Sentences with phrase «average team struggling»

At the start of the season I said to my work colleagues that I feared relegation could be Wengers final destination and even they non Arsenal fans could not see it happening, I still fear it if Wenger honours his contract, we have become a below average team struggling for confidence and form, lacking guile and class and truly world class players because sorry Mesut is not showing he is for me.

We were title contenders but suddenly one game made us an average team struggling to beat West Ham..

Not exact matches

This win by no means was perfect as they struggled a bit on the defensive end, allowing 94 total points to a Team Malvin squad who entered this game averaging just under 70 PPG.

Because of that, the Knicks received an average of 63 % of spread wagers over their first eleven games — even as the team struggled to the tune of a 3 - 8 record against the spread.

At international level too, Ronaldo inspired an average Portugal team to the semi-finals of Euro 2012, while, without the assistance of Xavi, Iniesta and co., Messi has struggled for Argentina at their last two major tournaments.

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

This headline could be said for any player this year!!!!!! i think apart from our new wizzard from barcalona the rest of the team have so stage been very average!!!!! most of them would have struggled to hold down a starting place in any of the other top 4 teams, I keep hearing fans saying we have loads of players but where is the quality that we all seen 10 - 15 years ago?

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

The Yankees are giving up too much offense as a team, as they're also struggling to produce at third base (where Chase Headley and Friends have been significantly worse than average) and in center field whenever Jacoby Ellsbury is the one patrolling it.

Some people were saying he is average and will struggle in the EPL, they better see OG every week playing like a donkey than give the lethal striker a chance to do great in our team..

It worked against the average or bad teams, but against the better OL's (not counting the USC game this past year aside as USC's entire line was hurt) like Stanford and UW, he struggled consistently.

Rest assured we will struggle to get 75 % because we struggle against average teams.

Team AEPi FR (Griffin Lowy) struggled to get it going in this game, scoring less than their average of 59.3 points per game for the year.

Team Evans Scholar SO struggled to stop anything on defense however in this game, giving up more points than their average of 51.5 points against per game this year.

On what basis are you saying he had a bad season.On the basis of stats or what?If anything he just wasn't at top form.He was still making defenders look average.He's also not had only one good season.He was good in season 14/15 and even destroyed Arsenal in a home fixture that season.I don't know why people think he's average and a one season wonder.I urge you all to constantly keep watching a player before you say he's average.For the same reasons why people don't want Mahrez to be signed I can also equate them to why Ox should be sold.The team he's even in doesn't fit his style of play at all.The whole Leicester team struggled last season which even lead to Ranieri's sacking.

Benfica denied Bayern of any clear cut chances and only lost 1 - 0, while in the final tie, Man City despite their defensive struggles managed to get an important 2:2 draw at a PSG side which is full of quality but suffers from the fact it plays in a league full of average teams.

Maybe we should start by just getting a win over an average team first — so far Wenger has struggled with that.

If Karius is struggling with crosses in a league where teams average 13.7 crosses per game (and no team averages more than 19 per match) and is coming to a league where the average is 20.9 per team per game (and only two teams average fewer than 19 per match) then he is going to be severely tested in one potential area of weakness in the Premier League.

These teams are basically all struggling to average one goal a game and we concede 0.66 per outing.

The local paper also reports that Jutkiewicz came close to signing for Blackburn Rovers just before Christmas, so not only does he possess an incredibly average goal return, he also has experience being linked to struggling teams.

A mid-table finish would appear the likely destination of Fulham at the end of the season, with the Cottagers neither here nor there with regards to standard of their performances, while early results would indicate that Mark Hughes, despite doing his best to retain Fulham's dogged qualities which were instilled by former boss Roy Hodgson, who was undoubtedly the most successful manager the club ever had in the Premier League, that Fulham will struggle to win matches this season let alone the hearts of the entire nation as they did last season when Hodgson guided an average English team to the finals of the Europa League to the amazement of a nation and a continent.

Roy Williams» team, which averages 48.1 % from the floor, made just 20 of 55 attempts (36.4 %) and struggled for second - chance opportunities grabbing only 26.0 % of their offensive rebounds.

The team struggled mightily against average opposition like Besiktas and Partizan, and too many squad players like Andros Townsend, Benjamin Stambouli and Roberto Soldado failed to take the opportunity these games presented.