Sentences with phrase «game against lower»

I think it was a good test for us to see that you can not give five per cent less in such a game against lower - league teams.

This was just one game against lower league opposition and i still think song has to improve his passing if he's to be a good midfielder.

Both players have to prove themselves if they start, even if it is only a cup game against a lower league team, play poorly and it will do them no favours.

But if that was Arsenal, we'll be crowing like cockerels about Wenger and the players, Ed Woodward will not allow his best players run down their contracts, back Mourinho in the market like a lunatic, Gazidis is the opposite but then I hear deafening silence when Mourinho lose an away game against lower opposition.

Hold a less formal preseason game against a lower - division team?

His job is currently under pressure after a poor start to the season, and he will be hoping that the game against the lower division side can be used to regain some confidence.

A strange summer signing, Loic Remy has done little since moving to Chelsea and could not get a grip on this game against lower league opposition, which will be a concern.

I do nt know... WC is Ronaldo, Messi — yeah they have their bad days but they do nt go missing as often and esp not when you need them the most... i like Ozil — he has alot of Talent — but he really needs to put more effort into it... Ozil needs to win us some big games (Man U, Bayern etc), not just be MOTM on a game against a lower league team...

Le Prof's prayers were answered when we were given yet another home game against Lower League opposition in Hull City, the team we struggled against in the Final a couple of years ago.

Is he just teasing us or is Wenger really thinking of risking our key player in a cup game against lower league opposition after all the injury problems we have already been hit with?

Catching Chelsea would mean, an abundance of luck, no more injuries (When Chelsea will get crucial ones, Fabregas, Costa, Courtois and defenders as examples), a tactical enlightenment from Wenger (that would call for a miracle), beat Man United, Man City, Chelsea at Home and not waist points against Liverpool and win all the odds games against the lower teams (as well as being kicked out of the CL and not go far in the Uefa Cup as we don't have the squad to do either anyway).

Could be an absolute weapon late in games against lower to mid-table defences when their legs are going.

And not only do the Gunners have more home games left, we also have more games against the lower clubs.

The Broncos (13 - 3) will rest next week before hosting a second - round playoff game against the lowest remaining seed from the wildcard round the following week.

in theory its true, but stoke away, theres banana skins which we always struggle with no way will we win all away games against lower opposition, alotta draws few losses still think were destined for 6 / 7th

Many of those games against lower division teams.

But the Arsenal boss is aware that these cup games against lower league opposition do not always go according to plan.

Winning a few games against lower teams (some of them already passing Arsenal) will / should not pacify fans.

Another game against a low - block defending side, another game where Liverpool created nearly nothing of note.

Seven game round - robin conference schedule to determine champions, leaving five games left for interconference play (or potentially games against lower division teams).

Not exact matches

We seem to raise our game against top sides and it drops against lower sides.

Why do we always go into games against so - called lower level teams thinking that we only have to turn up?

Still don't see Liverpool slipping up with just two games, even though they struggle against lower opposition.

The ex-Bolton youngster Rob Holding made his debut for Arsenal last night against the MLS All - Stars, and he has been universally praised by everyone who saw the game, despite his tender years and his unbelievably low transfer fee.

PS My bar is a little lower, I set failure at anything less than a game 7 against Clev, but I like where his head's at.

One factor that strengthens this trend, for both the full game and first five, is when the favored team is playing against a really crappy team -LRB-.400 winning percentage or lower).

Yet to be seen how he can shield the back 4 as a DM but indications would suggest that he could do a good job against the mid / lower table sides (physical strength, read of the game, tackles, interceptions, distribution, composure... all seem pretty good)

If low variance Alex Smith has played below expectations (possibly far below) twice against this PIT team and still came so damn close to winning the game both times, then you know your best chance at winning comes with Alex Smith and minor changes that put him in a better position to meet expectations and / or convert just one of those missed chances.

The Detroit Lions hit a new low last week, losing their sixth straight game (1 - 5 ATS) against a team that had lost its previous nine straight games and its last game 58 - 0 in the Arizona Cardinals.

The lowest attendance for a game last season was against Fenerbahce with a crowd of 56,271, but according to the Metropolitan Police there were only 44,779 people at the game.

All I would say is that every goalkeeper has an off day, Cech had one in our first game against west ham and at the end of the season I recall a couple of low shots he could have done better with.

against lower teams that does not matter against top half, or away games or CL it really matters.n

His lowest mark for interceptions was 2010, when he played in all 16 games but tossed just four interceptions against his 36 touchdown passes.

As witnessed this season with the Away performances against all the teams (bar Palace) in the lower reaches of the League.You could have written Southampton's tactics before the game as it's what most teams do against us.We continue to be unconvincing and like you Anders S I do not offer the excuse of the side being full of replacements for rested First Team players.

I support a lower league club in South Yorks but I can tell you - if refs were bending games against us like they bend them against Arsenal - there would be riots.

I think Wenger realized this in the cup - game against SOT and it will be sad to see him leave, but as he showed at West Ham last season, he will have plenty to offer other teams on a somewhat lower level.

#my point is, ospina will win us many games, most of dem against lower league teams.

......... Giroud should get used to the fact that walcott offers something else like pace, GBD - tech (Get behind defenders) and he's still in his prime...... Ball protection, hold - up play and low pace (though useful sometimes) won't win u all the games against certain troublesome teams...... Then there's the Law of Succession...... today ur turn, Moro another's.....

Arsenal are on one of their worst runs of form for many years, with 5 defeats out of their last 8 games, and the only wins have come against low - ranking teams in Lincoln, Sutton and Hull, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to start picking up points again to try and keep pace in the race for the Top Four.

But I suppose, if we can get the expectations so low, that we expect to loose every game against a top club by 2 - 3 goals, we will eventually exceed expectations.

To win the title Arsenal would need to win nearly every EPL game going forward when they have struggled to get a win against lower - table clubs.

haha Wenger is responsible for this mess, last year and this year we had chance to do it, next year will be much tougher, if you can see wenger adopting some new skills, good for you, cuz he wont, i watched arsenal on regular base for 3 years, we did nt have good game exept UCL against Napoli, we are weak, lower demand or ask for changes!!!

But then again, we have also improved our tactics and performances in the big games and if we are going to find it harder against the lower placed clubs, how much harder will our rivals find it?

If we are appalling against the «bigger teams» then you would have to conclude that these «bigger teams» must be losing a lot of games they shouldn't against lower ranked teams.

I think this low key game against the lowly Leciester team is the right game for the boss to introduce de Abereu to start.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

Remember that six of the wins in the Pelicans» recent 10 - game streak came against non-playoff teams: New Orleans won't have much of the low end to fatten up on the rest of the way.

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.

A home game against the bottom club in the Premier League, whose confidence must be lower than a snake's bellybutton, is just about the ideal opportunity for Jack to get closer to his scoring target.

possibly a cup game as well) they did employ a tactic that a lot of mid-table and lower teams employ against us.