Sentences with phrase «games against lesser»

A simpler solution does present itself: change formation in games against lesser opposition.

Most likely Wenger will use Nasri in home games against the lesser lights of the league, while Denilson will feature in the tougher fixtures.

If we want to win the league we need everything to go well: - Way less injuries - Tactical acumen from Wenger - Win all the games against the lesser teams (this is the EPL, but we can not loose against the Swansea and the rest)- Forget about the CL (we won't win it anyway)- The EPL should be the «only» priority.

The Musketeers have won a handful of close games against lesser opponents that might have knocked them off the top line had any swung the other way: East Tennessee State, DePaul (twice), St. John's and Georgetown all came within five points of an upset.

Both have won close games against lesser teams, but neither has an embarrassing loss.

sorry but thats the average intelligence of the comments on this site... santi and coq were amazing one loss against BM and one draw against SPURS is enough to change the sides for some stupid guys here... and now after one loss in the Premier league where its normal to lose some games against lesser opponents and even missing one penalty, you guys come and bash just about everything... look you guys in comparison to arsene wenger are about as intelligent as michael owen

But for games against the lesser teams I don't mind seeing Ozil, Cazorla or Ramsey wide.

We are simply not capable of acting like contenders for 90 minutes in a row or for more than 3 or 4 games against lesser teams.

Debuchy is not what we need, he is at best useful for EFL cup games against lesser division teams and Europa league groupstage games, not in d Knockout round where we might face Dortmund, ATM, Celtic etc.....

He needs wide open games against lesser teams to do anything.

We could have done with a home game against a lesser opponent but would have still made a tough game of it.

I'd want my team to have at least one game against a lesser foe to get some game experience and iron out the wrinkles.

Both teams, if unbeaten, would play conference championship games against less - than - stellar opponents.

Not exact matches

... [Americans] have become a nation that may defy every foe but that most dangerous of foes, herself, destined to a majestic future if she will shun the excess and perversion of the principles that made her great, prate less about the enemies of the past and strive more against the enemies of the future, resist the mob and the demagogue as she resisted Parliament and King, rally her powers from the race for gold and the delirium of prosperity to make firm the foundations on which that prosperity rests, and turn some fair proportion of her vast mental forces to other objects than material progress and the game of party politics.

However, since the last few games, he has stuck to the left more, probably under instructions to provide more cover to the left - back (an earlier criticism against him) and has looked less effective in the attacking third.

Norwich did well last week against chelsea so its not a given we win today but im expecting nothing less than 3points to go joint top with city again, we have to no excuses then a week off until next weekends game then the big one in Athens!

With Arsenal now fully underway with pre-season training and the first pre-season game against Lens being less than a week away, Gooners are excited to see the players back in action.

Get real in his almost 5 years at Arsenal his scored less than 15 goals in all his games played.He is great on the wings and should stay there, this converting a winger in2 a striker talk is ridiculous, the striker we are looking for belongs to another team, so let's just go out and buy him, SIMPLE!!!!!! But yes the goal Ox scored against Chivas was pure class.

Tyrod Taylor would leave the Bills» game against the Jaguars with less than two minutes to go after being taken down by Dante Fowler.

Also, I think the less frenetic European games will suit the skills of Mesut Ozil more and if the German comes back fit and well and finds the sort of form he started to show before the Chelsea game, he could be the difference against anyone.

But the offense stagnated against UAB and Tennessee, and Hopson and offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson brought a less - than -100-percent Griggs in in each game, hoping for a spark.

With home games against Florida State and Virginia Tech and a lone tough road game at Syracuse, anything less than 9 - 2 come Dec. 1 seems unlikely.

Betting against the public in heavily bet college games has always been profitable and betting against a top - 3 team in particular has also been quite lucrative, hitting at nearly a 55 % ATS rate when getting 25 % or less.

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.

More or less he admired him and said he would love to play against Costa because he loves physical game with aggression.

The Middies not only lost two of those games but managed to blow two others against lesser opponents, including their season opener to an unheralded small - college team, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Before (and after) the Europa League game against Ostersund, Arsene Wenger emphasised that Arsenal's main objective remains to finish in the Top Four to achieve Champions League status next season, as he doesn't agree with the rule that you can enter the elite competition by the «back door» if you win the lesser Europa League.

It was Lin's first game against the team that gave him stardom and a real shot at NBA glory, but it wasn't a day of reckoning for the player that was the center of Linsanity less than a year ago.

You can lose to a team in a game but beat them in the table because they drop points against lesser teams.

The winger flew back to Barcelona less than 24 hours after the game against the Baggies to say goodbye to his former teammates and coaching staff at the Camp Nou and he spoke to the Spanish media to clarify his decision to seek a new challenge elsewhere:

It was the strongest in the country against rushing, allowing opponents a mere 38.5 yards per game (only two teams in the past 20 years have given up less: Penn State's 17 yards per game in 1947, and Syracuse's 19.3 in 1959).

Nobody obliterates a lesser team's defense like the Tigers, who have, over the last two seasons, averaged 66 points per game against UConn, Eastern Michigan, Idaho, Missouri State, and Delaware State.

With the EFL Cup off Arsenal's season timetable following the 0 - 2 defeat against Southampton, this will entails less games for Arsenal.

In less than two weeks, the Gunners will run out for the first game of pre-season against a Singapore select XI in their national stadium, so I expect that the players that have not been given extended summer breaks will be back in training next week.

Arsenal may have shot themselves in the foot once again where the title race is concerned, going down to ten men against Chelsea after less than 20 minutes, and consequently losing the game 1 - 0 and dropping to third place in the Premier League.

Alexis needs to be rotated in some games, but that is for him to accept to sometimes be on the bench against lesser opponents.

Maybe starting the first half with 4 -3-3 formation against the so called lesser teams (get the goals in early) and then switching to a more midfield controlling formation in the second half 4 -5-1 (to see the game through) Or vice versa depending on our opponents.

What do you have to say about that and stop being sentimental hypocrites and trying to blame ramsey when atleast out of his last 30 games he has been bad in just 4 or less but has even helped or scored in those games against Ozil who has bin probably -LRB--100 %) in his last 30 for arsenal... We have Campbell, Podolski (And how on earth is Ozi (25) l even equal to Cazorla (30) & Rosicky (33) whn dey r wiser,faster,hard - working and not as lazy & stupid as him (ozil)-RRB-..

We really need to hold our nerve and deal with the expectation of winning games against so - called lesser teams and then we need to step up and cope with the pressure or the games against the big boys.

As well as some fantastic games and results, Arsenal managed to drop points against the likes of Sunderland, Swansea, Stoke, Crystal Palace and West Brom and we paid the heaviest possible price for that inconsistency, as the more consistent but less talented Leicester City swooped in and took the Premier League trophy.

«You could see right from the start [against Villa] that Arsenal were going to win the game, and that made it easier for us fans to watch; it was less nerve - racking than the year before.

I'm not against international friendlys but they need to move them to another date if they can change the World Cup to winter why can't they change these less important games as there nothing but getting in the way.

At least the current league leaders did not win their own midweek game against Liverpool, but they did get a point and all Arsenal fans know that nothing less than a win will do for us at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

neither arteta nor flamini is good enough to play for arsenal per mertasacker should be our 4th choice cb he can play well against less technical more physical teams like stoke but he is not good enough in big games we need 1 - 2 cdm's / cb's what will happen in jan only time will tell

Arsenal were playing poorly for most of this season and the five or six games we played like champions were mostly against lesser teams, yet the wisdom was that we were drawing games we used to lose, that we have more depth in the squad than ever etc..

Liverpool have struggled against the lesser teams, but are even out performing the mighty Chelsea in the big games.

Injuries are of major concern but more importantly when the game is not going how you expect you don't leave it till the final ten minutes to change the dynamic, and you don't field your best 11 against the lesser teams (unless you don't trust the players on the bench, in which case you should sell them) sometimes I wish he was as brave as mourinho who is not afraid to take a player off at half time if he thinks it provides him with a better chance of winning.

Darnold's disastrous pick six against Ohio State, which more or less sealed the game with 44 minutes to go, came on such an RPO, as he threw a hitch that a late - spinning safety easily housed.

since the other finalists will be either Chelsea or the Spuds and they both look certain to qualify for the UCL and I can't see how playing less games will enhance our chances of winning the league, when Wenger has already used the lack of games excuse for losing against a??

With this game hovering around 70 - 30 in terms of ticket percentages, it might behoove you to know that teams receiving 30 % or less of bets have gone 92 -67-8 against the spread this season.