Sentences with phrase «cup run they played»

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Might as well play the little fella as he'll be off to pastures new soon... and to stand any chance of keeping him we either need a good cup run, or him to be injured (and therefore unattractive to big clubs..).

The Argentine has not played since the penalty - shootout defeat to Middlesbrough in the last 16 of the Capital One Cup, and will be hoping for a run out in place of David de Gea.

We can only hope the styles of football Leicester and Spuds play catches up with them physically, and that Man City don't go on a run off winning the league cup.

This postseason run was a chance for him to potentially push his price even higher, though, especially if he kept playing well through the Stanley Cup Final.

This is one good game in a run of many poor games in a row and you got ta ask questions as to why we suddenly decided to play, but we slept through most away games, as well as the Carabao cup final?

(2) somewhat linked to the previous comment in that we never seem to be prepared to hit the ground running with our best potential lineup come opening day... it's become so common, in recent years, that many fans actually hope we stumble a little in the first couple games just so it forces Wenger to bring in reinforcements... unfortunately this can be problematic, thus one of the most common phrases associated with Wenger, «panic buy»... this situation is also negatively impacted by the ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the summer months... right now I'm watching the Super Cup and not a single player is unavailable to either manager, including Ronaldo, yet somehow we have a list of players half a mile long that haven't seen game - time so far this preseason... I can only assume this is a reactionary policy created due to the multitude of injuries this club has faced over the years... just another sign of the fragility that permeates this club

Also they are going to be running training camps to help teach the Kenyans how to play the «Arsenal way» and they are ambitiously aiming to get a team good enough to reach the World Cup Finals.

When you are playing football and you got a high ball to control the slightest touch will push you off it for sure eguaro pushed mustafi but mustafi should have stock his leg out to bring him down or elbowed him in the face well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones period

The former Rayo Vallecano has set the Premier League alight with his bright attacking play, scoring 15 goals already, plus another three in the club's successful Capital One Cup run.

with the Fa cup tie against Burnley coming up we need to give Sanchez and Ozil a run around together (do not play them for the whole match) and Eleney should start

His last game in the FA Cup against Spuds last season, he was so good up and down and got injured because he made 2 tackles consecutively, 1 in the Spuds half and had to run back to help the right back in our half, that's how he injured himself tackling a spuds play in our right back position.

The World Cup next summer had expected to play a part in Giroud's thoughts in the run up to the winter transfer window, and he was claimed to be considering an exit in order to secure more regular action having fallen down the pecking order in North London.

Arsenal are in fantastic form in the Premier League and FA cup and even though we had to suffer yet another disappointing early exit from the Champions League, the players did go some way to redeeming themselves by playing well and winning 2 - 0 away in Monaco, so Arsene Wenger will be hoping that we can continue our strong run and cement our place in the top four by beating a struggling Newcastle United side at St. James» Park today.

Ozil had more than a month off after the world cup so i do not think that the number of matches he has played so far this season is too much to run a professional player aground.

please stop these silly articles this is a joke Wenger would die rather than play 7 defenders in his team he is no mourinho are u influenced by him there is no problem with this formation our past 2 seasons best performances have come playing this formation and about your one time theory this season only we beat manu that lead us to a run of fa cup and we won that so do your homework properly.

Since Arsenal's disastrous run of defeats to Watford, Chelsea and Bayern Munich saw our team left with just the FA Cup to play for once again.

Ospina played second fiddle to Petr Cech last season and whilst he played a number of games in the cup competitions, his only real run in the Premier League came in Petr Cech's absence.

If Wolves fail to make it through the play - offs then it will be harder to keep these youngsters and Brian Howard, having now had a taste of the big - time in their fabulous cup run, may seek an even bigger pay packet in the Premier League or indeed he may just see a move to the top tier simply a more ambitious move regardless of salary and I don't think anyone could blame him.

Play our game and we will run out with a convincing win giving us great momentum for our FA cup.

The LFP, which runs the Primera and Segunda divisions of La Liga, has joined the Premier League in denouncing the recommendation made by an FIFA task force to play the 2022 Qatar World Cup during the European winter.

Considering the importance of Arsenal keeping up our winning run in the FA Cup, I was a little surprised that Arsene Wenger made a whole nine changes to the team that played Chelsea last week, but it looks like Le Prof gambled with just the right amount of rotation and we ended up winning the game without too many dramas.

«To do what they've done, people can say it's Scottish football and Celtic are head and shoulders above, but every team they played on that run treated it like a cup final, which is difficult sometimes.

With Wojciech Szczesny playing in cup games this season, there's every chance this will be David Ospina's final run out in goal this season.

Completely agree with u antiwenger, if chelsea is still in the FA cup, we can't win it... although am sure Man city will trash them anyway... We will need a lot of luck to win the Epl this season bcos we have thrown away good chances.the same chance chelsea took advantage of last season and they ran away with it... I still think we need to exit the UCL, cos that's when we play our best in epl

Our Championship opponents Nottingham Forest have recently sacked Mark Warburton after dropping out of the promotion race and as they are now firmly ensconced in mid-table they have little else to play for except a glorious FA Cup run, and with the new - manager boost they are capable of causing a major upset today against the holders.

Yeah HE gets to play in Tampa in what should be a promising cup run; no wonder he's able to be magnanimous.

Are you the same guy predicting fa cup victory would be a springboard back to EPL and cl glory... I think you are... We are a mid table team playing mid table footie..., that's where 10 years of wenger induced decline with episodic cup runs ends up... True fans want that changed the rest is just waffle... Anyone insisting wenger staying put will do it needs to be hauled off to the rubber room...

So from this we would have to guess that the Chilean manager is hoping that Alexis can run this off and still play tomorrow in the Crucial World Cup Qualifier against Uruguay.

Davies also played a starring role in Hull's FA Cup run, which saw them reach their first ever major final.

Both sides will be eager to win in the run - up to the Rugby World Cup, and South Africa are in good form at the moment after beating New Zealand, while Ireland will be hoping to click into gear after playing their first game since June.

Well I believe if we win d fa cup, next community shield will be W chance to HV a psychological adv He has to beat M in d charity shield match Both teams are on a neutral ground Overall arsenal's run this year Has bn impressive If we played like this in D first leg against Monaco, we should be in d semifinal of d CL by now That is my regret this season.

The Brazilian internationalists, two - time World Cup winners, bring their samba culture into the game, with relaxed, uninhibited play marked by dashing runs by their brilliant forwards Garrincha and Pelé.

As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4 chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched considering what we've witnessed for past several years

Decent premier run, no fcuk ups in the fa cup and all is to play for again this season.

Agreed, we might as well play conservative as a draw practically secures 3rd for us and at this point, with it looking like City will take 2nd, all I want is to have a good run up to the FA Cup final and not have to worry about CL qualifiers come August.

But, in whatever little I've seen of the Costa Rican — more notably, during his magnificent showing against Benfica in the Emirates cup — he could be better off playing as a winger who runs the channels and dribbles intelligently.

An extended FA Cup run will mean having to play EPL catch up games mid week further stretching our already limited resources.

My big cup of Sunday morning coffee could've played a role, but as soon as I hit the road for my run I felt a little pop in my step that instantly made me pick up my tempo.

We need a young keeper to eventually replace cech (donnuramma, lafont fom toulouse or butland if we can't get those two) we also must have a creative midfield player to replace cazorla (naby Keita, rabiot) a hard tackler to break up the play (idriss gueye, nzonzi) and a striker lacazette / aubameyang / belotti... keep him at all costs but if Sanchez leaves costa, dembele from Dortmund, or mpabbe but I don't think that he's feasible, not mahrez too lazy for me if Alexis is leaving I want a world class player to replace our superstar who runs everywhere and never stops fighting for the ball not a one season wonder who's gonna leave every two years for the African cup and never tracks back.

Coincidentally enough that unbeaten run gave the Gunners beat the record previously held by the team that we are about to play in the ELF cup, the Nottingham Forest side managed by the duo of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, who also achieved that double European Cup success that is unlikely to ever be matched, at least by a club of a similar sicup, the Nottingham Forest side managed by the duo of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, who also achieved that double European Cup success that is unlikely to ever be matched, at least by a club of a similar siCup success that is unlikely to ever be matched, at least by a club of a similar size.

Hawaii assistant coach Marc Fournier first saw Mata play in a workshop she attended, which he was helping to run, at the San Diego Surf Cup.

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Look, as the Arsenal manager is so fond of saying, if it meant playing a significantly weakened side in a Wembley final that could see Arsenal and Arsene Wenger make FA cup history, then there is no way that Theo Walcott would be in the starting XI to run out onto the hallowed turf on Saturday evening.

When Arsenal next run out onto the pitch it will be at the Emirates on Tuesday night, when the Premier League has a rare midweek slot with no domestic cup action and no Europa League and Champions League games to be played.

I was hoping that the Arsenal and Germany international forward Lukas Podolski was given a good run out by his national coach Joachim Low tonight, as the World Cup holders play host to Republic of Ireland in a Euro qualifying group.

He is good but given that the focal point of the attack for Arsenal is Giroud, he won't fair well, I've always said if you where to give our «wingers» artistic license to play as inside forwards instead of on the overlap trying to cross it in to Gioud they will be a he'll of a lot better, Walcott and Ox preseason and Campbell world cup and Alexis Sanchez Copa America and now Gnabry are all self evident having a deep lying forward / target man is impeding their ability to perform well because there spending 70 % of the time trying to cross instead of run at opponents

Petr Cech will not play against Man City on Sunday, with David Ospina continuing his run as the Gunners» cup «keeper

Expected to play a leading role for Nigeria at the World Cup, he has already gained the attention of top clubs in Germany with Schalke 04 listed among clubs interested in his services when his contract runs out at Mainz 05.

There has been much fuss made of the playing surface at Spotland Stadium in the run up to Rochdale's FA Cup 5th Round clash with Tottenham Hotspur this weekend.

We're battling for a champions league spot most of the year, get out of our Europa Group but fall to a bigger opponent in the knockouts, our cup runs end shorter than we'd like, but it's a successful season because we continue to play European football next season.