Sentences with phrase «vermaelen who»

By the end of the proceeding summer transfer window, Arsenal had signed experienced German international defender Per Mertesacker who had 80 caps for the German national team as, seemingly, the long - term partner for Vermaelen who was on the verge of a return.

The gaffer got a chance to comment about his former captain Thomas Vermaelen who is currently playing for La Liga giants Barcelona after leaving Arsenal last summer.

look man i understand that you say ozil in the middle means no protection or less than adequate but ozil will be CAM and he is close to scoring a tap - in rather than giving shield to arteta who is an unreliable source and does not deserve the captaincy, wenger only gave it to him cause he gave the players some papering over the cracks statements after the Liverpool, chelsea and man city match and the player does not even have a cap for the national team Wenger may have seen this as a player who can play in and out with no internationals regardless of his qualities on the pitch and the main reason why he sold vermaelen who would have done decent job at CDM and then all that fluid style that arsene thinks he can play dictate «arrogance»!

But, the protracted delay by the 33 - year - old in signing the contract gave rise to suspicions that Arteta would be following the curse of Fabregas, Van Persie and Vermaelen who were allowed to leave despite being the club captain..

Not exact matches

But as I write this 2 days before the transfer window closes the Gunners have so far spent approx 10 million on Debuchy (a direct replacement for Sagna), 4 million on Ospina (who takes Fabianski's place) while the Vermaelen money was used to bring in Chambers.

Just because our last two captains Arteta and Vermaelen spent more time in the treatment room than on the pitch does not make it a good idea, so it seemed logical that the boss would hand it to another player who would be playing and it was reported that it could be our midfield maestro Santi Cazorla.

Arsenal could offer a short - term deal to Colombia's 38 - year - old centre - back and free agent Mario Yepes after failing to replace Thomas Vermaelen, who joined Barcelona in the summer, before the transfer deadline --(Daily Star)

Before him we had Thomas Vermaelen for two seasons, who left to join Barcelona respectively, but when you look back to the likes of Tony Adams and Patrick Vieira, it really highlights what we are lacking in.

Players who have gone out: Bacary Sagna, Thomas Vermaelen, Lukasz Fabianski and Nicklas Bendtner.

Defensive midfield Arteta, flamini, coqulan To get a top def mid we would have needed to get rid of flamini n coqulan who would be ideal for the emergency left back role vermaelen played.

yes: we bought enough to cover who left (vermaelen doesn't count since he was and is injured) but we didn't buy critical pieces: wenger always just comes up a bit short in the trading window.

Letting go of Vermaelen and not getting another defender (in addition to Debuchy and Chambers who replaced Sagna and Jenkison) was not a good decision.

Chambers is the replacement for Vermaelen, but who's our 4thCB?

Whilst he plays in the centre of defence for his nation, Belgium, Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen is a player who continues to be integral to the fortunes of Marc Wilmots» side despite his diminishing influence at the Emirates Stadium.

Wenger said he brought Chambers as back up for Debuchy, but who did he bring in as replacement for Vermaelen and back up for our CBs.

just saw some coment of a dude who mentioned kos first year at arsenal with vermaelen to make a point about pairing and mestersack, and how s... kos was back in the dazs.

The second piece of good news, while it does not directly affect Arsenal anymore, is still good to hear for Arsenal fans, because our former captain Thomas Vermaelen, who pretty much forced his # 15 million transfer to La Liga club Barcelona this summer, is still injured and has yet to play a single minute for them.

So anyone who might think Wenger was mistaken to allow the defender to leave because of our own defensive injury problems, at least we now know that Vermaelen would not have been available anyway.

I hope Wenger can see our squad is not strong enough at all, he's only signed replacements and Sanchez we need reinforcements, players who will better the squad even the CB he will sign is a replacement for Vermaelen where's the CF, DM, LW we need?

While Robin Van Persie will have enjoyed playing against his former club more than Danny Welbeck did, it is Wenger who really needs to look at the upcoming January transfer window and make radical changes to his squad, with Vermaelen a potential loan target.

Arsenal fans were sad to see Vermaelen leave, but a potential loan deal in January would make sense for both parties; Vermaelen would be able to get much - needed game time under his belt when he returns from injury, while Arsenal would greatly benefit from having a good quality defender who can lead from example and knows what it takes to play in the Premier League.

Otamendi is insanely overrated he's a south american vermaelen and id bet my house you didn't know who he was till he moved to city.

Along with Vermaelen, Arsene takes chances with this type of thing, that's three CB's over the last five seasons who are six foot or a little under, I think TV was 5.10 / 11.

Seeing how little Vermaelen played, and we have replaced him with Chambers who is comfortable on RB and CDM, I don't think this is an imminent problem.

Chambers is an improvement on Vermaelen (who could also play on the left, but Chambers can also play on the right), Monreal and of course Flamini, the left Full - back for AC Milan and before that Arsenal FC before Wenger tried him in Midfield.

01 Szczesny 03 Sagna 17 Monreal 20 Flamini (Gnabry — 72 ′) 04 Mertesacker 06 Koscielny (Vermaelen — 42 ′) 14 Walcott 16 Ramsey 12 Giroud (Bendtner — 76») 11 Ozil 10 Wilshere You can say that this is Arsenal's best team and we still got mauled so I think its too easy to say if this was fit and so fort,, those losses had a whole lot to do with preparation and tactics An you know who is responsible for this aspect of the team.

I don't also think Vermaelen is the only other Cb we have bar the impressionable Sagna (who most definitely needs a rest).

Wasting Vermaelen (a very fast player), playing Arteta who does not know how to lay thru balls to the forwards.

Now that Arsenal captain — Thomas Vermaelen has left the club to Barcelona, Who should this season take over the armband from the Belgian international?

The same goes for a defender who makes a habit of scoring — Thomas Vermaelen a few years ago at Arsenal — or teams who put a lot of emphasis on set - pieces, like any managed by Tony Pulis.

And finally Vermaelen came on for Oxlade - Chamberlain who was indication to the bench a bit before that his muscles were getting tight.

They spent $ 20 million on Jeremy Mathieu, who now plays in Portugal; $ 19 million on Thomas Vermaelen, who makes glass look like onyx quartz; $ 34 million on Arda Turan, who's yet to eclipse this moment in a Barca shirt; and $ 65 million combined on Andre Gomes and Paco Alcacer, who are both young and both not good enough for Barcelona.

Another key issue with this position is the departure of Vermaelen, who will replace him and whether Chambers will be utilised centrally or in a similar way to Sagna.

and what happens when the injuries come, who are the replacements for Vermaelen, Cesc and RvP?????? The same fellas that werent up to it when entrusted at the end of last season....

Wenger is reportedly preparing to pip Brondby to the Denmark international as a replacement for Thomas Vermaelen, who is set to leave the club this summer.

The rest of the money available is used to give better contracts to those who have earned them from our current team, and are nearing the end of their contracts (RVP, Theo, Vermaelen) 4.

This season, though, under the tutelage of Steve Bould, we have seen a new Vermaelen, one who has made defending his priority.

Haha, Vermaelen needs to get a mean streak, I remember him not shouting at Almunia for his blunders vs Barcelona twice, who cares if Almunia is on edge, we don't need a coward in goal!

Statistically, the best partnership was that of Mertesacker and Vermaelen, who conceded thrice in 4 games, yet these stats only tell half the story, as judging a defence over the course of 4 games would be unfair and naive.

But it was the tricky Nahki Wells who was making mincemeat of reputations, as he gave a torrid time to Belgian international Thoms Vermaelen.

Arsenal soon paid for it, as Jamie Mackie, aided by a Vermaelen slip, calmly placed the ball for Samba Diakite, who scored a fine winner, in the 66th minute.

One player who could benefit significantly is Manuel Almunia, who always appeared to be on edge with Gallas but shares a far better relationship with Vermaelen.

The Sczceszny saga has calmed down, while Thomas Vermaelen is dancing the evasive dance of a man who wants to leave in the summer.

When Thomas Vermaelen was signed I expect a whole load of people went «Thomas who?».

West Ham, who are on the lookout for a new defender appear to be favourites to land Vermaelen and it is understood that the centre - back would favour a move back to London.

The only players in the squad who give me what these old Arsenal players did now are, obvioulsy Wilshere, Vermaelen, Schezny, RvP, a happy Cesc, and maybe Song / Rambo and Sagna....

Surprisingly, Vermaelen, who many fans generally consider a fantastic jumper, and hence a great header of the ball, won only 55.6 % of his aerial duels, while Koscielny, the defender with a slim frame contested 101 aerial duels at the rate 3.06 per game, winning 62.

Van Gaal, who rejected an attempt by Arsenal to buy Smalling last summer when he inquired about Thomas Vermaelen, said: «Chris has improved and developed immensely during the short time that I have been at the club and has become an integral part of the first - team squad.

The first is the performance of Thomas Vermaelen, who needs to curb his attacking thrusts, and the second is the continued impact of Giroud up front.

But the Copenhagen club may have to face a battle with Arsenal, who are looking to replace wantaway defender Thomas Vermaelen.