I still think he should be a guy that comes off the bench
against bigger sides to give us a lift with 20 or 30 minutes remaining in the match.
Predictions: Juventus has started the season with 100 % record at home in the opening 5 league games but they have been underwhelming
against the bigger sides and Napoli will be aware of that.
Or do Arsenal fans just use Ozil as a scapegoat when the whole team plays badly
against the bigger sides?
However, as last season painfully taught the Frenchman, possession is not nine tenths of football as it is the law and those heavy and damaging away drubbings at the hands of Liverpool, Man City, Everton and our opponents this weekend Chelsea have forced the manager to re-evaluate his tactics
against the bigger sides and boy has it paid off, as Wenger explained in a report on the Arsenal website.
Confidence alone won't bring goals or trophies, but a little bit of self belief always helps, especially
against the bigger sides.
It remains to be seen whether his upturn in commitment is due to the January transfer window or more simply that he is keen to prove his worth to Arsenal, but I believe his performance yesterday was amongst his best
against the bigger sides in the division.
In general this season we have performed better
against the bigger sides and we have already beat City at home.
Tottenham will have to try and pick themselves up against Manchester United next weekend, and despite the Red Devils inconsistencies this term, they have been lethal
against the bigger sides.
Make no mistake though, this will show through
against the bigger sides.
Against bigger sides Arteta can be found wanting.
It is the same tactics Tottenham use
against bigger side... They just sit back absorb the pressure and hit them on counter because they have quality attacking players such that Dele, Kane, Erikson Dembele....
If as everyone says Ozil doesn't turn up
against the big sides, then maybe Arsenal should either drop him completely for those games or rest him him for 2 or 3 games before hand so he has no excuse for being tired.
Results
against big sides is very minor factor in the overall course of a season.
History has seen us bottle
it against big sides in the last 10 years and we're likely to do it again.
Injuries, suspension, fatigue, losing form, playing two DM's
against big sides, making sure he's always competing for his place so he isn't complacent.
For the first time ever
against a big side, Arsenal controlled the game for the whole 90 minutes.
Arsenal can only score
against the big sides when they're 2 - 0 down and it looks like all hope is lost.
Many fans are a bit doubtful that we could win today's fixture given our woeful away record
against the big sides.
Moving on though he said «nothing is good enough anymore» and I have to say it's not that nothing is good anymore, it's just that the usual RO16 exit in the champions league and the constant humiliation
against the big sides isn't very good either.
If he goes missing in big games it is because our back 6 are so weak
against the big sides that they can't control possession and play out from the back.
As the quality level of the opposition goes up in the latter stages of the Champions League and when the pressure is on
against the big sides in England in the title race, an issue like that can emerge as a real problem at key moments.
The Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has slowly been improving his side over the years and this summer he has managed to persuade the PSG star Jese Rodriguez to join the club on a year's loan and has also brought in defender Bruno Martins Indi from Porto, and he is hoping to see the team improve on last years home performances
against the big sides, starting with Arsenal tomorrow.
How Wanderers drew
against the biggest side in Germany with Gerald Cid at centre back and Gavin McCann filling it at right back, i'll never know.
This one seemed a bit more interesting in the build - up than an away trip for a Jose Mourinho team
against a bigger side should be, due to Manchester United's surprisingly attacking display at Old Trafford in April.
However, a routine 2 - 0 win at Millwall in the fifth round of the FA Cup last weekend will have lifted spirits somewhat, but this is a team which has suffered some heavy defeats on the road
against the big sides this season: Arsenal (3 - 0), Liverpool (3 - 1), Man Utd (3 - 0) and Tottenham (3 - 0).
The English speedstar has quite the impressive record
against the big sides too.
United have tended to use a cautious approach
against the big sides on the road, but the game at Old Trafford this week could have a different complexion with Mourinho likely to be desperate for the win.
Not exact matches
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I advised
against the SF role because it was a
bigger company and his role would be pushing paper from one
side of his desk to the other.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants you to know he's on your
side in the epic battle of consumers
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big wireless bills.
Let's hope that when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the case on October 2, the Justices will
side with regular working people like Hobson, not with the
big bosses and corporations who want to use the fine print to rig the rules
against the rest of us.
Man United's danger - man Romelu Lukaku will take most of the plaudits today, as the Belgian did well
against a
big West Brom defence as his
side won their sixth games in their last seven.
Arsenal could do with the goal threat of Lacazette in such a
big game
against a defensively solid Spurs
side riding high in the Premier League.
After Arsenal's recent frustration and lack of success in front of goal, a fast start was always going to be a
big help
against a well organised and defensively strong
side and we could hardly have asked for more.
FC Koln do not appear a huge threat on paper, but players can often be lifted by a
big occasion and
against a
side who are expected to win, and we mustn't get complacent.
Arsene playing a balanced team will give you positive results, especially playing
against a
big team, over the past years we have continued to use players not suited for certain positions, we actually had a player who used left foot on the left
side of the field who got in attacking position, Kolasinac to me was the most important player going forward and defending.
Some fans are already uploading footage of themselves gathering ahead of the
big game as Liverpool hope to produce a memorable night
against Pep Guardiola's all - conquering City
side.
My
biggest regret is dat, we missed a
big opportunity to win d cl last season
against a poor Real Madrid
side.
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, spoke of his
side's disadvantage of playing at home first — therefore the north London outfit will be looking to take a
big lead
against the Russian
side — as the Gunners» record away in eastern Europe is patchy to say the least.
Against big rivals at Anfield, this Liverpool
side twisting and wiped all things like Tazmanian devil.
I would prefer wenger say right I'm giving cech the
biggest games, cup finals, EPL games
against the top half of the league and games in the champions league
against the best 2
sides.
A 4 - 1 win
against the
side that have proved to be Bayern Munich's
biggest challengers in the German top flight this season meant that the game in the Stadio San Paolo was going to be nothing more than a procession, unless Dieter Hecking's
side could make a fast start.
Daily Fantasy Football game Oulala.com have taken a look at Arsenal's record
against the other «
big six» Premier League teams when Ozil has featured in the
side since he joined in 2013, as well as his individual contribution too.
You as a visitor know it is going to be a tough task to play
against technical Arsenal
sides and it was always a
big test for us but we seemed to have success in recent years.
It'll be another
big test to Trent, I think they will still target his
side and Lovren and it's a completely different kind of fight
against City, since they are gonna punt it long to Dzeko (much like how United did).
«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.
Walcott have good off ball movement and finishing is good and he scores
against big team.but he lacks other aspects of the game.our left
side of defence is covered.right
side also with Berlin and ox, but don't know why our back 3 sometimes look shaky.
Ozil has been questioned when it comes to the
big games, that he's invisible when we play
against top
sides.
Other than the runs both
sides are on, there will definitely be changes from both
sides, with Arsenal facing a difficult trip to Leicester next while Tottenham have an even
bigger test
against Man City.
Did we not win fa cups what do you mean by not a winning
side would of won epl to if other
big teams would of showed up
against Leicester we were the only ones to beat them twice and up until last year qualified for champions league how is that not winning?