Sentences with phrase «to drop to the bench»
He needs to be dropped to our bench as well.
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The Spanish international has now come under criticism for seemingly going on the downturn, and was even dropped to the bench last season after a number of disappointing displays.
Zidane brought Bale back into the starting XI after dropping him to the bench for the midweek victory over Leganes, but «BBC» were left frustrated for much of the first half.
Jordan Henderson was also not at his best for the Slovakia tie, and could also drop to the bench in favour of Dele Alli.
So Theo Walcott dropped to the bench with Danny Welbeck taking his place on the right of attack.
Alexis making his first start of the season at the expense of Lacazette who drops to the bench.
There is a also a rare start for young Rob Holding with Hector Bellerin dropping to the bench after his poor form led to some abuse from the fans in our defeat at Crystal Palace.
Titi may not agree about Giroud dropping to the bench as he seems to think that all Giroud needs is a partner up front, but I can't see Wenger switching to a 442 kind of formation.
I suspect the latter as young Chamberlain also drops to the bench, as does Nacho Monreal with Laurent Koscielny back alongside Per Mertesacker.
We were also hoping to see Jack Wilshere getting a starting spot, and as Wenger was very unlikely to drop Ramsey after last week's heroics, it would have been great to see Iwobi drop to the bench.
With Walcott dropped to the bench it will provide Wenger an option should Olivier Giroud be struggling to fire home, but with 18 goals in all competitions so far the Frenchman is really in the mood to take on a shaky Chelsea defence.
There's no incentive to wasting a player's talent away by dropping him to the bench for an indefinite amount of time and drain the confidence and expect the reverse to happen.
Giroud drops to the bench so Ozil will be playing in one of the wide forward roles with Welbeck in the centre and Alexis on the other side.
Two games in a row Kolasinac dropped to the bench as well as a recognised centre half in Chambers..?
That means that Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain drops to the bench while Santi Cazorla keeps his place.
The problem is, Koscielny is a nailed down starter, so he goes straight back in the team when fit, which most likely means Gabriel dropping to the bench as Mertesacker does seem to be one of Wenger's favourites (and they always play, even if it has to be in completely the wrong position... they'll play).
With 5 of the first teamers dropping to the bench along with Macey and kamara, that team should beat Wednesday leaving us only 2 wins away from a spring date with Wembley.
That is Wenger's way though and the players certainly seem to appreciate it, while it does seem better than kicking football boots at their face (as Fergie once did with David Beckham) or slagging them off publicly and dropping them to the bench at half time (Mourinho and Terry) or accusing them of all sorts and making them train with the reserves (van Gaal with just about everyone in the Man United squad).
Star dropped to the bench on Saturday has become incredibly difficult for Arsene Wenger to handle — perhaps the toughest of his entire Gunners reign
Eden Hazard dropped to the bench ahead of Sunday's FA Cup semi-final, but Victor Moses shone in a 2 - 1 Premier League win at Burnley.
Aspas will likely drop to the bench once Luis Suarez comes back from suspension, but for now he will try to prove how good he is and maybe try to either keep Suarez out of the side or force someone else to make way for Suarez instead of himself.
Daniele De Rossi is surprisingly dropped to the bench in place of Seydou Keita and Gervinho returns to the side after being rested over the weekend.
I'd like to see Ozil dropped to the bench simply because it sends the message that no one on Arsenal is undroppable anymore.
We could get a better player for forty mil but not a better English one IMO and if gotten the better player will want to play every game meaning that if Ramsey or Cazorla drops to bench they will not stick around to fight very long.
And Oxlade - Chamberlain is rewarded for his abysmal gifting of that killer third goal with a starting place with Welbeck dropping to the bench.
Fabianski is still out with a shoulder problem, but Vito Mannone will probably drop to the bench because Szczesney is fit again.
Had an Ozil or a Sanchez does the same thing at Real Madrid or Barcelona, they would have been straight away dropped to the bench and not would have not been played for a few games, till they sorted their attitude right.
The writer means we shouldn't drop him to the bench... not out of Arsenal.
O'Shea may be an excellent promoter of spirit, but O'Neill dropped him to the bench against Italy last summer for Ireland's 1 - 0 win, and Ciaran Clark and Shane Duffy have started the last three qualifiers in central defence.
After Arteta becomes a player / coach and Per drops to the bench my honest opinion for new captain has to be someone different and i said it before Francis Coquelin!
If he scores will that set him up for more games, yes he has heart and never gives up but it's in the ability to create and score that Wenger bought him, mabey play him up front to see him get his confidence back but if he doesn't in prove drop him to the bench.
Mahrez is a better player than those Arsenal wingers you mentioned except Sanchez.But when he comes to Arsenal now, Wenger drop him to the bench for the sake of Iwobi, Theo, Ramsey and Ox.
Arsenal fans everywhere were bemused by Arsene Wenger's team selection even before the game started, with Alexis Sanchez dropped to the bench, Mesut Ozil out with the flu, and Walcott, Perez and Ramsey also sitting alongside Alexis.
Szczesny was thus dropped to the bench and Ospina claimed his place for the remainder of the season, only returning to make appearances in the FA Cup.
Too much of everything we know is bad hence I believe our team would be better for it if Wenger had adopt a blend of all three approach to managing our players so as to get the best out of them... I give this instance, until Szcezny (I hope I got the spelling right) was dropped for Fabianski some seasons ago, his performance was becoming a disaster cos probably he was feeling irreplaceable.But the moment the coach dropped him to the bench for the all important Bayern trip, he had to sit up.
Though I have a feeling that chambers might play alongside flamini with ramsey on the right and campbell dropping to the bench.
Giroud needs to drop to bench hes better coming off the bench with a point to prove, campbell plays no9 for Costa Rica give him a go with Ox right and bring Iwobi / Adelide in!
In defense, Gabi - Kosci should man those positions n Per should be dropped to the bench totally, or Subotic should be gotten.
I want TW to start with the OX and for this game OG dropped to the bench for the first half then we can change things up.
However, he is likely to return to his usual role against Sunderland, with Davies dropping to the bench.
Well the boss dropped him to the bench today and the only difference it made is that it was not Giroud that got the blame for Arsenal's lack of cutting edge in front of goal.
Make think a bit as to why dropped to bench CB
Pochettino has stuck with the Korea international Son Heung - min up - front with Vincent Janssen dropping to the bench.
Wayne Rooney, Nani and Anderson all come in, while Park Ji - Sung, Phil Jones and Ryan Giggs drop to the bench.
if Sanchez comes back, walcott should drop to the bench immediately..
Harry Kane drops to the bench but it is Sterling rather than Walcott that replaces him.
A key creative midfield player, Aaron Ramsey plays in the same role as Isco but has arguably not done enough to justify his place in Arsene Wenger's side in recent times, meaning he'd surely be one of the first to drop to the bench if the classy Spaniard joined.
The starting XI is in for this afternoon's match with West Ham and the big news sees Jermain Defoe replace Roberto Soldado up front with the Spaniard dropping to the bench.