Sentences with phrase «league game in your mind»

With the upcoming Premier League games in mind, however, I reckon that Alexis, Ramsey, Cazorla and Monreal could be rested, with Walcott, Wilshere, Rosicky and Gibbs coming in.

«It does because for managers, you have the next Premier League game in your mind when you go into Europe sometimes.

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Usually so entertaining and attack - minded, Arsenal have managed only five goals in six Premier League games so far, eight fewer than both Leicester City and West Ham.

Nelson is an exciting player and would not mind seeing him in the community shield and the Europa league and other minor cup game.

That in turn means that the league leaders still need five points from their last six games, and while many will fancy them to do that, Guardiola is seemingly either playing mind games or is genuinely concerned about the impact that recent results are having on his side.

Now the spirits are good in the Arsenal camp, at least in the league where we have created some momentum and are on a good run, and as I was watching the Watford game a few things came to my mind.

To read down the Newcastle teamsheet for their first game in the rebranded Champions League is to feel the phrase «much - maligned» pop into your mind three times.

I would like to tell arsenal fan that the transfer window is not arsenal's problem.Let explain what is in my mind.We need to reinforce our team but we need to think in the future that most of the high class players are going to refuse signing for arsenal fc because of Mr Wenger's philosophy.It looks like arsenal becomes cemetery of players.How many players came in and left because of performance, became good players out of arsenal.We need to accept all of the transformation Mr wenger brings in arsenal but now it does not work.Why??? because lack of tactics, strategies and pretending best players for Mr wenger mind but in reality those players do not get standard of best player.Mr wenger wants to prove everybody that he is wright that players who are calling by wenger are best.I means Mr wenger is the only one can see all matter in good position or bad.He is wrong by thinking this way.He does not like criticism.he is the mind of arsenal.Everything he can say or defend is wright.Think about morrinho comments about arsenal!!!! Why he likes to be arsenal coach!!!! One thing I want to say about arsenal players, I think everybody watch arsenal games.We have got short mind players who play two good games and the rest shameless.They are working hard in the training ground for catching Mr wenger's mind to let them play; what is behind their (players) mind to be the most regular players.Those players have no vision even ambition; they are never becoming high class and their carriers are going to finish in arsenal after arsenal we are going to see them playing for championship.They do not care to become legend as Ian wright, Vierra, Berckam, piress, Henry... What is the big behind their mind to use wenger name to be selected in national team.They are not able to face different leagues in the world.

Before you mention rotation keep in mind we have other important games in FA cup and champs league so the idea of using reserve players should be thrown out of the window.

With that in mind, is it time for Arsene Wenger to sacrifice the remaining two group games, perhaps playing a League Cup style team full of young players?

We the Fans were overconfident about this game after having a few good games, we had to keep in mind that this was the team (SPUDS) that massacred the CHELSKIS not too long ago scoring 5 goals against arguably the best team in the league, in all fairness we came out fine, the SPUDS could have scored at least 2 more if it was not for OSPINA.

Cazorla, mind you, has started the last couple of games at central midfield — in the Champions League against Besiktas and in the Premier League against Leicester — and looks to have played his part to perfection.

As a matter of fact, Wilshere injury was a «blessing» as that deluded manager of ours put in his mind that he was to become our new «chef d'orchestre» when he clearly does not have the quality and the skills (15 games as a number 10 and we won only 5... This is where we lost the league if we were supposed to win it.

Sometimes I retrospect about some classic Arsenal games over the years, and one of such games which always come to mind is the 1st leg Champions league round of 16 clash at home against Barcelona in the 2010/2011 season.

Yes I know that it might be a little bit petty and small minded for Arsenal fans to take some pleasure from the suffering of others, but Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is a former player who showed our club no love or respect when forcing his transfer to our Premier League rivals Liverpool during the summer transfer window, so that makes him fair game in my book.

This could of course just be mind games of sorts as PSG and Real meet in the Champions League this week in what promises to be one of the games of the season.

I believe that the qualifying for the CL will again put us in a very competitive frame of mind for the upcoming league games (Chelsea and city on the horizon) and hopefully beat some of our nearest competitors..

They conceded 42 goals in 38 Premier League games, significantly more than the top three which may have bridged the gap if they were tighter at the back while with the Champions League also in mind, they'll have to be better defensively.

These are done with 49ers history in mind and with the condition that the games will be scheduled earlier in the season and would not be league games like they were this year due to the earlier cancellation from Aug. 30.

Olivier Giroud an excellent player and when on form is as good as anyone in any league, however his consistency is that of a rice pudding as was proved in the first Monaco game he misses the sticks as much as he doesn't and while I in no way condone selling him I really do feel that competition for the front spot would sharpen his mind and his game and that can only be good thing.

After facing our fourth game in the English Premier League this weekend, Arsenal will face the first of the six group games in the Europa League and if Arsene Wenger is true to his word it is likely to be a much changed team that lines up for the Gunners and that could well mean that we do not get a good result, but will the Arsenal fans really mind or will we accept that Wenger needs to focus all his attention on the EPL games?

Arsenal fans are aware that the manager is going to put the domestic league games first anyway so we would not mind seeing a weakened Arsenal in the Europa League, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match inleague games first anyway so we would not mind seeing a weakened Arsenal in the Europa League, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match inLeague, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match instead.

As reported by The Mirror today, Sherwood has played down the fact that his team were beaten at home by Burnley in their final Premier League game and suggested that he will instruct his players to go out with an open and attacking frame of mind in the FA cup final at Wembley on Saturday.

They are the only one of that top group of clubs we are still to beat in the Premier League while I think most fair minded people would consider that we owe them one after the travesties in the games against them last season.

When I mentioned the two teams in the other Final4 game were 2 of the 3 or 4 best in the League — Team Fisher was who else I had in mind..

Hughes averages 2.5 tackles per game for Derby County in the Championship this season, which is more than any Liverpool midfielder's Premier League challenge rate bar the more defensively minded Lucas Leiva.

However, he may also be attempting to take his mind of Saturday evening's Champions League final, where both Real and Atleti will contest the grandest prize in the continental game while Barca — still the reigning champions — watch on.

Next game in the league is Villa but that has to be put in the back of the mind as this is the biggest game of our season so far away to Olympiacos and we want the big games at the Emirates is 2016.

There will certainly be a temptation in the mind of Arsene Wenger to include the man that the Arsenal fans voted as the best player of last season in the matchday squad for the opening game of the Premier League.

This is a decent article, yet the negatives from fans are still there, I would love to see arsenal like I did at the end of the 90's and at the beggining of the 2nd millennium but it doesn't mean in order to do so I would buy all the best players in world, I would get a rich owner to put his filthy money in, change the manager every 2 years to do so, there's so much wrong in football nowadays that yes it's still a sport but there's more focus on the filthy amounts of money being spent on clubs and players that I think attracts more attention than the game itself, now that is wrong and it's very wrong, even our owner though not like the arabs or Russians, yet the yank is clueless about the tradition of our game, it's just sad, so the fact that Wenger has remained for this long through all these changes that have occurred whilst the money game has elvolved, it makes me happy that arsenal do not spend stupid amounts of money on players, we don't try and buy the league, hell we even tight with wages and transfer fees, I'm glad it's like that, though our season ticket is a rip off I still don't mind it because at least we are not like the other supreme teams, there's a bit of tradition left at our club, yet you go to man shitty or Chelski, there is no tradition, it's all about buying ur way all the way to the top, on the other hand spuds don't know what to make of them besides how the heck have they finished above us?

Wenger chose to largely base his selection with the midweek champions league game in the back of his mind, with both Alexis and Giroud sitting on the bench, whilst Perez, Chamberlain and Walcott, all who could play an important part out in France, were all substituted to ensure their fitness doesn't drop too low.

After 10 games, United boast the best defensive record in the league, and if it continues to help deliver results and potentially trophies, then Mourinho won't mind one bit if certain sections of the media or supporters don't like it.

They haven't been perfect, mind, and a few teams have provided the blueprint for getting the beating of them, blueprints that Arsenal would have done well to follow in our league cup game.

i can see wot you mean ice, there all like minded and all the same type player, evenin how easily they get injured, its mad... but im not sure where we would put def minded players in a system that has served us wel thus far, i just think the players we hav did nt work hard enough to getbehind the ball yesterday and alot of it was left to song whod been on intern duty and had travelled halfway round the world to get home, like i said i was hugely dissapointed with nasri, ros and ramsey who i felt did nt put in a shift worthy of beating such a resolute opponent, even AW was exasperated after the game and offered no excuse just that you cant expect to win games / leagues on this performance... when we go down i these games its always the same, with a whimper... there were 15 mins left when we conceded and you could be sure utd and chelsea woulda got their equaliser but we simply cant re-raise our game when wer only going through the motions in these games

Despite the lowest payroll of the top six, Tottenham, through Daniel Levy's wage - suppressing mind games, came into the season with what looked like the most settled (and possibly best) starting XI in the league.

Both Madrid sides have Champions League commitments on their mind and face a couple of tricky games in La Liga on the way whilst Barca can focus their attention to their league commitments as they hope to clinch the title and extend their current lead at thLeague commitments on their mind and face a couple of tricky games in La Liga on the way whilst Barca can focus their attention to their league commitments as they hope to clinch the title and extend their current lead at thleague commitments as they hope to clinch the title and extend their current lead at the top.

After all it's not like we have much to play for in the league and so to my mind the remaining games of this season should be focused on a) blooding younger players who could potentially plug gaps — like Reiss Nelson as a possible wide player, and b) having a go at getting a settled and sorted team with players who understand each other's position in readiness for next season.

This will be just the third ever Premiership meeting between the two sides yet already, just five games into the season, it's a pivotal one between free - falling Bolton, who have now lost three games on the spin in the league following their emphatic 5 - 0 home defeat at the hands of Manchester United last weekend, and a Norwich side still looking for their first Premiership victory for well over six years − it has been a great deal longer since they were victorious on their travels, mind.

Burnley's under - 23 programme is clearly being used with next season and beyond in mind with trialists featuring in most games now, yet, despite last Thursday's win, we are a point further behind at the bottom of the league than we were a week ago.

With this in mind, a new study has analysed the closing stages of each Premier League side's home games to evaluate what fans could be missing out on by leaving before the final whistle.

The Merengues never seemed to be totally focused in last night's game, which is easily understandable if we have in mind that the Champions League action returns next week, with a capital clash against Galatasaray.

Ezra, Eboue has started to improve his game and we should all acknowledge this... he even had a good game against Roma in the first leg... Walcott is an impact player and we should use him in the 2nd half, he can cause all sorts of problems when Roma are trying to push for the Kill... Song can be replaced with Diaby but always keep in mind that the CL is open and not like the league... Song and Eboue linked well against Burnley and if given a chance they may also translate this to the CL.

Owen Coyle will have no doubt hand - picked plenty of positives from a festive period which didn't exactly reap may rewards in terms of points, though even the potential manager of the season will have his fair share of concerns regarding his team's current frame of mind following ta three - match sequence without registering a win in the league, a run that probably wasn't remedied by a 2 - 0 FA Cup third - round victory over Conference side York City simply because it was scruffy and very fortuitous, not to mention required Coyle to draft in his big boys in the dyeing embers of the game.

Adam's transfer request couldn't have come at a worse time for Blackpool chief Ian Holloway, whose charges are not only facing a formidable Manchester United side on Tuesday night but are also in a poor frame of mind following four defeats in their last five league games, five in their last six in all competitions if you include their 2 - 0 defeat in the third - round of the FA Cup to Southampton.

Warner Bros. has released another new clip from the upcoming DC supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad which sees Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) trying to convince Slipknot (Adam Beach) that the bomb implanted in their necks is just «mind games»; watch it below after the official synopsis... SEE ALSO: Batman isn't the only Justice League member in Suicide Squad It feels -LSB-...]

He went outside and shot it.Fortunately for Nicki Jo, a 2 1/2 - year - old collie - cocker spaniel mix, she has recovered from the BB gun wound in her shoulder.On Wednesday, Circuit Judge Dwight Geiger sentenced Komara to work 100 hours at the Animal Rescue League, make a $ 3,000 donation, pay $ 124 in veterinary bills and serve 18 months» probation.The sentence came despite psychiatrist Richard Penick's testimony that Komara was «driven» to the shooting «by over 18 months of almost continuous, mind - boggling yapping of an unattended dog, which made it impossible to eat a quiet meal at home or to watch a ball game.

Sulking in the depression of hoarding up games, he tries to take his mind off by playing Rocket League, CSGO and PUBG while his true love remains in games like Witcher 3, Nier: Automata and Hollow Knight.

I'll be the first to admit that I am a more casual Forza fan, but the league play aspect to the game immediately clicked in my head as another way to improve my game, racing with like - minded people and moving up and down in divisions.