Sentences with phrase «against weaker opposition»

Many of the countries had depleted or understrength sides on display — and although winning a match eight months ahead of a major tournament against weaker opposition doesn't mean that side will win the World Cup, there is still some insight that can be taken.

Against weaker opposition, Ignashevich was totally at ease.

For most sides, a trip to the City of Manchester to face the province's newest playboy's would be a daunting prospect, but the Trotters have been a reslient sort away from home this season, albeit against weaker opposition than that of a City team which cost somewhere around # 300 to assemble.

Perhaps used in a more advanced role, Pereira could yet be deployed in central midfield against weaker opposition or where a spark is needed to change the game.

Arch pragmatist Jose Mourinho can change his Manchester United team's outlook from game to game, sending out a side that dominates possession and attacks with relative freedom against weaker opposition one week and then converts them into one that sits back the next.

More to think about and less games against weaker opposition in between in which Jones will be able to rely on players of the calibre of Bothroyd and Bellamy to succeed.

I want to see AMN in the DM role with Wilshere as the deep lying playmaker, Wilshere could have been rested for the FA Cup and let Xhaka partner AMN against a weaker opposition... but instead Wenger chooses the yorkshire terrier and newbie AMN.

Did you see him in Oz - so many chances wasted against weaker opposition.

4 -2-3-1 against weaker opposition is fine but against terry / cahill or the likes of kompany / demis we need to have 2 strikers that they need to worry about and having Pod on the bench who's a clinical finisher if given an inch is mind - boggling.

We do nt need to play with a DM every game, at home playing against weaker opposition I can see us using a midfield of Ramsey - Wilshire and Ozil but against tougher opposition we can bring Carvalho in instead of Wilshire and drop him a bit deeper.

Arteta is important, especially in games against weaker opposition.

One could argue that the games were against weaker opposition, but when you consider that Arsenal has laboured against teams like Leicester and Hull earlier in the season, then it is fair to say that the team has made progress in the last two games.

Xhaka has his faults but it would have been interesting to have seen him and AMN against the weaker opposition, Xhaka done well with a DM alongside him and Wenger has been trying to get him to be a DM which is wrong... Curiosity.

Arteta is being kept because he is capable of fitting in against weaker opposition, he is also a great influence in the dressing room, and from what iv heard helps the youngsters more than anyone, im also sure i heard he speaks like 7 languages which is useful.

Namely podolski since I think he's awesome even if only against weaker opposition.

I prefer ox to be honest, let's not forget tho walcotts not the first man not to have a sniff against Chelsea, against weaker opposition Walcott will be very good with the balls in behind but I think most agree we need a striker who is strong and fast not just one of the attributes our current strikers possess, if ox stays fit and we sign and striker Walcott will be a top super sub

(I hope Wenger can sell Ramsay, though he is useful against weaker opposition.)

If we can get the Ramsey that gave us such a fantastic start a couple seasons ago then I could see a Ramsey / Wilshere partnership working against weaker opposition, if Wilshere holds for most the game but allowed to go forward OCCASIONALLY and only when Ramsey is covering then he could do the same job for us that he has been doing for England.

As it stands currently, I'd still like Giroud leading the line against the weaker opposition.

A guy who never turns up in big games, and is happy to just coast from game to game, with the odd good performance here, and there, against weak opposition.

Instead of using games against weak opposition as a chance to help himself to a hat - full of goals, he's looking over his shoulder at the development of an 18 year old.

Do it against weak opposition, or in Europe, or the domestic cups.

Anyways great win against weak opposition this morning.

It's likely that a rotation policy will be employed against the weak opposition with several youngsters and fringe players expected to appear.

Ozil is now going missing against weak opposition, as well as the big boys.

He's played that sort of role for England, albeit against weak opposition.

Yes ok, we can produce the occasional pretty game against weak opposition with only 10 men (Like against Everton), but against decent opposition we are unimaginative, weak, and boring.

Di Maria scores sets up goals all be it against weak opposition also did a lot of poor things but I'd rather have a player like Sanchez ornDi Maria in my side as the X factor is there Ozil brings not a lot let's be honest.

??? = New signing or instead of a def B2B we could play Ozil or Mkhi here against weaker oppositions that we are expected to dominate possession against.

Sanchez... great ball for Walcotts goal but rest of he time running up blind alleys and again against weak opposition he should have shone Reiss Nelson should not be playong RWB..

Which means these three play well in less than 12.5 % of the teams games and half of those games were against weak opposition.

@TJ 4 - 0, 5 - 0, 6 - 0... is not a scoreline we see Arsenal winning by anymore.Even against weak opposition and it ai nt solely the strikers fault.Liverpool can win 6 - 0 with 6 different scorers.

Even this year has been easier with all four ties at home and against weak opposition thus far.

I wanted Ozil gone weeks ago, but I'd play him still if we're at home against weak opposition.

Ca n`t head, tackle, dribble, pick or receive a pass, cross, take freekicks or corners, but, oh yes, he can run fast and sometimes score goals against weak opposition, rarely against top teams.

Against weaker oppositions in the League, in the first round of the CC and FA Cup?

Not exact matches

Whilst we like to beat up on OG his goals / game ratio in PL over the last 3 years is pretty similar to Benzeman — who plays in a team that creates far more chances against arguably weaker opposition week in week out.

Also Walcott's goals come against v. weak opposition (hat trick vs. a U21 Soton team in the FA cup).

Please don't name drop Lacazette, Milik, Janssen, Gabriel and co. while they're banging in goals against far, far, far weaker opposition

Easily takes care of weaker opposition, but when up against a big puncher the glass jaw is exposed and he get knocked the Fu * k out!

Ozil man of the match Fu — k no, the man against strong opposition seems just non combative, he looses the ball easily and seems disgust against himself, giving up instead of running his ass to try getting it back.Bad body laguage, it make you think he is weak.

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.

For Arsenal to pay # 42.5 million and # 35 million on transfer of players and then go and play defensive counter attacting style football with little possession against even weak opposition.

Maybe they're not dazzling, like Destiny Littleton's 42.7 points per game against much weaker opposition, but 25.0 points and 13.4 rebounds a game against that level of competition is an amazing feat.

Couple that with Wenger's own under - management of players and tactical laziness / disrespect to opposition, and you have yesterday at Anfield, the 6 - 0 at Chelsea, the 5 - 1 at Anfield a few years ago, the 6 - 3 at Man City, the destruction TWICE by Bayern (who claimed we were easy to play against), the weak - willed defeats against anyone well organised like Watford or West Brom, etc..

I saw headlines about how professional we were last thursday night but I just saw a weak Arsenal team who essentially scored 3 lucky goals against an even weaker opposition.

The only thing is, that they are in the CL, but they didn't even get further than us last year, playing much weaker opposition, against Monaco!

Instead he placed our right winger up front where he proved again he is not cut out to play as a striker except against the weakest of opposition.

We fold every time we're in the knock out stage, even against the weakest of opposition.

It was a common tactic that even weaker opposition used to deploy against us, to apply a hard midfield press as we'd always try to play through it.