Sentences with phrase «well out of favour»

He was well out of favour there on account of not turning up for training and on the last occasion his excuse was he was unable to leave his gated mansion because all the gates were jammed.
The Hungarian quickly became unhappy and has subsequently fallen well out of favour with Hasselbaink, who took over as Rangers manager in December.
One of those was the Argentinean striker Sergio Aguero who at times last season seemed to be well out of favour with Guardiola.

Not exact matches

It is even better if the whole industry is out of favour
When Jesus stood up in the synagogue of Nazareth and read out the words of Isaiah, «The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor... to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour», the congregation wondered at «the gracious words».
9 out of 11 not playing on Thur will mean they are fully fresh for Sunday, the 2 players will be getting only 60 mins at most and should be fine for Sunday as well... Although Alexis might still be out of favour in which case 10/11 will be fresh from a weeks rest.
Brozovic has fallen out of favour at Inter Milan, supposedly due to disciplinary issues, and could well jump at the chance to get away from the San Siro.
Don't know why we didn't use the OG situation to try and get David Luiz — yes I know he can be a loose cannon, but he's out of favour, and would be looking for a move for the World Cup, and he'd be better in defence than 17m...
The Mirror mention out of favour Inter Milan midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia as a potential Mikel replacement; as well as Sevilla's Steven N'Zonzi.
Had Jack of stayed in North - London, he would have had to vie with the likes of Granit Xhaka, Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny, Aaron Ramsey and Santi Cazorla for his favoured role, as well as trying to convince Arsene Wenger that his desired position is not out wide, where he has been fielded most recently.
Perhaps out of favour at Arsenal now, Carl Jenkinson will need a good tournament to ensure he gets a good move for the summer.
Arsenal also undoubtedly have the most favoured style of play out of all the sides as well, with Aubameyang liking to play quick football with plenty of passing and a range of different chances created.
Linked with a move to PSG, as well as with Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Inter Milan in recent times, Spanish winger Pedro is looking likely to leave for around # 18m after falling out of favour last season.
Having already stated though that he will not panic buy, it seems as though Moreno will continue to have a prominent role to play for the team, as ultimately a natural left - back is surely a better option than playing Milner out of his favoured position in an awkward spot for Liverpool.
Figuring sparingly last season, he saw himself lose his place in favour of the new system that saw established strikers Gabriel Agbonlahor and Andreas Weimann take up spots out wide, and with the arrivals of Aleksander Tonev and Leandro Bacuna he may well find playing time difficult to come by again this term.
With Olivier Giroud injured or out of favour the best option for Wenger if he does want to rest the Chilean is surely Lucas, especially after he got off the mark with a double in the EFL cup win over Nottingham Forest.
Joining a club of arsenal s stature has its ups and downs.There is a requirement of how our players should perform when on the pitch.The following is a list of players who were wrong to choose arsenal.Aaron ramsey - Even though he is the most favoured of all players at the club now.I cant help but think how it would have gone for Him if he decided to search for other greener pastures.He was a clear talented footballer during his time at cardiff but he hasnt been raised with the discipline at arsenal.You can always see ramseys all round strengths but sadly Its not helping him or the club with his foward moving pleasurr.He is so Over used and its sometimes difficult for him to get used to the rythm of the game.With time you realise he gets low ib confidence and his engine gets wasted.He needed somebody who would have managed him properly and with care and that person is certainpy not wenger.You would have been better off at Manu mate.Calum chambers - Came us a very talented player from southampton with raw talent.He was very good at first but wenger found a way to reduce his level of confidence.His inexperience was left exposed and wenger did nt do anything to resolve that problem and instead He looked for other talented players.Alex oxlade chamberlain - Another very talented player who needed only his skilled sharpened and his character modelled.That and he was ready to become a world beater.But wenger decided to let him run and run like a headless chicken causing him to be often injured and damaging his confidence.Who knows what would have happened to him gad he decided to look for more greener pasture.He is surely a much better player than this.Theo walcott - Another player who was tipped to have a very bright future.He had it in him.But all he needed was an appropriate manager who would nurture him with discipline and help him with his talent.But on Coming to arsenal he was given Much more responsiblities putting more weight on his shoulders on top of that another player who was recklessly managed with his talent and never coming off age because his character wasnt properly shaped.Mesut ozil - Al right i agree he perfoms well just recently.But imagine all the legendary players he was often compared to during his time at real madrid.On coming to arsenal he found no rotation often overused, suffered many injuries and his confidence dwindled.It is pretty clear arsene does not take any responsibility for players.And when at arsenal you have to be your own manager.You need not rely on your manager otherwise you might continue being the same player for the next many years.That is why each and every player are what they are because of their own efforts and wenger had nothing to do with it.Van persie was the same player for over 7 years untill he himself decided to change.Wenger only organises and prepares tge team while the rest is in your court.It is not what so many people make it out to be.Thats why we need to pressure wenger more than our own players.They are their own self managers and wenger needs to take that responsibility
With Carl Jenkinson still getting back to fitness after his long injury absence and Matthieu Debuchy seemingly out of favour with the boss, there is a lot of onus on Bellerin to stay fit and in form, so this performance for Spain has got to be good news.
I find it strange that he has been overlooked by Didier Deschamps, especially with Gignac favoured, as well as the out - of - sorts Olivier Giroud ahead of him.
Not exactly the best of grounds...... hope it all favours Arsenal and we grind out a convincing win!
As well as City doing us a favour in pressuring Chelsea, they also knocked a lot of confidence out of our next opponents Southampton, exposing their defence with three goals.
Wenger: The cohesion between us and our opponents is very good, so i expect more goals from the oppesite teams in our favour to take the burden out of our players.
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
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A 4 -3-3 system is favoured by Barca, Real Madrid and Man City and Bayern, the top four teams in Europe.It suits the attacking philosophy of Arsene Wenger which is to his credit.Unfortunately we do not have the top quality defenders these teams have nor a dominant DM.Nevertheless it is the best system for our current team which is top heavy in attacking midfielders hence the need to play Ozil and Mik in wide positions.In my opinion the most balanced central midfield would consist of Elneny, Ramsay and Wilshere.Elneny was first class against Watford yet was left out against an average Milan side to accommodate the ever present Xhaka who will no doubt feature against CSK.
Chelsea have been formidable at the back over the last few months, and a large part of that is down to the individuals mentioned above, as well as Gary Cahill who deserves recognition, but he drops out in favour of Arsenal's leader at the back who continues to prove to be one of the best defenders in the Premier League.
Elneny should be given more playing time or better still play ahead of ramsey, lucky him he got a chnce to play at d expense of Ramsey's injury nd it turned out to his favour.
Youngster Adnan Januzaj has also played far fewer games this year after seemingly falling out of favour with manager Louis van Gaal, who knows Robben well from his time in charge of the Dutch national team.
- Wenger can be so insane to do it.The man is out of this world and complety insane.He can not see what it is obvious for the entire world.To have better players on the bench and to keep favouring the same out - of - form or not good enough players week after week is madness.To play for draw from the beginning against an awful team which got beaten by the entire league on a daily bases - this is something unimaginable.It is not Mertesacker fault for being embarrased by any player on the planet, it is the manager fault for exposing him as a laughing point of focus.Wenger must go, the man is deluded, he is scarred to take any risk for success.Well, guess what - only showing courage and breaking the risk can bring you success.Not the case - I predict a chain of defeats following, with the cherry on top being a big defeat against Spurs - a team which, despite our hate, plays real football (with great results I must say).
Despite being out of favour at Stamford Bridge last season, the Spaniard looked good in the few games he did manage to feature in, creating plenty of chances.
Meanwhile, reports also suggest that Juan Mata could be on his way to Juventus as well, having fallen out of favour with Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal following the signing of Angel Di Maria.
Ben Arfa had fallen hugely out of favour at St. James» Park after a very public falling out with manager Alan Pardew and has looked destined to leave, despite reportedly being keen to remain at a club where he continues to enjoy a good relationship with the supporters.
Rodgers now needs to balance the books at Anfield by offloading some well - paid players who are out of favour, with these six believed to be in the firing line, based on recent reports:
Despite the front man falling out of favour not only with Mauricio Pochettino, but it seems with the fans as well after being booed a couple of times over the course of the season.
If Jurgen Kloop manages to land him it would certainly be a good deal considering his age and will be a long term replacement for the out of favour Moreno.
I think players such as Youri Tielemans, James Ward - Prowse or even a cheeky bid for out of favour Henrikh Mkhitaryan would see the money better spent.
He now has two goals in five games for the modest Russian side who also have out of favour Nigerian midfielder Slyvester Igboun on their payroll as well.
While there is a strong case to be made in favour of him starting week in week out on the left where he is at his devastating best, the energy and dynamism he brings against tiring opposition legs has worked is too good a weapon to miss out on.
The out of favour Benzema has been heavily backed to join Arsenal in January with a # 20 million price tag well within Arsenal's price tag.
In fact, Pulis did well just to keep hold of some of his prized assets — James Beattie being one of them, although the former England front man has fallen out of favour with the Gaffer since their bust up and has barely had a look in since.
The alternatives are uninspiring at best: youngster Calleri has yet to make a league start; Fletcher, who was playing in League One for Barnsley last season, and Sakho, who is out of favour, have two apiece.
Chelsea had looked well out of the match at that stage, but Anjorin's arrival combined with the departure of Griffiths to injury changed things in the Blues» favour.
Power and control are all well and good, and your total stranglehold over those exact two traits while manager of Manchester United certainly worked out in the club's favour but, now that you've retired, your clear desperation to clutch onto your two borderline psychopathic obsessions has frankly become a tad bit of an annoyance.
After a few good years at Inter Milan, Guarin fell out of favour under Roberto Mancini this season and so the 29 - year - old opted to move on.
We favour a larger hood as its always a good idea to keep the sun out of the kids eyes and away from their skin.
We've taken a look at the boys names on the rise as well as those falling out of favour so far for 2015.
hmm, they do meets I hear where you can meet up with other people who favour baby carriers over buggies so people can try out loads of different carriers and see what works best.
There is good reason to believe that, despite the FDP and Green Party coming out in favour of reforms, that cannabis legalisation will not advance under the Jamaican banner flying over Germany.
«A clear vision of what full employment would look like could also help to mobilise opinion in favour of the policies the government needs to put in place to achieve an employment rate well above its previous peak of 73 %, to ensure that fewer people are claiming out - of - work benefits and to deliver higher real wages — and ultimately it is having these policies in place that is important,» it stated.
Conversely, whatever the result of the referendum, Boris coming out in favour of Leave places him at the helm of the increasingly dominant faction in the Tory party and well placed to win the subsequent leadership election.
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