I was glad to see that the Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott was quick to hold his hand up and accept the blame for his part in the opening
goal of the game between Arsenal and Manchester United on Saturday, scored by Juan Mata when the Spaniard was allowed too much space to run into the penalty area and sweep home the ball by Ander Herrera.
The Blues striker scored the only
goal of the game between his side and Middlesbrough, which is hardly a reason to be asking for the opposing player's shirt is it?
Not exact matches
Should put forward players, including Ozil can score a combined
goal of 60 +
between them, we will win most
of our
games if we work on getting clean sheets.
The last five Premier League
games between these two teams have seen 21
goals, at an average
of 4.1 per
game.
Ultimately, the
goal is to be as prepared as possible, and that includes knocking off the rust for those sat out the Week 17
game vs. the Browns, and will have almost three weeks
between game action
of the regular season and the playoffs.
He stopped 33
of 35 shots during 89 minutes
between the pipes, two nights after Grubauer wrapped a disastrous two -
game run that saw him give up eight
goals on 49 shots for an.837 save percentage.
We played Cambridge 2s in a BUCS league match in the second week
of term and lost 6 - 0, we then drew them in the second round
of the BUCS cup and lost 3 - 1, holding them at 1 - 1 for much
of the
game before conceding two late
goals — I think the contrast
between these two results (and the performances) is a testament to our hard work on and off the pitch and gives us a lot to be optimistic about looking forward to next term.
When Giroud is on his
game he's excellent the difference
between him and op strikers like Aguero is Aguero has more consistency and can get the
goal agains a top team when its tight.im not sure any
of the strikers mentioned are what we need, we need an aguero type player which none
of the mentioned are.
To be fair, after we scored the first
goal, I thought we were going to let them back in again, as
between OG's
goal and the half time whistle, Swansea looked more likely to score than the rest
of the
game.
The
game of trying to drop the kick in
between the 5 and the
goal line and force the other team to return it while you attempt get them behind the 25 yard line does not seem to work consistently enough to make up for the kicks out
of bounds, kicks that don't go far enough, and times when the coverage doesn't get the guy down short
of the 25, and the injury risk that is being taken by covering the play.
Giroud and Walcott have both been given the opportunity in attack during the first five
games of the new campaign and they have mustered a grand total
of one
goal between them.
Maybe if I wanted to be critical I could say that that there is too big a difference
between the number
of chances we created and the number
of goals we scored but that will come quickly once you win your
games at home.»
We leaked a lot
of goals 45 we lost 11
games and drew 6 that is 17
games down... so we will need to fix the defense the midfield and attack so the minimum required is 4 players preferably 5 that could mount any thing
between 150 — 250 million Can a new Manger coup with the same players and achieve better results without investing?
With less than 30 seconds to go in overtime
of the GLI tournament
game between Western Michigan and # 3 ranked Michigan, Western's Josh Pitt had an amazing coast - to - coast
goal.
His
goals came in 80
games as he led arguably the second best England team
of all time
between 1984 and 1992.
There seems to be a correlation
between lack
of game time and lack
of goals here, good observation.
cause even the
goal difference isnt such a problem, if we want to go top the would have to lose 2
games and if they lose 2
games the difference in gd would sink atleast to just 3
between us and then if we win the
games it would sink to atleast 1 so if we score 2
goals more than them in the other 6
games of us we would be top, well as long as spurs give up 4 points and i strongly believe that they will lose points, cause they are beatable cause they wont play like leicester only on the break but would also want to dominate some
games and against liverpool / southampton that will be dangerous
The winner
of a
game is determined by the difference
between goals scored and
goals conceded.
How foolish it is when people say them defensive team when they are 2nd best in going forward... Sir Alex Ferguson was also one
of the manager who acknowledged the best to way win
games is going forward and scoring
goals but there are some matches where you can't completely rely upon your attacking strength... In 2007 - 2008 double season
of Manchester United, I still remember Champions League Semifinal
between United and Barcelona where it was ended 0 - 0 at Camp Nou..
* Puzzlingly — in view
of huge decline in
goal scoring away from home this season — when we make the same comparison
between the 2 seasons for our home
games we see that we manage to increase the number
of goals we scored from 2.05 to 2.81
goals per
game.
The following season however, he became the prolific striker we've known him to be but when he left the Los Blancos for Napoli in 2013, he scored 35
goals in 69
games between then and the end
of the 2015 season which is decent and slightly better than Giroud's average during that same time.
Wenger blamed the 12 day gap
between games as the reason for Arsenal's poor start against Liverpool a few weeks ago, then he claimed a lack
of confidence for the start against Lincoln last week, but as most
of our first team played last weekend and scored many
goals in the second half then neither
of those should apply this time around.
I think gmv8 is right, there is something sinister going on behind the scenes, the way the team played today wasn't just usual wenger's fault, yes his time is up and he needs to retire but i think there is more to the team than we know, players weren't communicating with each other on the pitch, they weren't caring about the
game at all, at one
of the
goals i saw ramsey was talking to another player and not giving a damn about the
game at all, there is some internal crisis
between players, some probably hate each other, the defenders and the midfield lost the ball too much that it seemed they are doing it deliberately, some players seem to want out but not gone yet that makes me think they want out not because
of money or the club but because they hate each other, specially Ox and Sanchez!!
In terms
of the Over / Under, both
games attracting the most bets on the «Under» 2.5
goals actually went over the total (2 - 2 draw
between Leicester City / Everton and 2 - 2 draw
between WBA / Sunderland).
NM has one league
goal in two seasons, NM and MS have a total
of 3 assists
between them this year and create a lot less than one chance per
game on average.
Their form in the league wasn't great either, as they followed a 5 - 0 thumping
of Aston Villa with disappointing draws with Chelsea and Everton, and were then beaten in a crucial
game with Manchester United, who won 3 - 2 at the Etihad Stadium with a last - minute winner from none other than Robin van Persie, who was indeed making a huge difference in the title race, as his
goal put six points
between league leaders United and City, giving Mancini's side a real uphill task to retain their title even before the half - way point
of the season.
His career scoring records at Minnesota still stand: 144
goals, 298 points in 111
games between 1951 and» 55, a staggering average
of 2.68 points per
game.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. —
Of course a
game between two offenses that seemed allergic to the
goal line for three - and - a-half quarters would end with a perfectly thrown Hail Mary.
If Giroud starts then I will bet that Chelsea will play a higher def line until they can get a
goal and squash out the space for our
game changers to make much
of an impact, how - ever I feel more confident that Theo will at least cause Chelsea to defend deeper and as such, force Chelsea to play with gaps
between their def and mid or play a LOT
of players behind the ball and try to hit us on the counter.
In the last 5 meetings
between these sides there have been a total
of 19
goals, and none
of the
games have yielded a clean sheet for either team, so there is no reason why we can't expect more
of the same tomorrow afternoon.
In an amazing coincidence, SCORECARD in that same Jan. 18 issue carried an item on a high school
game between Shawnee Mission (Kans.) South and Shawnee Mission West that parallels this situation: The «winning» quarterback took the final snap on his opponent's 40 - yard line and then, without downing the ball, retreated toward his own
goal line, waiting for the last five seconds
of the
game to elapse.
Roma, the fools, left a whole eight minutes
between their
goal and the end
of the
game, ensuring that the odds and Lionel Messi had a chance to come back at them.
The most recent
games between West Ham and Southampton have seen a glut
of goals, including the fixture earlier in the season when we went down 3 - 2 to a late
goal from a soft penalty, after pulling back from a two
goal deficit.
Arsenal have won seven and lost none
of their last nine Premier League
games at the Emirates Stadium, conceding just four
goals in that run Three
of the last four Premier League meetings
between these two sides at the Emirates have ended as 0 - 0 draws
None
of the last three league
games between Fulham and Millwall has produced over 1.5
goals.
Dublin, Ireland - 31 August 2016; Robbie Keane
of Republic
of Ireland celebrates after scoring his side's second
goal during the Three International Friendly
game between the Republic
of Ireland and Oman at the Aviva Stadium in Lansdowne Road, Dublin.
This is a
game between two teams who have been conceding far too many
goals of late.
However, the forward scored his 200th league
goal in front
of Gareth Southgate, who was attending the
game between Manchester City and Everton.
It was rather telling that after a
game in which all three
of Liverpool's front three scored — taking them to a total
of 66
goals between them — none
of the conversation was about how good Salah, Firmino and Mané were.
Former England International Peter Shilton scored the only
goal of his career during a
game between Leicester City v Southampton in 1967.
Match predictions: Barcelona are favourite to win every
game they play not only in La Liga but also in Europe as well and thats down to absolute magical form
of front three who have scored more than 100
goals between them.
Would consider the
game going over 2.5
goals though because six
of the last seven meetings
between these two in all competitions have hit the mark.
The last seven meetings
between these sides in all competitions with Spurs as the home side have produced 29
goals, at an average
of 4.1 per
game.
The last
game between the two at the hawthorns, United won all three points thanks to clinical nature
of their play with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring both the
goals and United taking all three points back in December 2016.
Only one
of the last seven
games between these in the league has seen more than one
goal scored, so go with the «no» option in the Both Teams To Score market for a price
of even money.
Only one
of the ten
games that weekend produced more than 2
goals (a 3 - 3 draw
between Tottenham and Leeds).
62 %
of Liverpool's home
games this season have gone over 2.5
goals and that is a price
of 8/15 for Sunday's
game, while in the William Hill Correct Score market, a Liverpool 2 - 0 is the shortest priced option at a quote
of 6/1, which is how the last meeting
between these at Anfield ended up.
Early tensions
between the Brazil striker and Edinson Cavani have quickly vanished, and the attacking trio
of Mbappe, Cavani and Neymar has been too much
of a challenge for most
of the French league's defenders: PSG has scored 89
goals in 27
games in all competitions so far, failing to score only once.
I'm surprised to see the
goal line trending towards 2.75 and I'm wondering if the books believe this could be a
game between two sets
of players already thinking about the beach?
Each
of the last four
games between them at Turf Moor have seen less than three
goals.