Sentences with phrase «even against a team like»

We have the squad to fight all the way, and I really believe hat our fighting spirit can take us all the way, even against teams like Barcelona or Bayern Munich.

It is becoming the theme of Arsenal's season so far that we start of at full speed and over-run our opponents and look far superior, even against a team like Chelsea.

Not exact matches

PG — I'm not sure we have a starting PG on the roster, would really like to see DJ run the second unit and match up with the Quinns of the NBA rather than the Curry's and Pauls SG — Green has moved into that unfortunate professional athlete phase of «living off past laurels» and should not be resigned SF — Not gonna even speculate PF — LMA is good to go C — Unfortunately stuck with Gasol who is unplayable against the top tier playoff teams

Even if Auburn or a team like Missouri wins big over Alabama and Ohio State has close calls against arch rival Michigan and two weeks from now's Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the BuckeEven if Auburn or a team like Missouri wins big over Alabama and Ohio State has close calls against arch rival Michigan and two weeks from now's Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the Buckeeven including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the Buckeyes.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

We knew the Jaguars defense was good, but even with 10 sacks against Houston it was still eye - opening to watch them totally dominate a team like Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh.

The likes of Ozil and Ramsay are regularly slated by fans and the media when the real problem lies further back.Wenger has failed to address this weakness during the past 5/6 years and as a consequence Arsenal have become a laughing stock, a team which rarely keeps a clean sheet against even against mediocre teams with respect to Watford, Stoke etc..

he proved that he can linkup play even against tall physical teams like stoke and nearly scored.

They got a 30 + Win on Sunday against Team Deutsch... At times it seemed like it could have even been bigger, especially in the second half when they really turned it on..

True true MOBELLA Even under pressure at the back they are passing the ball from one defender to another lol and against a pressing team like city mistakes happen quick

I know some are saying we shouldn't worry but to be honest I'm worried, we are playing a Mourinho team next after the international break and we all know Wenger doesn't even have a single league victory against him, the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea have no european football so can fully focus on the league all this has me worried!

Like we said in Week 1, they are a really good Hoops Team — just went up against an even tougher one in ATO during Week 1.

Even the mighty Barcelona can lose against a super defensive team like Burnley.

They should play against teams like, well, we'll even give them a little easy one — we'll put»em with a Kentucky.

the problem against big team especially against Mou is with Wenger, Mou messes with Wenger's head n makes him make some annoying decisions that makes no sense like all of a sudden starting Elneny as CM, one who couldn't even dictate play from deep against Sunderland n benching Xhaka who has this ability n has shown it over n over.

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

The lack of power in our defence compared to top teams will cost us dearly even burnley were willing to have a hotmail on Saturday bcse all teams coming to emirates know that there is a goal to be had against the likes of mert arteta flamini and Monreal

But we haven't challenged for the PL title for many years, and these are the problems, that we seem to have constantly: 1) We are letting in too many goals 2) «Physical teams» often seem to be able to beat us 3) We always loose too many points in the internal games against top opponents 4) We always have too many injuries 5) We have many matches, where the team seem unmotivated for at least one half In a single match or even a few matches, you can blame individual players or even the whole team for problems like the above.

In wenger we trust COYG u spoilt little brats, you muppets ain't even been tested in your arsenal fan career never seen your club finish lower then fourth every year we play in cl against the big boys and you lot act like were in crisis and things are so bad wow I'm beyond belief just can't get my head around the way you lot act sometimes step back a bit a think a little you twats most of you in your life time have never seen your team finish lower then fourth yes fûc #ing fourth most of you don't even no what it's like to be a real fan wen your team are struggling finishing mid table and still saying you love the club and protect them never in my life have I heard a generation of arsenal fans critise manager players board everything about our club wen things our knowere near as bad as you make out to be and could be.

The thing is, even with Koscielny we are not guaranteed a win against a team like chelsea now that there is no kos, its gonna be even more nervous for me and i do nt want this season to go just like that for us, du n no know how i would cope...

Oh dear oh dear oh dear all this talk about an» just arsenal protest» and if wenger stays he will run this club down to the ground this site is becoming comical were going threw a bad catch and you kids wan na organise a protest and think your going to change anything you lot haven't even seen your team ever finish were united did last season and all of a sudden that's it our whole club is doomed and it's the end of the world grow up u spoilt brats and lets get threw this together the whole world Is against us at the moment and you lot are with them our team need us now more then ever let's get them threw this bad patch and cheer them on and worry about wenger at the end of the season we support this club ffs start acting like it we love u arsenal COYG

Mike Leach is pretty much the best air raid coach ever, and even he's seemed to peak at like 8 - 9 wins with blowout losses against every half decent defense his team faces

Arsenal finally fielded a fully fit team against Watford yesterday, even if we still didn't have a recognised centre - forward in the side, but who needs one when we play like that without one!

you are such an ass hole to write or say a thing like this... is it not obvious to you that English referees are a joke wen it comes to all arsenal games... u hardly see them officiate arsenal or treat arsenal like a big club even wen d play a smaller team... and all the smaller teams knows this and that's why the down - look arsenal anytime the come up against them

We do need one more thought Flamini might move to accommodate le Coq and aWC DM like let's say Scheinderlin or Llaramendi for example... to fulfill our objectives next season and not lose so many points so early & also be more solid against big teams consistently... but given room for Coquelin to keep improving and getting is a testament of the manager trust that he can be that guy for us until the end of the season and play a big role the next one even with a DM purchase.

It was a good all round team performance from Arsenal against Crystal Palace yesterday and there were some notable showings from the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Iwobi, Xhaka, Elneny and both full backs, but even though his overall contribution was perhaps not the best of the lot, I just have to give Olivier Giroud the Man of the Match for one of the best goals you will ever see.

Michigan looking nothing like the # 7 team in the country (even in a winning effort against Air Force at home).

Guardiola has a super record against Maureen and you can see why given his attention to detail is phenomenal in trying to get the best out of his players match by match team by team, whereas Wenger doesn't even seem to know that you take off your injured player not the one having a very good game and who confesses that he is «tempted» to play players where they can function best before actually playing them where they are like a fish out of water.

this is the kind of win which is equally important as win against manu as all our rivals won today even chelski won courtesy brad guzan this shows the mental toughness which we r getting it could have easily been 1 - 0 at half time but players kept calm and in the end 3 pta came home.Now about match this game shows exactly the importance of having a player like giroud u just see the impact of giroud against bottom half teams so both giroud and wallcott are necessary depending on opponenets also ozil had a very good game glad that Rambo scores now come on u Bavarians just please home supporters please make arsenal a fortress like Highbury rest our players will se interesting times ahead

Where these people clearly do not pay attention to, or watch Klopp except for the 2 times this season we will Play him, is that things like this are his weakness......... Sticking with a struggling player even when it is hurting the team, not changing his tactics against certain teams.

Even with our current players our squad is suposed to easily win against crap teams like leicester.

When we had teams like 1997 - 98 and 2001 - 02 double or THE INVINCIBLES, the opponent felt intimidated even in the tunnel itself due to the shear quality and the character of the personnel involved, let alone fear playing against us on the pitch.

Our problem lies in, that even against bottom teams we give so many chances away, and we aren't able to control games like other top teams.

we faced them twice without loosing against them beating them in d process, world class matic was in chelsea team we dominated and annihilated @ fa cup finals, with matic making zero successful tackles and was a liability all tru d duration of d match, was ran over by our midfielders like ever, lukaku was in Everton team we beat 3; 0 even with 10 men, even with Mert @ our back he couldn't even smell a goal, the way we ridicule our players is terrible, to some dudes here all we have is bunch of idiots, parading as players, what a pathetic bunch of ingrates, between Sanchez and walcot last season we have 49 goals and numerous assists, how many goals has Rashford and Martial scored since last season that makes they super stars?

«That's what we're going to continue to do, even if we are against a superior team like we are in this situation.»

Teams are grinding to the end, fatigue hits the players legs sooner rather than later, and even a well - oiled machine like Juve can blow a cog (against Crotone!!!).

His team is now the underdog in the midst of their equals and even lower teams, his players make same mistakes against same teams (like Southampton, stoke, west brom, etc) that their results against these teams away from home are very much predictable irrespective of their form or their opponent's form.

With so much competition for places in Mourinho's side, it may be that there is no future for Cuadrado in west London, with even fine players like Juan Mata, Kevin De Bruyne and Andre Schurrle before him struggling to break into the team against the likes of Eden Hazard, Oscar and Willian in the attacking midfield department.

This is one of the most balanced formations and in my opinion I think it's only second to the traditional 4 -4-2 flat.We played the best football while using 4 -2-3-1 but of late, with this 5 -2-3 or 3 -4-3 (depending on how you view it) we've been struggling even against smaller teams.Arsenal is a team that is really rely on triangles for incisive short passes but honestly with 3 -4-3 (or 5 -2-3) you just can't form the triangles.That's why struggle against mediocre teams like Stoke, Leicester.I noticed the same thing while we were playing Sevilla in Emirates cup friendly.

The Clippers are being hammered by sharp money and fit the ideal threshold for our betting against the public criteria, but there's yet another reason to like LA's other team this evening.

the most important position is upfront, and he has more impact as he gets more chance to score more and assist more, his skillset his best against the least paciest players (CentreBacks) also determines the approach of the team and Alexis upfront is like a false9 which makes Arsenal even more unpredictable.

You are soo right, those thumbing you down thinks football is all about stats...... can ozil ever play like Wilshere has played against strong teams barca, Bayern, Chelsea, or even physical teams like Stoke?

There's something we can learn from here, and given that Wenger can be as tactically astute as anyone when he wants to be, I think he really needs to show that flexibility in encouraging defensive teams to come out against us, even if it seems like a risk.

So even though the Arsenal fans would rather not have seen our team surprisingly lose games like the first one of the season against West Ham and the home game recently against a depleted Swansea City, it has made for a more interesting season than usual.

I recall the times when some fans would even ridicule Thierry Henry for not scoring against big teams like Barcelona in the CL final.

Actually even against Villa we would have a lot of trouble with a weaker team like we did with Reading, United and Brighton.

Even the best teams need some luck to win a trophy, like Germany got against Argentina in the World Cup final.

I am not even going to go that far with the likes of Guardiola, Simeone, Heynkess, Fergusson, (SAD WENGER USED TO BE ON THIS LIST) watching the Chelskis game noticed Allardyce was making changes and bringing SUBS at the 58th minute (not 85) at least trying to change things against a team that was vastly superior, what WENGER does in these cases brings POLDI at the 85 minute and Campbell at injury time... well except against LIVERFOOL when he did all the wrong changes... The man has no ideas anymore, completely lost touch with reality and bringing still the World Cup (people already forgot who won it) as an excuse proves it.

Without Leonard, there's not much the Spurs can do against a team like Golden State, even with Aldridge thriving and Curry injured.

It seemed like an impossible task just a couple of weeks ago, but wins against two bogey teams in Man United and Southampton will give us even more confidence when we go to Stoke this weekend.