Sentences with phrase «of a title challenge»

He's killed every hope of a title challenging season that we all crave for, so at this point everything seems damage control..

And we all know that the one victory meant little in context of a title challenge.

Several weeks ago they were in the midst of a title challenge.

As usual we will be a couple of players short of a title challenging side.

For this reason, they have lost so many matches this term and have really faded out of the title challenge eventually.

Not many people would argue about a Chelsea win spelling the end of our title challenge as it would put them 12 points ahead of us and get one of their potential stumbling blocks out of the way and give them a massive boost of confidence.

United will be pitted against La Liga and UEFA Champions League holders Real Madrid in Skopje, Macedonia which will be United first competitive fixture of the new season, five days before welcoming West Ham United to Old Trafford for the first Premier League fixture of the new season in which Jose Mourinho will be looking to start in great fashion ahead of a title challenge in the league this season.

His stats make Moreal and Gibbs look ordinary and he will be an essential part of our title challenge next season.

The Dutch striker will never be able to appease Arsenal fans after the way that he forced his exit from the Emirates, even if us fans also find ourselves frustrated with the lack of ambition shown in the transfer market, and lack of title challenge in recent terms.

The two back to back FA cups did help and probably made it easier for Wenger to convince the club's stars that Arsenal were a good prospect, but you get the feeling that the collapse of another title challenge like we saw last season may just give us a big problem with the likes of Ozil and Alexis.

Three points would be massive for either side, with the Gunners chasing Champions League and Spurs still in reach of a title challenge.

The scorpion kicking Frenchman is on a red hot streak in front of goal at the moment and if Arsenal are to make a fist of this title challenge we will need him to keep it up.

This is a hammer blow to United and Mourinho after a difficult season that has seen them barely mount any kind of title challenge to runaway league leaders Manchester City, and also drop out of the Champions League early on.

There is a very real danger of our title challenge looking over before it has begun if we lose those two early matches, so Wenger needs to have the team as strong as possible and ready to hit the ground running and that could mean him getting any transfers done and dusted early enough to get the new lads settled in before the season begins.

Nope, Wenger keeps them on the bench for the likes of Giroud and Walcott and the injuries of important players came at the cost of our title challenge.

Obviously they've had a negative impact in terms of a title challenge, although, unless you're an AKB, you'll realise that the lack of a challenge is actually a culmination of reasons, not just the singular injuries excuse or even the lack of funds (no, wait... can't use the funds excuse any more!).

We have got a big test of our title challenge on the horizon though, and so the suggestion that Wenger might just have a secret weapon and a lucky charm to help him when Man City come to town.

From Phillippe Coutinho terrifying defenders and midfielders alike to Sadio Mane outstripping pretty much anyone in front of him, their front 5 could easily be part of a title challenging team.

The Usos retained their WWE Tag Team Championship at the Royal Rumble, and their win might mark the end of title challenges for the team they defeated, The Miz and Damien Mizdow (neé Sandow).

These things are unfortunate and in the light of our title challenge damning.

This, combined with a tendency towards complacency toward «easy» games (like the defeat at Norwich) has been the undoing of a number of title challenges.

But with Tottenham right in the middle of a title challenge along with the two suitors, they are unlikely to want to part with players in the middle of the season.

Arsenal hit top gear before the international break, smashing Manchester United 3 - 0 to reignite serious talk of a title challenge.

Having been announced as Bruce Rioch's successor in late September, the former Monaco and Grampus Eight coach went on to help sign a young Patrick Vieira and Nicolas Anelka while guiding the team to third - their hopes of a title challenge ended by a poor run in February.

Give us your thoughts please Gooners on Arsenal team selection and tactics for what could be the first of eight cup finals or the end of our title challenge?

He is unlikely to be United's last recruit this summer, as the club look to strengthen ahead of a title challenge and a return to the Champions League.

Our lack of title challenge has broken a man who gave his all in the 3 yrs he has been at Arsenal.

It's not impossible to envisage Arsenal kicking back against the slow collapse of their title challenge, getting a few breaks, and clambering their way back to the top.

Embed from Getty Images Three points would be massive for either side, with the Gunners chasing Champions League and Spurs still in reach of a title challenge.

Cast your mind back to a couple of seasons ago, when Arsenal had been knocked out of both domestic cups by lower league opposition and then waved goodbye to any hope of a title challenge and been taken to pieces at the Emirates by Bayern Munich.

There are rumours going around about a possible big money move to China for the striker and also about a dispute over his fitness, which could mean that Costa has already made up his mind to accept the massive salary and head east and if that is true then Graeme Souness reckons it could spell the end of their title challenge, as a Sky Sports report explains.

we lost at home, to a team so poor they sacked their manager and whilst I agree with the premises that the dropped point does not signal the end of our title challenge we must rue the lost opportunity to lay down the marker, tue chance lost to show we have back home and the mental fortitude to deal with the pressure of been top....

Wenger has destroyed our hopes of a title challenge.

After a terrible start to the season, where Arsenal have been lucky to earn three points in any of their opening four games, all hope of a title challenging has almost certainly dissolved, and you can bet that Arsene Wenger's appalling record in the Champions League will only end in more tears of frustration — your frustration.

United is, however, in the UEFA Europa League, with Liverpool sitting out European competition, which might suit them ahead of their title challenge, but remember they were not in Europe the last time they thought they were going to win the league either.