Sentences with phrase «little chance against»

If Apple manages to stick to the same price points introduced by the original iPad (and no other tablet undercuts it), then no matter how much more powerful competing tablets look on paper, they will stand little chance against the iPad 2.

Sure, Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren are both nominated for Trumbo and the film has a Cast nomination as well but Cranston, despite the legion of TV voters who will probably cast a few his way, has very little chance against DiCaprio and non-Oscar nominee Mirren doesn't feel like a formidable candidate against Oscar nominees Alicia Vikander or Kate Winslet.

A Minister often stands very little chance against an army of civil servants and the boxes of papers that they present.

Carragher sympathised with Chambers» task against Montero and said that without help from either his team - mates or manager, he stood little chance against the pacey Swansea ace.

We won a lot of games by being outplayed and creating very little chance against weaker team, but were able to come through because of Ramsey, Carzola or Wilshere.

Not exact matches

Nielson, meanwhile, puts aside a little time each week for advancing his case against the man, but he believes his chances of seeing justice are slim.

Since it is a part of his life from early years, there is little chance that alcohol can be used as a symbol of revolt against authority during adolescence.

My children are little (4 & 6) and it takes every inch of me to slow down so I can have a chance against this disease (I was diagnosed in 2003 when I was 20).

Arsenal, meanwhile, will miss the chance to potentially pick up a morale - boosting draw against a tough opponent and continue to scrap it out for little more than a top four spot for the rest of this season.

Coming up against Arsenal, it would be a no brainer to see the visitors have large spells of possession and nullify whatever little threat the home side may pose; but Johnson, playing as the Right - Winger, could initiate counterattacks with his deceptive pace and has the ability to deliver that final ball for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Conor Wickham — who could start upfront for the Black Cats against Arsenal, to finish off a goal scoring chance.

Defenders have little or no chance to defend against Ozil now, because 2 things are involved:

After most pundits gave the Warriors little - to - no chance of beating the Nuggets after David Lee went down with a torn hip flexor, Stephen Curry has absolutely exploded to lead the Warriors to two - straight wins and control of the first - round series against the Nuggets.

Having to score three goals is a tough task against any team, let alone in the champions league, in the last 16, away from home, against the team with the best defensive record in the competition, on a narrow pitch with little space to create chances...

If we play like we did against them for the rest of the season we might still have a chance to win the league, very little one, but only if we play like last evening.

And apparently Wenger sniffed around him before and knows his family a little, so maybe even though we are up against bigger and better teams with more financial power we maybe do have a slim chance.

Mancini believes there is little to be gained by taking a chance on Aguero's fitness against Championship side Barnsley at the Etihad Stadium.

«We were doing really well against Manchester United for 30 minutes and we were doing well against Chelsea, at the beginning, for 15 minutes, and you never know — as I have said before — if you get a couple of chances and then you score goals, and they need to win and they will have a little bit of anxiety, then maybe they will make more mistakes.

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

While reminding our rivals of this little fact the Frenchman also decided to pile on the pressure ahead of their game against Southampton tomorrow by reminding them that, although the chances are that they will finish above us for the first time since Wenger took over the job of Arsenal boss, they could still muck it up as they have in the past.

«I felt that the 33 shots on goal against Manchester United and the chances we missed had a little impact there, but we need to continue focusing on the quality of our game and not to focus too much on the fact that we are not ruthless at the moment.

If we don't play our best players against these teams we have little chance, if we play our best players we have little excuse not to win.

As Arsenal lost their first two Champions League Group games to the outsiders, it is now imperative that the Gunners get something out of their two games against Bayern Munich or they will have little chance of progressing to the knockout stages.

It seemed a little tense early and Cazorla somehow managed to sky our first chance of the game, but as the news came in that Bayern Munich had raced into a 3 - 0 lead against Olympiakos the Gunners just knew that they had to keep their part of the bargain.

I'd rather play Podolski against lesser sides as they're more likely to sit in their own box and we therefore need someone with a little bit more physical presence as well as being a top finisher as clear - cut chances will be at a premium.

It might seem a little unfair on our replacement keeper David Ospina, as the Colombian international has not conceded a single goal in those games against Hull City and Stoke City and has only just been given his own chance after recovering from the injury he brought with him to Arsenal from the World Cup finals, but it sounds like Arsene Wenger is really trying to build a strong competitive spirit between his two main shot stoppers.

There's at least a little bit of a chance that FSU stagnates against NC State and wavers in the field position game... for a while, at least.

The Frenchman was talking ahead of the weekend's all - important tie against Manchester City, where a loss could leave them little chance of earning a spot for next season's Champions League competition.

«The only little chance we have is to give absolutely everything in every single game, starting on Sunday against Crystal Palace.

Chambers is still finding his feet but he had little chance to impress against Chelsea's talented front line

If you can't see that someone who doesn't want to play for us could cause disruption in a team then you have the blinkers on, yes he can score and assist but he also loses the ball more than anyone in this team, there are guys here who want to play for us but get little or no chance at all, if you look at the disruption it has put against fans with some wanting him to stay, others saying get rid, what kind of affect is that going to have with those that work with him.

Given all that, there's a chance the 2015 season could be a little rough, but also a chance the Rays thrive against the odds, as they tend to do.

That number is a little misleading as to their chances in a way, as the Brewers do have a four - game series against the Cubs left on the schedule, but they probably have to sweep to see a serious increase in their chances.

These 2 things need to happen for sure 1) Park the tank (be as compact as much you can) it's compulsary if you want any chance of winning the game during the opening period We have been trying that attacking game for years against big teams in Pl and CL and have found little success

Wolfsburg attacker Kevin De Bruyne, who failed to make his mark at Chelsea, created a little history by, well, creating no fewer than 10 chances for Belgium against their American opponents.

After a tough film session that night, head coach Gary Lewis said the team responded well and were «excellent» two days later against New York City FC for an hour and created a couple of good chances but had little to show for it in the end with a 3 - 0 loss.

This is little chance Griezmann and / or Diego Costa play, let alone start, against a Copenhagen side that is also set to rotate due to a demanding run of league fixtures.

Big Three against Big Three provided plenty of buildup to the series, and Ginobili said the Spurs stand little chance of winning if their trio plays poorly.

They will fancy their chances on home soil against Crystal Palace but will just be a little wary after the Eagles collected their first goals and first points of the season as they did a job on Chelsea at Selhurst Park last weekend.

Prior to the Crystal Palace and Sunderland wins, our performances were so dismal that I gave us little chance of gaining any points against these EPL giants.

Liverpool make their return to the group stages of the Champions League with a chance to get a little bit of revenge against the side that beat them in the Europa League finals in Jürgen Klopp's first year at Anfield, and we've got the preview and team news, ways to watch, live coverage, and reactions for Wednesday's game.

I think he has a little chance to be available against West Ham [on Tuesday].

The Hull match shows very little with only one shot which was blocked from Sterling compared to the three shots against Spurs, with a shot accuracy of 50 % and a chance conversion rate of 50 % as well.

But Juventus vs. Hellas Verona will be the final time Juve has the chance to extend their lead atop Serie A, the final time they have to score a ton of goals against a team that has Luca Toni on it this summer, and the final game minutes it has to play before the little matter of the Champions League final next weekend in Berlin.

If Inter aren't to win all three points against their Sardinian guests today, then little can be said of the team's end of season chances.

A combative performance similar to the one which almost saw them knick a point off Man City last weekend would put them in with a chance at Anfield, against a Liverpool side who while they are beginning to build up ahead of steam, were a little lacklustre at Anfield first time out.

I feel quite good about tomorrow; opposite of our last semi against Citeh where I thought we had little chance at all.

Against the likes of tall and strong forwards who are excellent in air, Puyol and Pique have very little chance of challenging them and winning the first ball into the box.

@Watchman and others — targetting the Tories will do very well in seats where either the Lib Dems are defending against them or in three - way seats where Labour has little to no chance.

Whoever wins will have little chance (barring a Democratic tidal wave) against Capito, who has held the seat since 2000.

Private Members» Bills might well be allotted more time to have a chance of being seriously considered, but it would be to little or no avail if the timing and voting thresholds were still decisively stacked against them.