Sentences with phrase «of cup competitions»

I think in the later stages of any cup competition, you should be playing your best players.

Our approach will be interesting and there are different schools of thought on the distraction or otherwise of cup competitions.

West Brom didn't end the campaign strongly though and they were knocked out of the cup competitions in the early stages which will have come as a disappointment to fans.

They will be taking on Auxerre in the final of this cup competition next week.

He's not been one to go all out in the early rounds of the cup competitions, but that hasn't done him too much harm with a final and semi-final under his belt already.

A number of sub-par displays have seen them crash out of both cup competitions against what should have been easy opposition, and they look sure to lose the Premier League to either Leicester City or their north London rivals Tottenham.

Stoke have been knocked out of a cup competition for the second time in five days as they were beaten 1 - 0 by Crystal Palace

The east London outfit were without the services of Andy Carroll, Marko Arnautovic, Mark Noble and Manuel Lanzini, and this cost them dearly as they bowed out of the Cup competition with a 2 - 0 defeat at the DW Stadium.

The busier the better, as far as Hazard's concerned, with the start of the cup competitions offering more opportunities to achieve collective success, something he believes the current squad is more than capable of this season.

Based on the old «GT mode» of previous titles, players can now look forward to racing through a series of cup competitions from beginner to pro levels, and and even partake in endurance races!

In this new mode, players can look forward to racing through a series of cup competitions from beginner to pro levels, as well as gruelling endurance races.

On their route to the final, they also eliminated us in the quarter finals, beating us at the Emirates in November, and now have the opportunity to become the first team to knock us out of both cup competitions since the 80s when Manchester United did the same.

By the way Leicester is now out of all cup competitions so can now focus on just the EPL.

Ospina will be hoping that he can at least challenge Cech to a run in the Premier League, however in reality I think it'll be another year of cup competitions for the Colombian.

And you have to consider the length of a cup competition when more countries join in, at some point everything will have to be re-organized to accommodate the growing number of players and competition and it will be at the cost of the club competitions.

We will no doubt buy a new GK this summer and if Cech stays as a No2 he would maybe enjoy the less pressurised position of Cup Competition and be a Top Draw back up.

You expect to see big teams in the semi-finals of cup competitions, even though clubs change their sides up.

The Gunners played out last season with Petr Cech as our main goalkeeper, and with the Colombian used as backup, as well as in the Champions League and a majority of cup competitions.

The Saints have the chance to become the first team since the 1982/83 season to knock Arsenal out of both cup competitions thanks to their 2 - 0 win at the Emirates back in November.

The Capital One Cup may not represent the most glorious of cup competitions, but this is an ideal opportunity for City to pick up a morale - boosting win before their derby...

It is the first time that the Northern club has advanced to the semis of a Cup competition in their history.

On the negative side, I expect we will suffer more than our fair share of injuries, we will go out of the cup competitions by the quarter final stages and we will still lose points to the likes of Stoke and Blackburn.

Collin Quaner has talked up the unique nature of cup competitions ahead of Town's Carabao Cup Second Round game at home to Rotherham United on Wednesday evening.

It's a switch of cup competition on Wednesday night, as we travel to Chelsea for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final.

Liverpool have participated in 15 cup finals since the turn of the millennium, picking up the Champions League, the Europa League, three league cups and two FA Cups and firmly establishing themselves as kings of cup competitions.

Please note that the inclusion of cup competitions distort the figures slightly given that we're looking at the promotion picture in league competition and there is also some very minor inaccuracy in Cardiff City's figures due to Soccerbase not holding the lineups for one game.

Conte appeared to favour his second - choice goalkeeper during the early stages of the Cup competition last term, and it could be a similar case with Willy Caballero likely to make his Blues debut.

This is a spreadsheet that should make planning, recording and reporting the draw and results of any Cup Competitions a lot easier.

Their Quarter Final opponents are second tier Avangard Kursk, giving Amkar a real chance to potentially reach the final of a cup competition and do something their comparative cousins West Brom never seem able to do.

I remember Rio celebrating whole heartedly when winning through to the next round of a cup competition.

Just because a points total is smaller doesn't mean you're not as good, just because you go out of a cup competition against a worse opposition doesn't mean you're terrible.

Lastly Leicester are out of every cup competition with only the EPL to play for.

I'm looking forward to the start of the cup competitions, for Chelsea it's very important to win every match and challenge for every trophy.

Despite bringing in the likes of Joe Allen, Marko Arnautovic and Xherdan Shaqiri, the Potter have failed to push themselves into the upper echelons of the Premier League or the latter stages of cup competitions.

As for Liverpool, a run of one win in their last 10 games in all competitions has seen their campaign fall apart as they have dropped out of the Premier League title race and have crashed out of both cup competitions.

Mourinho also had a sly dig at the manager of an unnamed other club in his pre-match briefing, suggesting that his side do not subscribe to the idea that being knocked out of cup competitions can ever be seen as a good thing:

Because they are big clubs and you can not say we won't move out of a cup competition or national cup competition [and do well].»

Okay, so the Europa League's format looks a bit bloated, and yes, neither of these cup competitions should strictly be calling themselves a «league,» but fundamentally there's one tournament for the good teams, then another for the not quite as good teams.

IMO it is unrealistic to think that a reserve team will win any of the cup competitions without assistance from the senior players.

Well, I thought folks like you postulate that Leicester is doing well because they are out of the Cup competitions and only focused on the EPL.

Meanwhile the Citizens have endured a poor campaign under Manuel Pellegrini, failing to challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title and dropping out early in all of the cup competitions.

Jenkinson will surely make an appearance in some of the cup competitions and possibly as a substitute here and there but I can't see him being a Premier League regular.

Arsenal would have also had a better chance at going deeper in all of the cup competitions as well.

Southampton host our Arsenal side tomorrow in the FA Cup, as they look to become the first team in over 30 years to knock us out of both cup competitions.

If he stays or goes won't really make much of a difference, because barring injury, he will likely not see the pitch again for Leeds since the club is out of cup competitions.

The Blues have won back - to - back games in the English top - flight, and they will be relishing the opportunity of progressing to the final four of the Cup competition.

Pic: Local Tottenham fans taking shots at Arsenal during the Italy v Denmark match in Krakow That photo with a sea of empty seats is what Wembley will look like mid-season when Spurs are nowhere in the league and out of every cup competition, like always.

Fiorentina will now face Napoli in the final of the cup competition.

Finally, he had words of encouragement for Jasper Cillessen who looks set to start in the final of the cup competition.