Sentences with phrase «against higher calibre»

Former Liverpool star Steve McManaman believes his former team perform better against higher calibre opposition and is confident they will pick up a positive result against Tottenham this weekend.

The players will not grown and develop in their main positions (as much as they otherwise would have), unless they play out of position, against the highest calibre of players, so to say that it should only be done when they are young, once again, shows a severe lack of understanding of how players fully develop.

The one positive for Bolton is that all three of their recent defeats have come against high calibre opposition, the finest in the league in fact.

Not exact matches

It remains to be seen how Pato fares against higher - calibre foes throughout the rest of the season, but today's developments suggest that he is more likely to have a Stamford Bridge future than Falcao!

We have only conceded two goals in the tournament — against high - calibre opposition, the best.

But this can largely be explained by the style of play espoused by Simone's men, with defensive rigidity prioritised and Atleti often happy to cede possession for large chunks of games and play on the counter, especially against high - calibre opposition.

The the remaining four, however, were all away from home and against opposition of the highest calibre in Man City (1 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0), Chelsea (1 - 0) and Liverpool (2 - 1), so the fact they went down in all four by a single goal is a tremendous achievement, a back - handed compliment if you like considering a loss is still a loss in football nowadays.

It is true that the four latest results came against teams of the highest calibre and included a 3 - 3 with Spain after a 1 - 0 defeat to Argentina in November.

The Police Service should be attracting the best calibre of candidate possible when set against a nationally recognised standard and without the requirement for higher educational qualifications.

B.J. Blazkowicz is given a sub-machine gun by one of his fellow resistance fighters very early on, while further weaponry found along the way includes a high calibre automatic rifle which is effective even in medium to long range combat, alongside pistols which are the side - arm of choice for Nazi commanders when up against a lightly armoured enemy at close range; a variation of a shotgun albeit with three barrels rapidly firing shells; hand grenades are capable of destroying certain flammable surfaces which can create an escape route for B.J. under given circumstances; and more besides.