made it to 20 premier league games, the only thing they're good for is increasing our home grown quota!

He started tatoos and spending more time in the mirror than on the pitch!

I remember having to play on them pitches and it used to shag me out, And when I got home scraped the mud off and then had a washdown, There was more mud on me boots than on the pitch!!!

For all his talent, Mark Davies is made of porcelain, and has spent more time on the trainer's table than on the pitch in his career.

What good is spending money on Cech, when the team in front of him finished twelve points off the Championship pace last year and is riddled with glass shoes that spend more time in the treatment room than on the pitch.

He's not a greedy player as such, but if lesser players are getting the same wage packet as him, why should he stay if he's doing much more than them on the pitch?

Unfortunately though, the Englishman has seldom been available, spending more time in the treatment room than on the pitch.

Even if Sturridge was available on the cheap, which is pretty likely considering his injury record, can Arsenal really afford to take the risk of having another member of the squad spending more time in the treatment room than on the pitch?