Sentences with phrase «get the nod ahead»

The fact that our excellent centre back Laurent Koscielny is due to get the nod ahead of the Man City defender Eliaquim Mangala is hardly surprising really, as the Gunner was one of the most consistent and impressive players in the Premier League last season, while the only consistency with Mangala is how he has continually failed to justify his huge transfer fee.

I just Chambers gets the nod ahead of Gabriel..

I'm not surprised that the nob got the nod ahead of the Ox.

India will be inclined to go in with three pacers, especially as Piyush Chawla is struggling and Harbhajan Singh will get the nod ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin

i also beleive that's will be how we set up we will try to control the mid so i see us using 3 4 2 1 but i have a feeling niles might get the nod ahead of kolasinac.

Even Chambers is struggling to oust the speedy Spanish defender and so when Chanbers got the nod ahead of Jenkinson for the England under 21s last night and provided the assist for the only goal of the game, it may well have been the final word for Jenkinson and his Arsenal career.

I suggested yesterday that Martinez may start instead of Cech, but I am a little surprised that Akpom gets the nod ahead of Walcott for the Striker's position but that could all change depending on how this game goes.

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.

Age — 23 Contract — 30.06.2018 Has got five years in hand on his mate, Theo, but the Ox's is another career that's stagnated to such an extent that such rare talents as Alex Iwobi and Jake Livermore are getting the nod ahead of him for club and country.

will get the nod ahead of some of the players in my lineup.

Maybe something like that is happening Columbia because you got to think that, on the strength of their most recent club years, Martinez should get the nod ahead of Falcao.

Baffles me and how he gets the nod ahead of alderwereld and vertomghen can only mean one of those playing full back.

Apart from that, Olivier Giroud gets the nod ahead of Yaya Sanogo, with Arteta preferred to Flamini and Rosicky coming in to replace the injured Mesut Ozil.

plus he won't even get a nod ahead of a fully fit Arteta whom wenger rates so highly.....

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.

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

The charismatic Dane just gets the nod ahead of Ray Clemence.

Seeing Young play out of position and get the nod ahead of him is a major blow in itself, but with his chances of playing dwindling should Tierney join the Red Devils, it may well be the final sign that Shaw will have to leave Man Utd in order to rediscover the form he showed with the Saints that singled him out as a real star for the future.

I admire Wenger, but now its almost impossible to win PL with such a stubborn and inflexible manager who believes what he thinks is always right... I cant understand the logic how someone like campbell who played as a striker in world cup does nt get a nod ahead of Sanogo who is not even good as Akpom.

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

The confusing thing is, Sanogo got the nod ahead of Campbell even tho he was injured for months.

At least Xhaka is good looking that is why maybe he get the nod ahead of elneny hahaha and crowd love xhaka rememebr every time he is near they shout shoot (not sure if it is opposition or our fans)

So they would get the nod ahead of Team Gordon.

As well as the attacking and creative play, the performances of the central midfielders in snuffing out any danger and controlling the game was very good but because of the nature of the match I had to pick one of the forward players for Man of the Match and Alexis Sanchez just got my nod ahead of the brilliant Alex Iwobi.

The German should get the nod ahead of Michael Carrick for his first Premier League start, with Michael Carrick starting the three opening games of the season.

However, this system limits the ability of Paul Pogba to roam forward in his preferred position, and though he would be likely to get the nod ahead of Scott McTominay if this system were to be adopted — the Frenchman would not be able to flourish perhaps as much as he would like to.

Wayne Hennessey should start if he returns to full fitness but if the Welshman misses, Julian Speroni could well get the nod ahead of the error prone Alex McCarthy.

Dele Alli is hit and miss whilst Heung - mon Son will be hoping to get the nod ahead of Erik Lamela to start down the right.

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.

Hammill establsihes himself as a fantastic central midfielder; our new manager get's the best out of Milijas; Roger Johnson loses the captaincy and Berra rightfully gets the nod ahead of him, playing with Stearman in the centre of defence while Bassong slots in at left back.

It would be the first time he's played alongside Wesley Hoedt should his fellow countryman get the nod ahead of Maya Yoshida.

Marcus Rashford started the previous Cup outing versus Derby County, and he may probably get the nod ahead of Romelu Lukaku in the centre - forward position.

I think Ashley Young will be rested at left - back for the weekend, in which case Daley Blind should get the nod ahead of Luke Shaw.

The veteran goalkeeper needs no introduction and should get the nod ahead of David Ospina and Wojciech Szczesny.

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.

Steven Defour was preferred to Scott Arfield in midfield while Sam Vokes got the nod ahead of Ashley Barnes to partner Andre Gray.

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.

The Head Coach made four changes from Saturday's excellent showing at Southampton, as Chris Löwe, Club Captain Tommy Smith and Steve Mounié all got the nod ahead of Scott Malone, Florent Hadergjonaj and Laurent Depoitre.

Deserves to get nod ahead of Danny Rose.

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.

Jesse Lingard's workrate off the ball should get him the nod ahead of Juan Mata, whilst Alexis Sanchez was left out midweek to be fresh for this one.

Ji - Sung Park is expected to get the nod ahead of Nani on the left wing considering Sir Alex's preference to play the hard - working Korean in big matches in the past.

Not exact matches

how Wilshire or any1 got d nod ahead of rosicky i don't know.

As noted below, he was delighted to finally get the nod from the fans and thanked them for their votes as he finished ahead of Nemanja Matic and Ashley Young who were second and third respectively.

Tigres got off to the worst possible start as 31 year old Jorge Gonzalez put the hosts 1 - 0 ahead in only the second minute, nodding in a David Castro corner.

His ability to play at Center - Back, Right - Back and as a defensive midfielder was what made Wenger splash out # 16m to bring him to the Emirates and, when it comes to competition for places, Chambers has a good chance of getting the nod over others to play anywhere at the back or, just ahead, as defensive midfielder.

Considering many Gooners would put in a PL DM ahead of Coq well then i must assume peoples eyes are telling them that he is not worlds best DM, or i could be wrong and many believe that Coq is best at his foremost duty defending and Schneiderlin is that all rounder or agile Arteta if you like so he gets the nod on more abilities.

Alexis Sanchez is a huge blow down the left wing if he doesn't make the cut so it looks like Theo Walcott will get the nod again, ahead of Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain.

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

Although Holding is arguably a better defender than Gabriel Paulista, a man who is getting plenty of playing time of late — Arsene Wenger seems to give the Brazilian the nod ahead of Holding due to his seniority.