Sentences with phrase «against the best team on»

I was a Wenger fan and used to feel sorry for him when he was forced to sell players to help pay for the Emirates Stadium but those days are past now and there should be no reason why we can not compete against the best teams on the planet with at least 6 or 7 world class players in the team every week.

So we did not have that creation and could expect some defensive problems against a good team on the counter-attack.»

«All that counts is that we got to the semi-finals against the best team on the planet,» Manolas said after a historic night for the Serie A club, who have made it through to the last four of Europe's top competition for the first time in three decades.

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Bergdahl's defense team filed a last - minute motion on Oct. 23 to completely dismiss the case against him, citing past statements in which Trump had referred to the sergeant as «a no - good traitor who should have been executed» during his presidential campaign.

The FHTM legal team is so bent on blaming Mr. Isaacs for every negative comment or complaint made against them anywhere that they are blinded by the fact that others despise them as well of not more than he ever did.

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Coquelin's defending is excellent.In fact i've watched many DM's Arsenal have been linked and he's better than some of them defensive wise.How many top DM's will keep the likes of Silva, Coutinho and Modric (12/13) quiet throughout a match?It takes top defending to do that.His biggest problem is that he's not adventurous and doesn't hold the ball with authority.It's just that I feel he's not given the appreciation he deserves.He's a good squad player to have and when on form can do well against top teams.

And while Ilyasova and Bellineli are, on the margin, improvements on what we WERE bringing off the bench, they should not be counted on to carry the mail for extended minutes against good teams.

PG — I'm not sure we have a starting PG on the roster, would really like to see DJ run the second unit and match up with the Quinns of the NBA rather than the Curry's and Pauls SG — Green has moved into that unfortunate professional athlete phase of «living off past laurels» and should not be resigned SF — Not gonna even speculate PF — LMA is good to go C — Unfortunately stuck with Gasol who is unplayable against the top tier playoff teams

Fans have a right to be extremist, after being given false hope on transfers season after season, knowing we could improve our team with better players but the manager refusing to do so because he prefers mediocrity like Arteta and Flamini, or having to endure humiliating thrashings against Southampton, Liverpool, City and Chelsea over the past 3 seasons.

Not being forced into the team or to play on an injury will do the kid good and he is still remarkably good in tight situations and being able to pivot defence into attack which is something we sometimes struggle to do against high press teams.

it is his fault Bolly from Borehamwood He gets paid in excess of eight million a year to have alternatives when things go bad, to motivate players when the run of play is against them, to buy players who are capable and good enough to NOT hit the woodwork time and time again, to sell players who are off form and who fail to deliver on thier promised talent, in effect TO MANAGE the team.

playing draw on our own home soil against the big teams is total crap if we think we are a big team as well.

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier... this team actively pursued a policy to undermine the relationship between the fans and the best player on this team... for all intent and purposes this is a traitorous act... so instead of spending money, which all pundits and fans agreed was necessary in order to compete at the highest levels, this club was wasting time and money trying to turn fans against Sanchez long before the end of the season (the real concerted effort started around the time that Wenger benched him for the start of the Liverpool game)... for a team that pertains to be different, like a FAMILY, and constantly questions the tactics of it's opponents, to engage in such a treasonous act is deplorable

Finally, Ozil recently has been at best been described as a flat track bully due to his evident ability to impose himself on the «lesser» teams but at worst he is described as lazy and a luxury player that has no place in the team against the «bigger» teams.

Last season Arsenal came close to becoming the best defense in the entire league with good defensive stats, but this good news was smashed by the conceding 22 horrible goals against the teams in the top five, 20 of those on away games to those same top teams (Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Everton).

The Englishman can make runs down the flanks, catch on to quick through balls and would be better suited to play on the counter attack, which we may have to do against a team like Manchester City.

we are happy but the underlining problem still remains we need two good winger who can dribble on make pin point crosses Inside the Box against quality team we will struggle Wolcott lack technical qualityl an dribbling skills.

With Giroud against better teams we don't really have the option to play on the counter attack which has become part of the modern game.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

I know I'm going to get red arrows, but against Southampton, we played better before he came on, more like a team.

he can prove he knows how to turn a game around against a decent (but not top) team or he can confirm he is just a tired and deflated existential corporate bs artist who is well past his managerial sell by date... about 4 years past on my reckoning...

Captained the team well in the absence of Henderson against Besiktas, and will need to be on top form again to deal with this one.

i have been saying this for along time arsenal would be better surve with a defrent stile of play maker one who can shoot head the ball take on defender dribble into space.we all see it over on over again you don't need one killers pass to win game alot of team don't have ozil on create lots of chance against us.

i think what i am saying is that Amir sets the best screens of anyone on this team and it's opening up looks for the shooters against this heat team who has been all over our 3 pt threats

Ozil is only very good if you have a better team than all the teams you are playing against, he needs to be in a team that has top players in every position and they all basically have to be very comfortable on the ball.

Against slow mid table teams where we get so much space and time on the ball he looks fine, but when it matters in games of equal or better quality he never shows up.

Giroud while a useful player against certain teams can't do that and Walcott is a waste of space and money... Dybala might have been and Pedro probably is (though not a big fan and anyway don't think he'll leave) Lucas might be or reus... But wenger better find someone decent for that position if we want to take on chelski and an improved man utd next season

predictable... perez and welbeck over walcott and iwobi for me... all depends on whether ozil and sanchez turn up and ox can cut it against big teams... without that can kiss this game good bye... and the season

but its a bit sad to see that i as i know more about arsenal fans than other fans, to say from the bottom of my heart, that the fans on here are as worse as the worst if not the worst fans out there... arsenal being on a run, with özil scoring one of the best goals i have ever seen on tuesday, draws against the best defensive side in the league and no they arent stoke city or something they are SPURS equally title challenger as any of arsenal man city, man united, chelsea, liverpool, a team that sent man city home when they (city) looked unbeatable..

The third - ranked Sooners would likely have too much offense for the Cyclones, and giving a new quarterback (Kyle Kempt) his first start on the road against a top - five team doesn't usually work out particularly well.

Then you have the experience gained by young Gunners like Martinez, Holding, Maitland - Niles, Zelalem and Reine - Adelaide coupled with the idea that the good performance of the team against Reading should keep the regular first teamers on their toes.

There is no Thierry Henry, who is away with the Belgium national side, or Dennis Bergkamp, but there is enough quality on show to give a good account of themselves against Fabio Capello's star - studded Glorie team.

They risked him because they struggled plain and simple against a well organised team that did not have the finishing quality to hit them on the break.

Team Holway had been the League's best Hoops Team in the Regular Season and had a ton of momentum on their side after winning the Top2 Game the week previously against 1.

Better to get those weeks under their belts against tough Teams and then be able to lock up Wins against Teams they should beat later on..

So to correct the Tweet from Sunday — Team Goldin played the best half of any Team on Sunday Night in the second half against Team Horwitz.

They are gaining chemistry and the second half against Team Hrusocky on Thursday Night was easily the best that they played yet..

Well deserved for the All Sports Series vets who broke their brief skid on Tuesday Night against Team Prizant.

First of all I would just like to say thanks to Alan Pardew and the Palace team for rolling over for United after giving their all against the Gunners, just like Stoke did with Spurs on Monday and many teams seem to have done all season, saving their best performances for us.

Weren't their best on Sunday evening against Team Schwartz.

You are judging him on one game against a northern Ireland team that Lescott would have looked good against in any position.

They certainly did not play their best Game on Sunday against Team Kozin.

Team Rudy fell 23 - 16 to # 2 Apuli on Thursday Night but it was a nice effort from this group against a very good Team.

They were up against 2x Champs Team Lalez on Sunday evening, without a couple of their key guys, and it just didn't go well..

Didn't have their best showing against Team Bernkopf on Sunday Night..

True nothing against the players, we should focus on the real culprit, once more we are sitting waiting for this man to make move, meantime we lost 3 valuable points, and today well I take the win but frankly an own goal and once more no clean sheet, we are far from being contenders why...... because of the arrogance of this man who does not want to see that he needs to reinforce the team if he wants more than just 3 place and the Cup we took from Hull

It's good for Team Harris to experience «bouncing back» — and against strong competition — that's exactly what they'll get the chance to do when we return on Feb. 8.

They were shorthand against Team Gutman on Sunday Night but still put up a good fight.

They got back on the right track with a hard - fought W against a sneaky good (and big) Team Gutman squad who has played many top Teams tough all season long.