Sentences with phrase «match against the best team»

we need to stick to this game - every match against a good team.

OK, so it doesn't look like a serious incident, but surely any road collision is far from ideal when preparing for a crunch match against the best team in England.

Our premier league running coming up looks pretty manageable in comparison to other teams... We do have CL matches against the best team in the world between them though

However, Smith also underlined a flaw in Blind's game that he believes could expose him in matches against better teams.

Not exact matches

«We played well but they played better» this is becoming the theme song for arsenal when matched against big teams.

PG — I'm not sure we have a starting PG on the roster, would really like to see DJ run the second unit and match up with the Quinns of the NBA rather than the Curry's and Pauls SG — Green has moved into that unfortunate professional athlete phase of «living off past laurels» and should not be resigned SF — Not gonna even speculate PF — LMA is good to go C — Unfortunately stuck with Gasol who is unplayable against the top tier playoff teams

Arsenal always plays well if there is no heavy pressure from their opponent, unlike the previous matches against the other big teams.

Perhaps he knows something we don't about the Man United line - up ahead of their match against Hull City, a match that if Phil Brown's side wins means that whatever Shearer's team does they are as good as down unless Sunderland also fail to get anything at home to Chelsea.

But after the reverse match against em 2moro, i wan na be talking of how we bullied em and were the better team

I appreciate the talent of Bellerin as much as the next man but let's not forget this is an away match in the Champions League against the next best team in the group.

@rkw Though Barca was a good match to watch, they did it against a 10 man Valencia in freefall, in a 3 team league... Would that same Barca team be killin it week in and week out in the BPL?

Seriously if ozil was in the team it wouldn't have made any difference to the scoreline.I think it is a blessing in disguise that he wasnt there.How many more games does he need to adapt to premiership only game he played good was against crystal palace in rest of matches he just made these ordinary passes.

The Bulldogs have now lost two straight SEC East match - ups against teams they were expected to beat, and the last time they did win, they lost several of their best players to severe knee injuries.

May sound perverse but I think a more evenly matched top 5 will offer us a better chance of at least still being in the mix later in the season — no one team likely to dominate and walk away with it and all dropping a few points against each other.

They rendered the same pattern of match at Stamford Bridge, and were the better team in the 1 - 2 reverse against Mourinho's men.

Example - in a crucial football match against your closest rival you leave out your best player who is the highest goal scorer in the league and also an assist number 1 of your team and then lose the match and drop down the peck.

They were thrown in at the deep end having had little match time and then expected to perform against the best team in the World (possibly).

But in the case of Lacazet he's good enough to play full match against lesser team even when strong and fit.

We need a strong performance, and match their home - advantage intensity with our newfound good form against big teams.

They didn't play their best against a Team that they match - up well with.

Look the Bayern the barca and co are top top teams with huge history We need to concentrate to build up wins we need to win cups then league than we go and win the champion league the result today show that we are Lincoln in front of Bayern and a bit better as we scored against Bayern and Lincoln did nt score against us >> > I had a busy Tuesday as I was coming home I guessed we were 1 2 down I turned on the match to be 1 2 to see it go down hill I wished I never turned it on

I want to feel like, ok, we are close, we need to improve this area and this area and we got a better shot next year or we need to figure out how to change schemes against Team X so they aren't such a bad match up for us.

«We've had good results against some of the top teams, so let's see if we can do it again,» said Moyes, who has collected 26 points in 22 matches (6 -8-8) since replacing the fired Slaven Bilic on Nov. 7.

System teams with limited skill are unlikely to match up well against teams with superior athletes.

Denver finally runs into a team that matches up well against them in the secondary.

«We played a match against our under - 18 team at the Academy the other day and it was good to see the players.

He plays well against lower teams but struggles against bigger teams or matches.

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

Only good game we've had was against Villa, who's team were sick on match day.

they look good against weak teams but are weak mentally against the top 6 Also goes to show what a shocking decision by Wenger to have Laca and Kolasinac on bench for Liverpool match....

Giroud is in good form against teams with average defenses but Giroud still has trouble with teams with good defense and big matches ie Monaco

However, the team he put out got a good point as with the league win against the saints this team has shown that without a first team starting they are capable of getting results last season and in previous seasons would have lost both those matches.

i agree we need DM but i surely do nt with people who says arteta is not premier league quality and also consider him no good than flamini I feel he is good enough to start against any team that ended in the bottom half of table last year and all the carling cup and fa cup matches upto quaters!!

But we should have beaten Liverpool in the second leg.There was also no justification of that.We might as well lose all our matches against the big teams and justify on the basis of it being a match against a big team.I mean home and away defeats is just unacceptable.Champions must also find ways to possibly win all their matches against the big teams no matter which ever way it goes.This is because that can make all the difference in winning the league.

The idea of the postseason is to match the best teams against the best teams, not the best team that magically added David Price vs. the best team that magically added Todd Frazier.

If you look at Wilshere clearly he has these matches since his injury where he starts to get back to his old self.Honestly, I see an injury free Wilshere being world class even if it's not with us.The talent in him is just too much and only these repetitive injuries can hold him back.I don't see him becoming a normal player because even when you look at his Bournemouth loan which was okay the way he performed against the top teams shows he will make it.He's better than Ramsey but more injury prone.If he had Ramsey's fitness he'd be better.However, it's best we sell him with a buy back clause or send him on lian to aid his development.

For fullbacks want to see bellerin and Gibbs bcse better attacking options don't trust mert against any quick team so have to mix and match other positions in light of opposition... If we can keep in hunt til December might get some support in window for an EPL run in....

Saying Ozil has been poor for us is an understatement, in fact he has been very woeful for the past 10 matches and I totally agree with you that we have been playing 10 against 11 all these while, he just can't fight for the ball or his life and whenever he doesn't play very well, he puts the whole team in big danger and i still don't know why Araene can drop him for at least 2 matches and play Iwobi in his position

Guardiola has a super record against Maureen and you can see why given his attention to detail is phenomenal in trying to get the best out of his players match by match team by team, whereas Wenger doesn't even seem to know that you take off your injured player not the one having a very good game and who confesses that he is «tempted» to play players where they can function best before actually playing them where they are like a fish out of water.

But no, I do not agree with decisions like sitting OK4 against teams he matches up well with.

With Arsenal now on a run of seven straight wins in a row with Middlesbrough next in line for a beating, it was always going to hard for Arsene Wenger to drop anyone with the team playing so well, but Le Prof made four changes for last nights match against Ludgorets, and perhaps this team was even stronger than the one that struggled to maintain the pace against Swansea on Saturday.

this is the kind of win which is equally important as win against manu as all our rivals won today even chelski won courtesy brad guzan this shows the mental toughness which we r getting it could have easily been 1 - 0 at half time but players kept calm and in the end 3 pta came home.Now about match this game shows exactly the importance of having a player like giroud u just see the impact of giroud against bottom half teams so both giroud and wallcott are necessary depending on opponenets also ozil had a very good game glad that Rambo scores now come on u Bavarians just please home supporters please make arsenal a fortress like Highbury rest our players will se interesting times ahead

I fully understand we just lost one game and uts not the end of the world but am struggling to deal with is the consistent lack of mental toughness that are the hallmarks of all title winning teams... we need to be proactive and stop been reactionary, simples... we had what is in all honesty a good couple of matches begining of the season WINNABLE games but we already fell short at the first hurdle now all the talk is about bouncing back, whatever happened to eyes on the ball straight from the off... a Westham side with a new manager, some new players and a 16 year old making his debut beating Arsenal at home is just plain disgraceful and whatever happens next does not in any way mitigate against that.....

Most teams has struggle to get a good foothold in matches against them.

And as well as reading with glee that their stupidly optimistic and pointless appeal against that red card was denied by the FA, I was happy to see that the Stamford Bridge club's inner problems seem to be on the increase with Mourinho's bizarre rant at his medical staff carrying on, as he has now banned the team doctor from match days and even the team hotel.

We played good on St. Patrick's day, but scoring 3 goals against monaco (who's only conceded 8 goals in total at home this season before the match against Arsenal) is something not many teams in Europe would manage.

There was a time when I used to beat my head against d wall wen I saw us matched up against top teams in the knockout competitions but now I look upto them with excitement because I believe we can beat anyone and also to be the best u need to beat the best.

433 is a very good option for the home games against the smaller teams for we have to dominate and control the game like we have done in the last three matches.

Was not analyzing the Manchester ss and don't really care much there but from a footballing point of view and from the words of MR wenger I understand the logic I do nt read what the media thinks neither My comment above addresses the issues we face in comparison to the two previous seasons adding in our re enforcements The 22 million question «Are the Arsenal capable of achieving 85 point come next May???» I believed we were strong last year and said it here that the team was strong and together and used the very words that MR wenger used cohesion but as the season unfolded the cracks showed up at the very beginning when we lost to west ham and it got worse as we lost pole position and every thing around us came tumbling down by February last season here comes another important question did they know and understand what happened do they know what to do this term to avoid the very same faith well we wait and see Irregardless of what happens I will support Arsenal and will keep analyzing every match my way until May so Good luck Arsenal with your endeavors and hope you do well against Liverpool keep the fight on keep the heads up and give them a good beaGood luck Arsenal with your endeavors and hope you do well against Liverpool keep the fight on keep the heads up and give them a good beagood beating

I still think that can be Sanchez though, where one bad game against a team Giroud was better matched for, and it seems he's already being written off.