Truth be told, it was a non-event with the club's impotence
against sides who sit back and defend there for all to see.
It is all well and good playing well
against sides who let you play your game, but you need to adapt.
But if Origi is to be Firmino's back up he has to be able to play in a 4 -3-3 particularly
against sides who play in a low block, at the minute this is not the case.
Each of the four wins were against sides in the bottom half of the table and
all against sides who have been struggling for form.
The side look really strong on the counter, with great speed on the break, and look likely to score goals and create chances this season
against sides who come to play looking for a win.
It's unlikely that all too much credit will go in Mustafi's direction but keeping clean sheets
against sides who need points as much as Stoke do says a lot about his chances of leadership in future years.
Arsenal, who last won the league in 2004, have won just once - and lost 16 times - in their 20 away matches
against sides who have finished in the top five in the past five campaigns.
I don't know who came up with this nonsense that you have to be samson to play
against sides who sit and defend in numbers but it's one of the biggest myth I've heard.
What I don't understand is the tactics, counter attacking football works well
against sides who are comfortable on the ball and struggle to either gain width, that aren't direct enough in their attack or have no aerial threat.
Alexis has to play, as he has a lot to prove
against the side who let him go so even though he is playing like a 1 legged donkey at the moment he could produce on the night!
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.
Arsenal should win and we think they will, but the Gunners, who go into Sunday's game on a run of three league matches without scoring, are unlikely to have it all their own way
against a side who have humbled Chelsea and Man United this term.
Why were we OUTPLAYED OUTHOUGHT and pretty much 2nd best
against a side who will probably only just realise their ambition of staying in thePremier league?Simple.They have a manager who COACHES and MOTIVATES his players to achieve to their abilities.When was the last time we could say this?Wenger somehow achieved this in last seasons cup final by getting a fantastic performance on the day with a second rate / string goalkeeper a back three which included a novice, a left back and BFG playing after 37 minutes of football the whole season.Thats not forgetting OX playing LWB.Why can't Wenger Coach and Motivate Players for a season any more?Start the clear out with Wenger and get someone in who can
Last February we came up
against a side who were flying high in Germany, leading the league by 10 points.
We started well and controlled the game
against a side who are good, you can see it's a quality team, but once we opened the score I think we were in control.
Lallana took a knock to his ankle in training this week, but The Times are confident he will be fit to start
against the side who finished above Portugal in Group F.
Because we tried to suicide
ourselves against a side who scored only their 4th away goal all season against us!
Le Prof said in the Mirror: «We play
against a side who will be motivated, but we face that every week [in the Premier League].
But Sunday will be a different kettle of fish altogether as the Red Devils come up
against a side who not only enjoy an eight - point advantage but also know that 3 points at Old Trafford would provide them the ultimate boost towards winning the league title for the first time in four years.
Against a side who have beaten Man $ ity and got a deserved draw v Manure.
They've suffered a string of defeats since jumping up to the top flight, and it's hard to see them adapting well to playing
against the side who finished top of the league last term.
Against a side who had set up to try to stifle Liverpool's attacking qualities, the visitors made the most of their few opportunities - something they failed to do earlier in the season - as two of their three shots on goal in the first half resulted in goals.
This looks a great value chance to back a proven EPL side who are in good form
against a side who've lost to both Middlesbrough and Sunderland in their last two outings!
It's easy to see another away trip causing them problems, especially
against a side who will be among the top eight once again this term.
The Cherries tend to have a poor attacking record against top sides, and that won't bode well
against a side who have kept six clean sheets in their last seven in the league.
That should earn him a start for this game, and luckily enough Morata is going up
against the side who have conceded the most headed goals away from home in the top flight.
In short, Milan aren't great - but they are good, and we will need to improve on our recent performances to avoid defeat
against a side who is gradually finding its feet in the race for European football.
Arsenal won 5 - 2
against the side who now appear on course for an unexpected title success.
Both Hinds and the rest of the Ladies squad now face Reading in WSL 1 on Sunday, and the 18 - year - old is relishing the opportunity of another big game
against a side who have impressed this season with notable wins over Arsenal and Manchester City.
Arsenal's price is nice
against a side who have lost their last 6 and don't look like picking up too many points for the rest of the season.
Hughes» men found a way around an excellent Blues defence, and they'll be confident of scoring
against a side who have looked more open in recent weeks.
The Citizens marched on to eighteen league wins on the bounce as they dominated Newcastle at St James» Park in midweek, but could only manage a 1 - 0 win
against a side who had no interest in coming out of their shell.
Furthermore, the Potters, while they were victorious in their most recent home fixture — Kenwyn Jones on target in a 2 - 0 triumph over Everton; Jones registering his first league goal in seven matches — have won only one of their last four at the Brittania, and two of those were defeats to sides currently situated in the lower half of the table in Blackpool 0 - 1 & Fulham 0 - 2, the latter
against a side who had not won away from in 28 attempts.
Not exact matches
While many of the Sunnis
who switched
sides in the Sunni awakening had American blood on their hands, they could at least be said to have been fighting
against what they viewed as an invading army.
I once saw a senior leader take the
side of the client
against his own people
who had done what he had told them to do.
Nearly 5 million Syrians have fled the country in a conflict that has killed more than 300,000 people and pitted multiple warring
sides against each other, including jihadists
who have come to dominate the insurgency in many areas.
When nine women came forth with sexual misconduct allegations
against his father, playwright Israel Horowitz, in The New York Times, Beastie Boys member Adam «Ad - Rock» Horovitz, 51, made headlines when he publicly took the
side of the women
who came forth.
As the proprietor of a so - called two -
sided marketplace, Travis Kalanick,
who resigned Tuesday night as chief executive of the $ 70 billion ride - hailing startup, spent years carefully balancing the interests of drivers
against those of passengers.
That put him on the opposite
side of the table from activist investor Carl Icahn,
who turned into Herbalife's largest shareholder even as Ackman mounted a campaign
against the company.
«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff
who ended up on the wrong
side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense
against investors» claims of market - rigging.
Many publications were still undecided on
who won as of November 9; Maine newspaper The Bangor Daily News declared a win for pro-legalization folks, and the
against side accepted defeat in the piece.
In Lavender v. Miller Bernstein, Justice Edward Belobaba
sided with investors
who brought a class action lawsuit
against an accounting firm that had audited a now - defunct securities dealer, Buckingham Securities.
Mr. Cohen is a longtime lawyer and fixer
who, in a decade at Mr. Trump's
side, has served as a reliable attack dog
against real or perceived threats to him.
Who, after all, after Harvey Weinstein, wants to be seen as anything other than standing on the
side of victims and
against predatory men?
In 2012, she dismissed a suit brought by Bank of America
against troubled developer Kent Swig
who had lost a fortune in the financial crisis, after Swig defaulted on $ 17.6 million in loans tied to his Upper East
Side apartment.
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.
«The recompense of those
who wage war
against Allâh and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off on the opposite
sides, or be exiled from the land.
People
who have no obvious stake in the matter, like most of the people
who have expressed dismay at my wife and my decision to homeschool our children, tend to
side with the establishment
against the parents.
But now I say unto you, report those
who disagree with you to the church or denominational authorities, label them heretics or say that they raise «red flags» and let everyone know not to listen to them, criticize their positions without ever going to them personally to find out what they actually believe and are teaching, align them with other «heretics» without ever researching their books, writings, and messages, and above all,
side with your friends
against them even if you personally have never been hurt or offended by them.
Nevermind just the rhetoric of war, I think there is a common refrain amongst modern evangelicals that «God is on our
side, so
who can stand
against us?»