Sentences with phrase «underachievers on»

Arsenal could be looking to sell Theo Walcott in January as Arsene Wenger looks to offload some of the underachievers on higher wages and fans are pretty pleased.

Prior to Spain winning the Euros and World Cup, they were pretty much considered massive underachievers on the international stage.

Not exact matches

Once Jol moved on from White Hart Lane he took over at perennial Bundesliga underachievers Hamburg and was, apparently, offered the signing of Bale but his club could not afford the # 5m fee being demanded by Spurs chief Daniel Levy — a decision that now looks to be a huge error by the Germans.

To me, it's the great class of underachievers who live on the internet and social media.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Not sure why perennial underachiever Ramsey, and sick note Wilshere are not on the list?

Lol that is why only way is to free up some wages by getting rid of those underachievers overpayed players but also keep them involved and in the loop when it comes to the transfer window... what do you think for example if both Sanchez and Özil where to know in early July that Giroud is on it's way out but Aubameyang is coming and has signed... what would they do than?

There will come a time — maybe sooner than we think — when Wenger will either wake up and see the light and spend big or on the other hand finally tire of defending his overpaid underachievers and decide to call it a day.

It's a damning indictment of Spurs» recent transfer policy that Paulinho, Etienne Capoue, Benjamin Stambouli and Vlad Chiriches — all signed in the last two years — have been moved on, while Eric Lamela and Roberto Soldado, also bought during that period for more than # 50m, have proven to be chronic underachievers and a spectacular waste of money.

Goldsmith was also effective when challenging Khan's attacks on him for being «lazy» and a «serial underachiever».

Synopsis: On his 40th birthday, chronic underachiever Jerry Ferro (Adam Carolla) loses his carpentry job and his girlfriend.

Julia Roberts was a surprise nominee for musical or comedy actress as a corporate spy in «Duplicity,» a box - office underachiever that generally was not on the awards radar.

For a guy whose college essay was about being an underachiever, director Paul Weitz really came out on top.

A kind of modern take on Capra's It Happened One Night, Rob Reiner's second movie has charming underachiever John Cusack sharing a cross-country ride with prim, pretty Daphne Zuniga.

Jim went on to play a Dean of a community college and Nat played a dreamer and an underachiever who moved in to help his sister.

These questions surfaced from dealings with a current student of mine as well as reading literature on underachievers, including an article by Dr. Sylvia Rimm.

The book features chapters on why recognition programs often don't work and on overcoming the performance issues of underachievers, overachievers, and everyone in between.

His attack on the overpaid underachievers running academies was a rather spectacular show of independence, ahead of the government's plans for all schools to become academies.

The 4S, on the other hand, is no underachiever.

I love the idea of three underachievers sitting around on a Sunday afternoon, smoking a joint, dreaming out loud about what they'd wish for if there really was a Wish List website.

GfK's point - of - sale pet panel represents about 8,000 boutique and regional shops, giving participating retailers a look beyond their own inventories and sales data to reveal what is going on in stores across the U.S.. By tracking both shelf space allotments and sales, GfK can provide shelf allocation guidance for small sellers by identifying where they may be overinvesting in underachievers, or missing golden opportunities.

GfK's POS (point - of - sale) pet panel represents about 8,000 boutique and regional shops, giving participating retailers a look beyond their own inventories and sales data to reveal what is going on in stores across the U.S.. By tracking both shelf space allotments and sales, the GfK pet panel can provide shelf allocation guidance for small sellers — where they may be over-investing in underachievers, or missing golden opportunities.