Sentences with phrase «good against a great team»

«We need to be good against a great team but, like all teams, they do have faults — and weaknesses,» he told reporters on Friday.

Not exact matches

NOT a great performance all the same, but, it is NOT a EPL game where you have a 1 off 3/1 or 0 outcome, this, is the qualifier for the UCL, and as such is a 2 leg affair, and 0 - 0 away in Turkey, against a team that beat Chelsea pre-season, is a good result.

We had two defeats and we felt a bit down but the group is very strong, so we managed to overcome that and we managed to recover against a great team that will probably fight to win the competition as well.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

fellow gunners, its been a while i commented here, its not been easy watching my team fall apart, ND being mocked by friends, well i like Alexis he is a great guy, but not anymore, you no why?the day he laughed when arsenal was beating by Bayern, and against liverpool, seriously alexis is good, but he thinks more of himself than the team, i jst want him out of my club asap.

[We need to] do a great job together defensively as a unit, like we showed at Manchester City, it's a good idea to do it again and again, especially against big teams.

Team Elisco had a great Week 1 and played well in Week 2 but were unable to come away with the W against new # 2 Team Tickman.

Well it is said that it is not known a person's worth until the time he's not around, but the one game he missed we lost however it was more of a defensive howler that caused the loss against Olympiakos.Nevertheless he has scored 10 league goals and he's our leading scorer which proves his worth to the team and he lead one of our greatest escapes by scoring a hat trick.

3 different players, all very good, and all 3 I would like on my team... campbell does have a great engine and vision, but ox provides speed and power, and wilshere provides composure with possession and directness with his dribbling against teams that sit back.

There are so many knee jerkers on this forum it's laughable.Spurs were better than us today.Accept it.We played the same way against Man City we won, Wenger is a genius.We play the same way again Spurs and loose.Wenger is crap.If we had played free flowing football against Spurs and lost, Wenger would have been blamed for not playing defensively.Sometimes you have to accept when a team is better.Harry Cain is a great player at the moment but lets see whether he is any good next season.

Theo is great when there is space, but of course against well drilled or non gun ho teams there isn't any...

... Coquelin played great again considering that he was too often left too protect the back four against 2, sometimes 3 players... our team effort was poor after our goal... we needed to do better and the next few games will give us that opportunity I hope... Alexis please be back!!!!!

Importantly, a step in becoming a «good» team is winning the games you should... which we really never did in the Pablo era... our draw at home last year against Minnesota being a great example.

We got a point away from home in Europe against a very good team which gives us a great chance to win the group imo.

Arsenal are now tied with Man City, Spurs, Crystal Palace and Watford for least goals conceded and when you consider how we started and also had two players sent off against Chelsea, that suggests to me that as well as being a great keeper, Cech's influence is starting to spread through the team, especially the defence.

So with a great team spirit and better players, should we really doubt that Arsenal will do the business against Besiktas?

But it's good to go against teams that have tough wrestlers, great history and are out of our region / conference.

Now if we don't spectacularly capitulate against AC on Thursday, the board will say well we're super «overachieving» because we beat the great AC Milan who've won 7 CL titles, and in true Board fashion, they'll completely ignore the fact this Milan, despite improving under Gatuso, is still not the great team of the past.

The 3 points is great for confidence but against better teams with one deep lying midfielder, (Arteta or Flamini) in front of Per we'll get found out.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

We have not yet played any of the big moneyed three and look at our season: a dogfight with a team who will finish mid-table, a loss to a team who will finish mid-table and humiliation against a team who is good but not great.

People gushing about Ozil again but he only plays like this against the lower teams... would be great of he was like this against every team Lets see if we get Mhiki and Auba if it is because we have people running well why Ozil cant perform against top 6 or just him!

Of course there was a great need for Arsenal to win the game against Eddie Howe's team as well but unless we now go on and beat the league leaders then our chances of being crowned champions at the end of the season will be hanging by a thread.

Wenger is a great asset to Arsenal, but as a manager with his flaws, it may be better to move him into an other position at the club and get someone who knows how to prevent injuries wenger could but did nt — or with the tactical variety to prevent losses like at anfield and stamford bridge, or making the change of tactic when we just cant score against teams like leicester.

watching my team against Ireland yesterday even tough we won i wasn, t impressedit, we only start playing with purpose when we go behind and when we, re in front we slow down our play, i thought koscielny had a decent game with a couple of good clearance and his job was made more difficult by adil rami who is a burden on the team and always one mistake away, giroud can, t be blamed for his first half performance the guy was starved of any service and it, s only when griezman was moved to his favourite position that giroud started making the difference what a great assist, by the way shane long dived for the penalty but that, s ok we are square now with the irish we had henry, s handball & they had the penalty!!

It's remarkable that this Cavaliers team could blow a LeBron effort this great on this stage, even against the best basketball team on the planet.

The most exciting entry: Boise State, which is not a great football team, having lost to what's turned out to be a likewise overrated Michigan State and won in hideous fashion against a BYU team that might as well have just punted all night long.

The 23 - year - old center (right) announced his graduation from good to great in the first period of the Flyers» opener against Boston, when he eluded 2009 Norris Trophy winner Zdeno Chara with an outside - in move and then beat reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner Tim Thomas by darting inside - out for the team's first and still most memorable goal of the year.

We lost so many games against top 4 teams in the past couple of years, that one win won't erase it all (let's not get ahead of ourselves) but if we can keep getting such win by putting not only a fluid and great offensive display but also grit and composure in defence; our win today and the way it happened will be the first step in the right direction... our best players being fit will help too: it looks promising, as a GUNNER today I can celebrate and hoping for many more!!

We were at our best when we attacked the rim last night, but Brey's teams have never been great at getting the ball inside against a zone.

«With Klopp — his passion, his ideas, his brand of football, it's no coincidence or fluke that he has a great record against Pep Guardiola teams as well.

Ozil is great playing against weaker teams, I do nt remember him in games against top teams though Auba, Ozil, Laca, Mikhi, Ramsey, Bellerin, are good for next year, all the rest need better alternatives.

«They're a good young team and they have a great goaltender, but for me it doesn't matter against who you play,» Kuznetsov said.

Walcott though limited would be very confident against Man united Cech (No word he has shocked me, Wow this guy is too great for a team with wenger as coach) Bellerin (He really has to improve his attacking side nd try to take on defenders) Chambers (Hez really good against de big guns & always gud in de middle of de park) Kos (Hez been a bit de-moltivated due to wengers lack of ambition hope Man u will do) Mon (link - up with walcott on the left would be breath of fresh air) Coq (great tackler, stamina & power) Ramsey (great passer of de ball, professional & great stamina) Sanchez (on the right, so he won't always play predictably) Walcott (thats where he was effective the last time against man u) Welbeck (Pace, goals & trickery) Giroud (Power, bully, link - up & goals) 4 -4-2 formation

He is great player a good Athlete and a very good Anchorman he is an upgrade of Song he can get the Job done, and like has been said earlier he can also work well with Coquelin to form a very robust midfield against Stubborn teams

The Cleveland Cavaliers are NBA champions, executing one of the greatest comebacks in league history against the best regular season team ever.

It was not to be though, so Ospina had to see his Arsenal team mate Alexis celebrating at the end of the 90 minutes but despite the disappointment the keeper still managed to show some real class, as reported by Metro, in congratulating Chile and wishing the striker the best of luck for the final against the great Lionel Messi and all.

«It was a great performance from us, we got a good result against a very good team with really good players,» he said.

Team Karmin looked great in Week 1 and still looked good on Sunday but couldn't pull out the W against Team Max.

- Wenger can be so insane to do it.The man is out of this world and complety insane.He can not see what it is obvious for the entire world.To have better players on the bench and to keep favouring the same out - of - form or not good enough players week after week is madness.To play for draw from the beginning against an awful team which got beaten by the entire league on a daily bases - this is something unimaginable.It is not Mertesacker fault for being embarrased by any player on the planet, it is the manager fault for exposing him as a laughing point of focus.Wenger must go, the man is deluded, he is scarred to take any risk for success.Well, guess what - only showing courage and breaking the risk can bring you success.Not the case - I predict a chain of defeats following, with the cherry on top being a big defeat against Spurs - a team which, despite our hate, plays real football (with great results I must say).

«It was a great win, short - handed and on the road against a good team fighting for playoff position,» Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.

Chicago has been the most surprising team this season and has been great against the NBA's best teams.

We do not have world star players in every position, but neither did Leicester, in fact we have a good team that could be a great contender even against the big spenders, just look at Ramsey, he was key for Wales magnificent performance (just see what happened when he did not play), the point is that is not necessary to splash the cash, what we need is a new Manager with a different vision that understand and demand from his players not indulge them....

Wenger still needs to incorporate some steel into that midfield and until he does this, we will always look great against weaker teams but struggle against tougher teams with better tactics.

I don't actually think we played bad tonight against a good Fulham team, i think Saiz and Vieira were great and Phillips a big improvement on Okane when he came on, i think we are paying the price massively for not replacing Wood, he would score so many goals in this team #lufc

«We are playing against one of the best teams in the world, even if they seem to be not doing great,» said Valencia skipper Dani Parejo, who came through the Real youth system.

«It was a good game, an intense game, Reading are a great team to play against, they play really physical and with high intensity, so I'm happy - it was a decent start to get a goal.»

They also sell high on teams and a great opportunity is wagering against the league's best late in the season.

Maksim you are 100 % percent right about Dan Petrescu's faith in youngsters.In just a few months he gave chances to Ivan Solovyov, Pavel Solomatin and Vladimir Sobolev to play in the first team.As for Mogilevets i think he will become and excellent player but not at Zenit.He needs to move elsewhere (and not on loan) to play first team football like Ionov did a few years ago.In my opoinion Zenit needs a striker (if they sell Hulk to AS Monaco) to score goals.Kerzhakov is not at his best, Bukharov has forgotten when was the last time he score and Dordevic is not gonna get a chance.I understand that midfielders of Zenit are all capable of scoring goals like Shirokov, Danny, Witsel, Bystrov and Fayzulin but thats striker's job and Zenit may lose a player on the filed.And something else, i was so impressed with Yuri Lodigin's performance against Krasnodar and maybe Zenit found a great replacement for Malafeev.

They are simply the better team of the two and they have a great record against Hoffenheim.