Sentences with phrase «against quality opposition»

Now you can get away with this against weaker opposition, especially at home, but not against quality opposition, and most away games.
The only worry though is that we looked great against two awful teams, but as usual, very poor against quality opposition.
Apart from one very good performance away to man city we have been predictably poor against quality opposition.
I'm not sure if Wenger has the trust to play two inexperienced CBs together especially against quality opposition like Liverpool.
I'm just interested in how our team plays against quality opposition, not Mourinho, not Chelsea.
DM: Arteta is good for the dressing room but passed it on the pitch against quality opposition; Flamini, I wont say much there; and Coq can not play all the games alone, his type of play is aggressive therefore its easy to pick a knock, get worn out or easily get a suspension.
Best possible result for arsenal today # unconvincing performance from Walcott against quality opposition # no thrashing of Chelsea to make them strengthen in the window # mourinho hoodoo over against arsenal # wenger clearly wants a striker because giroud hasn't played much in preseason and didn't start.
Akpom may well realise that this hat - trick may not have come against quality opposition but it definitely caught the eye of his manager.
Where's that Krish and chips and clever Trevor and all the other football morons who claim to be arsenal fans... Fact: Second rate players... Mert Walcott Ramsey giroud mert flamini etc... don't deliver against quality opposition... can see bellerin heading back to barca he was good along with the coq and kos and Czech..
Hes not a bad player but hes not good enough in that position against quality opposition.
Arsenal are awful at home against quality opposition, especially in Europe, so I'll be stunned if we win.
Liverpool and Spurs overall strength is slightly weaker, but there is a difference in the way they play and base on the way the matches this season has unfold Arsenal and Chelsea seems to be less dominant against quality opposition.
Arsenal usually fail against quality opposition, and we still have ManC at home, and ManU away.
Walcott is a good finisher and has good movement, but other than that he's no more than a decent option as a ST. Against quality opposition playing Theo as the ST won't cut it, he's clinical vs decent teams but he's not standing up against the likes of Aguero / Costa / Benz / Lewandowski as leading ST's in Europe.
I am not saying Ozil is rubbish, far from it when you consider his assists / chances created since joining us, but no one ever mentions how many of those assists / chances created came in crunch games, semi-finals, finals, games against quality opposition.
That leaves only 3 of them, and Squillaci still seems a bit below what we need against quality opposition.
Watching Arsenal is embarrassing at times, especially against quality opposition, and that's 100 % Wenger's fault.
I'm 42 and have seen everything at Arsenal, in my opinion, Chambers struggles against quality opposition.
Ipswich have done alright at home lately, but not against quality opposition.
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