Sentences with phrase «against weaker sides»

Unlike in previous years, most of those victories have been against weaker sides, with no big scalps of note.
The club seems to have added wilting against top competition to it's season - long trend of underperforming against weaker sides.
Of course we're gonna look good in pre season against weaker sides...
It'll be «ohhh he only scores tap - ins,» «half of them were against weaker sides,» «he can't create from nothing.»
I still believe Wenger will continue to field the two advanced creative players against weaker sides that sacrifice possession for numbers in defence.
So giving him games now against the weaker sides is probably the order of the day.
Those games against the weaker sides are very good for the youngsters, because they are real matches.
However, Wilshere is clearly adding discipline, awareness, tackling and a great long range passing ability to his game and it might be a good idea for the Gunners to make use of that a bit more, especially in games against the weaker sides when we dominate the ball.
And Im trying not to get over excited about Iwobi, but I really do want to see more of him against the weaker sides.
This is the Arsene wenger we know.He won't sign anyone untill we get battered by city.Apparently wenger needs a constant reminder of just how weak this squad is defensively, after every win against a weak side he seems to forget that up untill we come up against a decent side and get exposed.
He's an impact player or a player we can play against weak sides like Gallatasaray we can't afford to carry players.
I think the best thing we can say right now with accuracy was it was nice to see us win away albeit against a weak side and that Wilshire looked quite good.
Think the starting 11 need a strengthening first, not sure elneny will ever cement his place as a started and la cock will only do a job against the weaker side, xhaka needs to show some form this season so we need someone else challenging in the dm position.
So should Arsenal take advantage of their injury crisis and treat this game like a home tie against a weaker side and go for all out attack?
I just stated that we already did in the first game at home against a weaker side.
it takes a specialist in failure to lose the first game at home against a weaker side like West ham.

Not exact matches

The 7 - 2 decision (Justices Côté and Rowe dissented, finding that there were alternatives available, the order is ineffective, and expressing concern that the «temporary» injunction was effectively permanent) is not a surprise — last week's Facebook's decision suggested a willingness to side with the weaker Canadian litigant against Internet giants — but the decision will ultimately grant Google more power, not less.
Howard Thurman talked about the failure of the church to be a home for all people, because it has always been on the side of the strong and powerful and against the weak and oppressed.
It was basically a dismal performance by the Gunners against a weak Liverpool side who managed a massive 27 attempts on our goal, while we scored with our first two attempts on target.
If Sam Allarydice decided to field a weak black cats side against the Gunners, it's his own business.
Against San Francisco, Seattle always sent Red Bryant to the weak side of the formation, and lined him up as a five - technique over there (sometimes a 4I, which is on the inside shade of the tackle).
Arsenal have to secure the attack and get Alexis ready for the match against Barca and the remaining fixtures against top premier league sides.The team has to win against Barca and then beat them at Nou - Camp causes it really is irritating to see Wenger playing bad players in the big matches in the past, Arsenal have allowed themselves to be weak where Wenger is after the league means these Southhampton, Stoke, Chelsea get the luck against this side.
Ramsey is good against EPL bottom 10 sides and the weak teams in the EPL group stage.
Of course, Chelsea are up against a far weaker side than Sevilla, but more expansive pieces of football like the Willian goal wouldn't go amiss for the west Londoners in the second half.
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.
Offensive coaches realize they need to value RT as much as LT, because if you have a weak pass blocker on either side then defensive coaches are going to line up Khalil Mack against him and Khalil is going to wreck your shit.
They hurry into a formation, he checks the alignment of the corner to be sure what he's seeing, and he takes the easy money on the comeback against an isolated defender, all after eyeing the weak - side safety to ensure he knows the defensive alignment.
That team we put out today puts in that type of performance against a very weak / injured United side.
We'll be in pot 2 this year so we'll be playing against at least one major team in the group stages hopefully, though there are one or two weaker sides like Benfica in pot 1.
Let's not forget other rotation options like Prince Podolski, Rosicky the little mozart, Diaby when fit, Coquelin as a 2nd backup when needed, Zelalem in cup games and against much weaker sides, Gnabry to help Walcott and OX, Sanogo with his surprises and finally Campbell.
If he goes missing in big games it is because our back 6 are so weak against the big sides that they can't control possession and play out from the back.
Norwich may have started this season in promising fashion, but their heads have dropped completely since they conceded six goals against a weak Newcastle side.
The German had been excellent after coming on and he was constantly looking to overload on this right side against the weaker Fulham left.
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.
Like last weekend against Chelsea, Manchester United are once again starting with a relatively weaker side vs Burnley in the Premier League.
The Capital One Cup tie against rivals Tottenham Hotspur was a particular case in point, with Mauricio Pochettino's side pointedly targeting Debuchy as a weak link.
However, against the so - called «weaker sides» in the Premier League, The Reds are often tasked with breaking down the opposition.
Having said that if they do not perform well in this spot against a weak Albion side then I may divulge my thoughts.
I don't recall from the game any sequence of quick passing that engineered an opening or a half chance; even against one of the weakest sides in the division.
The 33 - year - old Real Madrid star pulled a victory from thin air against Egypt, trailing 1 - 0 prior to two stoppage - time strikes, but couldn't prevent an embarrassing defeat to one of the weakest Dutch sides in recent memory.
No use crying over spill milk, it was there in writing when da 11 was chosen, weak defence that neva play regularly n unknown forward line so da expection were low, either draw or loss.i hate havin 2 c man city n chelsea havin n easy run playing n full strenght side, so much anger against wenger 4 in da fa cup we had 50/50 chance of winning it n now it gone n what wil da arsenal mood b when facing da next opponents.anyway it bridge over water.
In matchday one Liverpool won what was a game of individual moments against a weak Arsenal side.
They have lost their last three games but these were against top sides that are challenging for the league as opposed to weaker teams they have beaten.
In the last week we have proved that we have the mental strength to pull through in hugely adverse conditions, as well as perform wonderfully against a far weaker Blackburn side.
A draw at Atlético is fine, but a bad game against the weakest team in the group at home will really bring a lot of doubt and questions to a Barça side that's exceeded expectations in this young season.
Though on evidence of Gabriel Paulista and Callum Chambers performance against Liverpool, there is no cause for worry against a weaker Newcastle side.
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.
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.
As with Sanchez though, his goals in the league have come against Sunderland, Stoke City, Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion, Middlesbrough and Burnley; the weaker sides in the top flight.
It's easy to get into a narrow view of politics, to see only the bad side, but Lincoln reminds us that sometimes good men come along and manipulate the venal and the weak into performing, against their own better judgement, works of incredible public good.
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