Sentences with phrase «times last season despite»

Supposed to be on loan from Atletico Madrid for another season, but Rodgers could end this early to get rid of a player who only played 15 times last season despite being the only natural right - back in the squad for large parts of it.

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The Nigerian spent last season on loan at Stoke City, and he impressed despite never really getting a look - in during his time at Stamford Bridge.

Our club has finished in the top - four for the last 20 seasons, despite spending considerably less than their rivals for some time, and we have one of (if not the) best stadium / s in England.

It is remarkable Arsene, but it was also remarkable last season (about the same time of year) when Le Prof kept playing Alexis with a hamstring injury, despite the fans begging the boss to give Sanchez a rest, and even more remarkable that he broke down and didn't play another game for two months!

April 2015 was the last time Bamford scored — in a 2 - 1 win for Middlesbrough over Wolves — but, despite his poor form, five clubs are reportedly willing to take him on loan this season.

Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked out of the FA Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our Champions League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win of last season to enter into this letter.

If we continue getting the favourable draws we could just reach the final.Once there anything is possible in a one - off game.I doubt our Manager has the tactical nous to get us past Atletico Madrid despite us having the players.The annoying thing is we are not considered as serious contenders because of our form and results.We SHOULD have been looking to win this trophy AND improve on last seasons pathetic 5th place finish.To not win the EL and finish outside the Top 4 will surely be the end for this Manager.Surely even he will know that his time is JP and he either walks or is sacked

Despite turning 34 in August, Zlatan is showing no sign of decline and, like a fine wine, he seems to be improving with age, notching 38 times in Ligue 1 for PSG last season — the highest total of his career — to help the Parisians to win a fourth successive title.

The prolific forward scored 30 goals in all competitions last season despite his playing time restrictions from January onwards, and so the 29 - year - old evidently has more than enough to make City regret such a decision.

Despite some highly disappointing displays in the last couple of seasons, both for City themselves and in a loan spell with West Bromwich Albion last season, the Premier League champions hope they can bring in # 6m for winger Scott Sinclair, who has had a hard enough time getting into the team anyway without the arrival of a player of Di Maria's quality.

Campbell joined the Portuguese side on loan after he revealed that he couldn't be assured of regular playing time at Arsenal and that he was disappointed not to get more games under Arsene Wenger last season, despite showing plenty of quality on the pitch.

Ings scored 26 goals last season, while he has also struck seven times in 19 games so far this campaign; despite only just coming back from a long - term injury.

Despite impressing under David Moyes in the season before, the 20 - year - old only made seven starts in the Premier League last time round.

Surprisingly Wenger has decided to keep Mathieu Debuchy (2) as the backup to Hector Bellerin (24) despite his unhappy attitude last season, although we will also have Carl Jenkinson (25) back available to cover in about 6 weeks time.

Despite adding Michy Batshuayi to the group, it appears as though Conte wants Costa at his disposal this season, and with Atleti now seemingly out of the running to sign their former star, the former Juventus and Italy boss has got his wish and will look to get the best out of the striker after a disappointing campaign last time out.

I am sure that Lucas Perez will be moving back to Spain after hardly getting a look in last season, but Oli Giroud was also unsatisfied with his lack of game time despite scoring many important goals including the Goal - of - the - Season scorpion eseason, but Oli Giroud was also unsatisfied with his lack of game time despite scoring many important goals including the Goal - of - the - Season scorpion eSeason scorpion effort.

Despite his extremely high performances, they were times last season I wanted to see Sanchez benched, but you looked at the bench and wondered who would take his place without affecting the entire game plan.

Arsenal fans, and the media, have been crying out for new signings but let us not forget that despite a raft of injuries we have a team that came very close to challenging Chelsea for the league last season and a settled, connected squad can reap more benefits than a disjointed collection of individuals that require time to settle in and gel with each other.

Mesut Ozil is Arsenal's record signing of all time, and despite his new - found consistency towards the end of last season, he still hasn't convinced all of the fans that he was worth his massive transfer fee, so I am sure there are some that think that we should allow the rumoured interest from Juventus to regain at least most of the cash we splashed out on the German international.

Sean Dyche has made Turf Moor a fortress for the Clarets for some time now and despite the fact that their home record so far this season has not been quite as impressive as last time, when they only lost six Premier League games through the whole campaign, they are still very hard to beat there and have also started to do the business on the road as well.

It will also surely buy him time to continue building something in Manchester, despite a slow start last season that saw them finish only 6th in the Premier League.

He had less game time last season than the one before that so using 2015 - 16 as his benchmark, only Kos surpasses him as Per despite more games / minutes wasn't as assured.

His Porto team bothered the net 73 times in the league this season, which is more than both Mourinho's title - wining Chelsea sides (72 apiece) and his last Porto team (63), despite Villas - Boas» sides playing eight games and four games fewer across the respective seasons.

The 44 - year - old has worked wonders during his time at the Vicente Calderon, winning La Liga and reaching the Champions League final last season despite having limited resources to work with.

Despite closing as 24 - point favorites last weekend, the Wolverines suffered their first loss of the season when Iowa freshman Keith Duncan kicked a game - winning 33 - yard field goal as time expired.

The Spaniard had a hard time last season, struggling to break into Arsene Wenger's first - team plans despite impressing when featuring.

The Bosnian forward looked likely to be sold this summer, despite scoring 16 times in his debut Premier League season last campaign and generally impressing — barring a barren spell after the new year.

He is left footed and has played all over the midfield, but from his figures it seems that he may even be an upgrade on Mesut Ozil, who's assist stats declined massively last season, despite having Alexis Sanchez on the receiving end of his passes instead of Olivier Giroud (most of the time!)

Coleman had a particularly anemic year at the plate in»89 -LRB-.254,.316 on - base average), and despite an off - season tutorial with appropriately named batting coach Steve Braun, he might have to steal time away from the Cards» other regular outfielders — moving left to right, former MVP Willie McGee, Milt Thompson -LRB-.290, 68 RBIs, 27 stolen bases) and Tom Brunansky, who hit at least 20 homers in each of the last eight seasons.

This is despite the fact we have been receiving Premier League & Champions League money this whole time and all the money Southampton took selling players last season.

Andres S I can't fault a word you have said.He made that change at half time that changed the shape just enough to get the job done and you have to acknowledge the team responding.This now leads us to the fact we have ANOTHER Wembley date that 90 other teams wish they had despite it being labelled a Mickey Mouse tournament.Win it and we have Europa Cup minimum next season (correct me if I'm wrong here) and that will keep him in the job next season no matter how much we recognise and want change.I suppose all the AKB's will be swinging from the chandeliers (note - that was for you JW) at what we still feel will be an under achievement but they would rejoice at us winning the Emirates Cup they are so blinkered.Yes he got the job done last night but let's not be fooled he is the manager that can take us forward.In spite of that we will all ba at Wembley and as we all know we NEVER LOSE there.

And Wenger still thinks that last season was a success, despite finishing below Tottenham for the first time in his Arsenal career.

Despite frequent claims from both him and his agent Wagner Ribeiro that everything is going swimmingly, it's become clear that Benfica have just as little time for Gabriel as Inter did last season, and there are few signs of anything changing in the near future - hence this week's rumours that he will be sent back to his parent club six months ahead of schedule.

Despite winning the Premier League title in 2014 and reaching the semi-final of the Champions League last season, many would argue that Manuel Pellegrini's time at Manchester City was somewhat underwhelming.

On their travels they are not prolific scorers; last season they only managed to score twice in five of their away games, despite winning seven times.

Almeria There was no mistaking which area Almeria struggled most with last season as they survived in La Liga by a whisker, despite conceding a whopping 71 times.

Riviere, who is valued at # 8m and is under contract until 2017, notched 10 times in Ligue 1 last season, despite starting only 19 of his 30 league appearances.

Despite being relegated from Serie A for the first time in their history in 2008, four - times champions Vasco da Gama are back in the top flight and were runners - up behind Corinthians last season.

Despite playing 36 times for Bilbao last season, the lack of rumours surrounding the French centre - back makes him a hugely underrated prospect for the upcoming season.

There was no mistaking which area Almeria struggled most with last season as they survived in La Liga by a whisker, despite conceding a whopping 71 times.

Despite having a super run of form last season, Nacho Monreal has made a number of mistakes this time round and many Arsenal fans believe full - back is our latest weak link.

Talisca has scored 20 goals in 76 games for Benfica and played a key part in their title - winning success last season - despite starting just eight times in 26 games last term.

On their last outing in the league, Pardew masterminded a 2 - 0 win away from home over Birmingham City, which was no easy feat, and with a fresher set of legs, with Bolton having recently contested two FA Cup ties within the space of four days, the Magpies may well prove a popular betting selection at the weekend despite the fact they've won only four times at home in the league all season (W4 D5 L4).

Last season's in particular rubbed salt into the wound, pitting them against Bayer Leverkusen, Monaco and Tottenham Hotspur, despite the Russian champions at the time being amongst the top seeds.

Back in January it was Sam Vokes who scored the winner; last night it was George Boyd, with his second of the season, and, despite the words of the perennial whinger Mark Hughes, we were fully deserving of the points by the time referee Kevin Friend blew the final whistle just past the 96th minute.

The bad news is obvious — we haven't signed anyone despite some pretty obvious deficiencies in the squad, exposed with painful clarity at times last season.

Warrington are still searching for their first win of the season despite a superb comeback against Hull FC last time out.

Fabregas returned after five months out to be played out of position in the hole behind the striker and despite hitting two goals against Middlesbrough, failed to dominate in the same way he did so many times last season.

Despite an excellent start to his career — playing a key role in Stuttgart's 2006 - 07 Bundesliga title and making his debut for the Nationalmannschaft at the age of just of 21 — he has been a declining force for some time, winning his last cap six years ago and largely failing to live up to expectations in his two - and - half seasons with Spartak.

Vancouver's growing season is a full month (if not more) behind where it was last year at this time; despite the sunshine — thank goodness we had at least that today!