Sentences with phrase «times last season where»

There were even times last season where it seemed he didn't even know how to use his speed to be effective on the pitch.

... OT: don't understand the reason we changed formation, there was a time last season where we looked like world beaters, so why change Mr Wenger, eish!

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The Ox should be looking to play a relatively key role in our side this season, continuing on from where he left off last term, but his contract has been allowed to run into it's final 12 months, and we can't allow ourselves to lose a large number of players for free in 12 months time.

In my opinion, Ox's big chance was last season where he had a ton of playing time, but was largely poor.

We need better though but I'm in full 100 % support of the purchase of Shkrodan Mustafi and Lucas Perez.Mustafi can help Koscielny now.I've been saying it here time and time again that it's not a world clsss striker we have needed but a clinical finisher which we have lacked for several seasons and counting.Hopefully this guy puts Giroud where he belongs which is on the bench.Though a world class striker is good what we have lacked is someone who puts the game to bed in clinical fashion but Arsene Wenger has listened to many people to the extent that if he can't get a world class striker then he can get anyone.If Arsenal had a clinical finisher for some five seasons or so we coulda won the EPL then.Giroud has cost us matches and will continue to cost us matches.Giroud is half decent as someone said here the last time.I expect Perez to be much better if he can take on his man and be clinical in front of goal.

Last time I checked you can't win it in the Regular Season — so these guys are still right where they need to be..

Both Championship combatants from a season ago lost MULTIPLE times last year and neither would have gotten to where they were without learning from those..

«I'm not sure if that offense survives in the ACC or another big - time conference [where] its quarterback is going to get hit like that,» North Carolina coach John Bunting said after the Tar Heels» loss to Utah last season.

I wish he'd left last season with dignity, i want change and i support and respect Wenger at the same time because AFC probably not be where it is without him.

This time around though we'll have a fully fit squad, coming off the back of a good end to the last season, so I expect a different start than last year where we didn't manage 2 wins in a row till November or December was it?

Pageau in prior years has been a 30 - 40 point 3rd line center, where as Conor Sheary has spent time up and down the lineup, notably putting up a very respectable regular season last year as Sidney Crosby's sidekick.

Played in Community shield, Crystal palace, this match, will play against Everton, was probably going to play against Besiktas again... Thats WAY too much playing time, and Wenger wouldve just been making the same mistake as last season where he wore Ramsey down to the core, and he picked up a major injury.

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

This is the first season in a long time where we've started so badly, what makes you think this team can last the whole season especially with a team with such a weak belly and an inept manager at the helm?

This time last season, we had just about signed an injured Ospine, we were not also sure if we could really rely on Szczesny, we had Chambers as our only CB cover, no DM, Walcott was still injured, two key players in Ozil and Mert could not join us for pre-season, we were not sure how much Sanchez would adapt to the PL, perhaps we should compare that to where we are right now and see how much of a better place we are in now.

Good evening mate, agree with everything you say I feel so sad and worried about where Wenger is taking the club this season and while it was great fun mocking Man U fans last season we are going to end up in a similar position this time around unless Ivan and stan grow some balls and sack our old deluded stubborn manager

Vidal has shone in his four seasons in Turin, winning the Serie A title each time, as well as helping the club reach the final of last season's Champions League, where Juve were beaten by Barcelona.

Chelsea's own full backs Ivanovic and Azpilicueta were getting the same sort of plaudits last season that Arsenal's Spaniards are getting this time but they have been a shadow of their former selves this season, especially defensively where they are likely to be sorely tested by Arsenal.

The quick, powerful young centre spent part of last season on loan in the Championship with Sheffield Wednesday but, after scoring just 2 goals for the Owls, he has dropped back down into League One where he previously spent time with Huddersfield Town.

«Last season everybody was talking about how far we can go, where we can go and we knew that we had a lot of qualities, that's why we finished in the best position Arsenal had finished in a long time.

Sanchez got much considerable starts & minutes under Guardiola but he didn't do much that season & even got injured at the latter part of the season, the those times Sanchez suffered been on the bench the most was under Tata Geraldo (that Argentine coach) & Luis Enrique, in his last season in Barcelona when he was frequently coming from the bench but still managed to bag in 19 LA liga goals... y ’ all should quit this bullshit about Guardiola not liking him when it was Actually that brought him to barca & Sanchez's most starts & play time in barca where all under Guardiola & Tito....

The highly - rated youngster knows Pellegrini well from their time together at Malaga where the pair helped guide the La Liga side into the quarter final stages of last season's Champions League.

This injury curse scares me, no matter how much depth we have, this injuries just seem to attack one area of specialty at a time, for instance, some time last season we had a period where almost all of our midfielders were injured (santi, coq, arteta, wilshere, ramsey, rosicky) all at the same time.

Whats done is done and its now time to forget the last season and just remember those golden 5 or 6 years where he was a monster LB and brought great moments to the fans.

Dude you cant say it isnt wengers fault, look at what other manager have done, just last week even, Pep called out the board and demanded signings for next season so did Benitez, Jose» has done it plenty of times, these are managers that no what it takes to win and are not afraid of lossing there jobs where as Arsene with funds only buys a Chech last season and now he's gonna say were short on bodies?????

Utterly stupid arsene wenger again leaving things to the last minute every bloody year, it's time for arsenal fc have a sporting director who in conjunction with the manager agrees before end of season where the team need to be strengthend and go for it instead of waiting on the whim of arsene and his stupid mind games, if lamar signing goes through I'll take my hat off to him but I doubt it.

He has been very inconsistent and only really had the second half of last season where he looked like he was a premier league player... to then act like a big time charlie would be very wrong...

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

Am i dreaming it seems like we've been here before, oh yeah thats right it happened last season and the season before that... Oh wait guys but there is hope, if i remember corectly all we have to do is wait for any serious potential threats to us retaining the Fa cup for a third time to get eliminated by lower league opponents or of course eliminate themselves by not taking this competition too seriously by fielding their second team and laugh our way to the final where we'll probably beat a sub par premier league team and repeat it all over again next year you know when Wenger fails to address the squad depth, the injuries mount up and are out of the champions league and title run ins by march..

Yes he does have a clear weakness n that is his passing n lack of nouse in positioning, I have watched him carefully many a times this season & last where he just bombs forward or goes way ahead of play in the opposition half, leaving us exposed.

Well im not in a wonderland he has his failings as we all do and great teams find a way to win good teams sit where we are 6 -5-4 but thats besides the point and it would be nice if your aunty had bolocks cause then we d be second but ive watched the games were an offensive team most the time although were terrible in the pissing rain but for the most part the game plans have worked weve created chances quality scoring chances one after the other problem is for me the finishing unless we sit back with 9 man behind the ball or ten when you push forward you will give up a goal if you lousy forwards fail to finish the set ups have been there this year but our strikers have failed to kill the games if we create quality chances and grab leads in the first 60 minutes like we have for the most part and in those games those games should of been killed even if we give a goal or two alongside the strategy but we failed to hit multiple should be goals we tried laca we'll see abou auba although hes a bit lazy so far but we'll see but we've lacked that quality in front goal a player the chances have been there im looking at the failure of the strikers and maybe that is his fault but monreal has scored as many goals recently as our strikers and thats sad our defenders or a midfielder will score and our stikers cant tally one in th first 60 mins of a game alongside them then were tired for last 40 give them hope there still only down one and we rue our missed chances while they push thats where iv been frustrated with this season not the tactics but the finishing

Balotelli spent last season on loan at AC Milan where he scored just one league goal all season, and now, not for the first time, he faces an uncertain future as time and options are running out for him to find a new club before the transfer deadline at the end of the month.

The 24 - year - old has barely featured for the Reds in recent times, making just one appearance this season and spending last year on loan at Burnley, where he only played six Premier League games.

I watch every single game back, all the full matches are online from last season to this one, I go back and re-watch them time to time to see where our team is lacking.

Defense is Gordon's strong suit, where, during the last five seasons he has averaged 19 Defensive Runs Saved above average, 11 runs above average in Total Zone Rating and 13 runs above average in Ultimate Zone Rating, the latter more than twice as many runs saved as any other left fielder during that time frame.

At the present time we are 36 points behind City — our two worst seasons over the last 60 years was the 1960 - 61 season when we finished 25 points behind the spuds (12.5 wins behind) and the 1994 - 95 season where we finished 38 points behind (12.33 wins behind) Should we fail to win the EL which is a real possibility and we finish 40 odd points behind the leaders it will surely spell the end for not just Wenger but for a lot of people at Arsenal — Bould and the backroom staff for sure and many of the players.

After a disappointing spell with Manchester United last season, where he found the back of the net just four times in 26 league appearances, the 29 - year - old will be hoping to silence a few of his critics by regaining the form which made him one of the most potent strikers in European football.

From where I am sitting Arsenal have a fifth round FA Cup game coming up, which we should win, to put us on course for an amazing three wins in a row, and last time I looked we were joint second in the Premiership just two points behind Leicester City, who we just happened to beat for the second time this season.

If we go at them with the same approach as last season then we'll be punished just like last season where it happened 4 times...

The two - time Masters champ is having a down season and teeing it up at Quail Hollow — where he posted his third of three missed cuts the last time around the Charlotte track in 2013 — won't fix what ails him.

Last week, Team Bulwa was ranked # 2 — right where they finished last season — personally I think it's only a matter of time before they climb into the top spLast week, Team Bulwa was ranked # 2 — right where they finished last season — personally I think it's only a matter of time before they climb into the top splast season — personally I think it's only a matter of time before they climb into the top spot..

Though this season seemed like a marked change in the tides, where the Jets finished second only to the Presidents Trophy - winning Nashville Predators, last night still felt different, like a massive shift in a hopeful direction that this city hasn't seen in a long time.

in other stories, hang in there guys, the 4th is ours, maybe just maybe Spuds finishing ahead of us for once will be the catalyst that will open the eyes of all the Wenger fan boys who still think he should be on the job until he is dead... Leicester city were relegation fodders this time last season, today there are 5 points clear at top of the league... we are 4 or thereabout this time last season, and the season before that and the one before that, in short we are where we were or thereabout for the last 10 season....

In an era where football managers sometimes only last one or two seasons, it shows what an achievement it is to serve that length of time at a club the size of Arsenal.

We enjoyed Atkinson's company four times last season: the home defeat to Watford; away wins to Crystal Palace (where he sent off Cresswell for two alleged yellow card offences) and Middlesbrough; and the away defeat to Arsenal (where he denied the Gunners a penalty or two to prevent an even more comprehensive scoreline).

Totti retired last year at the age of 40 and now has a director's role with the Italian club, who this season have reached the Champions League quarter - finals for the first time in 10 years, where they will play Barcelona over two legs.

I was critical at times last season, but this is a different Defour entirely and his performance yesterday stood alongside any I've seen from a Burnley player in the Premier League, and in a game where it was so difficult to shine.

Last time these two meet in the premier league was back in April 2017 when City managed to hold on to a 0 - 0 draw at Etihad Stadium Both teams set out to play for a draw and thats exactly what happened in a season where both were struggling to get into the top four.

Its nice to see some people have open there eyes but all is true lets ask our selves have this team change from last season where are the experienced players that wenger talked about he selling us bull and every season he gets away with it the fans deserve better am from the caribbean so chance r i might never get to see arsenal live at the emirates because its too expensive at least the club should be winning things i know its important to balance the books you must BUT football is about trophies as well and thats were the balance lies how the hell can we go Six (6) seasons yes 6 without a trophy not even a FA cup or carling cup and no one says a word about the manager that is rubbish Arsenal live in the past too much the time is now this season for me is the absolute last for wenger to win something i do nt care how much money he has made the club and Wenger if you cant bring that then go work for an oil company and make them money and leave arsenal to a manager who is willing to win something not only buy players for 10 million who take 10 years to develop am frustrated with this man.

He hasn't let the transfer talk faze him and Bensebaini has continued where he left off last season, featuring four times at left - back and three in the heart of the defence.