Sentences with phrase «play midweek games»

Fixtures are arranged by Sky Sports for television and from now on I'd like you all to check out their beloved Man Utd and how much their helped by Sky especially when they play midweek games.

We had more players in the World Cup that are just getting back to speed and we played a midweek game in Turkey, yet it was still their team that tired first.

SaH: Both teams have to deal with playing a midweek game after a weekend.

Not exact matches

if they are playing a game on the weekend and another in midweek then its fair to say the player is or maybe suffering from burn out...

Apart from the final week of the Premier League, Arsenal have no more midweek games to play and that means the players can give their all one weekend and be well rested for the next game.

He played 2 games midweek, had an 18 hr flight back and then into this match.

It is a fact that we all know Arsenal have little hope of winning the biggest trophy, and with two games a week Wenger made a concious decision to play his reserves in the midweek games (i.e. Champions League and League Cup) and save his A team for the Premier League.

It won't be an easy game, as our away form isn't great, our midweek adventure will play apart but expect us to scrape it 1 nil or 2 - 1, Aubameyag to continue his scoring.

Arsenal have the advantage of not having played in midweek, as well as the obvious advantage of being the better team, but all that is pointless without bringing their A game.

Since the 1976 merger and before the WBA, the only options for players like these were to play in Europe (and inevitably become lost or abandoned) or to go to the Continental Association, which is nothing but the old Eastern League (plus the Anchorage Northern Knights), basically a part - time, weekend endeavor, although the schedule includes some midweek games this season.

Now we are entering December, and the Arsenal starting XI have played 5 intense midweek games less than every single other rival in the Top Six, as all of them have had tough Champions League matches to contend with.

Well the team might not have played to their best but I think the midweek game took its toll on the team plus we missed Carzola's creativity a lot at the middle and Girouds presence up front..

plus when we have 2 WC at each position, we can play 1 in midweek w / o causing the the other to have to play 3 games in 8 days: thats how it should work.

In recent years Arsenal have struggled a bit when we have had to play in the early slot on a Saturday after a midweek Champions League of domestic cup game, especially if that game has been on a Wednesday and especially if the midweek match was away from home in another country.

He has not completed a game since his return and he also played a good portion of our Champions League win over Olympiacos in midweek.

After a terrible new year fixture schedule that saw Arsenal, who have already had the drawback compared to Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool of having to play the six extra midweek games in the Champions League, have to play two games in two days and get the shortest recovery time of all the clubs chasing the EPL title, we now have a well needed breather before the next league match.

TBH I think we play better with midweek games like the CL.

I like the idea of Holding getting a game, but surely he will be playing in the League Cup in midweek, along with Gibbs and Debuchy.

7points gap combined with the advantage of them not having any midweek games / European games to play.

One team played a game in midweek, a champions league game, and another had time to rest and guess which one looked tired and out of ideas?

But because of the midweek game I think Per will play.

This must definitely be worth a punt, especially as all of our rivals in the betting will have the distraction of the Champions League and the subsequent fatigue that goes with playing top European teams in midweek games.

It's not like we have a midweek game so anyone not playing will get a whole 2 weeks worth of rest.

Wenger chose to largely base his selection with the midweek champions league game in the back of his mind, with both Alexis and Giroud sitting on the bench, whilst Perez, Chamberlain and Walcott, all who could play an important part out in France, were all substituted to ensure their fitness doesn't drop too low.

When Arsenal next run out onto the pitch it will be at the Emirates on Tuesday night, when the Premier League has a rare midweek slot with no domestic cup action and no Europa League and Champions League games to be played.

Jack Wilshere, who played against Anderlecht in midweek after shaking off what looked like a serious ankle injury during Hull City's game, should start alongside Ramsey in what will be a 3 - man midfield.

The majority of the time they'll play Saturday 12 - 45 then midweek and then the following Sunday 4 o'clock giving them the maximum time to rest between games.

In midweek, Manchester United will play their second game on the road as they make the short trip to Lisbon to take on the biggest club side in Portuguese football.

Big game midweek against Dortmund before playing some midtable side next week!

It's a midweek game and we love playing midweek in the evenings and I think it will be a really good game.

It's possible Marsch won't want to play Kaku 90 minutes in anticipation of his Tuesday's game (especially with Davis already out for the midweek match), but it's at least equally possible that Marsch plans to trot out Kaku for a full appearance against the Timbers and to have him on the bench against Tijuana.

A midweek win at Middlesbrough had briefly seen the Hammers rise to a season high 17th and escape was still possible on the final day even though rival teams still had more games to play.

The midweek round of fixtures worked out well for Arsenal with City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Everton all dropping points, but Walcott, who was made captain in the absence of Laurent Koscielny, claimed they are not looking at the table despite having just nine games to play.

Monday night games were always great fun when it was one of the days on which midweek fixtures were played; but now that it is reserved for the weekend's afterthought contest it has just become an irritating wait.

Team News & lineups: One problem for Barcelona is the fact that they are playing so many games since the start of the year that Luis Enrique might choose to rest a few players in next couple of games including Sundays clash against Levante and midweek Copa Del Rey dead - rubber second leg tie against Valencia.

Defence: Kieran Trippier, Davinson Sanchez, Jan Vertonghen, Ben Davies Toby Alderweireld made his first start of the calendar year midweek but I don't expect the Belgian to play two games in one week after only recently recovering from a long - term hamstring injury.

Tennessee will play two home midweek games against UT - Martin on Tuesday and Wednesday before going on the road next weekend for a three - game series against LSU.

Norwich were relegated despite that midweek win over Watford and at one point this this game seemed set to be played in a poisonous Goodison Park atmosphere.

After some coupon - busting midweek Premier League games, fair play to anyone who backed Watford to win at the Emirates by the way, we've looked at home and further afield to find you the best football betting value this weekend.

«Kevin was left out in midweek because he'd played a lot of intensive games in a row and the second thing was I wasn't happy with the way we were attacking.

No midweek match for the Reds, and when the game kicks off tomorrow night, Jürgen Klopp's men will have had five days rest for the first time since the November international break, having played nine times in just over a month.

After playing an overtime game with starters midweek, everyone knew that Sporting Kansas City would bring a less than first - choice starting lineup.

Playing their postponed league game this midweek, Los Blancos didn't waste time in pushing for three points since kick off.

Bolton were due to play in midweek, but their game against Villa was postponed.

The Liverpool defender sustained a knock during the midweek win at Stoke City and will play no part in tomorrow's game.

It is possible that we might see Theo playing at number 9 in the midweek game, with Giroud on the bench, coming on, on the hour.

Manchester United to beat Everton 1/2 It's back - to - back games without a goal for Manchester United as they came away from Wembley as losing semi finalists before playing out a goalless draw with Newcastle midweek.