«We have then got Leeds on Friday so we have got two
home games coming up to put some pressure back on, but this was obviously a missed opportunity.»
There must be a tendency to take a risk averse, danger limitation approach (at least as far as player fitness is concerned) to this match with
home games coming up against Burnley and Hull in the next week.
The Gunners have a decent run of
home games coming up and really have to turn something on in them.
«It was important to win the way we did at Swansea, because we know we have these two
home games coming up against Burnley and Watford,» he said.
We have easy
home games coming up except leicester.
«It was important to win the way we did at Swansea, because we know we have these two
home games coming up against Burnley and Watford,» he said on Arsenal.com.
So with a potentially difficult
home game coming up against Hull City, a match which we really need to win to strengthen our case for a top four spot and stop the rot after two damaging defeats in a row, you might have expected the boss to be nice to us.
Not exact matches
We have three Premier League
games coming up but you would expect the two against Watford and Hull City at
home to be won.
We have big
home league
games coming up against Liverpool and Chelsea next month and we should have no fear going in to them.
First
up is our easiest away
game in Zagreb, followed by a
home clash with Olympiakos which should be a banker win and then the Germans
come to London.
«There are some tough fixtures
coming up in the league too — Leicester at
home next Sunday and trips to Manchester United and Tottenham — but they are
games to look forward to, not fear.
The Dodgers are still 3.5
games up on the Nationals for the best record in the NL and the postseason
home - field advantage that
comes with it, but that lead was much more significant not all that long ago: Following Aug. 25's
games, Los Angeles had 91 wins and the Nats had 76.
Our last four
home games have seen some fantastic football against our nearest and dearest opponents and if it wasnt for the fact that we
came up against the top two keepers in the country, we might have been five points better off.
The lads played a good
game AWAY from
home against a milan side that hasn't conceded in somewhat 600 mins and we bettered the without conceeding and people
come up here to make funny comments??
After the Mets series next week, which as Samson states is expected to be played in Miami at this time, their only other
home games come at the end of September against the Braves to wrap
up the season.
As Grant Brisbee pointed out on Monday, MLB finally got things right when it
comes to World Series
home - field advantage, and the seasons of the Dodgers, Nationals, and Indians are proof of that: Who has the top record does matter, and the Dodgers are, one
game at a time, wasting the incredible lead for it that they had built
up over the summer.
But I
came home from work in time to watch the Bruin's
game at the start of the third period, and saw we were
up 2 - 0, and though, «well, this is good.»
Now that failure is
coming home to roost, because Mathieu Debuchy picked
up an injury in the
game against Man City and, although we do not know how serious it is yet, it looks like the Frenchman will miss a good chunk of
games.
The Pirates were so incensed at the incredible unrighteousness of it all that Groat hit a
home run (two more and he will equal 1958's output), Roberto Clemente hit a
home run to tie
up the
game, and El Roy Face, who does this almost automatically,
came in from the bullpen to relieve Haddix and stop the Braves with two scattered hits the rest of the way.
I remember his Premier League debut, a
home game against Sunderland where he
came in as a substitute, and missed a good chance towards the end of the
game (which we ended
up drawing).
We understand that we need to take care of it at
home, we understand that we have a big road trip
coming up that's not going to be easy, so we can't just give away
games right now.»
However, just the fact that the Germany boss Joachim Low has selected our playmaker for the squad means that he is at least fit enough to play and that can only be good news for the Gunners with a crucial and probably must win Premier League
game at
home to man City
coming up.
Arsenal and Wenger have
come up with it in recent years, and the most recent being the
home game against Bayern.
Yes we have
games against «inferior» teams
coming up (of which we thought at
home to Hull was the first) but to see us go on a massive winning run would be great, but I really can't see Chelsea or Man City slipping
up enough for Arsenal to do anything but get into the usual dogfight for fourth place.
With a two week international break
coming up at the start of September, Arsenal can expect to be much stronger after the next two Premier League
games against Everton and Leicester City, which are both away from
home.
Spent an Hour this morning working out
Home and Away
games and averages against the remaining fixtures for Arsenal, Spurs, Southampton, Man Utd and Liverpool and
came up with the conclusion of:
Nothing like getting your rookies dressed
up for a lingerie football league
game to stay relaxed
coming into the
home stretch of the season.
We do have the international break
coming up but on April 2nd the Gunners will be back in action with an EPL
home game against Man City.
I for one was a worried Gooner after the Ox picked
up a hamstring problem during the defeat at Man City as it could have kept him out for weeks and there would be no guarantee he would
come back in the same form, but with the Evening Standard reporting that he will be back in action as soon as the
home game against Crystal Palace on new years day, we should have no such problem.
Even if they
come up short, they have two very winnable
games against the Saints in New Orleans and against the Panthers at
home.
As part of a plot to keep men 35 and under from leaving
home, NFL video
game makers have
come up with a new feature: online gaming.
When we
come up against any and I mean any half decent team we just look average (Swansea, Southampton, Everton, Dortmund, even Anderlecht gave us a real
game home and away).
but you'd think the opposition could
come up with more persuasive reasons for why their own team should be favored in a
home playoff
game.
Imagine if the owner was a bit more involved,
coming to top 6
games at
home, big UCL
games, making sure that communications between manager and media would be of a similar tone (how many times have we had Wenger deny what the board said and vice versa), and freeing
up extra cash out of his pockets when a special player becomes available because he wants to see the best at the club but more importantly he wants to win.
If we do nt lose the big
games away from
home this season then we will be right
up there
come the end of the season.
I'm hoping its because of how their set
up better for away
games because they want teams
coming onto them but now with some
home games they will have trouble from teams who go there thinking 0 — 0 will do just fine.
The manager Jose Mourinho therefore would not want to lose any more points in the
home game before the big matches
coming up with Arsenal and later with City in the Manchester derby.
This Week: Bandini hasn't made the match - day squad for any of Brescia's last 5
games, his last call -
up coming for the match at
home to Avellino on 21 January.
With Carroll
coming back and playing more minutes and Payet looking somewhere close to his best if betting this
game I'd take a chance on the
home team Hammers giving
up three quarters of a goal.
Each of their last four
home games have gone under 2.5 goals and they have failed to
come up with a goal in their last two at
home.
The reason I ask this question is that with a huge
game coming up at
home to Man City, Danny Rose could well be targeted.
They have
home games games coming up against Liverpool and Stoke City and an away fixture at West Brom apart from a third round FA Cup Tie against Burnley.
Goals have been a struggle for them to
come by and they have tallied
up fifteen of them in their sixteen
home games so far.
Draw: Leicester are a good
home team and while they have
come up short in their big away
games at Arsenal and Man Utd, their direct style could catch a Chelsea back line, which is lacking pace, cold and get something out of this
game.
Explaining his rationale, the German argued that «Porto have won all their
games since we played them», expecting them to «strike back» as «they are Portuguese and proud and will give a fight... if anybody here thinks they
come here and give the
game up, leave their star players at
home or whatever they are mistaken.
The Magpies are averaging a goal per
game on their travels this season and of the goals that they have
come up with away from
home, 62 % of them have been in the second half of matches.
Like when he played an almost full strength squad at
home to Coventry in the FA Cup a couple of seasons ago, when we had a busy fixture schedule and big
games coming up just days away, so we know he's prone to random bouts of insanity by risking players.
The MLS is not known for exporting players; it is typically a retirement
home for the great and good (and otherwise) of European football, plus the brightest
up - and -
coming talents that the beautiful
game has to offer Stateside.
Not the easiest of
games coming up on the weekend for Manchester United as West Brom are in good
home form.
That despite Sir Alex Ferguson insisting changes are imminent, something he attempted in last season's competition only to end
up with egg on his face on two separate occasions, both, incidentally, at Old Trafford: A much - changed United failed miserably to break down a mediocre Rangers defence in their first
home game in the group, drawing 0 - 0 with the SPL side, while Valencia almost
came away with a famous win on Match Day 6, albeit with the Reds already through to the latter stages, only to be denied by a second - half strike from Anderson.