Sentences with phrase «crucial run»

Working on the perfectly reasonable basis that any computer game older than 15 years is essentially an ancient legend, Arsenal's run - in is the same as every other crucial run of fixtures in the Late Wengerian era.

maybe Wenger looked at last season and realized just how crucial the run in is and doesn't want to take chances early on that may effect later on?

The second half went underway with Fulham looking very dangerous as they made crucial runs near the box especially in the opening 15 mins of the restart.

The Alley struck first by putting up 4 crucial runs in the top half of Inning number 1.

Making crucial runs, escaping from defenders, performing set piece duties, Mata has been a key man, and is an obvious choice for Louis van Gaal.

Many were anticipating rotation for the friendly given the demands which await the players ahead of a crucial run - in for the clubs, but few could've predicted a central midfield role for Phil Jones.

So here's hoping that our star man finds some form ahead of a crucial run of fixtures that will determine the Gunners» title credentials.

With Cazorla, Wilshere, the Ox and Rosicky all included in our list, the return of Ramsey would have been a helpful addition in our crucial run in, but now, according to Aaron's national team coach Chris Coleman, we may be lucky to see Ramsey back in action at all this season.

Medical tests confirmed the worst for manager Arsene Wenger ahead a crucial run of fixtures that will see the Gunners visit Manchester United on 19 November four days before a Champions League clash with Paris Saint - Germain.

Antonio Rudiger — 8 — The German international was one of Chelsea's most threatening players in the first half, as along with the opening goal, Rudiger made some crucial runs to cause huge havoc to the Stoke defence.

But a crucial run of three consecutive victories followed with Doug Wragg and Ivan Hollett, who ended the season as the two leading goalscorers, scoring the decisive goals.

Now Alex McLeish is facing up to the stark reality that several key players won't even be available for Saturday's midday clash, while he also has to think about the general conditioning of his players ahead of a crucial run - in, with surviving in the Premier League imperative but an uphill task at this rate, what with first - team numbers dropping like flies.

Any manager worth his salt can rally a group of players ahead of a crucial run of fixtures, yet we, and so it would seem the West Ham board, have little faith in Grant achieving this.

These next couple of months, including December, is a crucial run of games.

With Robin Van Persie's goalscoring exploits seemingly evaporated as the end of the season approaches, it remains to be seen how Arsenal can overcome both Stoke and West Brom away from home, and Norwich back at the Emirates and Wenger realises that he has to get the Gunners motivated for the crucial run - in.

He takes a very complex political process — the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 — and narrows his story down to the crucial run - up to the event, taking a kind of Homeric approach, zeroing in on the time and situation that illuminates the entire conflict quite efficiently.