Sentences with phrase «get the nod against»

It's unlikely that Palmer will be back in the pocket for the Cardinals on a short week, meaning backup Drew Stanton will get the nod against the 49ers.

Now, I don't watch Reading games but I believe that a player with better header play like Debuchy will get the nod against a pacy, low height Bellerin against a team raining balls in our box.

When asked in the pre-match conference who would get the nod against Man City, Le Prof said: «I have not decided yet.

Joel Campbell who clearlyyyy contributed more in 5 + plus games than OX in his entire 5 years, gets the Nod against Barca?

I figured that maybe he'd return after the international break, which was why it was a pleasant surprise when he got the nod against Watford.

The powerful Christian Benteke also presents a sizeable challenge for John Stones and Otamendi — or will skipper Vincent Kompany get the nod against his Belgium team - mate?

Whether Aleks Kolarov will again get the nod against Arsenal on Sunday to partner Nicolas Otamendi remains to be seen, but there was a touch of non - nonsense about the Blues» defence against Watford with no hesitation in clearing the ball upfield when the occasion demanded.

«Mourinho went on to praise Lassana Diarra who will get the nod against the Croatian side.

will again get the nod against Arsenal on Sunday to partner Nicolas Otamendi remains to be seen, but there was a touch of non - nonsense about the Blues» defence against Watford with no hesitation in clearing the ball upfield when the occasion demanded.

Not exact matches

The 20 - year - old got the nod from Gareth Southgate in his starting line - up against the Netherlands on Friday night, but in a bitter blow, he lasted just six minutes before being forced off with an ankle injury, as per The Mirror.

Manuel Lanzini gets the nod after his game - winning goal against Tottenham on Friday night, while Kevin De Bruyne, Aaron Ramsey and Riyad Mahrez sit alongside him in midfield as all three were influential this past weekend.

Has been shaky this season, but was resolute against Spurs, which should be enough for the England international to get the nod alongside skipper John Terry.

Having said that, as they need to chase the game against monaco and monaco are likely to sit back anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if Walcott gets the nod then.

Alongside Mesut Ozil, the pair should be a dream for Alexandre Lacazette given their assist numbers and creative qualities, but now it just remains to be seen whether or not he gets the official nod against Swansea, with the expectation from the reports above being that he will.

Based on le coqs performance against Southampton I can see why he got the nod.

So Olivier Giroud gets the nod ahead of Welbeck up front and we need to see more of his form from the second half against West Brom when he was unlucky not to score rather than the first half when he was lucky to touch the ball.

Training is more competitive and I read that Vieira puts a CM against a CM and the «winner» in training gets the nod to start, enforcing that winning mentality in training.

With C.J. Beathard getting banged up in last week's game against the Seahawks, the 49ers have decided to give Jimmy Garoppolo the nod this weekend.

Surely, a proper R / W should get the nod ahead of Ramsey, who should be competing for a position in the centre against Ozil and Cazorla.

There are other central defenders in the squad but Southgate used our young Gunner in the final warm up game and with Chambers having dropped down from the senior side to go to these finals, you would think that he would get the nod for the opening game against Portugal tonight.

Gabriel is likely to get the nod ahead of Holding when Arsenal come up against Everton on Tuesday night.

In midfield, Heung - Min Son deservedly gets the nod after his brace against Huddersfield at Wembley, and he continues to prove his class and importance to Tottenham by taking his tally to 15 goals in 41 appearances this season.

everyone is tensed and the heat is so high, out last chance to get an equaliser against ten men Leicester... Ozil sets up the ball, looked up to the skies, then to the post, with eyes of an eagle took the cross, a sublime one straight to the head of Welbeck who nods it in, everywhere exploded with jubilation.....

He should get the nod ahead of Danny Rose, who will probably start Sunday's Premier League game against Liverpool.

The attacking trident picks itself in truth as Sergio Aguero gets the nod after his four goals against Leicester City as the Argentine forward continues to prove how crucial he remains for City, especially in the absence of the injured Gabriel Jesus.

Olivier Giroud was given the nod by the France manager Didier Deschamps to start their friendly game against Serbia and after missing a few chances and getting booed by the French crowd, he was replaced by Karim Benzema with about half an hour to play.

Laurent Koscielny got the nod last week against Bournemouth, but he is certainly not a shouter and organiser at the back.

Senior Jake Rudock and junior Shane Morris are the two most likely candidates to get the starting QB nod next season for the Wolverines when they open the season September 3rd against Utah.

Stuart Dallas might also get a nod to start one of the next couple matches, as he was tipped to get more minutes by Thomas Christiansen after Dallas scored a goal against Birmingham to finish off the visitors at Elland Road this past Tuesday.

Jonathan Osorio started against Sporting Kansas City, Armando Cooper played versus Atlanta United and at the Columbus Crew and Marky Delgado got the nod last Friday against the Chicago Fire.

With Wilson failing to make a mark against Manchester United on Wednesday, Defoe might just get the nod, with King playing the role of a support striker.

Rookie midfielder Alex Roldan got the nod to make his first MLS start for the Seattle Sounders against Sporting Kansas City...

However, Walker got the nod ahead of the 25 - year - old and has ensured that it was the right decision from Hodgson, despite a good showing from the Reds player against Slovakia.

The Brazilian was subbed after an hour against Celta and will probably get the nod over Ousmane Dembele.

Colombian star striker Radamel Falcao may get the nod to start as the lone striker up front against the Saints.

Why did Diaby start??? only back from injury havin been useless against West Brom and he gets the nod, as usual....

Olivier Giroud scored against the Saints in the last game and he may get the nod to start ahead of Welbeck in the lineup.

Wenger made two changes from the Community Shield victory over Chelsea, with Olivier Giroud getting the nod in attack over Theo Walcott against the Hammers last weekend.

Both will be hoping to get the nod to lead the line against the Gunners, though Glenn Murray remains in the driving seat after starting last weekend.

Didn't feature against Brighton so I think Jesse Lingard will get the nod ahead of Juan Mata down the right wing in this one.

Despite being on the losing side, Sevilla's Ivan Rakitic gets the nod this week as his goal and overall performance was key to bringing Sevilla back into contention against Barcelona.

If Flocarri gets the nod, then the Tottenham tactics will need to guard against his lateral movement rather than Klose's vertical shifts.

If you go by the theory that Conte rested a fair number of his starters against Celtic midweek, then Sebastian Giovinco and Mirko Vucinic will get the nod ahead of Alessandro Matri and Fabio Quaglirella.

Despite picking Brian Idowu to start today for the Super Eagles against Serbia for their friendly game later tonight, coach Gernot Rohr has left his options open regarding who gets his nod as first choice left back for his team.

Brandt, perhaps the likeliest to get the nod, was at his devastating best against Frankfurt.

He is in contention to start again on Saturday, for sure, but if Luiz has successfully impressed the boss at Cobham after being dropped against Manchester United, he might get the nod ahead of Christensen on Saturday.

The likes of Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott are hoping to earn a place in the England squad for the European Championships and the duo will probably get the nod to start against Villa.

(Technically speaking, it was in Democratic hands until the outgoing incumbent, Steve Levy, switched his enrollment to the GOP in a failed attempt to get the party's nod to run against now - Gov.

Jay Townsend, who has the Conservative Party's nod, also received sufficient support to get on the ballot, so the two are facing off against each other in the Sept. 14 primary.

Bellavia, who was passed over for the GOP nod in favor of Assemblywoman Jane Corwin and appears to be fighting a losing battle against her for the Conservative line, has not said whether he'll run as an independent if he doesn't get a ballot line.