Sentences with phrase «fit team against»

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!

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With so many first team players unlikely to be fully fit, it means that squad players will be drafted into the team against what will be a competitive Liverpool side.

Wenger had a fully fit starting XI to choose from, apart from Bellerin, we were at home against a mid-table team who have been in poor form (Intertoto Cup), and were only just getting used to their new manager, and we barely created a chance against them.

With everyone fit and imagining our loan players are back Wenger could put out the following team against Reading that doesn't include a single starter from yesterday:

But in the case of Lacazet he's good enough to play full match against lesser team even when strong and fit.

Perhaps it was also fitting that it was against the same team that inflicted that shock opening day defeat and started to make the Arsenal fans have doubts after a perfect pre-season and Community Shield victory over the Chelsea of Jose Mourinho.

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As I said, all our players can stay fit against the small teams but when it comes down to it and we need them, they get injured, disgraceful.

With Buffalo, I'm a sucker for first - time tourney teams, and we think their up - tempo attack is surprisingly a good fit against West Virginia's press.

He was also opposed to an integrated team, saying, «I've got nothing against the Negro athlete, but I don't believe he fits into our plans right now.»

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

So it is good to hear that Welbeck is looking sharp and after completing 60 minutes with no trouble against the Brighton reserves he should be available for selection soon, but where will he fit into the Arsenal team?

the only reason le coq won, t be back in the first xi straight away is that wenger won't rush him back and make sure he has fully recovered which we can afford to do now with xhaka in the team but as soon as wenger thinks he, s fully fit no doubt he will be one of the first names on the team sheet, i also agree against certain teams where we expect to be dominated in midfield (against man city) le coq / xhaka could be a good option!!

Against Leicester, Van Gaal tried to fit all his strikers in the team together.

If you consider the attack talent we have on paper the team put out against Besiktas was borderline criminal... not yet fit Giroud plus not in the game Cazorla...

Hope many have seen Gabriel is capable of even putting up decent performances...... He was tested against a top team (Liverpool) even when less match fit and rusty after so on the bench and don't forget he's got pace too........

however, i have a wry smile on my face whenever i read fans agitating for theo to fit into that over size shoes and a huge vacuum which eclipse is natural ability to perform against a world class team.

We are playing wonderful football right now (even our lost to Southampton was due to the team been tired and also flamini not been fit enough to play week in week out) I would much rather Sanchez rest for the next 2 weeks and come back against Chelsea or bring him on for a run about late against stoke.

injuries helped our season paradoxically, cos Wenger is too indecisive when every1s fit because he has too many favorites, most of them were injured so we ended up playing our best team for a huge part of the season i.e against Man City away

I hope he puts THE ARSENAL first against psg and not making sure a player starts by changing d team to fit dem..

To being with, starting Arteta and Flamini in the middle against any team when you have players that are fit (and pretty much on fire) is ridiculous.

We lost so many games against top 4 teams in the past couple of years, that one win won't erase it all (let's not get ahead of ourselves) but if we can keep getting such win by putting not only a fluid and great offensive display but also grit and composure in defence; our win today and the way it happened will be the first step in the right direction... our best players being fit will help too: it looks promising, as a GUNNER today I can celebrate and hoping for many more!!

if you watch arsenal place I see so much space and no runs no runs at all only when in the box if you watch Leicester they are always makeing runs all over the place that's how you score goals against a team like Southampton they controlled the game it was not unlucky just like chelsea can do control the game and won arsenal players don't believe they can win the title the players in that team play without heart you know why because Im sure wenger tells them becareful we don't need anymore Injurys what kind of mentality is that also I will pick out Ramsey he is playing like a player who is leaveing the club he and flamini just don't work Ramsey is not playing good at all wenger can blame make excuses but truth is he is the manager he make the tactics and he gets it wrong all the time giroud has no pace none bench him against some teams and play pure pace make runs ox Walcott but they don't Walcott has lost it his pace has gone its clear or he fears I jury how if a player is fit put your all in forget injury if you get Injured then so be it but if your fit and your Walcott run put yourself about wenger should leave because he.

I for one will continue calling him a RIDICULOUS manager, why, because we play top quality teams giving them advantages in various areas to use against, playing players who do not have all the required requisites to play in very important positions, showing massive favoritism to players who are not even fully fit, over using players, while there are adequate substitutes on the bench or in the squad and not fixing the deficiencies in the team because of stubbornness.

The manager of the Chile national team, Jorge Sampaoli, has already given the Gunners a fright this week by admitting that he played our star striker for the full 90 minutes against Brazil in a World Cup qualifying match, despite knowing that he was not fully fit and so was at risk of aggravating the injury Alexis picked up during the Premier League win over Manchester United.

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Undoubtedly the best squad we've had for several years (albeit lacking a striker as Will Hoskins is never fit, Clinton Morison is too old, and Tom Nichols can't shoulder all the burden) and on our day we can beat anyone — typically we perform better against less physical teams.

He can also start against lower teams or even bench Theo depending on his form / when he needs a breather / or how well he will fit in the team as he has been out for a long long time.

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If we keep playing for 50 - 55 minutes in a game, I can assure you at some point it will catch up, certainly against the fitter teams.

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I honestly prefer a match fit Theo upfront than OG for most games, only the games against rugby teams do I prefer OG... So Tony Pulis sides

The fact that the Arsenal and France international centre forward Alexandre Lacazette has recovered from his knee problem and is fit enough to start the Europa League game against CSKA Moscow tonight is fantastic news, but it will only help us to beat the Russian club if the creative players in the Arsenal team give the striker plenty of ammunition.

Our English contingent appear more eager to remain fit then force Roy Hodgson to pick them for the Euro 2016 tournament in France, and judging by our lacklustre display against Crystal Palace, the team could do with a wake - up call.

I think Allegri would fit the bill perfectly, and provide tactics to put up a good fight against the top 5 teams.

Sanchez CAN play on the left, as we have seen him do on numerous occasions for Barca, granted not as much as we saw him playing on the right... But my point is that, in order to fit them both in the team, Sanchez should play on the left... However, I have a feeling Walcott will come off the bench against City anyway, just coming back from injury...

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We are not in a position to give the likes of Sanogo his debut against one of the best teams in Europe — Sanogo is not even premiership standard so why the hell does Wenger persist with trialists not fit for the championship!!!!

Massimiliano Allegri may have talked a big game about Wednesday's game being more important than Sunday's top - of - the - table clash with the Partenopei, but he still saw fit to rotate his squad against a team that went into the day a point away from safety in 18th place.

With Matthew Pennington coming off against Fulham, Pontus Jansson is the only fit first - team central defender

Beyond them manager Antonio Conte has a fully - fit squad from which to choose, and must decide whether or not to retain Cesc Fabregas against his former team after his two goals at Leicester.

Thomas Vermaelen has also declared himself fit to return to first team action after playing the full ninety minutes against United reserves in midweek.

Mourinho played a three at the back formation against Watford on Tuesday, seemingly doing the same on Saturday against Arsenal and Rojo would surely be one of the first names on the team sheet, providing he got through the Watford match without sustaining an injury and is deemed fit to start again, just four days later.

Pochettino's team face a key clash against Everton on Sunday and Tottenham are hopeful central defenders Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld will be fit after the duo were taken off in the thrashing of Stoke City.

Arsenal can be reasonably pleased with the teams pitted against them, but a travel itinerary that involves Ukraine, Serbia and Portugal will add pressure to a side which has never seen a fully fit first choice XI starting together season after season.

Portugal midfielder William Carvalho has claimed skipper Cristiano Ronaldo is fully fit and will be ready for action for the team's opening group match against the mighty Germans, the pre-World Cup

Would really rather see them invest much less to snap up Oliver Burke from Nottingham Forrest he is ready to break out of his shell of his teenage years and looked outstanding last night against burton Albion he was powerful on the ball and extremely fast down the wing he needs to improve his right foot but as a scot would fit well with the English based spurs team he has loads of work to do but as a raw talent he reminds me of a young Gareth bale

Having said that though, Wenger is lucky that the only 2 fit centre backs he has are the ones that have yielded him the best defensive results this season, the emergence of Djourou this season is reminiscent of song's development a couple of seasons ago which has established him as a 1st team regular, whilst Koscielny seems to be improving game to game since the victory against Chelsea.