Sentences with phrase «against the top teams like»

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

And about teams, he had scored against Bayern for last two season, none of arsenal player was able to do soo, & also scored vs LIV and how much had he played against Top teams like Che / Manu / Manc so never say about scoring against small teams...

What is it with all these england performance noise cos i do nt see him doing it against top team like germany, argentina etc..

«If you look at their results against the top teams like Manchester City and Chelsea, they have done extremely well.

Bournemouth have also played pretty well against top teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, and Tottenham, despite not always getting the desired results.

A good manager should look at the opponents likeliest line up and must surely pick players who can get something from the game or a least stop the opposition from scoring in games against the top teams like Chelsea.

He is a useful player but not a starter especially against a top team like Spurs.

«We have been playing well against the top teams like Arsenal last week and Chelsea.

Not exact matches

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.

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

Chelsea look strong and don't look like they will drop too many points, they can afford to draw against the other top 6 teams whilst we need to beat them.

Typical Arsenal fan article... a win against an average in a cup game and suddenly Arteta and Flamini are top dogs deserving of a squad number... and when we come across a half decent team and their limitations are exposed the same clueless fan like the writer of this article will scream blue murder.....

(Like playing two DMs in away games against top teams Vidal + Coq)

They both love arsenal, they up the tempo when we are losing and they have the nerves to score against any team unlike ozil Since we lost fabregas, no one plays the ball over the top for us frequently, then we lost rosicky that drives through the middle, then we lost super Wilshere that drives through the middle and plays the ball over the top to injury and ref mismanagement, since then we've been playing the safe pass to the wing to cross like other EPL teams.

We are so close to having a squad that can perform against any team, get rid of deadwood like diaby, flamini, ryo and Campbell then sign Paulista, Schneiderlin and a top class striker e.g Falcao, Cavani, Suarez then replace Podolski with Dybala.

they did nt we were just so f# ck & ng predictable because of the same bullshit tactics that may have worked against the smaller teams but against the larger ones at full strength... well you ask the question again as to why we don't beat the top sides, they hire managers like mourinho who are tacticians and take one look at arsenal's team sheet and know exactly what they are doing... there is a reason we haven't beaten them in a while.

CLOVIS WEST KEYS TO VICTORY: Against top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the NiAgainst top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Niagainst Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Nike TOC.

Like last year, they have a Win or 2 (at least) against a couple of the top Teams..

Although Arsenal fans are 99 % certain that the Gunners can not qualify for the Champions League by finishing in the Top Four of the Premier League and our only remaining hope is to win the Europa League and sneak in the back door, like Man United did next season, it would appear that the Boss thinks his team need to win against some «big teams» before we can consider winning the minor European trophy.

It's not like, with all respect, 10 or 15 years ago where you had a couple of teams that wouldn't be able to win against the top ones.

I would just like to add as well that we played against a good Bayern team who have won this competition [recently], and who have 11 top - class players.

I like Mert as a human being but I think he doesn't bring enough to play against top teams.

Again, he would not let himself be bullied like United's defenders were against Leicester and would be able to command the respect of his team mates after several excellent years at the top with the German giants.

They are unlikely to get it against West Ham, who look like a top - ten team this term.

not because we lost against the top team but IF YOU DO NOT BUY WHAT IS NEEDED TO COMPETE AGAINST THE LIKES OF BAYERN, BARCA just to mention then we will never do well in thagainst the top team but IF YOU DO NOT BUY WHAT IS NEEDED TO COMPETE AGAINST THE LIKES OF BAYERN, BARCA just to mention then we will never do well in thAGAINST THE LIKES OF BAYERN, BARCA just to mention then we will never do well in the UCL..

Chelsea do have a habbit of losing against middle and low rank teams so it's a good thing that we may hope chelsea will stutter against these teams like today so we can closd the gap of top position it's difficult but not impossible..

here's my big hope, is that hopefully with the return of walcott and that win against anderlecht maybe something might (like bad form) break in the season for us now and we hopefully go on a bit of a winning run til Jan, we have not got a really bad fixture til then mostly mid to lower league team (apart from the pool and united) not to be underestimated but winnable, we might just save our season till the next window very important period for us if we want to do anything in the league this season, if in top 2 or 3 buy jan i for one will be chuffed to bits then with all players back push on from there for massive optimism is my middle name COYG

I have a thought on this, the EPL is the most competitive league in the world but the top teams in the league which are Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool have all dropped their levels which is why none of them can compete in the champions league against the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern or Atletico, as great an advert it is that Leicester won but it's a serious indictment on the big teams that they won!

But 6 to 7 years ago, all young players were getting many first team opportunity in the form of substitution, CL matches were we already topped the group with couple of group matches to be played, PL matches where we already won like 4 - 0 score with 30 minutes to go against lesser team, Carling cups etc..

Still people bang on about klopp... yet Arsene who competes in the worlds toughest league, against several hugely bankrolled teams, with the same injury problems, with our players bought off like nothing Klopp has ever faced from Bayern — still finishes top four year in year out and has never languished at the bottom of the league.

i think if we by any chance got griezmann that would be awesome, against bus parking teams like norwich we could play with a top 2 with griezmann and giroud they can play very well with eachother and griezmann could get on to girouds flicks and knockdowns and griezmann does play in a top2 at atletico and against the most teams griezmann could play as a lone striker, but anyway i do nt think he will leave atletico

The lack of power in our defence compared to top teams will cost us dearly even burnley were willing to have a hotmail on Saturday bcse all teams coming to emirates know that there is a goal to be had against the likes of mert arteta flamini and Monreal

But we haven't challenged for the PL title for many years, and these are the problems, that we seem to have constantly: 1) We are letting in too many goals 2) «Physical teams» often seem to be able to beat us 3) We always loose too many points in the internal games against top opponents 4) We always have too many injuries 5) We have many matches, where the team seem unmotivated for at least one half In a single match or even a few matches, you can blame individual players or even the whole team for problems like the above.

if arsenal played like this against big teams, we would be on top of the table or close..

This year the fixtures don't seem too difficult ALL AT ONCE like last February / march we had too many injuries coupled with horrendous fixtures against top teams game after game..

1) When you can not beat mid teams like Hull and Tottenham at home 2) You have no track record of beating top teams who you should be competing with 3) You struggle against any decent opposition that decides to play good football and apply themselves tactically 4) A confused manager with poor tactics, playing players in wrong position, throws a blind eye when a possible solution presents itself (Fabregas) and makes no move or poor moves in the market when he does GUYS to be honest we are at risk of losing out on 4th place with a resurgent Man U, fighting Liverpool and decent team like Everton and Southampton.

We saw what this team looks like without Alexis in the first half against Liverpool removing him from the team would be dumb if we want to have the smallest chance to finish in the top 4.

Apart from the games against the top six teams, I'd like Wenger to go back to 4 -4-2 with Giroud and Laca up top.Now I'm not a big fan of Giroud, I'd rather have Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, but he's all we've got.

Many JustArsenal readers thought that we also needed a top quality striker to actually challenge for the title, but Olivier Giroud is now looking like the real deal, and both the youngster Chuba Akpom and the ex-Man United Danny Welbeck could be adequate understudies against the weaker teams.

Everton won 1 in 44 against top 6 teams in 6/7 years Would like to see Xhaka benched, and maybe lacazette in place of Ewobi, not that he had a bad game But well played today Arsenal.

Wouldnt like us to lose against Man united but am afraid if the team finishes strongly then Wenger will not buy any new players & next season will be another battle for a top 4 finish.

Not expert enough against top teams who love his reading of game so much they put a shit load of goals passed him... It's not just that's he is slow it's also because he is one of the worst distributors of a ball I have seen in top flight football... Just watch his passing to players with no option but to boot loose ball or pass back... It is truly shocking... so yes unless you're a 4th place junkie mert should be a bench player just like for Germany in World Cup

Against the likes of Bournemouth, you can get away with it, but against the top teams you get found out, which is exactly what happened against LivAgainst the likes of Bournemouth, you can get away with it, but against the top teams you get found out, which is exactly what happened against Livagainst the top teams you get found out, which is exactly what happened against Livagainst Liverpool.

Can you expect a hatrick from Giroud against a team like Norwich City in a game to determine if we made top 4?

People gushing about Ozil again but he only plays like this against the lower teams... would be great of he was like this against every team Lets see if we get Mhiki and Auba if it is because we have people running well why Ozil cant perform against top 6 or just him!

Arsene has a mental problem, just like he has against United and pretty much all the top teams.

We'll take 482 total yards, two touchdowns and no major errors in prime time against a top - 10 team, but let's not assume the Noles are going to roll up points like that against just anybody.

you wont see a cazorla or a xavi losing possession, not only that but they drive the team forward.but unfortunately u hav players like ramsey, who do nt drive the attack like the above two, also he loses possessions sometimes by attempting fancy moves.its sad ramsey gives more importance to style over substance.unfortunately, i feel players like ramsey hav contributed to arsenal's inability... imagine a team like barcelona playing with him, constantly losing posession leading to conceding goals and so on.difference is barca's manager wud take them out, while under wenger u r rewarded with the nxt game!!!! i do nt deny he was top notch a season or two back, but now hes a liability imo and need to change his mentality.even that opportunity he got against tottenham where thought longer before taking a shot thus giving defender time to get to him and take off the ball.i bet if it was cazorla, arsenal wud hav scored...

Wenger needs to be judged against over top teams, not against the likes of West Ham or Sutton, but against the likes of Bayern or Chelsea, and this is where he fails miserably!

«That's what you're up against when you are at a top team like Arsenal; other teams lift their game against you.