Sentences with phrase «meaningless friendlies»

Clubs lose their best players to injury in meaningless friendlies.

Now, it seems, those underwhelming performances are left for meaningless friendlies, and in «proper» matches we are instead treated to the sort of entertainment you'd expect of a decent Premier League match: end - to - end moves, some fabulous finishing, cock - ups galore and drama up until the closing moments.

Even though this is all just meaningless friendly action, the games are going to be a little more important to the English clubs taking part, because their domestic season kicks off earlier than their European counterparts.

The left back also explained that Arsenal are not really treating these pre-season games as meaningless friendlies and that the players are using them in order to hit the ground running and avoid the slow start that cost us so dearly last time.

It breaks up the season just when we get going, and bloody meaningless friendlies atre a total waste of time.

We are going backwards and have been for a lot longer than 3 years, say Liverpool win the CL this year, wouldn't you change our 2 FA cups and 2 meaningless friendly shields for that.

Yet the gaps in the season created by meaningless friendlies for the national sides seem to generate a time - warp which increases as each one occurs.

However, last night was a bit different although I am not referring to England who are capable of winning meaningless friendlies and qualifying before we watch it end there.

Funny how for Arsenal was «just meaningless friendlies» and now for manu is «they will be fightimg for the title.

Now I have no problem with players «crying - off» for meaningless friendlies but to do so for a pair of competitive matches if just incredible.

At least it was a meaningless friendly I suppose but they now face a qualifier that needs to be won, so will Hodgson see sense and play the Arsenal striker?

I would much prefer Bielik and Elneny to be tried out now at CB in a meaningless friendly than in PL

Barca also don't know what they're doing by playing Messi in a meaningless friendly.

I hope they both don't play these meaningless friendly's.

Pointless article, why should we feel better just because another team loses a meaningless friendly game.

Wales games are meaningless friendlies, whereas the Chile games are World Cup qualifiers, I'd be disappointed if he didn't want to play for his country.

Sweat out the meaningless friendliest and even the Euro and World Cup qualifiers, hell, even WC matches.

Is it really «certainly a good thing for both the player and his club» that he is included in a meaningless Friendly in our crowded hour?

It's time now to forget about the meaningless friendlies and look forward to the league fixtures which will soon be upon us.

Meaningless friendly yet some how signed off on letting Jones join up with the squad.

After playing the full 120 minutes in an absorbing League Cup final, Gerrard injured himself in the meaningless friendly.

That is because European teams will later this year start the UEFA Nations League, a competition set for FIFA international dates to try and spice up meaningless friendlies.

Amid the transfer - market hype and the barrage of preseason tournaments, many dismiss the Community Shield as another meaningless friendly, a glorified scrimmage — bearing no indication on how the upcoming season will unfold.

van Persie, Vermaelen and Rosicky all were passed fit, despite suffering strains through the week, thanks again to the meaningless friendlies.

Liverpool were dealt a blow when captain Steven Gerrard was ruled out of the clash after sustaining an injury in the meaningless friendly against Holland.