Sentences with phrase «whole squad as a whole»

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I also think we need to think about the squad as a whole and the likely impact on individuals when these names are banded around.

The Spanish giants lost a whole host of big names from their squad last summer as well, with Chelsea again benefitting as they brought in Diego Costa and Filipe Luis, while Thibaut Courtois also returned to Stamford Bridge after three years on loan at the Vicente Calderon, making him almost like a new signing as well.

«When you look at the whole squad, it doesn't matter if the manager rotates slightly because we can compete as a team, no matter who is playing.

With Alexis now as the main star in a very strong looking squad, when fit, Wenger might well find his job of persuading big name players to head to north London a whole lot easier.

For the second straight year they were among the favorites to win the whole thing and while they haven't won a sought - after Crown just yet, they are a relatively young group that will bring most of the squad back in 2017 where they will once again have as good of a shot as any for the Championship.

As he will focus this whole offseason on a defensive scheme that can't and won't be grasped by this squad..

For too long now the bar has been set far too low with regards to expectations for the club as a whole, and this squad in particular.

What's more, a marquis signing such as Suarez could lift the whole squad, though fortunately Liverpool's owners are well aware he will not come cheap.

While in some instances it appeared as though it was a scrap just to bring in top names to not only improve the respective squads but also to build the popularity and strength of Chinese football as a whole, it's been claimed that Hebei have a bigger plan in mind.

the problem is the complacency that has gotten hold of Wenger's brain due to lack of pressure from the top has infected the whole club... Wenger knows his job is as safe and forth knoxx so LOSING IS AN OPTION in the scheme of things, there is always another game to make things right, always another season to try again and this, whether consciously or otherwise is a malaise that has infected the player» a pysche... I have said this so many times, Fergie won the league with a squad that less than half the quality our present squad possess and in a tougher more competitive seaaon

However, our squad as a whole is very strong.

Do they think the squad as a whole is strong enough to challenge Chelsea and Man United for the Premier League title and to help bring an end to a five season long silverware drought?

So I wouldn't go as far as saying our whole squad is rotten.

I think the main thing is he doesn't say he won't buy players, but rather he only wants to add top quality and the squad as a whole is sorted.

But as per usual Wenger thinks we have enough squad depth to compete for the whole season.

Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.

But the opposite should also be true and just as I saw the pictures of our latest training session on the Arsenal.com website as a massive boost, with the likes of Ozil, Ramsey, Walcott, Giroud and Koscielny all fit and healthy, the whole squad must grab the positives and use it as a mental boost.

, Cazorla and Rosicky are still a long way from being ready to play, and we also know that Gabriel is back in Brazil having treatment, but otherwise Wenger has practically his whole squad to choose from but will want to save as many legs for Tuesday as possible.

However, Martinez is said to have upset the Portuguese coach as he spoke to the media first and kept the whole Blues squad waiting.

Now our first team might be slightly behind, but our actual squad as a whole is probably more balanced.

Big ups to the Burnley squad as a whole.

But if Sanchez is being awkward and it is affecting the whole squad then it is vital that the rest of the Arsenal players step up to help out the boss and allow him to be has hard on the striker as he deems necessary.

He has made some decent signings this season, our team has a solid backbone and a plethora of options up front, not to mention squad depth as a whole.

But the truth is that the way the Arsenal squad is suffering with the ever growing and changing injury list, having next week off could be absolutely vital for the season as a whole.

However, recently, United have been linked with a whole host of stars such as Juventus ace Paulo Dybala, Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez and Gremio midfielder Arthur Melo, players that would drastically improve the quality of this current United squad and help them close the gap on Guardiola's side.

Still a whole lot to prove, but signs are finally more encouraging as the squad becomes almost complete.

Yes it IS true!!!!!!! we have NOT won a premier league in ten years or more and have NEVER own a champions league IF we don't improve on the squad we have nothing will change as has been proven the current squad are not good enough as a whole.

The biggest problem has been wenger for long time now «project» run Arsenal football club as an academy and try to prove to everyone else he is the one who knows better and try to bring in kids who have potential but not ready for 1st team resisting spending money to improve squad depth and cling in on average players: Iwobi, welbeck, theo, chambers, holding and player other players on wrong position Monreal and not give opportunity to good footballer Perez and Campell also you have been holding too much power from transfer, players contracts, arsenal finances as a whole and now all that BS start to backfire

I know that they are not all his fault — us as a whole squad have been horrendous.

im happy to see chambers step into that role if we buy a quality cb and bellerni is brought in as right back cover i think the lad has what it takes wana see wenger use more rotation from the squad this season its been said on here already its vital we use our whole squad and if wenger is not confident in our back up players he should go out and buy more instead of saying hes happy with the players he has then not using them

You need to keep your whole squad happy otherwis eyou end up with squillacis and denilsons on the bench again as theo and wilsehre go and join lpool and city.

Wenger has lost his tactical touch and coaching prowess to develop gems, I am not saying he should stay as manager, I refuse to blame him for all the transfers and as such the quality of the whole squad.

2 massive games coming up before then and we need to play the fittest players we have that doesn't necessarily mean our best x1 as our whole 31 man squad is good now and by the time we play city on next weekend it could be that giroud is our only absentee.

ADMIN COMMENT — Looking at the Arsenal squad as whole there is not one player that really stands out as a leader, except perhaps Laurent Koscielny.

Very possible indeed but we need to improve particularly on picking up runners that run in from the middle but as the Ox said the whole 25 man squad most contribute well and be prepared to put in a good shift last year we were bullied by westham I was nervous through well until we started to register our attacks on the board there is still a long way to go we need to keep our legs on the ground and push up together game by game well done Arsenal

# 40million + c / f and # 20 million d / m — c / h hybrid should see us majorly improve the squad as a whole.

Maybe if AS - 07 leaves, that may fire up the whole squad to stand up and fight for the self - respect of the team and to prove to all the SNAKES who use ARSENAL as a stepping - stone for big paychecks that we are a fottballing family and money is not greater than than any family..AS - 07 leaves, that may fire up the whole squad to stand up and fight for the self - respect of the team and to prove to all the SNAKES who use ARSENAL as a stepping - stone for big paychecks that we are a fottballing family and money is not greater than than any family..as a stepping - stone for big paychecks that we are a fottballing family and money is not greater than than any family....

As much as i like and respect the 2players they are not on level with Mesut or Santi... these 2 have created 81 chances this season so far, same as the whole 300m + Man Utd squaAs much as i like and respect the 2players they are not on level with Mesut or Santi... these 2 have created 81 chances this season so far, same as the whole 300m + Man Utd squaas i like and respect the 2players they are not on level with Mesut or Santi... these 2 have created 81 chances this season so far, same as the whole 300m + Man Utd squaas the whole 300m + Man Utd squad.

History shows we shouldn't be worried about how bringing in aWC player will affect some1 like Coquelin, having greater quality around should help him improve, an what if he get injured?many fans seem to be 4getting that one of the reasons Coquelin never had a good run in the team over the years is down to his record of injuries last season aside.The team as a whole is more important than the individual, bringing in top quality improves the squad / team, so i disagree with you, there should be no dilemma.

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...

All season long this Rookie squad simply stormed through the competition and as the Playoffs began they were a clear front - runner to win the whole thing.

This game also has the potential to be the Game of the Week as both squads have the talent and skill level on their rosters to win the whole thing.

If our squad stayed fit the whole season then we could capitalise on their misfortune, but as we all know it is inevitable that key players will get injured, so we will not beat them to the title without a big striker, one of reus / Cavani / Falcao

So far Wenger has refused to rotate much, but as the season goes on he will have to start using the whole squad, even for some League games, if we don't want to risk our top players burning out.

What's not right is these very English players barely or does nothing to improve our squad as a whole and that has been the case for years to be truthful.

These decisions, taken as a whole, have again strengthened our squad for this season's competitions.

Its Not really as simple as everyone thinks Wenger has done really collosal things at the club and should rightly be feted as one of our greatest managers, HOWEVER over the last three or four years his persona and his ability have declined rapidly yet he still belives that he is right and and the whole of the rest of the footballing world are wrong, last summer even the hated and loathed Adrian Durham stated that all Wenger needed was three key players to turn the squad into the PL winning side it should be, that was a keeper, a CDM and a world class striker.

Yes he's talented but even Lionel Messi who's more talented at the age of 20 went to the olympics with Argentina in 2008 so as to gain more experience, to depend on Iwobi at such a young age shows our squad as a whole is not good enough

January transfer should include the best psychiatrist in the world and every player as well as the squad in whole should attend daily sessions with our newest signing.

Gnabry was injured the whole season as well so it is not about squad spots when it comes to us.