Sentences with phrase «who returned to the squad»

But one man who might serve a purpose is Alex Song, who returned to the squad this week after Cameroon were knocked out of the Olympic Football Tournament.

Not exact matches

The Gunners came into the match missing a number of international stars, who were yet to return to full training, and started the match with a number of squad members, including Mathieu Debuchy, Jeff Reine - Adelaide, who only joined from yesterday's opponents 12 months ago, and the returning Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain.

(3) formation flexibility — it took 20 years for Wenger to return to a back 3 and now he can't seem to choose anything but that formation... the teams in the premiership and those we could face in the Europa will present vastly different tactics and we need to have a manager who can prepare this squad for this eventuality and have the fortitude to make the necessary adjustments throughout the season... I have seen nothing in the past 6 - 7 years to suggest that he is the man to take on this challenge... I can't even remember when he changed formations when he would replace a small, pacy striker, like during the Walcott experiment, with the lumbering Giroud... of course this is exactly why there is no other manager in the world that plays more players out of their natural positions (square peg in a round hole)

The one that really stood out, though, was the return to the France squad of our centre forward Olivier Giroud, who has been struggling to get into the Arsenal team and has missed a lot of the season with injury.

But Arsene Wenger, who has seen hundreds of awful injuries to Arsenal players in his lifetime, including the broken legs of Eduardo and Ramsey and the never - ending problems of Abou Diaby, has now admitted that Cazorla's injury was ¡ the worst he'd ever seen», although it seems that Le Prof believes that the Spaniard's problems are now over and thinks he will return to the squad in January, when he can be reinstated in the Premier League squad.

As for worrying about losing more, the players we shall have to worry most about are Laurent Koscielny, who has been called up despite just returning today, Olivier Giroud, who is a certain starter for France as Benzema has been omitted from the squad, and even more worryingly Alexis Sanchez, who has two more World Cup Qualifiers to play in South America.

This of course means that when those two return to the squad the only two long term injuries we will have left is Mathieu Debuchy, who was hardly part of the first team squad anyway, and the little Spaniard Santo Cazorla, who Wenger also mentioned in today's team news as he looked chipper from his hospital bed after his operation the other day.

Now it remains to be seen who it will be with, with Conte undoubtedly looking to bolster his Chelsea squad this summer ahead of their return to the Champions League.

One player who has put that exact case forward is Arsenal's Welshman Aaron Ramsey, who has recently made his return to the squad after a 13 match absence.

It is believed that the Reds are preparing a # 5 million bid for the midfielder, who is due to return with the rest of the squad for pre-season training on Thursday at Euxton.

Who would have dreamed that up, watched West Ham take it too City, press, press, press, the squad need more than a CDM, the CDM will not imprive our impotancy on top, what I thought would be the best midfield on the planet is letting us down, Carzola and Ramsey not a near their form a yr ago, Ozil out, Ox a mess, need to retool, need some power, looking forward to Theo and Kos return, should help...

However, while his value will only be increasing as the campaign goes on, it's now Chelsea who appear to be in a strong position as Conte looks to bolster his squad ahead of a likely return to the Champions League next season as he looks on course to deliver a league title in his first season in charge at Stamford Bridge.

This summer our club only brought in two players to our first - team squad, a return far lower than any of our rivals, but it was us who needed the most improvements after finishing outside the top - four for the first time since Arsene Wenger joined in 1996.

Crowley, who featured in Arsenal's pre-season tour to Singapore and was recently called up for the England U19 squad, returns to the club having benefitted significantly from the experience of competitive league action.

It's clear what's needed and it never gets addressed, to add to it, we play people out if position just to accommodate some players, we have a big squad, but too much average players whom they either kept and or renewed their contracts, younger kids who are showing promise may not see the pitch for the next two years, Wilshire will return so I'm fearing for the OX or Less Coq (because favoratism seems to rule).

According to The Times, that involves # 200m investment in the squad in order to strengthen in key positions as well as possibly having to replace both Diego Costa and Thibaut Courtois who are «angling for returns to Spanish football».

There is also Serge Gnabry, who has just returned from a long term injury and could return to the squad after playing 10 games for the Gunners last season, and is very highly respected as an all - rounder.

There are finally some big names amongst the squad again after many years of struggle and these are the types of players who will return the club to its former glory.

And the 30 - year - old, who featured for Chelsea last season before returning to Atletico Madrid over the summer, has now said that these kind of outbursts will do nothing to improve the morale or the form of the squad as they look to get back on track.

That's very nice of Wilshere to give Theo a boost on his return to the squad, but it is hardly going to impress Oxlade - Chamberlain, who perhaps brings more to the team that just sprinting into the box?

Sunderland man Giaccherini, who has returned to the Italy fold under Conte after being left out of Cesare Prandelli's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, has also been back in first team action for the Black Cats at the start of this season after falling out of favour under Gus Poyet at the back end of the last campaign.

I am sure that Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board will want to get the best possible return for any of the current Arsenal squad who will be leaving the club this summer, but the reality of the situation is that we do not have all that much bargaining power with many of the players likely to leave.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The Spaniard who was once such an integral part of the squad is now struggling to return to the side following his recovery from injury.

Let us take Chelsea and number of their important signings: Last season signings: Matic, Schurrle, Willian, Salah, Eto'o plus a returning manager who had an almost new Chelsea squad to handle except a few (Cech, Cole, lamp, terry).

Rodgers explained that it would be the same squad as against Ludogorets, meaning no Balotelli or Mamadaou Sakho — who returned to training earlier this week.

Yesterday we looked at 5 loan players who will be returning to the Tottenham squad next season and among them was our 22 year old midfielder Tom Carroll.

Wood, who has scored three times in our last two Premier League games since returning from injury, was expected to be in the first squad selected by new coach Fritz Schmidt and his omission is being regarded as the biggest surprise in the 24 man squad alongside the exclusion of regular first choice goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic.

He however left the door open for Arsenal ace Alex Iwobi who missed the game through injury to return back to the squad, if he returns to full match fitness before the game next month.

If Liverpool are going to find players who will make a Salah-esque impression on the squad, it might be prudent to return to the scene of...

But with the clubs return to match fitness, Arsenal have a very full squad of talented footballers who will make it difficult for any new import to find match time.

The likes of world bronze medallist Martin Stamper, German Open winner Damon Sansum, Bianca Walkden and Welsh teenager Jade Jones will all be in action at Sportcity from May 3 - 6, along with Dutch Open champion Aaron Cook, who has been training outside the GB Academy fold, but returns to the squad to defend his European title.

Neil Lennon could be boosted by the returns of Matt Mills, Craig Davies and Emile Heskey, who are expected to undergo late fitness tests with a view to being back in the squad this weekend.

After starting the current campaign on the periphery of Wolves» first team squad, a brief loan spell with Oxford United made a monster of the 20 - year - old, who returned to Molineux with a bang back in October.

Firmino, who is celebrating a recall to the Brazil squad, will be assessed ahead of Tuesday's EFL Cup tie at Derby County with Liverpool confident he will make a swift return.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who had been absent since the Manchester derby defeat to Manchester City at Old Trafford on the 10th September, returned to the squad, taking a place on the bench, which will have stopped some moaning from the supporters.

Sterling — who is expected to return to the Liverpool squad for this weekend's FA Cup tie at Crystal Palace - made the revelation when assisting the announcement of Liverpool's sponsorship deal with Nivea Men, the latest global partner in a growing portfolio.

For the first leg, Ernesto Valverde opted to rest key players like Leo Messi and Luis Suárez, who had only just returned from their Christmas holiday, but both the South American strikers are in the squad of 19 that he named after training on Wednesday evening.

Chelsea trio Cesar Azpilicueta, Pedro and Cesc Fabregas are among five Premier League players in the squad and have all been included alongside Manchester City's David Silva, who returns following his comeback from injury and Manchester United's David De Gea who is set to be Spain's number one this summer.

Douglas Costa is widely regarded as the most exciting player in Shakhtar's squad, and was one of the six players who initially refused to return to Ukraine due to the political turmoil.

Perez, who was signed by Arsenal last summer for # 17 million, has also made it clear that he wants now to return to Deportivo La Coruna, where he hopes that he can push for a place in Spain's World Cup squad.

Dybala, returning to the matchday squad, was sent to warm up though it was Federico Bernardeschi who entered the fray when Higuain could no longer continue, sitting on the turf until the Juve medical team helped him off the pitch.

Team News There's good news for the Gunners as the squad will greet the return of Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who's been struggling to keep away from a...

Greenwood is a replacement for Chelsea's Hannah Blundell, who has withdrawn from Phil Neville's squad because of illness and returned to her club.

Padelli may be a backup to Samir Handanovic, but the Nerazzurri seem to have a full accompaniment of goalkeepers with Francesco Bari returning from a loan spell with Frosinone, Raffale Di Gennaro coming back from his loan stint at Ternana and Romanian Andrei Radu who moved up to the first team last year after playing for Inter's U19 squad since 2014.

Lally, who spent the WeatherTech Championship season with Michael Shank Racing's factory Acura NSX GT3 program, returns to the John Potter - owned squad for 2018, reigniting a five - year partnership that delivered numerous victories and titles.

After making his way to the awaiting chopper, Snake tosses his «cargo» on the whirring machine and then returns to concentrate fire from a suppressed sub machine gun on a squad of soldiers who are trying to turn the fleeing commando into fish food.

Battlefront 2's single - player campaign casts you as Iden Versio, commander of an Imperial special forces squad who's out to avenge the Empire following the events of Return of the Jedi.

Battlefront 2's single - player campaign casts you as Iden Versio, commander of an Imperial special forces squad who's out to avenge the Empire following the events of Return of the Jedi.