Sentences with phrase «especially against the league»

Going ahead would have guaranteed nothing, especially against the league's best two - minute offense.

Not exact matches

A Tuesday night game against the Canes was never a big deal, but especially now when the team is a.500 squad that spends half its season looking like one of the worst teams in the league.

As we all saw from the Reading match, Debuchy still has some work to do before he is ready to start in the Premier League again, especially if that start is against the likes of Hazard and Willian!

I concede that the Premier league is the most competive professional league in world football and every team loses a game or two they shouldnt (especially on the road) but unfortunately when you only able to secure 7 out of 24 available points against Manure / Shitty / Spuds / Cheshit you CANT drop points in such fixtures.

This Tuesday we face Barcelona FC in the Champions League and anyone but the most blind faithed wouldn't give us much hope of getting past them (especially based on our past performances in the UCL, bar one instance against them).

There have been suggestions that the boss made some sort of promise to Ospina about his playing opportunities and from the first two games in the Champions League, especially the second game against Olympiacos when we were under great pressure to win, it seems like the Colombian is the first choice for all of the Arsenal cup games.

Nothing against Eddie, I just think it's too easy to hire from within and especially for someone who has no managerial experience (except for winter league).

David Ospina, was our savior in the group stage of the UEFA Champions league, especially against PSG and he must be commended for accepting to be a 2nd choice keeper (that is what he really is for now), despite being the first choice goal keeper for his country.

All three of our away games in Europe are to be played on Tuesday, leaving plenty of time for the team to recover before the next league match and although one of those matches is the north London derby it is at the Emirates stadium and is going to be played on the Sunday, so the European game should not affect our chances, especially as it is against Lodogorets, the weakest team in the group.

I hope we can take that to the league next year (especially against big teams).

I expected Mariota, who has never really done much to prove otherwise, to become extra shaky in a road playoff game, especially against a turnover - hungry defense and in one of the loudest stadiums in the league.

This pattern went on until Arsenal pulled some pretty powerful performances in the UEFA champion League in 2006 especially, coming to just 15 minutes away from a famous win against Barcelona.

Only have 6 guys is tough and, especially so against the most physical Team in the League — Team Goldin.

Captain Scott is one of the league's best in net and that goes a long way especially against the significant competition that exists on Sunday afternoons.

But the prof has been a bit more pragmatic this season, especially in the big games against our Premier League rivals.

Saturday's quarter - final provides Arsenal's record signing Mesut Ozil with a wonderful opportunity with which to prove his growing number of doubters wrong, especially after the playmaker's costly penalty miss against Bayern Munich in the Uefa Champions League recently.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

Okay Arsenal fans, it may not be time to hit the big Pink Panic Button just yet, especially as the point the Gunners gained against Sunderland last night ensured that we will go straight into the Champions League group stage next season.

Of course we will, especially, as usual, against the top teams in the league... Wenger still thinks he can avoid the «subject» and present us with an almost finished Arteta or even an elusive Diaby for excuses...!!

«All teams want to win this tournament - it's an important tournament, especially for teams from the second division playing against a Premier League club.

However in some of the other Premier League matches, especially in that game vs Liverpool, Alexis was seen to be very much out of the game, largely due to the fact that his presence wasn't physically dominating against the Liverpool back line.

They beat Chelsea in the process and posted encouraging results in the UEFA champions league, especially against PSG.

Mourinho is said to be a admirer of Hernandez and especially his displays during Champions League encounters, when he netted crucial goals against Marseille, Chelsea and Valencia.

Especially in this league, his weaknesses are glaringly obvious unless we are against poor opposition who park the bus.

In the final week of the regular season, Granite Bay struggled against Sierra Foothill League - rival Del Oro, especially in the second half of a 20 - 7 defeat.

Considering that Arsenal had to play two Premier League games in three days, a return of 4 points from them is not such a bad thing, especially after being 3 - 0 down after 70 minutes against Bournemouth.

I say we concentrate on sending them down a division or 2 so they can get used to the propect of playing against sides they'll actually face on a regular basis... especially if they play in the FA cup and Carling Cup we begin to understand how they'll stack up against Premier league opponents.....

No, apparently it was the less than enthusiastic atmosphere at the home games, especially thos against the so - called lower teams in the league, that was the real reason why the Gunners let slip a five point lead at the top of the EPL table and are now 12 points behind unfancied Leicester City.

That being said I would love to see this same performance next week against Chelsea or especially when we play them in the league.

It's especially upsetting because if tottenham win the league and we don't even pick up a win against them, there is no way any gooner can live it down, ever.

I think sometimes against teams, especially away from home in this league, away form Man City, Man United, Chelsea, I think they need a different approach.»

I have been reading comments of fans on here, especially those who have chosen to appreciate the average in ability that a striker like giroud possess, my question for ya all is, when did arsenal become a team so low on profile to sing praise of a striker who no one can rank among the top 3 striker in the league, I have seen an arsenal team with a striking force with players like, anelka, Wright, Henry, v persie, no one can rank giroud or whatever his name is in the category of my mentioned strikers.we all have got to face it, giroud is not good enough to be leading the attack of a team dreaming of winning the league, and Henry is right saying arsenal can't win the league with giroud as our striker,,, check this out, man u won league titles with strikers like Rooney, van nisteroy, v persie, man city won with aguero, Chelsea with drogba and now Costa, giroud stand no chance against any of those.let's stop appreciating mediocrity, wenger should get us a good striker as giroud is damn too average for arsenal

So even though Man City are direct Premier League rivals to Arsenal, I was glad to see them beat Southampton at St. Mary's today, because it puts the pressure on Jose Mourinho and his players, especially as they could only manage a point against Sunderland.

Sportsbooks are now shading their lines towards American League teams based on public perception, which means this could be an excellent opportunity to go against the grain and buy low on NL teams — especially in games with low totals.

All Arsenal fans are hoping to see Jack Wilshere get his first Premier League start against West Ham this evening, especially now that Aaron Ramsey is injured and Granit Xhaka is woefully out of form, but will that be enough to convince the Englishman that he will he will get even more gametime as the season progresses?

I agree that we can expect a lot more from Arsenal in a few weeks time, but there are some crucial games coming up quickly, especially the one against Besiktas which could see us drop out of the Champions League group stages for the first time in 16 years.

Jose Mourinho and his hugely expensive squad may only have come up against West Ham and Swansea City in the league so far but two scorelines of 4 - 0 is a bit of a concern, especially as three of those goals have come from the new striker Romelu Lukaku with Pogba and Martial also chipping in during both games.

Nowadays the Chelsea v Arsenal derby is just as important as the North London derby against Spurs in most Gooners» eyes, and the fact is that our League record against the Blues has not been very inspiring in recent years, especially at Stamford Bridge where we have lost on our last 5 visits and haven't won since 2011.

Sorry to take you away from the main subject but well done to Burnley as they played very well they defended very well and i will push them all the way to win the premier league as a footballer Burnley turns me on really hard especially when you compare our Arsenal can we do a Burnley against Chelsea????

That spells trouble in a hostile environment in January, especially against a Chiefs team that turns it over less than any other team in the league at 0.7 times per game (only 0.5 at home).

Even though I'm sure Arsene Wenger would have warned against complacency, he and the players were clearly surprised at how ell the bottom Premier League side played, especially Kramaric and Mahrez.

I can see why Arsene Wenger chooses to play the Arsenal fringe players and youngsters in the early stages of the league cup, now called the EFL cup, especially when the early rounds pit the Gunners against clubs like Reading and Nottingham Forest from a lower division.

Their performance has attracted criticism, especially given the context of Alonso's massive player wage and agent fees against their league position.

They have been bitten by the injury bug and it is not helping their cause, especially when they are playing against the League's best.

It is not exactly like Arsene Wenger to give his rival managers any sort of help in working out how Arsenal are planning to play ahead of a match, especially a match as important as the one against the Premier League leaders Leicester City on Sunday is.

As an Arsenal fan it is not easy to like Danny Rose, especially as a he scored an amazing volley against the Gunners on his Premier League debut that helped the spuds to beat us on the day.

A hat - trick in the last League game against Aston Villa meant that Giroud equalled his best tally of 16 (EPL) goals for the season, and 24 in all competitions, but that is not really good enough for a top team like Arsenal, especially with Ozil creating chances in the hundreds.....

The yearly grudge matches against Stoke City always stir up the emotions in Arsenal fans and players alike, especially the ones that were around five years ago to see that horrific tackle on Aaron Ramsey, but the simple fact is that this is the fifth Premier League game of the new season and Arsenal have to put sentiment aside and go out and get the three points.

«In the Champions League, especially in the knockout rounds, sometimes one goal or the away goals ruling can decide ties, like with us against Monaco, where that was the case.

I personally find him a bit lazy in that department, so if he really want to win the league without anymore major signings — or indeed with major signings — he's going to need to look at that, especially against Chelsea, United and City.