Sentences with phrase «games against quality»

How will Dak and Zeke perform against the young and talented Saints» defense after three consecutive games against quality teams?
I am not saying Ozil is rubbish, far from it when you consider his assists / chances created since joining us, but no one ever mentions how many of those assists / chances created came in crunch games, semi-finals, finals, games against quality opposition.
-- The suspension to Winston also greatly affected his Heisman hopes, as he moved from +650 to +1500 without playing a down as he missed a crucial game against a quality opponent and today is down to +2000.
Was named to the Pistol Pete Showdown's All - Tournament team as she averaged 4.88 points per game against quality opponents Wyoming, Kansas and Northern Colorado.

Not exact matches

De Abreu defending quality was suspect at CB in both the Premier and Ucl games as evident against Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena and at West Brom.
Those fixtures against top quality opposition, or tough away games.
20 odd games and counting, the muppet «manager» has failed against the «special» quality counterpart across the dugout.
no not at All and even though elneny isn't mahrez quality yet elneny scored against barca where mahrez didn't score against PSG for mahrez to be of special quality eg suarez messi henry batastuta would have scored putting his mark on the Game
Even during the times of Denis B, Thiery H and Viera those referees were always against us otherwise how would one explain us with all that quality loosing to manure certain games??? The fa is part of that plan... the referees they keep giving those big games... why did we have to play manure on our 50th unbeaten game (not to mention the controvercial penalty awarded), why did we have to play wenger's 1000th game against a moreens chelsea we've never beaten?
Against slow mid table teams where we get so much space and time on the ball he looks fine, but when it matters in games of equal or better quality he never shows up.
Playing right back, Moore will have to get used to playing up against more experienced and quality wingers, many of whom add trickery and skill to their game nowadays.
One factor that has mitigated against Rosicky getting much game time is, there are many top quality younger Gunners in the Arsenal starting team and on their bench who are considered to be ahead of Rosicky in the selection order of the team of the day to play a game.
Its because our tactics do not change we play the same way regardless of the opposition and that works well when you have the quality of say the Invincibles, we play our game against the very best and think we will come out on top.
Arsenal have had very many dodgy refereeing decisions against them this season, and Arsene Wenger has not been backward in coming forward with his complaints against the quality of the decision - makers in many Arsenal games this year, and has been punished by the governing body of the FA with touchline bans.
The past two weeks they have gotten back to their original Game and have gutted out big Wins over extremely quality opponents including this past Sunday against the Defending Champs Team Gutman.
Note: Quality win data (the ratio in parentheses, see Jan. 26 post for more info) and RPI information are courtesy WarrenNolan.com and accurate as of the morning of Feb. 16, 2018 and only reflect games against Division I opponents.
With two assists in a thrilling game, David Silva was instrumental for Manchester City as they took all three points in a tricky encounter against Hull City at the KC Stadium, showing all the class and quality on the ball that has made him one of Europe's best playmakers for the last few years.
Ramsey's got to sort his game out a bit and get back to something like the quality he's already shown he has, Wilshere's still got to prove he can be something more than average against decent sides!
Sergio Aguero opened the scoring for Manchester City in their opening Premier League game against Brighton, after the Argentinian finished off a quality counter-attacking move.
Is it a coincidence that unlike last season, this season - in which we have had two CFs with different styles - we are winning the big away games, with the two strikers capitalizing on their unique qualities (Giroud powerful header against city, Welbz pacy counter goal against United) to score in both games?
Leicester City is a favourite and we have a big game at home against them and I hope we have enough quality and nerves to deal with that.»
We still struggle, look shaky and uncomfortable when we come up against any team that plays a high intensity game, teams that don't give us time on the ball, in your face etc all give us a hard time, Watford did that in the first half but poor final 3rd quality saved us, in the second half they were tired and knackered so we took advantage.
Per has bags of experience and defensive quality and we need him to show it all at the weekend, but that is exactly what he did in his last big game against EPL rivals, when he helped us to beat Chelsea at Wembley to lift the FA cup.
... great goal... if only we could play all our games against 10 men we would be going somewhere... quality by Wiltshire though
The importance of the goals scored (i.e against which defense quality, score consistency «not score hatrick in one game and go drought for the next four games» and so on)... 2.
Against Swansea and United the effort was missing and we had the quality to win these games.
after yesterday, s win against palace which was a good 3 points, i, d love justarsenal to write an article on the quality of the pitches!not only our game suffered because of it but we were lucky no one got injured some would be forgiven to think this was an intended ploy by palace to win the game!!
Good teams have the resilience and drive to bounce back from defeat, and while I do not doubt that Arsenal have the quality to do so in our next game against Southampton, it is these sort of games that may prove just how much we want it.
All of you want Wenger to sign Kondogbia because of one Emirates cup game he played against us i doubt if Monaco will approve his sale.Do you actually judge a player's quality base on one game or a series of nice performance he puts in week after week?
Speaking ahead of Arsenal's next match against Swansea City, Wenger said: «Maybe the quality of a Premier League team is to be capable of refocusing quickly after international games.
Mbappe was playing very well in CL games though, and even the chances he got against Juventus showed he had a bit of star quality about him.
With our quality in midfield that's not really a game the majority of teams will be willing to play against us.
why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield
But I think what people want / expect are 4 - 5 games against teams that are roughly in the same ballpark with regards to the opposition's quality of player / coaching.
We started well and controlled the game against a side who are good, you can see it's a quality team, but once we opened the score I think we were in control.
High pressure games are games against top clubs or in cup competitions rounds like Quarter finals and above against rivals that measure up in quality or have more quality than we do.
The Gunners MUST step up their all round game playing quality to equal that of the quality game (if not more) they played against Bayern Munich at the Ems in a Ucl group match day no3, if they are to beat Leicester.
«I felt that the 33 shots on goal against Manchester United and the chances we missed had a little impact there, but we need to continue focusing on the quality of our game and not to focus too much on the fact that we are not ruthless at the moment.
The game against City is not coming at a better time either as the visitors will be tested by the quality City side as the season progresses.
Crystal palace, Leicester, QPR, Newcastle etc all stepped up their pressing games and we were all over the place, having more quality individual players gets us out of problems, but when we come up against teams on somewhat our level or better then us we mostly lose or draw at best.
I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation
Arsenal rarely turn up in the first half of games, which results in us just about getting away with it against the lesser teams, but getting found out pretty much any time we come up against quality opponents.
The Foxes next game is against the team we beat on Monday, possibly favourites for the title because of the depth and quality their squad, and 3rd placed and 3 points off the top — Manchester City.
Ozil said, «If you see the games against the big clubs, we won against them so we know our quality, if we play our game we can win the league.
Roy Hodgson now has a selection headache following the performances from his fringe players as Ross Barkley and Townsend himself, reminded many of their qualities against a top international side in a game which the Three Lions dominated during the closing stages.
First, these were games against top quality opposition.
«I think we played our best game of the season, in terms of what we demand from ourselves with the quality of our attack, how early we won the ball back, how consistent we were throughout the game, the number of chances we created, and all that considering the opposition we were playing against.
Brighton are ready to throw their usual game plan out the window in favour of getting stuck in against Arsenal, but the Gunners should still have too much quality for Hughton's side.
I'm also selling high on both home teams — Everton have been able to win and draw games without playing well, so I expect that to end against a quality Chelsea side.
But two games in have confirmed what most reasonably minded supporters have been saying namely a quality DM is essential... coq is work in progress... They won so much in 50 50 tackles it was shocking... Ox looked good when he came on but overall thought bellerin handled himself well against dangerous wingers and wld be my man of match... Santi was too sloppy in first 45 to claim it and Alexis is still not 100 per cent but still gives his all... Some of ozils touches are just sublime but he cld work a bit harder FFS... Over to wenger now to close deals in next 7 days or he can F off for me
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