Sentences with phrase «against in the top clubs»

I have looked at goals for and against in the top clubs this season and it is difficult to draw any conclusions.

Not exact matches

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

We came second in the group, lets wait and see the draw before we all start going ape s ** t. I'm thinking we should all hope to get Barcelona and any other giant club which claws it's way back on top, hoping against it has hardly ever worked, so bring on Barca and we'll show them a thing or two about the new and improved A-Team.

Who knows, he could do better than three FA cup wins in the last four years, three community shield wins in the last four years, twenty years of champions league participation and overseeing the building of a magnificient stadium that has propelled us into the top five clubs in the world, All I can say is this, after supporting Arsenal for over sixty years Arsene Wenger is the best their was, the best their is and the best their ever will be and despite numerous attempts to organise protests against him the anti wenger brigade has always failed miserably.

In fairness, with Chelsea unlikely to make the top four and up against it to win a trophy at all this season, it's easy to understand why Conte might not be too bothered about individual achievements at the club.

It is hard to root against them as they've done well, but to date in the league they've only played Tottenham and Arsenal from the top 6 clubs and they drew to the Spurs at home and lost 2 - 5 at home to the Arsenal.

Villa, who was the top scorer at Euro 2008 and joint top scorer at the 2010 World Cup, broke his tibia playing for Barcelona in a Club World Cup match against Qatari side Al - Sadd way back in December 2011.

It may only have been against the EPL's bottom club Swansea City but it will have given our opponents a nice boost as it keeps them in the top half of the league and was their third win in six games and a rare three points on the road.

The Italian coach was relieved of his duties earlier in the week, and while some members of the Merengues squad — including star man Cristiano Ronaldo — were against the manager's dismissal [via the Telegraph], some of the club's players may well be happy to see a change at the top.

A lack of trophies could come back to haunt them as they fell short in the FA Cup at the weekend and look likely to finish second in the Premier League this season, and perhaps that could work against them this summer if top clubs around Europe are looking to convince their best players to leave north London.

Arsenal CAN win the League and we have been challenging at the top against the richest clubs in the world for the last 15 years.

Spot on bro... the problem with most of us Arsenal fans is that we've been made to accept average as our only option after been promised by Gazidis and other members of the board that we will compete with top European clubs... i feel some players need to be allowed to go in order for better ones who are ambitious and hungry for titles to come in... and someone made mention of Giroud saving Arsenal in a few games like the countless chances he's missed that could have put the club in better positions could be equated right... he should have done that against Watford, west brom and the rest... truth be told..

Buffon + BBC always got breached against top attacking talents be it in the national team or club football

His superb solo effort to open the scoring in West Brom's surprise 2 - 1 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford has particularly caught the eye, and Amalfitano is now seemingly on the radar of some of Europe's top clubs.

So Wenger expected another penalty to be given against us, and he also thinks that Arsenal would not be down in 6th position in the table if our club hadn't been mistreated by the refereeing decisions, and that is why we are so far from the top.

A player who has notched an acceptable return however, was never in the same league as RVP moreover, I do not believe he has scored against any of the top 3 clubs in England (Chelsea, Utd, City) since his arrival in 12/13.

or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?

That's why we have a terrible record against any Top club in England and Europe.

He has scored many goals for us, but he is inconsistent, hardly ever score against top clubs or in big moments, pulls out a goal from nothing.

For Arsenal, a Club which seeks to play entertaining football both home and away against Clubs who are either fighting for survival or a place in the top 4 with a squad that because of under investment is short in terms of having the squad of quality players that you need to play the Wenger way — then something has to eventually suffer.

WTF??? One good game against a top team in 5 yrs and you expect everyone to forget the bizarre way Wenger has been running the club?

this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

Qualification for champions league and fourth place in the premiership where the club would set to gain money set against the additional outlay on top class players to finish a few places above fourth and pocket slightly more money — its a no brainer from a business perspective.

We have now for 2 seasons lacked miles behind Liverpool and Spurs in the PL, and also in performances in matches against the top 5 clubs.

High pressure games are games against top clubs or in cup competitions rounds like Quarter finals and above against rivals that measure up in quality or have more quality than we do.

i think this could officially be the start of the end for wenger his blind arrogance has cause him to buy welbeck in the sheer belief that AGAINST THE ODDS HE CAN BEAT THE REST OF THE BIG 4 WITH ONE ARM BEHIND HIS BACK we should be buying top top top european c / l standard players not sunderland spuds everton standard players thats about welbecks standard of club in all truthful reality he is an honest hard working player but wenger thinks he can coach the mediocrity out of him he is truely insane its a guaranteed source of goals we need not more fancy hold up play and «pace» and missing chance after chance so the postman is to be joined by the manchester metro tram absolute disgrace he has kidded on ozil and sanchez they must be wondering what is going on atm they are seeing the true wenger now just panicking and not panicking very well to that effect and for some reason wenger has gone all kinky for english players for some strange reason at least chambers has great potential welbeck has past that stage and is a seasoned pro now and he is no where near what we need wenger is trying to show how great he is by whiping the back out of the same players week after week in the vain hope that he can win the league without rotating ever and they will get injured and he wont have learned his lesson and we will pay for it in the end best last day transfer would have been a 4 year contract for klopp

Considering we had four games remaining, needed to secure 9 pts minimum to qualify and two of those games were against BAYERN MUNICH, an undisputed top - 3 club in the world, I dare say you were already talking of Europa League... So please don't try to come across as any form of high - standards fan when you bash the team constantly, you can't have it both ways.

Besides, the Arsenal team Ii who is the club's Europa League Cup, Carabao Cup and FA Cup team but only if Arsenal is not playing against a Premier League or top European club side opposition teams is more than capable to put any Forest team down in this FA Cup 3rd match today.

No one is questioning Wenger's past achievements, but he has had three seasons and 5 transfer windows to get the necessary players i.e a top sttiker and a dm which are glaring deficiencies in our squad and yet he ignores it and this summer was an example of how delusional he has become, by making statements like there no players available which could improve our squad, while treble winner barca even with their transfer ban get couple in, same with Bayern, Madrid and all other big clubs because they know you have constantly improve their squads to compete, and by making that statement he implied that he has one of the best sqauds in Europe, so can you please tell me whether you are optimistic about our chances against Bayern?

In FA cup I would generally not play him until the later stages or if we are drawn against a top club.

While other top flight clubs gauge themselves against the very best in the world, we gauge ourselves against mediocre or less capable teams.

It also came at a time, where it was clear, we yet again were not anywhere near challenging for the PL title, and the reasons for not challenging seemed to be exactly the same as in the years before; losing most games against the other top clubs, and generally using tactics, where many opponents relatively score easily, especially if they are a bit physical and determined.

We are a top club and shouldn't be worried about whos in the final against us..

Only +3 goal difference separates the two clubs in the league, Burnley have lost two less games than us, and perform better against the top sides.

Why the media got it for Arsenal, we bottle some games we are expected to win, proving some pundits that hates the club right time after time, games are not comfortably won, last season we had a better away record than home, We have an overall poor result against the big teams for the past 5 years, we haven't won the league for 12 years now, we haven't made a proper challenge in Europe for 10 years and on top of it we have an Owner who doesn't care about football, just the money he makes, so many reasons.

Giroud has a similar record scoring I think 3 times between this season and last vs the top 4, twice in losses... all against Manchester clubs, Giroud has never scored against Chelsea.

Because we leak goals and because we lack steel and a winner's culture, we are also again loosing out in the direct matches against the other top clubs.

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Against us they do show a mark up in performance / effort but that is the case for allot of teams playing top clubs.

Although I think he is still good enough to play against the big clubs (he is still sharp, and is in the top 5 fastest players at Arsenal), he should at least be starting games against the mid / lower table teams to give guys a break and to keep him motivated and content!

Those of us who remember it will recall that back then we were already firmly established as «the eternal top 4 club», which lost out in the direct matches against other top clubs, mainly because of tactical naivety and mental frailty.

The most important match for Arsenal fans over this Premier League weekend is, of course, our own away game against West Brom and it is one that the Gunners desperately need to take all three points from in order to keep in touch with the clubs currently occupying the top four Champions League qualifying places.

Recognise the improvements and give AFC a break... and do have a bit more class than to rubbish Wenger and the club on the back of a defeat against consistent finalist in the Cl, the annual runaway winners of the Bundersleague, and arguably Europes top football team....

This will be a major boost against the Gunners, who are one of the Merseyside club's rivals for a place in the top four.

In all seriousness, if we are to create a mini-league table of close games we've been involved in the past few years against big clubs both in Europe and domestically, we easily look like relegation material among the top clubIn all seriousness, if we are to create a mini-league table of close games we've been involved in the past few years against big clubs both in Europe and domestically, we easily look like relegation material among the top clubin the past few years against big clubs both in Europe and domestically, we easily look like relegation material among the top clubin Europe and domestically, we easily look like relegation material among the top clubs.

Statement is Partially correct that we dominated Man Utd but we were certainly not unlucky... When you do such 2 school boy errors and when you miss seater Like Xhaka missed it then you don't deserve to win... We certainly don't deserve to win that game because it's criminal to do such mistakes in defence and that too against top 6 clubs... Xhaka should have buried that one in... We dominated the United Side but were not unlucky... We lost game because of our own impotency in the game...

I'm glad arsenal are getting done for this, it's about time that the club realised their over the top tactics with the home fans, for a bit of swearing, standing up and so called semitic chanting against spurs is nothing compared to people bringing in flares and throwing them.

While the Arsenal fans are all very happy about today's Champions League draw which saw the Gunners drawn against the French club Monaco, we must still remember that they did qualify at the top of their Champions League group and that is something that Arsenal have found very difficult in recent years.

The image of the club in the minds of the players probably is — «yes a very good team which plays attractive football but not sure I can win titles with them» The only top team who we can win a battle against in terms of reputation and ambition right now is probably liverpool.

The visitors are aiming for their first away win against a top - six side since Jose Mourinho joined the club, while Arsene Wenger is hoping to gain only his second ever win over the Portuguese boss in what will be their 18th duel.