Sentences with phrase «played against bench»

During the game in Miami, the Baltimore players, several of whom had played against Bench in Puerto Rico in the winter of 1967, were shouting, «Oh, we're going to steal three or four today.»

Not exact matches

There is no Per Mertesacker, even on the bench, so Gabrieal and Koscielny continue their new central defensive pairing and they could have their hands full, as Pedro has recovered to make the starting XI and Hazard will surely start to redicover his form sooner or later, while Costa is always difficult to play against.

Giroud's presence, aerial ability and link up play, plus the fact he is looking sharp and has already won us our only EPL points off the bench against Leicester, could be vital against a Bournemouth likely to defend deep and restrict space.

iwobi and ozil are not expected to play against big teams, why bench a 50m striker, Wenger is our problem, we still can fix it, this is just November, twelve points is just four games we still can win the title

One factor that has mitigated against Rosicky getting much game time is, there are many top quality younger Gunners in the Arsenal starting team and on their bench who are considered to be ahead of Rosicky in the selection order of the team of the day to play a game.

They once again had to play with 5 guys and just couldn't endure the grueling 44 - minutes against the deep bench of Team James - Hagari.

Team Holzman played well in Week 1 but had a short bench and suffered down the stretch from tired legs against Team Chaikin.

Maitland - Nile's has played a blinder at LB the last 2 games but to put him in against Salah is asking a lot especially when we've got an out and out LB on the bench and don't get me started on Iwobi #WengerOut

Dele Alli would have been a shoe - in to be in the squad, however, he may be thinking twice about his place in the England squad — given that he played just 22 minutes against the Netherlands on Friday, was again left on the substitutes bench for the game against Italy.

Like against Liverpool, although it worked but I failed to understand why he would opt for Ramsey to play on the right wing having someone like Welbeck on the bench.

1) On the pitch: - we always start 3 -4-3 but always switch back to a back 4... it isn't tactical as we look bad in both - Bellerin playibg LWB when you have the best in the bundesliga last season on the bench - Welbeck playing the striker role when he can do everything but score when you have Lacazette a record signing on the - Monreal in back 3 when you have Kostafi who can flank Per in the middle protecting him against pace as well as having a commending figure and - Telling Xhaka to not play as a 3rd offensive player when Ramsey dashes - Playing a guy in Ox so out of position and persisting with him over preseason as if he would be there for years when it is clear he doesn't want to play for us (his case is a weiplaying the striker role when he can do everything but score when you have Lacazette a record signing on the - Monreal in back 3 when you have Kostafi who can flank Per in the middle protecting him against pace as well as having a commending figure and - Telling Xhaka to not play as a 3rd offensive player when Ramsey dashes - Playing a guy in Ox so out of position and persisting with him over preseason as if he would be there for years when it is clear he doesn't want to play for us (his case is a weiPlaying a guy in Ox so out of position and persisting with him over preseason as if he would be there for years when it is clear he doesn't want to play for us (his case is a weird one)

The attacking midfielder has barely played since signing in the summer, last appearing for the end of the second half in the Europa League a few weeks ago, then not even featuring on the bench against Arsenal last weekend.

Ozil and Xhaka should be left on the bench in view of their defensive weaknesses against a side like Man City who are likely to dominate possession.Mertz should not be played as he simply does not have the pace to cope with the Man City front three.This may appear a defensive line up but a similar strategy worked well against Chelsea earlier this season and may do so against the most impressive attacking side in the league.

Start theo against Sunderland.I really do not understand why mr wenger plays the likes of Ramsey on the wing which is a position he admits he is not at his best when he plays there.and you have a natural with the likes of Walcott warming the bench.

It was our duty to spot the opposition's defensive alignments, suggest plays to work against these defenses, ascertain as soon as possible weaknesses or faults in our own defensive scheme and recommend personnel changes from time to time to the head coach on the bench.

Or, if the pairing that played against Man United was near perfect, will he leave the Boss on the bench until injuries or suspensions force his hand?

He still makes strange decisions, playing Ramsey out wide where he struggles, appearing to set us up to draw against Man U, not wanted to fix a struggling team before the 70th minute despite a talented bench etc..

A claim was made that it should be obvious that the reason any player would play better in a bench role is because they'd be playing against weaker opponents.

the problem against big team especially against Mou is with Wenger, Mou messes with Wenger's head n makes him make some annoying decisions that makes no sense like all of a sudden starting Elneny as CM, one who couldn't even dictate play from deep against Sunderland n benching Xhaka who has this ability n has shown it over n over.

Wenger from time to time has been known to play players in wrong positions and not started his best players ie Lacazette and Giroud were both on the bench against Liverpool and Welbeck started.

He's been awful mostly after coming back from that quad injury, and he is even playing against second stringers from the bench.

I am also of the view that Giroud is considering his France place in the world cup, which will be less guarantee if he plays on the bench at arsenal, it would be unfortunate to lose his skills, teams most be able to mix there attacking threats against different defensive styles of varying oppositions.

I don't expect Lucas to play too much of a part against Swansea, but if deemed fully fit, I wouldn't be surprised to see the striker be named on the bench.

Mina needs game time and so does paco, the rest of our bench excluding verma and cillisen are average, if we want to rest players while playing the bench against smaller opposition we need good players, preferably young players.

During that game though, Antoine Griezmann played very poorly and was benched for the match against Albania.

I played a very good game against Galatasaray and then I was on the bench again.

He scored a hat - trick against Brighton last night and that took his goal tally to eight in just nine games and he has already played for the first team this season in the League cup, so the talented 19 - year old is very close and could soon find himself on the bench a lot more often.

If we get through to the semis or even quarters and get drawn against a Man City or Man United we should play a strong line up with only couple of fringe players from Chambers, Holding, Elneny, Wilshere, etc and couple of youth players on the bench (Nelson, Maitland - Niles, Nketiah, etc)!

It's quite possible that both Xhaka and Elneny will get a chance to play against their former side and although it is expected Xhaka will play from the start, Elneny on the other hand may be given a bench role only.

And on top of that he loans out Jenkinson on the deadline day, when he knew exactly we have few defenders, now we're in a crisis, we played with no real defender on the bench against Aston Villa.

Fantastic win but Alexis needs to play up front against Chelsea with Giroud coming from the bench

I agree with benching non-performing players, but of the squad that played only Cazorla and Monreal have been particularly poor, and against Anderlecht, any Arsenal team should be able to hold onto a 3 - 0 lead.

So, unless Arsenal get very lucky with a rapid recovery from Alexis (extremely unlikely) it would seem that our only recognised centre - forward is Olivier Giroud, who has hardly kicked a ball all season, but came of the bench to score twice against Sunderland, but is he ready to play a full 90 minutes now or next week?

Sanchez was very poor 2day & shld have been substituted earlier bt the boss decided 2 remove Walcott instead, the 1st goal against us was supposed 2 be disallowed as Bellerin was struck down & injured, arsenal played the 1st half without a recognised striker on the pitch meanwhile we had 3 recognised strikers on the bench & finally why do we always play with fear when we play against a big team?

Hahaha If Sanchez starts then I would imagine that he pinned Wenger up against the wall and demanded that he is playing, Otherwise, common sense would see Sanchez start from the bench tonight.

He was passenger on the game against Stoke citi, Wellbeck came on from the bench and almost rescued a point after 3 - 0 down to 3 - 2, Mr. Giroud was again a passenger when we played man citi thanks to his goal from a set pc.

Everton won 1 in 44 against top 6 teams in 6/7 years Would like to see Xhaka benched, and maybe lacazette in place of Ewobi, not that he had a bad game But well played today Arsenal.

Antonio Conte is playing 7 defensive minded players (excluding TBO) against Burnley in a must win match leaving our best player on the bench.

«I believe in every game... what gives you a good indication is if you look at the bench of the team you play against, and when you look at the teams in the second part of the table and you look at their benches, it indicates that you will have tough games.

Indeed a striker's primary objective is to score goals not hold up play like Giroud, we need Giroud on the bench against Chelsea to increase our chances of winning

why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield

He played his first senior game in November but then suffered a groin injury while on England duty and did not start again until after the New Year against Hull, although he was on the bench for the second half of December.

But Wenger never let the French international play a full 90 minutes and he was actually started from the bench against Man United and scored a consolation goal for us while we lost 3 - 1 at the Emirates, but since then he has gone 8 games without another goal.

He wasn't even used off the bench against Chelsea and he is unlikely to get any first team games, even with everyone injured, so surely he should be moving to a club where he can start playing regularly again.

Giroud is clearly a weapon off the bench against stubborn defences and Alexis is better suited to defenses that play out the back.

exactly my point, we arsenal fans are so retarded that we think having lacazette on the bench is bad, but if it's manchester city everyone will say it's quality in squad depth, we always criticise mourinho for playing defensive football but want simeone to come and be our coach, someone who can not attack against a team as weak as leganes or alaves.

I think once we have the same team that played against city on the field with Walcott / Ozil coming off the bench i predict no team in England will be able to put the breaks on us perhaps with the exception of maybe Chelsea.

if you watch arsenal place I see so much space and no runs no runs at all only when in the box if you watch Leicester they are always makeing runs all over the place that's how you score goals against a team like Southampton they controlled the game it was not unlucky just like chelsea can do control the game and won arsenal players don't believe they can win the title the players in that team play without heart you know why because Im sure wenger tells them becareful we don't need anymore Injurys what kind of mentality is that also I will pick out Ramsey he is playing like a player who is leaveing the club he and flamini just don't work Ramsey is not playing good at all wenger can blame make excuses but truth is he is the manager he make the tactics and he gets it wrong all the time giroud has no pace none bench him against some teams and play pure pace make runs ox Walcott but they don't Walcott has lost it his pace has gone its clear or he fears I jury how if a player is fit put your all in forget injury if you get Injured then so be it but if your fit and your Walcott run put yourself about wenger should leave because he.

Sanchez has played nearly every game so far this season, and after the gruelling Xmas period, there were many of us calling for Arsene Wenger to give him a well - earned rest against a much depleted Hull team, but can the Gunners actually afford to leave him on the bench for even one game?

I for one will continue calling him a RIDICULOUS manager, why, because we play top quality teams giving them advantages in various areas to use against, playing players who do not have all the required requisites to play in very important positions, showing massive favoritism to players who are not even fully fit, over using players, while there are adequate substitutes on the bench or in the squad and not fixing the deficiencies in the team because of stubbornness.