Sentences with phrase «chances for both teams came»

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Great chance for all the first team fringe players to make a name for themselves in the coming weeks and this excites me, still disappointed and annoyed with all the injuries but not a lot we can do about that.

You did not give Arsenal ANY chance for this season and now when you see a team coming out of nowhere battling for the title yo fscking dare to call it a failure?

It was a bold move that might not make sense on paper — the chance of an All - Star outfielder for a sprinkling of relief innings, come on — but it was what the team needed right now.

Alexis may not have been at his best for us last season but he still often looked like our most likely chance of scoring and he also tended to come inside a lot due to his desire to score and his frustration about the team's lack of incision.

This is the penultimate game of the Arsenal pre-season preparations, with the final chance for the Gunners coming in two days against Manchester City, so if Theo wants to make sure that it is him rather than young Chuba Akpom who is lining up when Jurgen klopp brings his Liverpool team to north London next weekend he needs to prove himself now.

do u think any of them will be happy seeing another MF come into the team which may make them start looking for playing chances and other rival clubs submitting bids and they may end up leaving and you think I'll be happy to see those two leave?

And even against a compact team, chances can come up in the game for counter esp when we go a goal up.

In a report on the Arsenal website the manager talks about how we made it easy for the home team because we never put them under pressure by taking one of the many chances that came our way.

Both Games will be Softball and there's a chance for one of these Teams to see their bats come alive and carry them through their battle with ATO.

They have a chance to knock off a Team tied for 1st this coming week and head into the Playoffs on a two - game Win - Streak and all the confidence in the world.

For Team Fallows, they will undoubtedly think about this one in the off - season, as they came just a few plays away from taking to the football field for a chance to win the CrowFor Team Fallows, they will undoubtedly think about this one in the off - season, as they came just a few plays away from taking to the football field for a chance to win the Crowfor a chance to win the Crown..

I've always maintained my stance that Arsene Wenger loves French players in his team than any other players.No matter how average you are once you're French and once you're in the first team he tends to give you so many chances to prove yourself.I can start mentioning them if you want me to but I know you know them.If Lucas Perez was French he wouldn't have been out so early believe me.I just don't know where to begin.Was Giroud bought to become a super sub or to be the leading striker?Having giving us many sesons of failure people are now content with him being a so called super sub.A player like Giroud is not built for that kind of role.He ws a super sub in 99 % of those matches because he was not played when he was supposed to and we needed presence in the air.The funny thing is people are using only this season to label him as a super sub.There were so many matched that Wenger should have started Giroud but for some reason didn't start him.I only see Arsenal as the top club who'd be crying over Giroud.If a good offer comes we should sell.

THat led to the two teams cancelling each other out to a certain extent and chances were pretty thin on the ground in the first half, which is why the opening goal was a big plus point for the Gunners and once again it came from our big centre forward Olivier Giroud.

Even Zagreb's manager said, that we were easy to read and everybody knew what tactic to use against us to have a chance of winning.That in itself for me is an extremely damning statement, specially coming from the manger of a team that has never won a CL game.

This game looks set up to be a low scoring, tight game in which both teams will need to take any chances they get, however Birmingham look the ones who will come out on top for me.

(Scores, defends, creates off the dribble and sets up chances for his team - mates) With Ospina we had a great reactive keeper, crazy reflexes and didn't really put a foot wrong but although we didn't see that many errors resulting in conceding, the proof was there that there were a lot of short - comings in his game.

We won't get a six - way tie for one wild card or anything, but the more teams who are close to a tie now, the greater the chances of having at least one tie to deal with come Oct. 2.

Wenger also backed up the reports that Akpom was due to be handed a chance to impress for the first team in the coming season, after spending the end of the last one on loan at Nottingham Forest.

With major rule changes coming for 2017, it's a great chance for teams to move up the pecking order and actually give Mercedes a half - decent fight.

Perhaps it was a part of the reason why Gabriel Armando De Abreu, known to Arsenal fans and the English football world as Gabriel Paulista because he comes from São Paulo, signed for Arsenal in the January transfer window was to increase his chances of making it into the Brazil national team one day.

I keep saying it and will continue saying it, We have lost the one thing that we could hide behind (Beautiful Football), since that summer that Cesc and Nasri left they left with our beautiful possession and dominating football, all of a sudden we struggle to create chances, we come up against any half decent team and they will dominate us, this never happened but since 2011 - 12 our football stinks with no direction, slow, clueless boring, players not closing down but instead just jog around waiting for the other team to lose possession..

Out of this he should spend that Lacazette money on Lukaku or Morata or Aubameyang.Morata is a player who I feel should he be given a team where he's the main man he's going to score a lot of goals.There's more to come from him.I think he'll do well here.It's a shame he usually warms the bench at Madrid.It makes him seem overrated but he's not.Lukaku has the height, physique, quality, speed, power, technique and finishing that Arsenal need in a striker.He looks like that kind of player who'll bang in a lot of goalsif given the chance in a top team.Aubameyang is very very fast and clinical and at his age he's at his best.If we sign him it's more likely he'll be here for a while than most of the two due to his age.

Do not worry my brother for Wenger himself is sitting on a ticking timebomb.The day will come when he will leave in shame if he does not do the right thing.Juat look at Flamini average from day one and his timebomb exploded.He is nowhere to be seen so shall this same thing happen to Wenger and some other players in the team whom i woill not mention for some reasons.I feel so sorry for him.He looks like a worried man and the man on the hot seat yet when the chance comes for him to relieve himself he mostly enters the hot water again.Its a pity because there is really no need for him to leave if he makes the right decisions and buys the right players.By the way where is TH14atl

Why is this even an issue?We make some we buy some like we've always done.It's not like we've ever had a full team or first eleven playing for Arsenal where all the player actually came through our ranks and were not bought from foreign countries to come through our ranks.The fact is Arsenal give youngsters a chance time and time again such that even if they're average and were destined to be world class and they become world class then that's where the saying that» We don't buy superstars, we make them» arises.They continually give youngsters a chance that's the reason and we are unlike so many teams out there.

gk we could do with adding a young quality keeper in his teens to challenge for 3rd spot eg dragowski (highly rated polish teen) def (chambers, bellerin are top prospects) we need a young lb who is inexpensive and willing to wait for first team chances eg grimaldo mid we have lots of quali coming through from midfield att its hard to judge them so young but we could do with a striker to replace yaya sanogoo

They were in this game to the end They had enough good chances, they could have won this game By any measure, they are playing against a team with more talent When you rarely make the playoffs for several years, you get better draft picks, and those draft picks have come through for the Jets We are not finished, but our chances of winning this series are slim, but not none We give it our best Friday in the Peg, I hope it is enough

Why is this even an issue?We make some we buy some like we've always done.It's not like we've ever had a full team or first eleven playing for Arsenal where all the player actually came through our ranks and were not bought from foreign countries to come through our ranks.The fact is Arsenal give youngsters a chance time and time again such that even if they're average and were destined to be world class and they become world class then that's where the saying that» We don't buy superstars, we make them» arises.They continually give youngsters a chance that's the reason and we are unlike so ma ny teams out there.

I want us to come 3rd and get Europa league it will give the team a wake up call and we will have a huge chance of winning a European competition for once Only downside is will our squad be big enough to play Thursday Sunday till the end of the season

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

But a fortnight ago in Oslo a chance came, when a team from Red China turned up among those of 14 nations to compete for the world speed skating championships.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

The time has come for change, Wenger should have went at the end of the season, now he will damage the teams chances, his own reputation or be sacked.

The season actually begins with Pre-Season testing, a chance for teams, cars and drivers to familiarise themselves with each other, and start preparing for the battle to come.

The Gunners longest serving player has not started one Premier League game this season, and if he stays with us he will have no chance of making the England team for the World Cup in Russia this coming summer.

even when he suffered a serious knee injury, instead of accepting the fact that he would never stick his legs into the spaces that were crucial for someone with straight ahead speed to succeed, the club actually contemplated giving him a chance to play up top where his lack of physicality, size and holding up play talents would been on display for all to see... these are not the actions of a club that really cares about winning at the highest levels, but they are the actions of a club that wasn't interested in spending the necessary resources to purchases a world - class striker, which is usually the most expensive position on the pitch... instead we adopted the horrible phrase «like a new signing» and proceeded to allow this ridiculous experiment to carry on, which ultimately caused some discomfort on the training pitch and inside the locker room as players battled for a position that shouldn't have been theirs for the taking in the first place... don't get me wrong, I believe that Walcott is a talented player, who can help a team reach their goals, if their goals are relatively modest... just look at the teams who supposedly expressed interest in his services and they weren't the kind of clubs who aspire to win at the highest levels... as for the reasons why he hasn't been bitching and moaning about moving on just look at the wage benefits he receives from our club and his obvious desire to enjoy the societal advantages that come with playing in North London for a club with worldwide appeal... so instead of continuing to try to fix a coat with a broken zipper simply move on and buy a new and better coat

Wilshere was given a few chances to come back into the Arsenal first team towards the end of the season, but even he realises that there is now a lot of top class competition for places in the Gunners midfield, and according to a report in the Star he is seriously considering a big money move to Manchester City.

Arsenal may have flunked the chance to leapfrog Liverpool into fourth place in the table but it may not affect the race for Fourth place too much, and in fact may have given them a confidence boost after coming from two goals behind to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat as a defeat would have left us 4 points behind Jurgen Klopp's team.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Wenger had to come out to state that Francis was now a first team payer so he should wait for his chances.

SENIORS: Veteran coaches will tell you that motivated seniors can elevate a team — and with the chance for a high national ranking (Mitty will start at No. 2 for MaxPreps) and a state championship, leadership and a sense of urgency will not be hard to come by.

They have a number of promising young centre backs who ought to be given an opportunity to prove themselves for the remainder of the season in the EPL matches.They simply can not be worse than the rapidly declining Koscielny and Mustafi who can not cope with the likes of Swansea, Bournemouth etc. let alone a team like Spurs.The lack of steel at the back impacts on our more attacking players as they know they need to score 2/3 goals to have any chance of producing a win.As usual Elneny has come in for criticism but the real culprits are our centre backs and Xhaka who seems to be a fixture regardless of being bang average.

It remains to be seen whether or not Mourinho's summer spending has concluded as speculation has linked him with further activity in the coming weeks, but it's apparent that certain individuals don't fancy their chances of featuring for the first team this year.

I think that Wenger will be reverting to nearly the same team though, with the only changes being Francis Coquelin in for the banned Xhaka, and Elneny coming in for Santi Cazorla, although there is still a chance the Spaniard will play.

Negative Bitch For the first season of Lacazette on the EPL with a team that has not create enough chances for him (lacazette is the one creating)... Arsenal has had a difficult period because of Sanchez, If Aube comes to Arsenal (starting to doubt it) Wenger has to find a system that works for Mhki, Aube & LaFor the first season of Lacazette on the EPL with a team that has not create enough chances for him (lacazette is the one creating)... Arsenal has had a difficult period because of Sanchez, If Aube comes to Arsenal (starting to doubt it) Wenger has to find a system that works for Mhki, Aube & Lafor him (lacazette is the one creating)... Arsenal has had a difficult period because of Sanchez, If Aube comes to Arsenal (starting to doubt it) Wenger has to find a system that works for Mhki, Aube & Lafor Mhki, Aube & Laca.

For a team like Southampton, it's a chance to actually win silverware so they come out blazing.

But a chance came with Durant's injury and Barnes being cut became a grand opportunity to play for the team coming off a 73 - win season.

The ox has been impressive with his directness this season but he just lacks that x-factor when it comes to finishing and creating chances... im sure that will come in time but i think wilshere is right in that Walcott brings a whole lot more and is going to be great for the team to have theo back

As always, Arsenal have many promising youngsters coming through from our expensively assembled academy and the latest to be given a chance to impress in the first team is Alex Iwobi, who replaced Theo Walcott for the last 20 minutes of the 0 - 0 draw against Stoke.

With Houston's rout of the hapless Saints, both Indy and the Texans sit at 6 - 5 and there's a solid chance right now that two playoff teams could come out of the AFC South, a weird proposition for what's been probably the worst division in football for years.

Sterling already confirm in the first league, he is a certitude, we don't need another Walcott to keep 4 - 5 years and not confirm.I don't understand that part of fans who want that team to play with no name young players, but to win trophies.This is a young and a player who will play sure in the first 11, not who come to get some chances and play a match he, another Gnabry, another Welington, etc.Let's have a great first 11, and on the bunch young players, to can win something, not just play the game for fun, we have a profesional club, not an amateur one.