Sentences with phrase «play top sides»

When you play the top sides, particularly away from home, you can not afford to play that carelessly, plain and simple.

Even with out ECL he has Chile's international schedule to tour the world and play top sides world cup qualifyers etc..

Arsenal are on the cusp of top 4 without ever playing our top side.

Not exact matches

the earth just like the «tops» you played with as a child will eventually slow down that the earth will spend a day with one side facing the sun... however by the time that happens humans would have been dead for a few billion years.

The stage featured a giant rotating disco ball in the shape of a dreidel, the four - sided spinning top played during Hanukkah.

Which of Ramsey, Xhaka, Coquelin, Ozil and Elneny would get selected on a regular basis to play for any of the other top six sides?

Whether such big - money signings are necessary is up for debate given the level that Ernesto Valverde has his side playing at right now, as they lead the way in La Liga with a four - point gap to their nearest rivals and they sit top of their Champions League group.

Both sides played out 1 - 1 draws in the opening group game, leaving Arsenal top on away goals, followed by their alphabetical advantage.

We played against a Norwich side that was at the top level physically and focused.

For how long will this continue??? Which top side in Europe will play Sanogo in a quarter final tie against Bayern?

Barkley has shown he has the talent to play in a top side in my opinion, and I think Arsene Wenger would get a great tune out of the 23 year - old, and he could possibly become a worthy replacement for Santi Cazorla given some time.

They've not really played anyone of quality and the closest to quality they've faced (Spurs) was a game that was as cagey and poor as any top side clash I've seen in recent years.

Joining a top - 10 side would see him more or less guaranteed starts, but if he stays at Arsenal he'll still be playing fairly often.

I believe Can is only a hot topic because he plays for a top English side and refuses to sign a contract extension.

«Monreal is playing very well, he doesn't get enough credit for the quality of his performances because against Manchester United, against Dortmund, he was in the top three for me,» said Wenger, whose side travel to West Bromwich Albion today for the early kick - off.

Murray is a work in progress, offensively a long way off, Parker will come back on Vet Min, White is the only one I would keep going forward from the other 3 Last 9 games Patty has been second top scorer with 11.8 pts with day light 3rd, Patty also plays at his best along side Kawahi which hopefully he will be returning next year

Read what he told the Telegraph in 2009; «Of course I regret leaving Arsenal... I was playing every week for one of the most exciting sides in Europe, a team which was always in the top four in the Premier League and were Champions League contenders.»

Chambers, Holding and Bielik are not ready for prolonged spells at centre back, one or two games partnering Koscielny would be OK (depending on the opponent) but we could in theory find ourselves playing catchup with the top sides after a couple of weeks if things go wrong against Liverpool and Leicester.

Ozil has been questioned when it comes to the big games, that he's invisible when we play against top sides.

20 years from now, I hope he won't look back and regret not jumping at the chance of playing for one of England's top sides.

Leipzig are an interesting inclusion in the line - up, with the club only being founded in 2007 by energy drink giant Red Bull when buying the playing rights of a German fifth division side, with the intention of rising to the top division in eight years, a feat they accomplished.

Elneny is excellent as DMF, to be also used against the top play maker on the other side.

lol i have never felt good when we play any of the top sides in Europe for the past 10 years..

This all sounds very positive from the talented defender, but although he is right that we are used to playing against top sides, he seems to conveniently forget that we usually lose those big games as well!

Villa, who was the top scorer at Euro 2008 and joint top scorer at the 2010 World Cup, broke his tibia playing for Barcelona in a Club World Cup match against Qatari side Al - Sadd way back in December 2011.

They could execute the play from either side, from the top of the floor and using dribble handoffs.

Yeah absolutely right.We must play with a 442 but need a Top Quality DFM.Zhaka can not retain his place in the side any longer.How bad must he continue to play before he is dropped?Play AMN.The boy looks a very good prospect and deserves a chance.Ramsey continues to prove he is not anywhere near Jacks class and offers us nothing against a defence that sits and invites us on.

For example we could play a very high press game, or a deeper game — we could allow our wingers to push on and overload from one side at a time or we could pile forward as three across the top and let 2 sit in behind.

Norwich City play host to Karl Robinson's MK Dons, with Lambert wanting to prove his side's top flight status is well - earned.

Arsenal have to secure the attack and get Alexis ready for the match against Barca and the remaining fixtures against top premier league sides.The team has to win against Barca and then beat them at Nou - Camp causes it really is irritating to see Wenger playing bad players in the big matches in the past, Arsenal have allowed themselves to be weak where Wenger is after the league means these Southhampton, Stoke, Chelsea get the luck against this side.

On the flip side, playing in Safeco Field means that Seattle needs top - tier hitters, and right now it has just one: second baseman Dustin Ackley.

Two Stars, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, were at the top of their games; two teams were playing for the NFC championship, but all the big plays were on one side of the ball.

Two potential top - five teams, Playoff stakes, a fresh matchup (they've only played in 1977 and 1983, splitting the series), huge names with national fanbases and stars on both sides.

It remains to be seen where Sanogo will end up, but it is thought that Arsene Wenger is keen for him to be playing regularly for a Premier League club to help him gain the experience needed to shine at the top level for his Arsenal side after something of a difficult start in front of goal since he joined the Gunners last season.

The 27 year - old is also his country's all - time top goalscorer, although his side only played their first match in 1992.

Arsenal fans have been driving themselves crazy in wait for another option to arrive to play up top, with Alexis Sanchez having been used unsuccessfully in the role in both of our side's opening two league outings.

To take the left side out of play, Singh practices getting his club face open at the top with a simple drill that forces him to swing more from the outside in, producing a soft fade.

Shocking statement from Wenger that we are a Europa League side... Why play for the top 4 then.

Arsenal will line up the same as always in a 4 -2-3-1 formation against every side because Wenger is still the same, all the top managers have Wenger's number because he doesn't adapt the teams playing style according to our opponents from week to week, he thinks the so - called Arsenal way is the best way for every game even though we'll face different teams with different managers!

While Arsenal is the top 4 side from last season to play the most matches that really shouldn't be an issue at this point in the season.

Defensive midfielder was also an issue as Mathieu Flamini and Mikael Arteta were not able to provide an adequate cover when playing against the top sides.

Arsenal are in fantastic form in the Premier League and FA cup and even though we had to suffer yet another disappointing early exit from the Champions League, the players did go some way to redeeming themselves by playing well and winning 2 - 0 away in Monaco, so Arsene Wenger will be hoping that we can continue our strong run and cement our place in the top four by beating a struggling Newcastle United side at St. James» Park today.

If he goes to City or Chelsea he won't be 100 % happy, as he likes to be the kingpin in the side he's playing in and to play every game, neither of these things he'll be at any top club.

There is no top 4 finish for us, we mess everything up against Swansea, and our defence is as sh ** t as hell, look at spurs the way they played man u, strong in defence, dembele was fantastic not like xhaka lazy and always pass the ball backward sides.

Our side has been on the look - out for an experienced defender to add to the ranks, and Luiz would certainly fit into that category, having won numerous trophies with Paris Saint - Germain and Chelsea, as well as having played a key role in helping the Blues to win the Champions League, and would be a huge boost to our team as we look to secure a spot in the top four, whilst also being available for the Europa League.

He's a bit overrated I must say.I also don't get those who are asking him to tackle well.The fact is he's not a good tackler.I fear Wenger has made him untouchable in our team such that even if he plays badly he still starts.I mean if people are saying he's not a DM in the first place then is he also a CM?If he's a CM does he have the quality to play along side a DM?These are the questions we need to ask ourselves.If he's a CM then he's good at distributing from deep and also up top but he can't hold thd ball in tight spaces or dribble which is very important.If he's a DM then he simply can't defend.That's why for us to be successful in the long term with him we need a hybrid midfielder or what I call a defensive box to box midfielder.

Umtiti is certainly one of the finest centre - backs in Europe right now and could play for almost any top side, with another recent report from Don Balon also linking him with Manchester United.

Just because Bould (who has been given NO chance by Wenger, clearly, and they are virtual strangers when sitting side by side on the bench, it seems) SEEMS not to have pulled up any trees, it would be foolish in the extreme to give a blanket ban to all ex - Wenger players who have played at TRUE top level.

A top side would not have allowed Dortmund to play a «perfect» game and would have broken down attacks.

Both sides had plenty to play for with Martin O'Neill looking to make up ground in the top four race and Mick McCarthy looking for valuable points to avoid the drop.