Sentences with phrase «play lesser teams»

The point of having seeds is that the No. 1s are supposed to get to play lesser teams on the opening weekend.

when play the lesser teams can drop elney and play ramsey deeper so we have an extra goal threat from deep.

-- Man U — is still on a good run of playing lesser teams, there team is already wearing down with injuries pilling up.

-- Man Utd — is still on a good run of playing lesser teams, their team is already wearing down with injuries piling up.

Lesson learned - I think Jurgen Klopp has to play a lesser team, which is a shame on Mohamed Salah.

Not exact matches

There are other barriers — the league's constitution states that no NHL team can be located within 50 miles (80 km) of each other, but that rule's been broken — the New York Islanders and Rangers play less than 25 miles apart and only 30 miles separate the Anaheim Mighty Ducks from the Los Angeles Kings.

Team play was less important than individual skill and power.

When he took the job after being told that there was no chance the team would ever play.500 ball, he accepted the challenge of molding a better - than -.500 ball club — which we feel he has done in less than four years.

Another manager would not give a thought about playing Wilshere or making him first team... it would not just happen... Under Wenger so many overvalued and less than average players have grasses and worn the Arsenal shirt... It is disturbing!

Fans seem to picture these younger players who play week in / week out for a lesser team maintaining that form despite only having a squad role?

This would have made it harder for the team to play well and made Wengers remaining games of the season even less comfortable than they have been.

Giroud got 43 goals in just his last two seasons, playing for a less dominant team, in a much tougher league.

But blame should b put on the manager who fields players out of position and there by weaken the team n» get far less from the team.Carzola / Ozill, Wilshere / Ramsey all play the same roles respectively and should b used interchangably then give the left winger slot to Joel Campbell

I really do nt understand, they were play great IMO, they try harder and make a 2 goal to the less conceded team in CL.

The Spain international is said to be unsettled at the Bernabeu after playing less of a key role in the team this season, and Don Balon claim City have become aware of his situation.

These two teams will be more or less be getting one half to play in the MLS match, its not a perfect solution, but its practice, so there is mo need to become hysterical, any manager would have done the same given the situation.

It they are not played gainst the lesser teams and are brought in when the game is dead then there is no bench...

Yes we have players that can play Ozil's role but they will be much less effective than Ozil and the team as a whole will be severely weakened IMO.

As Thirdman implies, Ozil might have a purple patch when playing teams of lesser quality teams or if he happens to come against opponents with even less zest than he has.

we gave mediocre players stupid contracts, such good ones infact they would rather be a bench player and earn crazy coin, then play first team elsewhere for less money

I'm wondering if we were playing against teams at the best times (injured qb's, rb's, or wr's) often or were teams scoring less against us compared to other teams.

The Indiana Pacers and San Antonio Spurs have a combined five losses this year — less than half of any team in the Atlantic Division — and they play Saturday night in San Antonio in what should be one of the best games of the early season.

Mesut Ozil is another who has only 12 months remaining on his contract, but seems much less likely to force a move away from the club, and is currently playing in the first - team squad unlike the above.

As having played basketball for many many many years I view basketball as a team game and really could care less about individual stats.

Benteke is a better finisher, passer, and dribbler than Giroud and may even in this sh*t hold up play afc fans keep taking about (Watch him against so called big teams)... regarding stats, Benteke plays for AV for football sake, so he gets far less support and chances... Mind that I'm not criticizing and I'm not taking anything from Giroud improvement this season, it's plain comparison... Though, I want someone better than Benteke

If Arsenal allow opposition teams a good foothold in the game as they seems to always do nowadays and continue to play with less than 50 % possession, they will have to score at least 3 goals or more per game to win matches.

I do feel teams play way less defensive against them (in general) than they do against us so it's a little less complicated for them to score, think Burnley will prove to be a good example of that.

That the Tigers — last year's biggest surprise with a 12 — 2 record and a No. 4 finish in the AP poll — were anything less than elated after a win over a Top 25 team that played in a BCS bowl last January shows how expectations have dramatically changed at a school that hasn't won a conference title since 1969.

When Romo was qb teams were less able to key on plays which makes Dak look that less impressive.

Recently he have excelled playing for teams which does not dominate the ball or less possession who plays counter attacking style football.

Arsenal players haven been overly played this season because of the Europa league where we have been playing mainly our B team and Ozil and MK haven't had too many games before Christmas so i think our first 16 players are not heavily over worked and will have less to do in the coming weeks, we should be more worried about match fitness then fatigue,

The team has already made amazing progress under her leadership in less than a term and thanks to her we have a whole new set of fresh faces eager to play.

But in the case of Lacazet he's good enough to play full match against lesser team even when strong and fit.

The Canes had played with fire against lesser teams all year long, putting up four one - score wins and needing a comeback against Virginia, so this one was a long time coming.

This group is going to be a little under the radar for a bit as they have played less Games than the majority of the Teams and, thus, their Win total will likely not match the top squads for some time..

Following their convincing win at Seattle this past weekend (which is one of the toughest places for opposing teams to play in the NFL), the public isn't just drinking the Cincy kool - aid, they're pounding it, with 7 out of 10 bets confident the high - rising Bengals can either win straight up or lose by two or less on the road.

i just wish our players were less scared, i just do nt get it, you play whole life, and against teams where you can show you quality you crack, ozil dedication is less than low, Bielik would crush him and he is 17 ffs, child mentality, Sanchez atleast fight always!!!

«Here in this country,» he went on, «it is more the individual, less the team, more kick and rush, more that everybody tries to play first fiddle.»

If you want to protest, you have to be willing to salvage your reputation, Madrid fans are the perfect example, they love their club too much they won't accept a manager that makes their team play below standards for even less than half a season and they don't care if it makes them look spoilt.

Giroud — too slow, too inconsistent, no good enough to link - up play and he's symptomatic of when the Wenger plan truly fell off the rails... he obviously has some great skills but they would make far more sense on a team that was fighting for much lesser objectives because we have never used a formation that works to his strengths (2 up top like France) and as such he should be sold to the highest bidder regardless of who it is

YES!!!!! I was gutted about Aurier, I wanted him with us and... bahhhhh I don't rate Nelson as a RWB although I am happy with him playing against lesser teams in that role to learn how to defend better, I hope to see him as a AM that can press early on.

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Yes, we will have far lesser chances to compete for the title without him around because there is no other player in the team with similar quality and STYLE of play close enough to his level to step in.

We have numbers but less quality, we play less than average against big teams and the small teams can chew on us whenever they have a good plan.

For teams coming from low - lying areas, it can be quite an ordeal playing a full 90 minutes when there is much less oxygen available than they are used to.

A second unfair item with the Chargers Thursday game is that they have to play both games on the road, which means that they have one less prep day than the home teams.

The two teams opened conference play and the Volunteers took home the victory 67 - 56, just three games after the Gators had fallen to Rutgers in overtime (guard Mike Rosario's old team, no less), and it seemed like Florida was on the way down.

There is a lot of less - than - elite football being played outside of the SEC, Pac - 12 and Big 12 right now (those three conferences currently account for 13 of the top 16 teams, according to F / +), and the Big East neither stands out for its quality or lack thereof.

Exactly what a lesser team should do against a better team, frustrate them and play fast aggressive football.

No, I'm disgusted because if guys would ever play the defense the way it's supposed to be played — which isn't all that hard, by the way — this Bucs team has enough talent to be dominant, even with the lesser - talented guys pressed into playing time because of injuries.