Sentences with phrase «against a good side who»

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In this he takes the side of Oliver O'Donovan against the likes of Hauerwas and Yoder who are, for all their antiliberal rhetoric, good liberals.

He sides against the faux - bohemian sophisticates devoid of real virtue and so who have no idea to how to live well as beings born to love and die.

The isolationist party, best known by the name of America First, was in fact a jumble of people with a whole variety of agendas: there were those who believed that the United States should have no truck with Europe and its wars, there were socialists who found nothing to choose among the imperialists on both sides, and there were those who believed that Germany's was not necessarily the wrong side to be on, this latter group itself being a kind of odd amalgam of Anglophobes, anti-Semites who said that the war against Hitler was merely a Jewish war, and immigrant German patriots.

But it was over all good performance... But being Arsenal, they are very unpredictable... We can not assume that we would win comfortably against West Brom next Monday night... They are very hard to break down and it's Tony Pulis side who only play with air balls... Corners and Free kicks... So we have should not feel any euphoric feeling by this point... This should be happening week in week out....

«When you have got the big teams against the big teams, they are the sides who can capitalise more if the other isn't having the best of days.

There is no Thierry Henry, who is away with the Belgium national side, or Dennis Bergkamp, but there is enough quality on show to give a good account of themselves against Fabio Capello's star - studded Glorie team.

they did nt we were just so f# ck & ng predictable because of the same bullshit tactics that may have worked against the smaller teams but against the larger ones at full strength... well you ask the question again as to why we don't beat the top sides, they hire managers like mourinho who are tacticians and take one look at arsenal's team sheet and know exactly what they are doing... there is a reason we haven't beaten them in a while.

It is a club for all standards, whether experienced players who are looking to test themselves against some of the best university sides in the country, or complete beginners, who want to learn the basics.

Let's give credit where its due, spurs gave a good account of themselves drawing against a double defending champion real Madrid side, who last season ruthlessly dispatched a Munich team that had walloped us 10 - 2 the round before

Ozil and Xhaka should be left on the bench in view of their defensive weaknesses against a side like Man City who are likely to dominate possession.Mertz should not be played as he simply does not have the pace to cope with the Man City front three.This may appear a defensive line up but a similar strategy worked well against Chelsea earlier this season and may do so against the most impressive attacking side in the league.

Harry Kane also had a good weekend, netting a hat - trick against a dismal Stoke City side today, leaving himself one behind the leading duo's tally of 17, and he joined Chelsea's Diego Costa, who also scored his 16th league goal of the current campaign.

That's Hummels, who's been called the best defender in the world, going in on the wrong side against Antonio Cassano — who up until the semifinal had been having a relatively indifferent tournament — and gifting the AC Milan forward the space he needed to swing in an ultimately deadly cross.

It's why Bolton did so well against Wenger's side, and why Arsenal are constantly moaning about clubs who do take the time to exploit the flaws in their system.

Except for maybe Achraf, who has been playing for Castilla, players like Theo and Lorente should have done a better job against Leganea, considering they have already played against Good laliga sides prior to joining Madrid.

It's not all bad news for United supporters as a match against either one of Fenerbahce, Young Boys, Sparta Prague, Anderlecht and Panathinaikos could be regarded as the easier route as well as Austrian outfit Rapid Vienna, who will be the lowest ranked side in the competition.

Croatian international is a determined customer who has proven effective wherever he has plied his trade, perhaps best known to English football fans as the man who scored the winner against Steve McClaren's hapless side during an ill fated Euro 2008 qualifier.

So it will not be anywhere near our best team against the Championship side, but who is Wenger likely to play.

Why were we OUTPLAYED OUTHOUGHT and pretty much 2nd best against a side who will probably only just realise their ambition of staying in thePremier league?Simple.They have a manager who COACHES and MOTIVATES his players to achieve to their abilities.When was the last time we could say this?Wenger somehow achieved this in last seasons cup final by getting a fantastic performance on the day with a second rate / string goalkeeper a back three which included a novice, a left back and BFG playing after 37 minutes of football the whole season.Thats not forgetting OX playing LWB.Why can't Wenger Coach and Motivate Players for a season any more?Start the clear out with Wenger and get someone in who can

On to West Ham, they are a pain in the Arse for any side, Slaven Bilic is a very methodical man (he's d #ck) but his tactics are well calculated, for those who followed his career should be aware he is the master of the «smash an grab» especailly against opponents who are better than his own team.

It was our 3rd string DM chamberlain had to be a 5th string CM, we were missing sanchez, cazorla, coquelin, ozil against a very good stoke side where we haven't won in 5 games and who have beaten city and United at home.

Granted, the Eagles had the best receiver in FCS on their side — Cooper Kupp, who caught 117 passes for 1,700 yards and posted 12 for 206 against Washington State in the season opener — but this was an offense similar to Dykes».

I think Arteta is a very good player against smaller, less physical sides where he has time on the ball, but for the big games we need someone who won't get pushed around and bullied.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

We started well and controlled the game against a side who are good, you can see it's a quality team, but once we opened the score I think we were in control.

Zidane was a tough guy who imposed himself against very good sides.

And we need a bit of tactical savvy too, as displayed against a Man City side in their own backyard who many tipped as better than us on paper.

And against a home side who were on a good run of form themselves, Arsenal faced a daunting task.

He failed to make an impression at Bournemouth and on the back of one full 90 minutes against a lower division side there is a clamour for him to replace the likes of Ramsay, Xhaka and Elneny who is in my opinion the best defensive midfielder at Arsenal.Wenger is absolutely correct on this occasion when he points that it is up to Wiltshire to stake a claim to a regular midfield berth by stringing together a number of consistently good performances.I sincerely hope he can but please, no more of this hype after a 90 minute shift.

Loyal comments BUT they choose to ignore that against better teams than inept Everton those costly mistakes you think we «should not focus on», make the difference between really top sides and nearly ones who have talent but accept constant faults.

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.

Any Arsenal fan who watched the lads toil against the League One side Doncaster last night will not need me to tell them that the performance will need to be better when we get back to Premier League action on Monday night, but perhaps that will serve the side well and avoid any sort of complacency.

Unnecessary to risk Sanchez against a physical side like Stoke, keep him on he bench and play Campbell who's been getting better with each game and successfully kept us challenging in the absence of our no17.

It was a good point against an Everton side who will beat a lot of teams at home.

I'm starting to believe there are some people here who have a crush on Xhaka want to brain wash others with his display regardless good or bad and today he was clearly terrible and made two fatal mistakes and if compared to Elneny the later made the 1st goal assist and almost not one touch wrong on the ball despite the few back and side passes which were necessary against a team playing zone defense intimidating any Arsenal player on the ball

What I don't understand is the tactics, counter attacking football works well against sides who are comfortable on the ball and struggle to either gain width, that aren't direct enough in their attack or have no aerial threat.

Stuart McCall's Bradford are unbeaten at home all season, and have only conceded 17 goals in that time so will be looking to take an advantage into the away leg but they come up against a Fleetwood side who have the third best away record in the division.

@SoOpa AeoN It's not a prediction... what I am suggesting is we must make a big statement and I can think of no better way than to hit a clutch of goals — however many — against a Manure side which IS in fact littered with kids, a makeshift backline and who would've played on a Thursday evening.

And of course the Michigan Wolverines, who found themselves on the wrong side of a controversial spot in one of the best games of the year against Ohio State, finished ranked 6th, unable to make a solid case for an invitation to the top four.

It will be interesting to see how well Dembele does against a rejuvenated Bayern side who are on the back of five straight wins, in which they conceded only the one goal, but the Celts are famed for their performances in front of their home crowd, and you wouldn't like to write the Scottish side of at Parkhead.

Liverpool will certainly be much better against a Chelsea side who don't fear them, having struggled against lowlier opposition in recent weeks.

So with the Gunners on a good run of form we are hoping for a good win on Wednesday against a side that could end up deciding who wins the group and who finishes in second place.

not that we are not good enough to beat the best in the world ON OUR DAY and that is just the problem, you never know which AFC will turn up: the one that lost to Olympiakos and Zagreb and gave away a 3 goals lead against PSV or the one who ruthlessly and efficiently dispatched of the 2 Manchester sides home and away....

We might end up in the semis if we go past a tricky Watford side, who've done very well coming from the championship, but they've really failed to get results against the big teams, and I put it down to the fact they're still learning, because they were close to getting points off the big boys on a few occasions.

John Sheridan's side have the strongest defensive record in the division and should maintain that run against Pompey, who have not got the best attacking statistics in the league this season.

Ernesto Valverde: Changes planned for Celta FC Barcelona The blaugrana coach described the Galicians as «important opponents» who «usually play well against the top sides.»

The teenager had a good game against the Americans despite failing to score, but it was Lukaku who stole the show as he netted one goal and was involved in the other to help the European side win 2 - 1 in extra time.

Real Madrid scraped a draw against an Athletic Bilbao side who put in one of their best performances of the season in the Bernabeu in a game played in the shadow of Bayern Munich.

The home side and champions - elect were two goals to the good - the fireworks were being set up as Manchester City were a mere 45 minutes away from winning the Premier League against the eternal enemy in front of their own fans who have waited decades and decades for this moment.

Stoke are just lacking the attacking threat to really make a go of this against a top - six side who are by and large, pretty good on home soil.

The Ecuador international was at his consistent best against a Tottenham side who, in my view, gave this game away and missed Davinson Sanchez, who has been outstanding so far this season.