Sentences with phrase «against poor side»

against a poor side but the team worked hard together to earn the three points......... they deserve our collective adulation............ not focusing on individual mistakes.........

Best formation i ve ever seen, actually with Flamini in our team, our chances are bigger by 50 %, he scored against strongest defence in europe against Spuds, he will score against poor side like Bayern, ALL HAIL FLAMINI

This was an unconvincing win for me against a poor side (the penalty call was 50/50 and two own goals).

scraped wins against poor sides.

I thought we were better against a poorer side than the matches before.

Not exact matches

on its side, and use it as a sword in an ongoing war against the poor.

So firstly Shearer is convinced that his Newcastle side will manage to do the business at Villa Park even though his Toon Army side has only won two games on the their travels this season and regardless of Martin O'Neill's recent poor form the midlands club have only lost three times at home this season and have managed to avoid defeat against Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal in the process.

My biggest regret is dat, we missed a big opportunity to win d cl last season against a poor Real Madrid side.

The summer signing of Charlie Nicholas had sparked a fresh wave of optimism amongst the Arsenal faithful, and after a brace against a poor Wolves side in just his second game, the press went into overdrive.

Wenger is tactically poor and inferior if you are to compare him to his peers in the managerial side of football, it's not a coincidence that we can't beat any of the top teams anymore and that atrocious record against Mourinho says it all Arsene Wenger is now past his best!

Please Bob, be sincere with yourself, Arsenal wasn't ruthless, we were just poor or a bit average, we played against a poorer, lacking in confidence Swansea side.

During the match, fans took to Twitter to slate Man United ace Chris Smalling for his poor first half performance against Rafa Benitez's side.

As well as this, he has the numbers to back up; scoring on his first Arsenal start, albeit an offside goal against a poor Everton side, but the quality is there for all to see.

West Ham have seriously struggled for form in the second half of the season, and were lucky to end a miserable streak against a poor Sunderland side.

On a side note, I couldn't help but think 2 predominant thoughts when watching the game against Bournemouth on the weekend: (1) Wenger is still willing to put his own personal agenda ahead of the team's best interests when it comes to team selection, which luckily for us didn't cost us the 3 points this time and (2) if Eddie Howe is earmarked to be the successor we are in deep trouble because he's simply a poor man's version of our present manager, as he's tactically inept and has an even worse road record.

Given their poor performances against Roma and Wolfsburg in the last two rounds, Zinedine Zidane's side can be vulnerable, despite what their home record in this competition would suggest.

One game against a pretty poor Championship side doesn't prove anything.

I can't believe we will ever come up against a more rubbish Man Utd side again, and rather than bury them for once, we yet again put in a poor performance, and I think a lot of it is down to Wenger.

We struggled to beat and score against the poorest Chelsea side in a long time while every other team was dismantling them.

The visitors were looking to take a step towards ending their poor history against Italian sides in the knockout stages of European competition, and although they didn't particularly impress, they will be delighted with their efforts in the Italian capital.

We should have won the last two home games in the league with ease, even with 10 men against a poor Chelsea side.

We played against a poor Barcelona side.

In most of his games since his arrival he's been poor at best and that has been duly noted by every Arsenal fan and pundit alike, so one half decent game against an unusually poor side on the day does not mark a significant turning point.

«An extremely poor Chelsea side»... They're fresh from a 4 - 2 win against LC.

Due to the poor performance from Radamel Falcao against the League One side, he could end up coming straight back in to the side for the Colombian.

You play that kind of formation when you have solid defenders, TBH, we all know that we won against a poor Man U side that was without most of their players.

Di Maria scores sets up goals all be it against weak opposition also did a lot of poor things but I'd rather have a player like Sanchez ornDi Maria in my side as the X factor is there Ozil brings not a lot let's be honest.

De Gea had his critics at the start of the season following poor performances against Liverpool and Blackburn respectively, yet the 21 year old has come on leaps and bounds in the second half of the season, putting in some impressive match winning displays for Sir Alex's side.

What is for certain though is that Lukaku will be keen to put Saturday's game behind him as having failed to have a positive influence in another big game, he was unable to silence his critics who continue to point to his poor record against the top six sides in recent years where he has struggled to make a big impact.

His job is currently under pressure after a poor start to the season, and he will be hoping that the game against the lower division side can be used to regain some confidence.

Speaking to reporters after netting his first Champions League goal for the Blues against Macabbi Tel - Aviv on Wednesday night, Costa insisted that there has been no contact with Atleti and is focused on helping his side overcome their poor start to the season.

One win against a very poor Milan side and its like all of the poor performances and capitulations and the non-existent defending never even occurred.

Learn how to park the bus on away games might be a start.1 point is better than 0 point.Gung Ho football in somebody else's back yard is suicidal hence our poor record against the top sides AND the not so top sides.

Good team performance against a very poor side.

To play poor and come away from Old Trafford against a Jose Mourinho side can't be a bad thing.

Most of our league wins have come against poor / average sides, and hardly any of them have been convincing, despite having some top players in our squad.

I've been called pessimistic / negative etc for saying our results against the top sides are poor, but burying your head in the sand and ignoring what our weaknesses clearly are only exacerbates the problems.

Koscielny (MOTM) made it looks so easy against such a poor WHU side.

Despite their poor showing against Man United last time around, Everton are a decent side sitting just four points off the top four and with players like Lukaku, Mirallas, Colemanm Stones and Barkley they could give the Gunners real problems if we are not at our best.

The loss of Welsh midfielder Joe Allen to injury in recent weeks has, in part, been blamed for the poor form of Liverpool — but his return to action did Brendan Rodgers» side few favours against Hull City as Allen was dreadful.

Villa boss Paul Lambert, meanwhile, was left with plenty of thinking to do following another poor display, his side having last scored a Premier League goal against Manchester United on December 20 - more than 600 minutes of football ago.

After a dreadful start to the season, a comfortable 3 - 0 home win against a poor Bournemouth side was just what Arsenal needed.

A poor performance, plus an injury suffered by center back Doneil Henry, followed in the Hammers» match against USL side North Carolina FC, then known as the Carolina RailHawks.

They have been playing some good stuff under Paul Clement and they have gone W4 L3 in their last seven games, but each of those defeats were against a top four side so there's really nothing wrong with their form and they should be able to bag three points against the Clarets who have been poor on the road.

On paper, Palace may be considered favourites to claim a victory but given their poor form, earning progression even against a mid table Championship side is anything but a foregone conclusion.

Liverpool look to bounce back following their poor league performance against Swansea City, the league's last - place team, and advance in the FA Cup when they take on West Brom, the league's second - to - last side, at Anfield on Saturday evening.

Even against a poor Swansea side, leaving all of his fast players on the bench was a big risk for José Mourinho.

Of course, that campaign brought plenty of poor displays against average sides, and the Blues drew home and away to the then newly promoted side.

Southampton won 1 - 0 when the sides met on the south coast back at the end of November but they travel north on short rest and on the back of that poor home defeat against West Brom.

Leeds United looked poor against an out - of - form Derby County side less than two weeks ago and their form hasn't improved since changing manager.