Sentences with phrase «thin as a squad»

Let's not sacrifice our best players by making them play an unreasonable amount of games, even if we are thin as a squad at the moment.

Not exact matches

This is sheer mismanagement to have such a thin squad — and I feel that we have issues as grave as Utd in the defensive department

Our squad is starting to look as thin as wenger again.

He has overused and overplayed our thin squad - as he usually does every season — with the very few quality players doing his dirty work because he does not want to spend money on having quality in depth.

Also with all the new players City are bringing in they may need time to gel together, same as Chelsea since both will be probably be doing a lot of business and they will be playing champions league and may need to stretch their squads thinner than us and could get key injuries.

A couple of additions to add strength in depth is vital as our squad looks paper thin.

This could be a positive move for the Nerazzurri, as the squad looked thin, jaded and plagued with injuries.

Our new boss is still assessing the group of players available to him, having already criticised the balance of the squad, which is particularly bloated in the number 10 position right now, whilst being worryingly thin in central midfield, central defence and indeed in the wing - back positions as well.

In a time when Manchester United have their weakest team for a decade, Chelsea are «in transition», Citeh are still restricted by the inabilities of Mancini / Platt / Kidd, Liverpool flatter to deceiver - this Arsenal team are incapable of winning any trophy whatsoever.The squad is paper thin as far as real talent is concerned.There are far too many passengers and «dead wood» abounds.Who on earth could do a better job as a manager of a team who are outclassed by Swansea and outplayed by Fulham, cant beat Wolves when almost every other team can!I don't know but sooner rather than later i believe we will find out!But one thing is certain he won't get 7 years of excuses before receiving his marching orders.

A thin squad in terms of quality (caused in part by poor recruitment by Bilic) and an unwillingness to risk young players means there is largely no competition for places and this breeds complacency, as it has done in the past.

Conte has spoken in recent weeks of the importance of the January transfer window to Chelsea's — and perhaps his own — immediate future, and he is determined to strengthen a squad he has repeatedly referred to as «thin» and «threadbare».

Our squad is looking thin in terms of depth but as Wenger and Gazidis have said before, their business is not done, so we have 2 more weeks of unbearable linking to random players we've never heard of before.

Ian Holloway's squad, one which he has openly admitted to being wafer thin and lacking in depth, will now be put through its paces in the second half of the season, though not as much as say their Tuesday night rivals.

That said, none of Kane, Sanchez, Wanyama played a full 90 and we have Aurier and Winks at least to rotate in so as they have a much thinner squad, I think it may actually work to our advantage.