Sentences with phrase «big game at the weekend»

We've gone with two more midfield players to keep us narrow; Scott Sinclair and Stuart Armstrong have little niggles, so it's not good to risk them when we have a huge squad and a big game at the weekend.»

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A game time decision on Congress» next big legislative push — including whether or not to use a special procedural pathway in the Senate that would nix the need for any Democratic votes — may come down to what President Donald Trump tells Republican leadership during a meeting this weekend at Camp David.

As you get ready for the Big Game this weekend, we present the second installment of mini-sized Super Bowl treats, courtesy of Jaymee Sire over at eisforeat.com!

Arsenal are set to face arguably their biggest game of the season at the Etihad this weekend, and it is not just for us to finish above Man City and clinch the usual Champions League quaklification, but also to stave off Tottenham finishing above us for the first time in Arsene Wenger's reign at the Emirates.

After beating BYU last weekend and getting back into the AP Top 25 rankings, Michigan is the big favorite for this weekend's game at Maryland.

City has a team that can compete with any big team on Europe but they are failing.Arsenal has a better team than Monaco but lost 3 - 1 at home.Chelsea can not even beat 10 men psg, and the funny thing is psg has played on the weekend and this game was supposed to be hard for them not for Chelsea.

Mkhitaryan will now be preparing to face Tottenham in a big game at Wembley this weekend, but Wenger seems prepared to use his new signings as he has no fears over their ability to handle the pressure of such an important contest.

In the biggest game of the weekend, he has predicted a stalemate at Old Trafford between Manchester United and Liverpool.

Arsene Wenger is unhappy with the timing of Arsenal's FA Cup semi-final schedule on Saturday evening, which clashes with this weekend's big Premier League game between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

West Ham had a big boost having beaten Chelsea at the weekend, and the Gunners can ill afford to fall behind to defensive errors for the third game in a row, so I am thinking that it is time to bring the England U21 players Calum Chambers and Rob Holding into the side for tonight's match.

Per has bags of experience and defensive quality and we need him to show it all at the weekend, but that is exactly what he did in his last big game against EPL rivals, when he helped us to beat Chelsea at Wembley to lift the FA cup.

And as we look forward to this weekend's big game, we too know that Arsenal might be a huge great spike of vicious pain, but they might — Petr Cech's injured, everybody's miserable — not even exist at all.

Even if a sloppy pass or a momentary lack of focus leads to a goal there should be enough attacking ability in the Arsenal team to get away with it, as we did last weekend, but I do think it is a concern and especially so in a big game like the one coming up at Man City.

I kind of hope so, because that could end up doing us a big favour, at least for this weekend of EPL games, as both the Toffees and the Baggies are up against teams currently above us in the table.

The only other United player to reach double figures in all competitions is Martial so the news that Rooney will miss the game against us at Old Trafford next weekend is a big boost.

If Arsenal do as we expect them to this weekend and run out as winners of the home game against a struggling Southampton side getting used to their new manager Claude Puel, while he gets used to the English Premier League for the first time, then we will be heading into the next round of matches a bit closer to at least one of our big spending Premier League rivals.

With Giorgio Chiellin cruelly set to miss Juventus» Champions League final clash against Barcelona this weekend, here's a look back at other big names who for one reason or another sat out the biggest game in club football for their teams...

It's not quite «squeaky bum time» yet, in the immortal words of Sir Alex Ferguson, but Arsenal's game at Old Trafford this weekend could certainly be a big boost for either sides ambitions to be doing battle at the top of the table come the end of the season.

Another reason though is to err on the side of caution with our best defender as there are bigger and more important games ahead, such as the FA cup semi-final with Reading at Wembley next weekend and the crucial home clash with Chelsea the following week.

I was hoping that Borussia Dortmund might not do Arsenal a favour at the weekend by knocking Bayern off their stride in the big derby game, as they were unbeaten, in good form themselves and just four points below Munich in the table.

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.

After two straight missed cuts at the game's biggest events (Masters and Players), I think Phil at least makes the weekend but is never a factor in the final round.

There are more big games coming up though, including our next Premier League match which is against Manchester United at Old Trafford next weekend.

With the massive game coming up at White Hart Lane this weekend, would it make sense to rest some big name players, as they rarely seem to be fit enough to play three times in seven days anyway.

Add to the mix that Ashley Young has been handed a three - game ban and Romelu Lukaku was stretchered off at the weekend, and the list of problems for Mourinho is just getting bigger.

Michigan at Wisconsin: The top game this weekend because it's a big challenge for Wisconsin to stay undefeated.

The big matchup of the weekend is Arsenal at Tottenham, a rivalry game in which both teams have a lot at stake.

They'll have a big test this weekend at home against the Packers in what should be the most popular game of the week.

Keeping with the trend of Unders, weather could play a big impact on a number of games this weekend including Hawaii at UNLV.

I haven't been Gervinhos biggest fan but hats off to the guy he added a new dimension to his game at the weekend

With Spurs at the weekend and Manchester United in early December, they could find themselves back on track in a big way if they can get good results in those games, but to do it they need Ozil and Sanchez to start firing.

Retsub, Yes my friend its quite true that the posts are quadrupled after a poor performance but its partly because we are geared around weekend games and thats when most of the posters will come on here, I think aswel though that you may have a point in that alot of our fans habe become a little fickle but I have to say the last 8/9 seasons I have, as Im sure all our fans have, eagerly anticipated these big head to head games and I can only recall a couple of Spurs victories and an away win at Stamford Bridge among the success stories.

Their win at Wigan last weekend was a first in eight attempts, and it should be straightforward for the Rams after Saturday's big one in the early game against rivals Brentford.

With big games coming thick and fast for every Premier League club, the standout this weekend is Saturday evening's clash between Arsenal and Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium.

Roma are enjoying a good season in Serie A, but narrowly lost a big game 1 - 0 at home against league leaders Napoli on the weekend.

Wow this is a big game for Swansea, who I was impressed with at Arsenal last weekend.

Probably the biggest game of the weekend in the Premier League this week is Manchester United against Tottenham at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Since then, Rovers have thrown away two priceless opportunities to enhance their stance in the top - flight further, losing away to Bolton 2 - 1, despite boasting a numerical advantage for most of the second half, as well as throwing two invaluable points away last weekend when drawing 1 - 1 with bottom of the league West Ham, Kean's very first game in charge and it was a game where Blackburn produced one of their poorest performances of the season, certainly at home, where Rovers were previously a force to be reckoned with under» Big Sam».

PREMIER LEAGUE The big game this weekend is without doubt the battle at the Etihad between Man City and Liverpool.

Speaking of the other games... # 7 DePaul will travel to play # 8 Villanova, # 4 Providence will be at # 10 Seton Hall, # 3 Xavier will be in Queens against # 6 St. John's, and the biggest match of the weekend will be top ranked Georgetown at # 2 Butler.

Cardiff City stunned the rest of the Premier League last weekend with an emphatic 3 - 2 win over big - spending Manchester City and they will host their second home game in a row on Saturday at 3.00 pm, as Roberto Martinez's Everton make the trip to Wales.

didn't see the match but arsenal at home was expected to win getting contrasting reports on the game but still a win is a win and those above us dropped point so overall a good weekend for ARSENAL hope we can build and get ready for next week cause that will be a another big test

Despite his impressive form and great track record against Chelsea, Aguero can be backed at 21/20 with Ladbrokes to score any time in this weekend's big game.

A somewhat anticipated defeat at home to Chelsea this weekend would almost definitely see the team drop down into the relegation zone for the first time this season, but Rovers raised their game against the» big boys» at Ewood Park last term, Chelsea included, so who's to say Blackburn won't give the current league leaders a bitter taste of Deja Vu when the two sides meet on Saturday, with last season's encounter finishing honours even in a 1 - 1 draw.

We are using this angle for this week's play, selling the Baltimore Ravens at a «recent high» (after a two - game winning streak)-- and especially after their big win over Pittsburgh on Sunday Night Football last weekend.

Yuto Nagatomo is now expected to take D'Ambrosio's place on the right side of midfield with Dodo keeping his place on the left side and Walter Mazzarri will be hoping for no further injuries before this weekend's big game against Napoli at the San Siro with Pablo Osvaldo already ruled out with a groin injury and Mateo Kovacic and Hugo Campagnaro both doubts for the game.

Manchester United welcome Liverpool to Old Trafford this weekend and Dean Smith of Top10bet.com takes a look at why games between these two clubs are the biggest in the Premier League.

Joe Kinnear's men didn't look good in defeat at Fulham last weekend and he will be expecting a big turnaround in game they should be aiming for three points.

Onto this weekend, a big game at Old Trafford is the highlight.

With a draw at Liverpool and a loss at Chelsea, they haven't hit the mark in a couple of big away games so far and following this they face up to Champions - elect Manchester City next weekend.