Sentences with phrase «for bigger opponents»

The 24 - year - old has already set her sights on Tokyo 2020 and an Olympic medal but to get ready for the move up in weight class, revealed she has been sparring her male teammates on the England squad — including bronze medallist Luke McCormack — to prepare for bigger opponents.
Steelers lineman David DeCastro might have taken the lead for biggest opponent of the NFL's new hitting - with - the - head rule.

Not exact matches

The biggest concern opponents have about the current ISDS clause is whether or not international corporations would be able to sue governments for altering environmental or regulatory measures post-investment.
The hosts are certainly not an easy opponent especially when the big sides come visiting and so the Arsenal side are in for one of their toughest games of the season.
With an unproven baseball washout at QB (Weeden, who turns 28 in October, spent five years in the minors as a pitcher) and no clear No. 1 receiver last summer, Oklahoma State was tabbed for a fifth - place finish in the Big 12 South, allowing them to catch early opponents off guard.
Chase Litton: Speaking of big performances against bad opponents, the Marshall freshman quarterback has filled in quite nicely for Rakeem Cato this season.
Based on its offense's own tempo and big - play ability and the propensities of its high - pace opponents, USF did its best to follow the script regarding how to account for facing a lot of snaps.
Remember Abdullah's first run from scrimmage... big hole, then juked an opponent nearly out of his shoes, for a TD.
For a change, though, our next opponents Liverpool have an even bigger problem on the injury front and their new manager Jurgen Klopp is starting to wonder what he let himself in for when deciding to come to the Premier League, as his press conference reported by The Mirror suggesFor a change, though, our next opponents Liverpool have an even bigger problem on the injury front and their new manager Jurgen Klopp is starting to wonder what he let himself in for when deciding to come to the Premier League, as his press conference reported by The Mirror suggesfor when deciding to come to the Premier League, as his press conference reported by The Mirror suggests.
He is an okay backup for FA / CoC games, and maybe a few league games against lowly opponents, but he's totally out of depth when playing the big boys.
No home game for Michigan State is a big bummer, but every other noteworthy team is coming to College Park (not hard when 7 of 13 opponents are double - plays)
I think Aubameyang and Beloti are the Best option for now if we really want to spend big at least, since we changed into this formation 3.4.2.1, we look solid, Beloti may be more realistic than Aubameyang, if you noticed, a pacy striking force makes us press high on opponents, but if we give him up to 230 wages per week and buy him for 50 - 55 million pounds i think Aubameyang would come, but if not Beloti is the perfect other option.
We could have stopped this 2 seasons ago, now we must pay consequence, we want team that can win big things, we already have it, we just need someone who will lead them to that goal, you cant win trophys when your manager go in public and says our opponents are just too good, its not that chelsea is unbeateble, our manager has no desire anymore, and i do nt blame him for that, he is just doing his job, we fans are final judge, if you are ok with 4 place, than enjoy this mediocre simple!!!
What we did not want, though, was for United to find some form in front of goal and score five goals, as that is likely to give the players a timely boost ahead of their clash with the Gunners on Sunday, so how much should Arsenal fans worry about the effect this big win in Europe will have on our next Premier League opponents?
They've been on a tear recently, holding their last two opponents under 100 total yards rushing even without big terrifying badass Haloti Ngata who was suspended for obviously being on PEDs.
Go for a big player, just to scare the opponents and put us strong on the football map.
The Gunners, however, struggled to live up to the high pressing and high tempo game plan from their German opponents and, had it not been for some profligacy in front of goal from Klopp's frontline and midfielders, Arsenal were looking at a much bigger margin of defeat.
Yeah, Guardiola has his troops marching but look around, no one has performed sch in a steady way with big 6 opponents and laim so called teams we get beat up by, won't name, useless... Man U is building slower because coming from way behind pas season transition from Fergie, Chelsea slipped before to be Champions as CL nor any European football... Leicester Champions before that... To win this league, you have to win with against all teams bellow BIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for titbig 6 opponents and laim so called teams we get beat up by, won't name, useless... Man U is building slower because coming from way behind pas season transition from Fergie, Chelsea slipped before to be Champions as CL nor any European football... Leicester Champions before that... To win this league, you have to win with against all teams bellow BIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for titBIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for title.
arsenal has won convincingly last FA cup even with all bench defenders, and what i have learnt from that is how much working hard on training, especially for stamina and endurance so as to press on the opponents not to give them time and a space, dominate on the ball and win the match with a big team if arsenal continue to display that with the addition of more skillful midfielders, left winger right winger wow arsenal will be monster
arsenal has won convincingly last FA cup even with all bench defenders, and what i have learnt from that is how much working hard on training, especially for stamina and endurance so as to press on the opponents not to give them time and a space, dominate on the ball and win the match with a big team, that is what arsenal has to continue to display.
For me, today's opponents have played the worst against any of the big sides so far this season, and I am thoroughly expecting our boys to run riot against Paul Lambert's side.
He has already shown that he can win silverware he has also shown he can outwit any PL opponent and furthermore he has shown a willingness to spend big for the right player ie a top class one.
Wenger's opponents are mainly from the young generation who are impatient for success in the big competitions such as EPL and Champions League.
He would, he said, be allowed to pick his own opponent, one he knew he could beat, win the organizations» heavyweight title, and then go to Australia to defend it for big money.
And on our opponents today, and their new manager John Carver, le Boss reminded the players, «They are not fighting for relegation, they are safe, so I don't believe the pressure is as big as it could be if he was fighting not to go down.
Another reason for injuries... the expansive game we play encourages opponents to get over physical... also there is the fact that our players arent what you would call big strapping bruisers.
I don't see him shriveling very often whenever big opponents are going up for the same ball he is.
Breeze being selected as his opponent is a big deal for Breeze as well.
While you can't blame Jones for his overall strength of schedule in fighting past prime opponents or being the bigger guy, it's GSP who comes out way in front overall for fighting younger opponents overall who were still prime, fighting in a deeper, more talented weight class overall, and also being much smaller than Jones in his respective weight class,
That isn't to suggest that cardio is a weak point for Covington, on the contrary, I get the impression (from the 3 - 4 Covington fights I've watched) that wearing down his opponent is generally a big part of his strategy.
Biggest 2017 game: The trip to Ohio State (Oct. 28) is enormous for national title reasons, but watch out for the trip to Iowa (Sept. 23), the first of many revenge opportunities for opponents.
the question in my mind is if he learned the bigger lesson about studying / preparing for his opponents and if his fight IQ has improved significantly since then.
More importantly for the Thunder, however, is that they've won big games against playoff - caliber opponents, and they'll face another one Sunday night in their Northwest Division rival, the Denver Nuggets.
Even if the big plays don't pick up, the Bulldogs should be able to lean on opponents for four yards at a time.
The 28 - year - old will no doubt be delighted to play in such a big game for his club, with United looking to open up a potential ten - point lead over their opponents if they win this weekend.
Big LOL for PSG fans now hahaha... No easy drawing or underestimate our next opponent.
If you are knocking guys out like Cody then there's not been a need to use his grappling yet, its exhausting and it takes his opponent away from his biggest weapon, I think whether he's great in the clinch, fighting for position or not his TDD will nullify a lot of the grappling anyway because Cruz didn't just miss takedowns he couldn't get close enough to hold Cody in any way.
Plus, the defense starts having to tackle him 2x as much as now & that softens up opponents» D for bigger plays later in the game.
in a long season, make it tremendously hard for your opponents to score against you, and you would always have a chance to win any game, even against the bigger teams.
The Sixers have their primary create your own shot guy in Joel and Simmons / Saric then become a major problem for the opponent while they're trying to contain the big man.
I don't think Midd and Watford are gonna do us any favors either, they'll have been making plans all week for the holidays while their opponents have been preparing for a big game.
Even more so, when our biggest problem for years is leaking goals because of a disorganized team, when opponents have the ball.
Agree to an extent but our big match opponents will have similar issues — our games against Man City, Chelsea and Spurs before Xmas will be on the back off or prior to European games for them as well.
i watched some of our matches against the big teams again nd having Arteta as DM was like having a free space for fast opponents.
It's not that Bale has performed badly for Real, not most of the time, but aside from his stunning solo goal to win the Copa del Rey final against these opponents last season, and his extra-time goal in the Champions League final, he is lacking the big game - changing moments that write you into the history books.
Landing Muschamp was a coup for the Tigers, who have the talent but gave up big yardage totals to their best opponents.
With safeties Zane Petty and Earnest Thomas III (combined: 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, nine passes defensed) leading, Illinois improved from 102nd to 40th in Passing Success Rate +, and while big plays were an issue, opponents knew passing was risky.
We go into each big game as a wet dog with her tail firmly between her legs and it rubs off onto our opponents who then smell the nervousness and go for the kill..
There is no doubt that Bale needs to get the hell out of Real if he ever wants to be the kind of player he once was... this isn't to suggest that he his skills have diminished, he simply isn't the fiery, determined and aggressive player that struck fear in the hearts of his opponents... the small fish in a big pond just doesn't fit his profile... I can't even remember the last player I've seen who has become so invisible on the big stage (maybe Pogba last year)... maybe it's a case of culture shock or maybe he wasn't able to handle the notoriety that invariably came with his big money signing, but regardless of how it happened this guy is a shadow of his former self... although I doubt he would ever come to a team in such disarray, he could quite easily fill the shoes of Sanchez, who ironically was in a similar predicament in Barcelona, as Bale would return to his favoured left side and would be given the same freedoms that have allowed Sanchez to flourish... ultimately I think the cache of wearing a Real jersey and competing for the top trophies would be too difficult to give up for a wannabe club run by suits who care little about those kinds of accolades
Sissoko is known for many things, one of which is running through his opponents because he's too big to get out of the way.
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