Sentences with phrase «against the big clubs»

I'm happy he finally scored against a big club but the match was won and I still don't feel confident of him to score the important goals that change matches.

He has been regularly scoring goals for the club and has shown some impressive skills against big clubs.

If the smaller clubs never play their best possible eleven away against the big clubs, how will they ever beat them?

He said, «As a player, you want to be playing against big clubs like Arsenal week in, week out in the Premier League... so the league has got to be a priority.

It is good for Arsenal fans to hear Arsene Wenger sounding so upbeat and confident as he prepares the Gunners for the latest attempt to end our poor run of form and results against the bigger clubs in the Premier League.

The Welsh club are at home and have done well against big clubs plenty of times in the past but I am not holding my breath.

So is Wenger right to really push to make the most of home advantage and risk a point in the hope of a morale boosting win against a big club?

But we need to win away against the reigning EPL champions in order to do that and it is no exaggeration to say that Arsenal's recent results against the big clubs, especially away from home, is about as good as Tottenham's record of getting into the Champions League, as in not very...

And he decided, in his characteristic manner, to gamble with two green horns at CB against a big club like Liverpool hoping that the gamble would pay off so he can find a justification not to spend.

funny that the media was printing wenger awful away form everywhere before and after the man city as an indicator of our poor form against big clubs while conveniently forgetting our good form at home vs the same teams.

Burnley's success against the big clubs has been based on hard work and using a 4 -4-2 formation to get in their face and pressurise the ball right from the front.

I wanted to know we could challenge the best to win, and I just don't think there is as much appeal in a victory against this liverpool team as there was last year, just feel like I'm waiting for that game where we turn up away from home against a big club and show them we can play and win

It's crucial to covert our chances especially against big clubs which will not incur us on the madness in defending as if our life depends on it alibi the Arsenal - chelsea game for instance and signing an upgrade to our strikers will give us a step above the odds of losing or drawing or sustaining a winning point.

However, if you look at his overall Arsenal record of 23 goals in 119 EPL games this is consistent, and you could even say it should be worse against the bigger clubs so maybe he raises his game in important matches.

They should stay at their own ground, and make as much of it as they can, any other option will be an even bigger boost to Arsenal, and I still love the romance of these proper FA Cup games, minnows against the big clubs, who knows what can happen if they play at home.

We only have good match against big club when we want it more not by besting the team tactically.

«We were winning these games like against West Brom last season, we dropped points against the big clubs,»

The latter having little positive effect and much of his statement about transfer windows, the ability to buy and the capacity to compete both in footballing terms and money wise against the big clubs (Bayern, Real, Barca, City, Chelsea and others) as not really come to light.

The facts are Arsenal improved against the big clubs this season.

Second half of the season is way more difficult, against the bigger clubs there will be only the Chelsea game we play at the Emirates.

Because its a big club & we do nt usually do good against big clubs just being real & not a fickle fan but 1 ting i can day iz that #IN17WETRUST #INWENGERWEBUST!!!

So while the likes of Lincoln city and Sutton were hoping for a dream tie against a big club we just wanted a draw that we would have a good chance of winning and nice home tie at the Emirates to boot.

its soon back to playing, every tackle, shot, dribble, pass counts with no space, so for me if we buy a talented animal in DM i would be happier then just buying striker, i think against bigger clubs we need to wrestle with them in our half and catch them with counter attack which we seam to be great at

He will get the odd goal against a big club but it wont be regular.

We might change against the big clubs to a 4 -1-4-1 for that extra body in midfield and should we choose that formation it should be:

Second half of the season is way more difficult, there will be more defeats amassed against the bigger clubs, even with Le Coq.

We're ALWAYS one player short, and failing to fill the holes in our squad will NEVER allow us to compete for trophies against the biggest clubs in Europe.

It might not be the right tactic against big clubs like Chelsea, when you need to be stronger in midfield, but against teams where we expect to dominate the ball and the game, Giroud and Welbeck could spell double trouble.

But that ain't gonna happen anymore as all players are paid very handsomely and clubs can make a firmer stance against the big clubs, at least til end of season if that's what they want.

Wenger's weak mentality and lack of fight has rubbed off on our players and this is why we are witnessing the same load of dross every year... inconsistency and losing against a large margin against the bigger clubs.

We can't compete against the big clubs, we simply don't have the tenacity like tottenham to the managerial prowess.

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 clubs.

Arsenal could face another Championship side when the draw for the next round is done, but if we are drawn against a big club, is it really more important for the second string to get another game than it is for Arsenal to get another step closer to a trophy?

We have too many short, powder puff type players to really be a threat against the bigger clubs, no REAL STEEL in the centre of the park.

After the shocking way Arsenal were hammered at Stamford Bridge last season, today's Premier League clash with Chelsea is a good chance to see if Arsene Wenger and the Gunners have learned their lessons — and whether we will have any more joy against the big clubs this season.

And unless our form against bigger clubs miraculously turns up, we're heading for 6th place.

West Ham are now in the middle of the run of games that were meant to guarantee their safety before the fixtures became stickier against the bigger clubs from April onwards.

Mourinho has said that he is anticipating this match and looks forward to it as his young Chelsea side need experience against the biggest clubs in Europe.

We were careful what we wished for and got ourselves an ex-player as manager who performed commendably well in his first season even though it was characterised by over-performing against big clubs and under - performing against the others.

Pardew likes to play containing football against the bigger clubs and the counter attack is crucial to his side getting any sort of success, as it's difficult to just defend for 90 minutes.

Carvallho is not that good in big games against big clubs... We all saw him Home / Away against Chelsea and Schalke

I have seen Arsenal fans give # 1,000,001 reasons as to why we should not sign him, Oh, «he is so expensive», oh «his technique is poor», oh «his first touch is bad», oh «he doesn't score against the big clubs».