Sentences with phrase «well before last season»

They helped set him free by not signing him well before last season with the type of huge dollars Miami offered and that the Lions eventually offered only in the waning days prior to his Miami bolt.

i think we've all been speculating this since well before last season ended and the day is so close now

Not exact matches

I'm totally playing catch up on summer recipes and figured I better post these cupcakes before blueberries are so last season.

He's always been good as run support and played great last season against the run and pass but before that it's questionable.

AKB's just never run out of excuses, it isn't «bad luck» when we are first on the injury ladder (by a country mile as well) EVERY SEASON, the last time i remember having a reasonable injury list was before diaby was injury prone, so whether it's down to his tactics, players diets or imcompetent staff, a 2.5 star manager wouldn't have taken more than 2 - 3 seasons to fix these problems, players join our club with amazingly good injury records (ozil) and become injry prone, players leave our club (fabregas) and are fit 2x as much as they were for us, SOMETHING IS WRONG AT ARSENAL

Lacazette made it four just before half - time but Arsenal fans took to social media to praise Ramsey for his magic and some even speculated that the finish was better then Olivier Giroud's infamous scorpion - kick for the side last season.

I love Ozil btw When he first came here I had my doubts However, last season's performance completely won me over I think before that it annoyed me when Ozil played on the left but now he is in his best position in the centre and is flourishing

considering he won the same Copa America before the opening of last season as well.

«We know we can do better than the two consecutive seasons (at Chelsea) before and I think we will try new things on Sunday to get a better result than last year.»

If only we can cry over the spilled milk, I would have take Higuain from Madrid over Ozil... The season before we bought Ozil our best player was Cazorla (AMF) and we were in a desperate need for a striker (still we are) and Higuain was availabe for less than 30M... Ozil is good (more than good but not for Arsenal) but I think it was a panic buy in the last minutes to pleased the frustrated fans due to lack of actions in that window...

The Portuguese tactician publicly slammed the left - back on a number of occasions last season, before doing a U-turn and praising him in January by insisting that he was one of the best left - backs out there, as noted by the club's site.

They started off slowly last season as well before getting hot prior to the Playoffs.

Before this season started I had written on this blog that, if TH wants to make it to the play - offs as badly as he was talking about it, he must play better than he had played last season and become the leader on this team, put up the numbers like a real star.

If he left last season or before, the new coach would have had a very good squad to choose, now it will surely be without alexis, ozil, wilshere, Ramsey and welbeck refused new contract.

Let's give credit where its due, spurs gave a good account of themselves drawing against a double defending champion real Madrid side, who last season ruthlessly dispatched a Munich team that had walloped us 10 - 2 the round before

For the pathetic performances in the EPL and UCL, I blame Wenger — for having favourites in the team, for benching some of our best players, for continually playing some of our worst, for being as open to adapting his tactics to different teams as North Korean foreign policy, for allowing players contracts to run to the last year before renewing, for not preparing the team in terms of staff and tactics before the start of the season — believe me, I'm no Wenger fan!

The left - handed star was well on his way to a third Cy Young award in four years last season before missing two months with an injured back.

The former Arsenal youth team player spent four up and down years at Charlton and didn't appear to be going anywhere fast before he joined West Brom last season and played his part in getting the Baggies back into the top flight and has admittedly done very well this term but it would seem highly unlikely if the former England Under 21 star was on Liverpool's wish - list.

He, uh, wasn't good in any of them, finishing his last season with a 6.98 ERA in 49 innings, but let's not forget Scott Kazmir's 5.34 ERA for the Sugar Land Skeeters two seasons before his comeback.

With how hard he works to get better with noticeable improvement throughout last season, he should really be a good one before he hangs up the cleats as a Badger.

Whether Royal produces another No. 1 team before the President has his building may depend on how well the Longhorns have mended their injuries of last season and how well the coach has managed to restore pride from the ground up.

I'd say most of the groundwork over Lacazette was done last season, but we began it well before that season.

Chec is a better keeper... Courtois» has more catches, cause is is always quick of his line and trys to catch very areal cross into the box before any attempt on goal can be made... that's how Charlie Adam caught him off his line with his long range goal last season.

Haynes has a hard time understanding a town that would send more than 63,000 people to Mile High Stadium just to wish their team well before the trip to Pasadena for the Super Bowl last season.

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!!!

If anyone should be seriously worried about Sunday's game it is the City manager Pep Guardiola, who started the season so well but now find themselves slipping down the table after defeats to Chelsea and Leicester, before finally getting some points last night against Watford.

Was playing well last season before injury.

Secondly, coquelin was piss poor last season, he had a terrible attitude before he went on loan then has come back and thought well perhaps the grass isn't greener.

Jack will no doubt come good future wise, but needs to focus more on his game although he showed some improvement in his last few games before the season ended, he is a work in progress and here's hoping he can only go from strength to strength in the new season for the arsenal cause!

And b4 you say dzeko isn't good and didn't score goals please look at his stats before last season where he regularly reached 15 goals coming of the bench and starting only a handful of games.

Alex Iwobi was great too last season... apparently... I think he was also good this season as well before his injury at Liverpool....

Costa had a shocker for most of last year's season but he was (although extremely hatable) very good for the 2 seasons before.

Imagine someone whispering in your ear, «Bryce Harper has one of the best offensive seasons since Barry Bonds, too» before last season.

Not many Arsenal fans had really heard of him before his arrival from Schalke, so I thought it maybe a good idea to find a video showing his skills and ability from last season's games, so you can see what we are getting.

That could well happen though, as Cech played just 35 of the 38 EPL games for Arsenal last season and one fewer than that the season before.

We have only seen his best in the last few seasons, he was virtually none - existence before then, we look @ Ramsey who was absolutely terrible prio to last season, it took him almost three yrs to make any meaningful impact and yet Wenger stood by him, and he came good, look @ Wilsere, he has never been the same after beiing out for more than a year, look @ Eduado da silva, I culd go on and on, truth is, when you are out for that long, it takes time for you to return to you usual level, it doesn't help his cause that he is not even being used by wenger, how is he suppose to get the match sharpness that he needs?

Second in the league, and definitively better than last season; out of Europe before the quarter - finals.

So let me get this right, Benzema has a similar scoring record to Giroud but is actually miles better because as a centre forward in a team scoring 118 league goals he was cruelly prevented by Ronaldo of scoring more than 15 league goals last season, or 17 the season before, or 11 the season before.....

Yet If Arsenal want the best out of him then Wenger must show serious trust in his abilities even after Xhaka's return because part of Elneny's slight turbulence in form this season has been due to the addition of Xhaka who's presence seriously affected Elneny's moral and those who deep into things would've noticed the difference between last years Elneny (prior to Xhaka's acquisition) and this year's Elneny with majority of games Elneny coming off the bench yet the very last few games he started before the AFCON have boosted his confidence back and that very much reflected on his last performances before leaving to an extent that surprised quite a few!!

Our forward line is much better than last season, but always seems to be given a handicap, by wenger playing ozil, wilshere and Cazorla all at once or two together, grant you cazorla is improving defensively, but when we play all three we miss out defensively, we have a soft middle and our opposition knows it, therefore we are giving all an edge before we even play

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

Man city has d best striker last season in Aguero (before you take me on, strikers are measure by goals and Aguero was the highest scorer in EPL) y didn't they win d EPL or any trophy?

How come Spuds were able to challenge until the last few games last season and the season before Leicester seemed to do well?

He hardly lie if psg want him it's good sign he's rated simple as that and let's be fair he's cracking manager he had just ran out ideas now people are saying wenger not good manager grow up there's a lot more to wat is going on behind scenes while I do think he should have left last summer or before he didn't because he really believes he can turn it around but sadly he can't I'd love if he did we all would if da invincibles man keep bk for just one good season we would all be in heaven we prop cry if wenger won us league again but please don't say he can't manage haha stop he's top manager he has just lost players and when he leaves truth will cum out but before anyone thumbs me down it's time for great man step down with dignity and class it really is and go get younger manager up coming class act we need

Say what you like admin.Even Diaby upon doing nothing for several seasons was able to secure a move to Marseille which to me is a top team.Was it not last season that before he went to Bournemouth teams like Juventus and AS Roma were interested in him?He just needs a league which is not physical for the mean time.I mean any time he gets a run of games he begins to hit top forn and just when things are looking up things go down again.This injury thing is a menace in our club.Look at the number of games Gnabry has played.But I will urge him to leave Arsenal because all he needs to do is to remain injury free.It's not rocket science.If Wilshere remains injury free for just one season he'll be great.It's just like the Van Persie case.A lot of people were frustrated with him and cllled him man of glass but I knew he just needed to be injury free for one season.To me he's a better player than Ramsey though Ramsey is on form.He also has the ability to surpass Cazorla and be Arsenal's number one.He's also Arsenall thrugh and through.Arsenal has to solve his injury problems because he's shown that when he gets a run of games he can do it.

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

you can buy someone on last day of seaspn if you get a good deal ``...» Oi Gazidis lets tell fans every year that we have 200mn to spend a few weeks before the season so they renew their season tickets... will help pay for one big transfer per year» Nov / Dec 2016... «Hey Arsene..

But AfC's transfer businesses over the last few yrs (cept perhaps this season and the one before) have shown we are not very good scouts and its only at this said Top f.c dat we often go for meagre bargains..

If he was that good why didn't he stop those shots vs Bayern, not last season but the season before when we lost 3 - 1 in the first leg?

We all did not know if Ramsey could even be able to score goals later on be our engine before last season... Wenger who coaches and trains these guys every day must know more about what each players weaknesses and strengths better than us keyboard managers and coaches...