Sentences with phrase «with penny pinching»

I do not subscribe to the view that their tenure has been synonymous with penny pinching yet do not feel that they have spent their money wisely; the value of their asset has undoubtedly increased but on the back of the money pouring into the game rather than as a result of their own efforts in develop the footballing side of the club.
With this penny pinching board.
People will say it's crazy to think Wenger doesn't want to win the title, I'm not wholly saying that but just like the person who wants to lose weight but is eating fatty foods every day won't lose their desired weight, Wenger can't win the title with his penny pinching philosophy.
I imagine if Ranieri could bring Leister the title, he'll be the only one from this modern football money monkey managers matter, that done it with his penny pinching pocket.
and we all know Wenger drives a hard deal with his penny pinching ways..
takes ages with the penny pinching, then it all falls through at the last minute, to then hear «we tried»?
I wouldn't hold my breath though, as wenger will surely balls this up with his penny pinching offer.?
If the board decides to continue in this path with their penny pinching, Arsenal may never smell top 4 finish for a long time to come.
Now it's too late, arsene or whoever it is has bored them with their penny pinching bids and dithering, same old arsenal and arsene.
It saddens me when our rivals are so fast to hijack out targets, but we never even try hijack theirs (coz we know with our penny pinching & lack of ambition will make good players accept the rivals), of the 6 top teams in England, which club is going after the Nigerian kid we are after?
With starting iPhones expected at the usual $ 650 and the all - new top - end model going for $ 1,000 or more, some competitors decided to bring out much cheaper models to fill the void with penny pinching consumers.

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While some observers take issue with the suggestion that the city is in some way «closed for business,» others wonder if Ford's penny - pinching, tax - cutting agenda goes much beyond the platitudes that helped vault him into the city's top office.
«The post-recession reality is that the customer base for businesses that appeal to the middle class is shrinking as the top tier pulls even further away... big stores and restaurants are chasing richer customers with a wider offering of high - end goods and services, or focusing on rock - bottom prices to attract the expanding ranks of penny - pinching consumers.»
My mother pinched pennies at the grocery store; some weeks we were so close we had to shop with a calculator.
There would be no penny - pinching or shady shell games with the payroll.
I don't see what charging incredibly high ticket prices whilst penny - pinching in the transfer market had to do with good moral values.
City and CHelsea will completely revamp their squad this summer with no problem, meanwhile we will be penny pinching and relying on inexperienced players to come good.
If he hadn't been penny pinching, and actually bought some defensive muscle along with Cech — Kante would've been a good start, I doubt if AS would've left at all, so he's actually lost money by being stingy.
if only he and his lousy scouts could only find Varane's and martial's talent when they were at 16 years old, he might then could bargain for his penny pinching style to buy them cheaply as he did with anelka.
People have been saying it is Wenger penny pinching, we all seen how Auba was a Sven recommendation and Gazidis was in Dortmund along with Huss who does contracts, no Wenger.
Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off
I said previously that Wenger did a fantastic job steering us to CL places on limited funds, but he seems to stuck in his penny pinching ways to keep pace with the new managers coming into the league.
I do nt know what is the heck with this morata story, man he worm bench in Juventus now all of the sudden he is 60mil... Even if we do nt buy striker and he is our last hope i would love if arsene start to penny pinching about this one..
For years words such as miser and scrooge have been used to describe the manager, and now that he's ready to remind the football word that arsenal is a force to be reckoned with, most fans want him to penny pinch smh.
The manager actually said he wanted def signings but the CEO was trying to penny pinch on the Auba deal with a low bid and took the whole window to sign him.
Apparently Wenger is holding back the majority of the funds for a Striker, hence the extra, extra, extra penny pinching with Mustafi, some rumours suggested that we haven't even bid for that player, yet!
I don't think Wenger hides the injury issues, I think if anything he trys to play on them and force the penny pinching yanks at AFC to part with some money.
We have a cheapskate club who has trouble penny pinching as is... With a look at all the players contracts running down there's a lot of work that needs to be done over the summer.
I think the problem with not getting the Lacazette deal over the line is because we are penny pinching again..
Not saying Wenger should be sacked immediatly but if he doesn't come into action in January to fix this WITH QUALITY NOT PENNY - PINCHING FOR SECOND RATE PLAYERS he should probably be given more time this season.
total failure... Can you believe Wenger spent 32 millions on 2 average players (Chambers and Welbeck) and is penny pinching when is sbout real class players?What is in his mind?Pay a fortune in salary for mediocre players live Walcott, Ramsey and Wilshere and have hesitations about increasing Sanchez wages... keeping on books failures like Sanogo... The truth is - I say it for years and years - until the «British core» disapears, we are not going to be succesful.The low quality of British players is dragging the team back.Last time Arsenal was a powerhouse NONE of the first 11 was British.Wanna see how the British quality looks like in a football team - look no further than national sides of England, Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, even Ireland (not British but same style)- all mediocre teams «able» to be defeated by any team coming to mind.And you are asking about Chambers?He is in the same mold like Wilshere,Walcott,Ox,Ramsey,Gibs,Jenkinson - mediocre overpriced and overpaid players.The world is full with hungry, ambitious and skilled players living in poverty and dreaming of moving to the top at any cost or sacrifice (did you see the poor house - if you can call that house, looking more like an old tent - in which Alexis Sanchez grew up?Or Suarez?)
Liverfool... penny pinching... Bottlerham young players with resale value....
what a heck does the person dealing with transfers / Scouts are useless and then Wenger plays the penny pinching every time so teams sell to the more direct approach.i'm not looking with enthusiasm the coming season and it is not because today's defeat but because the top 4 got stronger and we will get weaker without Alexis and likely Ox.»
AW may have grown too penny pinching and too loyal to his players for my liking in recent times, but I took exceptions with comments such as he is a fraud etc etc....
I can't see the point of releasing all this stuff, it's not as if he needs fans to be any any more furious with him and his penny pinching ways, especially when we are bled dry over season ticket prices.
Now even if we did manage to somehow to launch a bid of # 35 Million, it wouldn't for Sterling, You must have forgot who is currently managing Arsenal (The Penny pinching, Tesco Slogan, Bargain Hunter) For 35 Million there is far better with way more potential Lacazette, Quinterro (the list is too long).
In my opinion, those people are more responsible of the penny pinching policy in Arsenal, making Arsenal unable to compete with better squad.
Wenger has however won the FA cup last season and he has kept us in the top 4 until last season with players who he didn't trust fully and a squad made up of penny pinching versions of what he wanted, to maintain top 4 with that handicap isn't a bad thing.
Wenger doesn't sign those players anymore, and the penny pinching board are content with Wenger.
Now Henry doesn't seem the penny pinching kinda guy, how do we protect him against the board in the future when he wants to spend and the board has a problem with that?
Brendan Rogers with hampered by this «transfer committee» or whatever it was that essentially stopped Willian, Firminio (although it happened a year later), and even our own Sanchez from going there due to delays and penny pinching.
Juventus are really stupid with that kinda derisory offer for a player like Sanchez... especially if they eventually sell PP for 100m???? that's penny pinching beyond even Wenger..
I will say I do not know who Mustafi was wanted by, I didn't read Wenger wanting him and wooing him like he did with Alexis and Xhaka, how Ozil said talks with Wenger convinced him AFC was the team after RM... Funny how 2 of that 4 was signed at least 12 months after Wenger had shown interest in them while Sven shown interest in Auba and AFC got him in the same window for a record fee, tried penny pinching still but hey....
With Arsenal having missed out on other signings in recent years due to similar penny - pinching negotiations, their fans will no doubt be urging the club just to stump up the money to get the deal the done before a rival club does.
There will be the guy that hates the board and will repeatedly accuses them of penny - pinching / misleading / talking to media too much / not giving supporters enough information; another who is adamant that we are paying well over the odds for every player linked (as if the transfer fee was coming out of his own pocket); and the bloke that doesn't like or want us to do business with certain other clubs.
With our penny - pinching transfer policy and negligible team management I am not hopeful at all.
Yes, families with one parent at home do cut corners but every family, even those with two working parents, should be looking for ways to pinch pennies.
That means you're pinching a penny with your glutes (butt), pulling your quads (front of your thighs) up high, calves tight, and adductors (inner thighs) together.
With that major purchase on the horizon, we're pinching our pennies and planning to spend the weekend at home with new recipes to try and cocktails to mixWith that major purchase on the horizon, we're pinching our pennies and planning to spend the weekend at home with new recipes to try and cocktails to mixwith new recipes to try and cocktails to mix up.
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