Sentences with phrase «good game against the bigger teams»

The moment AW gave him a huge contract was when we started to go downhill, For that salary you have to perform week in week out, not just for 10 minutes a game, at most, Also, Walcott rarely had a good game against the bigger teams.

Not exact matches

predictable... perez and welbeck over walcott and iwobi for me... all depends on whether ozil and sanchez turn up and ox can cut it against big teams... without that can kiss this game good bye... and the season

Daily Fantasy Football game Oulala.com have taken a look at Arsenal's record against the other «big six» Premier League teams when Ozil has featured in the side since he joined in 2013, as well as his individual contribution too.

There would never be a better time for Jones to have another big game than on Sunday against the suddenly resurgent Raiders, a hated division rival, to try to get himself and his team back on track..

When the team is performing well in the big games against the big boys Ozil is not far away from being the reason.

I wanted to know we could challenge the best to win, and I just don't think there is as much appeal in a victory against this liverpool team as there was last year, just feel like I'm waiting for that game where we turn up away from home against a big club and show them we can play and win

neither arteta nor flamini is good enough to play for arsenal per mertasacker should be our 4th choice cb he can play well against less technical more physical teams like stoke but he is not good enough in big games we need 1 - 2 cdm's / cb's what will happen in jan only time will tell

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

The key test for Balotelli now though is to add consistency, as it's all well and good producing in a big game against the Italian champions, but can he repeat the trick and play a decisive role for his team away at Sampdoria on Sunday?

«In softball, you play your best and in the big games against the top teams there's always a break, a bloop single here, a spinning ball there.

Klopp is good in big games as his team plays counter but sux against small teams.

The committee's plan for determining which teams play in the best games has not yet been completely disclosed, but if it leads to a common - sense determination of teams based on merit, rather than an application of cryptic and unforgiving rules made solely to prevent unscrupulous bowl executives from turning every big bowl game into Notre Dame against someone vaguely local, it's a massive improvement in the process.

We've seen him against the better teams in this league all year, be really able to lift his level in some of the biggest games.»

We also seem to have chokers who always fail in big games not just against best teams but also against average teams.

Although sissokho is more of a box to box but he has athleticism and physical presence to affect the game and often plays well against big teams when ever I watch him e.g Chelsea this season and last two seasons against Man united last season at old traffold etc he can play DM role for us and will be a good signing and very useful in champions league... COYG!!

West Ham beat every top team in England, our loss wasn't a fluke they were well prepared to win against the big boys and we got caught off guard because it was the first game of the season unlike the other teams.

Arsenal lost because many of our players are good only against bottom teams; they are not big game players.

@ davidnz well said lad... it has been painful for us FANS to watch ARSENAL play against the big teams for years now, coming to these games not expecting to win but just not get beaten to the pulp.

Ozil is only good against poor defending teams, this is why he goes missing in the big games.

And not only that, he feels that they have showed the ability to do a good job in the different circumstances that come from playing a game against a big Premier League rival like Man City or a team at the bottom that we are expected to dominate, like the basement club Aston Villa.

We still need an additional quality DM — whether Scheiderlin or Kondogbia — a) for rotation b) to help Le Coq develop to next level and c) so that we can compete more effectively against the bigger teams when we will need 2 DMs for away games COYG and well done Francis

Why the media got it for Arsenal, we bottle some games we are expected to win, proving some pundits that hates the club right time after time, games are not comfortably won, last season we had a better away record than home, We have an overall poor result against the big teams for the past 5 years, we haven't won the league for 12 years now, we haven't made a proper challenge in Europe for 10 years and on top of it we have an Owner who doesn't care about football, just the money he makes, so many reasons.

Considering that Tottenham are the only unbeaten team in the Premier League I am expecting to get a nice price on Arsenal in Sunday's big game, so it's time to do a little research to see if we can all make some easy money against the Spuds as well as getting the ultimate satisfaction of playing them off the park!

The truth is that ozil is too at comfortable arsenal, no competition compare to German squad, ozil is not good enough for arsenal fc, he is too lazy as a creative midfielder no excuse is for ozil he improve his games against big teams........

Although I think he is still good enough to play against the big clubs (he is still sharp, and is in the top 5 fastest players at Arsenal), he should at least be starting games against the mid / lower table teams to give guys a break and to keep him motivated and content!

They don't lose many games at home, they are a stable team in the Premier League and they have a good record against many big teams.»

If he was that good, then tell me only one game that he performed good against the big five teams since his arrival.

We finally have a win under our belt against one of the bigger teams in midweek and I expect that to propel us onto better things starting with the game at the Hawthorns.

Undefeated Wisconsin is now the conference's last best hope for a playoff spot, failing mass chaos in other conferences in the final four weeks — but if the Badgers stumble in the Big Ten title game against a multi-loss East champion looking for one last handful of style points (assuming they survive a visit from Michigan later this month), their résumé likely won't hold up against the other one - loss teams under consideration.

Five reasons: 1) our defence lacks organisation when key personal are missing (although having regular back line will help stop this); 2) we still play the old tiki taka rule game which doesn't work so well against the bigger teams; 3) we will have key injuries to players at the wrong times; 4) too many suicidal back passes in midfield against better opposition picks us off; 5) jury still out on Lacazette

Maybe Wenger should buy another defender to partner Kos against the big teams and leave Mertz for the «easiest» games... in my opinion, Kos is working OT to cover Mertz lack of pace and that is not good...

Giroud is good and our best striker but Problem is Giroud in the sense that he isn't the best against top 5 - 6 teams or big game moments.

That is not a good record top think about, but one big thing in our favour heading into this match is that we have only just ended an even worse run of games against Chelsea and, let's be honest, they are a much better team.

swansea made a mistake by sacking their manager, they may have been losing games but they, ve had a difficult fixtures list.they, ve lost against better teams but lately they had been playing well and been unlucky too, you could see the players giving everything for their manager, i truly believe given time he would have turned things around and deserved it for keeping them up last season.the appointment of the new manager is a way for the new owners to stamp their authority on the club / to announce that the americans have arrived in town, no one can say that bradley was the best man available for the job / big mistake i say!!

Arsenal may only be a single Premier League point better off than our opponents today, but you would normally expect a team like Watford to approach a game against us or any of the big hitters with some degree of caution, even though the Hornets are at home today.

It may actually end up better suited for games against big teams like Napoli as opposed to provinciale like Genoa.

Considering his record against big teams and the magnitude of Sunday's game, it wouldn't be wrong to say that it was Lukaku's best display in a Manchester United shirt since his summer move.

There are other examples, but the most prominent one is Gini Wijnaldum, a player who always turns in a good performance when those around him do (with games against the big teams prominent examples) but almost never steps up to win a game Liverpool are struggling in.

Under SAF I felt towards the end of his career that he couldn't win the big games and we would play for a draw against top teams but what he was so good at was not slipping and losing points to the smaller clubs.

KEY FACT: West Ham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: West Ham 21/10 Draw 9/4 Palace 31/20 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to Score @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough call this one, but I will back my former club to take a point... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: A big game for both clubs, but maybe West Ham might just have the edge... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I think West Ham should and will claim the win here... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Javier Hernandez might still be a good investment

Middlesbrough do have tendancy to up their game against big teams but this Chelsea side is well rested and come with a clinical edge and I see them getting all three points this weekend.

We feel good after the win, it was important for us and it was a difficult game against a big team.

I don't see players that don't care just a team very low on confidence, I thought they kept huffing and puffing the result is horrible but as Moyes said it shouldn't have been a 4 0 game its individual mistakes that are killing us, he has to find players that won't make them or alternatively go big in the transfer market and buy them, we need a ball winning central midfielder, Everton had Gueye and Davies and they killed us in midfield, where against Leicester we were hungry against Everton we just never got out of the blocks in the first half, in the second half we created a lot of good opportunities we should have scored more goals the penalty, Cresswell was very unlucky and we created three clear opportunities where the ball was cut back to far, Moyes should have started Sakho.

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As well as not making all game modes available online, there have also been big issues with quitters not being punished and at times the matchmaking has been pretty uneven, I've frequently been matched up against teams with far lower rating than mine and although I've not always steamrolled them, you can tell there's a difference in the teams.