Sentences with phrase «much changed side»

Arsenal face Reading on Tuesday night in the League Cup and they will look to reach the quarter finals of the competition, but Arsene Wenger will be naming a much changed side.

Guerra is likely to be joined by Kevin Theophile - Catherine, Magnus Eikrem, Kim Bo - Kyung and Guido Burgstaller in a much changed side from the Bluebirds» last Championship game.

Like I say, this could turn out to be bad for Arsenal if we lose to a bunch of kids, but if Puel does start with an inexperienced and much changed side it should give us the advantage.

Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric have been ruled out of the clash through injury, while Marcelo is suspended, and as a result, the Italian is set to name a much changed side from the team that took to the pitch at the Estadio Vicente Calderon last Tuesday night.

Things started off well at the Emirates, with a much changed side looking like it would have more than enough about it to get the better of Championship leaders Hull City.

Not exact matches

«If we can get the international body on our side then that will make it so much easier to make change back at home,» he told The Associated Press.

And don't say something like, «The whales could just swim along side the ark» because that much excess water (that supposedly flooded the earth) would have changed the salinity levels in the oceans.

It's clear that they are totally opposed to changing their mind on the topic; no matter how much evidence the other side puts up.

I am in my 30s and while I will say that I have not every single argument from the pro-choice side, I will say that the variations really have not changed that much.

The Christians say, «The whales could just swim along side the ark» but that much excess water (that supposedly flooded the earth) would have changed the salinity levels in the oceans and the whales would have died.

These shifts have already taken place to some extent, but as «our side» ceases to feel surrounded by a monolithic «slave world» the public may be ready to accept much greater changes in policy.

I think the issue of sex - change for males is no longer one in which much can be said for the other side.

Debates about this will easily generate much more heat than light unless the energy of both sides is focused on the right question, which is: «Given that 200,000 abortions a year is far too many, how can a deliverable change in the law most effectively reduce that number?»

I like to grill the pineapple and onion for just 2 to 3 minutes per side, just to get the char marks but not enough to change them much, texturally speaking.

The supply side has not changed much over the past few years in Australia, with the premium areas seeming to be enjoying the majority of the profitability.

Arsene Wenger has already admitted that he would be playing a second - string side, but Moyes admitted that there will be a few changes to the West Ham side but not as much as he would have wanted!

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

Rodgers is said to have offered as much as # 16m for the Spanish youngster but could perhaps consider changing the subject of his focus to the Dutch international, who had an excellent game last night as his Netherlands side blew away Spain in a thumping 5 - 1 victory.

I expected a full strength Arsenal side this weekend and then a hopeful but much changed XI on Tuesday.

Changing too much too soon could have a negative impact, and will ensure that his new - look side needs time to adjust and familiarise themselves with one another.

He then moves on to claim that Arsenal will struggle to win another league title, due to their unwillingness to challenge for the best players available, and unless this changes, fans need to stop expecting so much from the side.

I think he has what it takes, though, and perhaps he could use this Emirates Cup to stake a claim once again, especially after he was the star of the show for a much changed Arsenal side that won comfortably against Boreham Wood this week.

Instead of consistently getting humiliated by pretty much any team these days (even pub sides), then having to try and respond (which we almost never do), why not change things beforehand, and deal with any problems asap, instead of ignoring problems, and never changing a thing?

The other two changes are Santi Cazorla coming in for Aaron Ramsey, a move clearly designed to give the Gunners as much attacking potential as possible, and Danny Welbeck replaces Theo Walcott on one side of Olivier Giroud with Alexis on the other.

Dick law could mean anything in that mysterious statement he could mean for example that the same old team will be playing like a different side next season, or he could mean that one new aquistion could change the way the current team plays so I wouldnt read too much into this small snippet of supposed information.

I don't think there will be much changes compared to side that played Swansea, although I would like to give Gibbs a run, he seemed composed last night and whipped in few dangerous crosses.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Much has changed to these two clubs since that day when Wimbledon defeated a strong Luton side 2 - 1.

It is a semi-final but as both sides have much bigger fish to fry there will be massive changes from our League meeting.

Also you can never rule out money changing hands under tables, am sure there are more sides to consider, there is still so much the average fan will never get to understand about the game.

Having said that, I do think that Wilshere's entrance did change things and Arsenal looked a much better side with him in the middle.

No matter how much Arsene Wenger is hoping things will change, the fact is that all Arsenal fans know that at the moment Alexis Sanchez is more of a liability in the side rather than a possible game winner, and think that should spend some time on the bench until he sorts his head (and his feet) out.

Wenger has suggested that Iwobi could replace Cazorla and if that happens I think Oxlade - Chamberlain should be on the left wing, but I think that would be too much change from last weeks side.

As much as I believe our side will look to predominantly use the 3 -4-2-1 formation for the remainder of the campaign, Arsene Wenger will be forced into making a number of changes following our hard - fought 120 minute victory over Man City on Sunday, and I think he'll opt to temporarily switch back to his former system for today.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

That will certainly not be the case tomorrow, when a probably much changed Arsenal side run out at the Parc Des Princes in Paris to open our Champions League campaign with what is likely to be the hardest game of all, away to the French Ligue 1 champions PSG.

After getting his starting lineup tactically wrong, Juventus manager Max Allegri made a pair of key changes with substitutions at the hour mark to add much - needed width to his side, something that had been Spurs» weakness earlier in the tie but had gone unpunished in this match.

The young Arsenal and Nigerian international star rescued a creditable draw in normal time for a much changed Arsenal against a strong Bayern Munich side in China with a fantastic header in the 94th minute.

Yes, City beat Liverpool, 5 - 0, at the start of the season, but that was a Liverpool side still very much settling in after a few big changes in the summer, especially in attack.

Arsenal did field a much - changed side from the previous weekend, and will be able to make wholesale changes to the starting XI come the trip to Goodison Park without much hassle, and the French boss has revealed that it would be «impossible» to play again after the Europa League match - up.

For various reasons, however, it will probably be a much changed Arsenal side that lines up at the Emirates on Saturday afternoon.

After Atletico's one - man demolition job on Leganes 24 hours earlier, a much - changed Barca knew the pressure was on to respond before they face Diego Simeone's in - form side.

Arsene Wenger made six changes for the game with Basel from the weekend win at West Ham, but it was a much stronger side than expected for a game that seemed like a dead rubber.

Ernesto Valverde named a much - changed side with an eye on Saturday's Copa del Rey final against Sevilla, and it was Ousmane Dembele (36) who opened the scoring for the visitors before Jonny (45) deservedly equalised for Celta Vigo on the stroke of half - time.

Ahead of what is set to be an exciting season for a much - changed Bristol Rovers side, TFF writers Fred Welsman, Doug Shields and Joe Moon...

We can't see any reason why Qarabag would make any changes to the side which caused Atletico Madrid so much trouble in their recent encounters.

Jurgen Klopp opted to name a much - changed, very youthful side for the game against Stoke, drawing the ire of fans across Twitter.

With a much - changed Chelsea side going up against a Norwich unit who are out to frustrate, we could see another big challenge for the hosts as they look to break down the Championship side.

Outside of that, not much has changed on either side, adding to the anticipation for the Terps» Big Ten opener.

It simply doesn't get much bigger than a Grand Slam match in Twickenham but can this Irish team get the job done & make history against a proud, wounded and much changed England side?