Sentences with phrase «plan against the league»

While that strategy is often good enough to beat mediocre teams, it's not a solid game plan against the league's best.

Not exact matches

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Things have not quite gone according to plan for the new man at the helm following his switch from Everton, with United suffering Premier League defeats so far against arch-rivals Liverpool at Anfield, city - rivals Manchester City at Eastlands and surprisingly West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford.

On May 23 in the second game of a doubleheader he played leftfield against the Phillies, his first major league start at a position other than catcher, as part of manager Lloyd McClendon's plan to ease the physical burden on three - time All - Star Kendall and to gain more offensive production from him.

«In fact, they were even thinking of getting rid of him last season, but Ramos's 94th - minute equaliser in the Champions League final against Atletico changed their plans.»

The former Arsenal and England international midfield star Ray Parlour sounds to me as though he has a lot of sympathy with the frustration that has been boiling over for a large section of Arsenal fans this season, but he also sounds like he thinks we would be wasting our time with the planned protest during the Premier League match against Norwich at the Emirates this weekend.

The Arsenal players in the France international squad would appear to have the edge on their Premier League rivals in the plans of the France manager Didier Deschamps, or at least for the opening game of the Euro 2016 tournament tonight against an unfancied Romania team.

Arsene Wenger is clearly well aware about the protests being planned by the angry Arsenal fans for our Premier League match against struggling Norwich City at the Emirates stadium tomorrow, because the manager today issued a sort of rallying cry asking for us to support the team as he tries to avoid the complete disaster of dropping out of the Champions League places for the first time in his long tenure in charge of the club.

The youngster gained some significant attention during the early stages of the Champions League when he bagged a wonderful solo goal against Manchester United, though it remind to be seen whether he would figure in Arsenal's first team plans next season.

We have a few days now to recover and plan for the FA cup and then another week before the next league game against Crystal Palace.

It is not exactly like Arsene Wenger to give his rival managers any sort of help in working out how Arsenal are planning to play ahead of a match, especially a match as important as the one against the Premier League leaders Leicester City on Sunday is.

But the Arsenal boss is aware that these cup games against lower league opposition do not always go according to plan.

With Arsenal facing a trip to the in form Premier League leaders on Sunday, you would expect the manager to be planning to rest all of his key players this week for the Europa League game against Red Star Belgrade and then select as strong a side as possible at the weekend, and Arsene Wenger may still do just that.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger last month said he was planning to offer Bellerin a new deal after praising his «absolutely spectacular» development following a «nightmare» full debut against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in 2014.

Chelsea's ambition in regaining their second place spot in English Premier League standings didn't work as planned with Antonio Conte's men only picking up a point from their midweek clash against Arsenal.

Even looking past Jose Mourinho's strangely dubious record at Newcastle, the visitors» lack of conviction and attacking plan against a side fighting to stay in the league with their previous win coming in October, was quite alarming.

United's boss, Jose Mourinho, is taking things very seriously as he will only plan to play his best players, noting that some who under - performed on their latest league fixture against West Bromwich will be dropped.

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Of those who didn't start the match against Reading, Knockaert is the wild card most likely to find favour in Pearson's plans in the Premier league while one might expect Liam Moore to challenge strongly to be first choice at centre back when he is a year older and more experienced.

«The plan is for him to be with us at the Club World Cup, and we'll see if he can play the first game,» he said, adding that the club would appeal against the decision taken by UEFA to give defender Dani Carvajal a game's suspension for deliberately time wasting in order to force a yellow card away to APOEL Nicosia with the aim of going into the knockout stage of the Champions League free of cards.

Arsenal faces a busy fixture list due to playing in the Europa League and Wenger offered a hint as to his team selection plans for the game against League One side Doncaster.

Germany's top football teams are discussing plans to sweep away rules prohibiting foreign investors from owning Bundesliga clubs, amid concern they lack the financial firepower to compete against rivals in the English Premier League and Spain's La Liga.

«To put an end to this unacceptable situation, AS Monaco are planning on asking the French Football League and FIFA to start disciplinary procedures against the offending clubs.»

We're a billion levels of wealthy, and we can afford to buy really good players at inflated prices with no plans on playing him just so he doesn't go to our rivals and play against us in the league.

Liverpool had already planned to offer Alexander - Arnold» a wage boost, but his performances in the Champions League quarter - finals against Manchester City confirmed there thinking.

May 19 — The Premier League may have finished slightly later than planned with the forced shift of Manchester United's final home game against Bournemouth to Tuesday night because of security concerns, but fans set a record attendance across the country for the Sunday 3 pm kick offs.

However, since the 25 - year - olds return to Old Trafford things have not necessarily gone according to plan and he has struggled to find the form that made him such a talent in Serie A. Although he won two trophies last season, the highlight coming as he was the catalyst for United's UEFA Europa League win against Ajax, he was recently dropped for a number of important games for the Reds.

Now the North London side already seem to have begun their recruitment plans for the summer as the Daily Mail have revealed that club scout Gilles Grimandi was present at the Stade Louis II during Monaco's Champions League Round of 16 second leg clash against Manchester City on Wednesday.

With crucial goals in the Champions League and against Manchester United plus West Brom in the Premier League, Giroud hasn't been forgotten by the fans, but clearly doesn't fit into Wenger's ideal eleven and has become a plan B. For a player who scored sixteen Premier League goals last season it is unlikely that he will be happy at being viewed as a last resort to turn to when the chips are down.

The club's supporters had been planning a farewell party for Terry at Sunday's final league game of the season against Leicester City, but in the light of today's annoucnement, it looks as if that may have to be put on hold for another 12 months.

Plans continue for Wednesday's Champions League semi-final against Monaco at a rainy Juventus Center League.

While a serious knee injury sustained in during our Champions League exit against Bayern Munich in March 2014 has clearly been a major contributory factor in the German appearing to lose his place in the manager's plans (he did not play any first - team football last term), Reine - Adelaide might do well take note of the manner in which his colleague's career has stuttered since he stood - out in the build - up to the 2013/14 season.

Merseyside giant Liverpool and their fans are heavily against any plans by the Premier League to reschedule their fixture at North London club Arsenal to Christmas Eve.According to a source, as reported by ESPN FC, the Reds are aware...

Chelsea have a chance to bounce back from their disappointing league form with a Champion's League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv this week and Mourinho has told his critics to enjoy their moment in the sun as he plans to bounce back with immediate eleague form with a Champion's League match against Maccabi Tel Aviv this week and Mourinho has told his critics to enjoy their moment in the sun as he plans to bounce back with immediate eLeague match against Maccabi Tel Aviv this week and Mourinho has told his critics to enjoy their moment in the sun as he plans to bounce back with immediate effect.

Lacazette was expected to start in Europa League fixture against Ostersund on Thursday but injury comes as a dent to Wenger's plans.

A bold plan to launch a «coup» against embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver through a coalition of Democrats and Republicans has been rejected by Assembly GOP leader Brian Kolb — who many lawmakers insist is actually in league with Silver, The Post has learned.

The Marlins plan to wear them during their normal morning workout and pregame activities in advance of their Grapefruit League opener against the Cardinals at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium.

The Marlins are planning to wear Stoneman Douglas baseball caps during their workout and pregame activities Friday before their Grapefruit League opener against the Cardinals.

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Urges Women and Parents to Protect Against Cervical Cancer This January.

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts strongly condemns the U.S. House's passage of a version of the Violence Against Women Act that eliminates important protections for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Within days of the Supreme Court ruling, more than 375 volunteers applied to serve as clinic escorts at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts» (PPLM) Boston health center, and hundreds attended rallies against the ruling.