Sentences with phrase «played against a lot»

I played against him a lot and when I was a manager.»

For a centre back that is very important when you are playing against a lot of long balls.

«I played against a lot of those guys,» Gonzalez says.

We played Marshall [in the 2014 Conference USA title], and we were going to play against a lot of 10 personnel [«1» running back and «0» tight ends, so four receivers].

However, you can also say that Giorgio Chiellini was the most critical center back for the team: although his presence only improved the defense by 3 percent, he played against a lot stronger opponent (59.9 points vs. 41.1 points).

Not exact matches

After sweeping the grand jury and audience awards at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Nate Parker's directorial debut, in which he plays slave Nat Turner who orchestrates an uprising against slave owners in Virginia, is receiving a lot of award - season heat.

If you play a sport, play against people a lot better than you.

If there is a God and there is just as much for as against, But lets say there is a God and he made everything Including you and He gets to make the rules because lets face it hes a lot bigger then you, So unfortunately he only wants those who believe in him based on the information given, Lets look at the facts based on the Book,, Some of his own angels turned on him and they see him every day... That had to hurt, So he decides With man he only wants those with the faith to believe based on His book and faith found thru the holy spirit, If you refuse to believe then he cant use you, cant trust you, so he will choose to toss you aside, Hey I understand It ai nt fair, Your important, Your Smart, But unfortunately hes bigger then you and he has the Juice, You either play by the rules or wait and see what not believing leads too.

Mertesacker is the type that will win headers that go towards him, but if he has to move for it then he's in trouble, but he's very good at positioning himself so it's not that big a deal, though when he does get caught out it seems to stick in my head for a while, like against Anderlecht... Players like Koscielny and Gabriel are a lot more mobile, they move and attack the ball when it's played into their area.

Alexis has to play, as he has a lot to prove against the side who let him go so even though he is playing like a 1 legged donkey at the moment he could produce on the night!

i have been saying this for along time arsenal would be better surve with a defrent stile of play maker one who can shoot head the ball take on defender dribble into space.we all see it over on over again you don't need one killers pass to win game alot of team don't have ozil on create lots of chance against us.

OG may well have scored 20 goals had he played 35 matches last season, but he has fluffed a lot of chances against tight defences.

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

Arsenal's Danny welbeck was over in Holland with the England side to play a «friendly» game against the Dutch national side, but it doesn't look like a lot of the travelling supporters were feeling in a friendly mood as they terrorized citizens out for a pleasant boat trip....

Please guys let's not get carried away with the draw against spurs, there is a lot of football still to be played and I'm almost certain our rivals will definitely drop points!

The problem is that Arsenal have just had two disheartening defeats in a row, so a lot of people will want Arsene Wenger to react to this and play a strong Arsenal team against the Spuds, but I think this would be wrong and I do not think he will do it either.

They can now just look to fine tune this coming Sunday Night against Team UC Booth who has a lot to play for..

The best player on the pitch was always the biggest grafter of the lot of us, people hated playing against him.

You can get two high seeds playing each other in the first round or the second round and perhaps that's not fair but I think ultimately it's good for the game to have heated playoff series against teams that don't like each other and see each other a lot.»

This defense reminds me a lot of the Joe Lee Dunn era, dominates inferior teams and gives up huge plays against good teams.

Having played AGAINST UMD in college during the regular season and WITH a lot of players in the summer, I still carry a bit of a chip on my shoulder.

«They all wanted to play against Real Madrid and there were a lot of disappointed players.

I also feel that a lot of people have gone a bit overboard in their slating of the defender, with some suggesting that his pairing with Koscielny just does not work, because he and the French international played very well together when Wenger gave them a run after Mertesacker's red card against Chelsea and he would have kept the pairing for the Leicester and Barcelona matches if Gabriel had not been unlucky enough to pick up a knock.

Now, 5.8 yards per play versus Bowling Green is probably about 4.5 against defenses like LSU's, South Carolina's or Georgia's; we won't pretend there isn't still a lot of work to do.

«To be able to play against Rory and have him side by side with me, it's going to be a lot of fun.

Wade said the 6 - 11 Reath is getting healthy, but that limiting his playing time made sense against a Vandy squad that uses small lineups and shoots a lot of 3s.

If someone is, please post (the best argument I've seen is that he's not playing Renfroe over Pirela and that even though Renfroe sucks against righties, he needs a lot of chances to show he can hit them — I happen to think Green is right on Renfroe).

Finally, depending on how the roster shakes out, I'm not against Faksa getting PP2 time... can definitely see where he would have a lot of value playing a net front role on that unit.

Your squad above to me as well is the best though I would give Chamberlain a rest bringing him and Rosicky on late; but start Akpom (I think Welbeck will likely be playing against his old squad though... expect big things either way) instead... he will, in my mind with Sanchez on the other side coming in attracting a lot of attention will give Chuba all the space he needs.

I think we'd have a lot of room to operate against the Pens and if we can slow down their top guys and control pace of play, we'd be in a great spot.

They will only if they win against them next week & Man U (would make up for the 2 chelski games)... doesn't matter how just need the 3 points... Sanchez got to do better, Ramsey lost the ball a lot trying a few stuff needs to play it more simple special against better who can counter... What is happening to our strikers??

Last season we had a lot of chances to get ahead of our closest rivals, and playing against lesser teams than tottenham.

Next game is away against Southampton Very tough game we NEED to play a lot better, but it's winnable

It's funny how a lot of people want Ox gone.He'd give any defender a tough time.With proper coaching and advice the guy will destroy teams.I fear Conte can do that and won't mess around with him.It's very difficult when players like Ox play against you.I don't want to see him beating pur players for fun and putting in good crosses against our team.This move will be suicidal to us if everything goes well like it's supposed to be but if things don't go well for him we won't regret.

In wenger we trust COYG u spoilt little brats, you muppets ain't even been tested in your arsenal fan career never seen your club finish lower then fourth every year we play in cl against the big boys and you lot act like were in crisis and things are so bad wow I'm beyond belief just can't get my head around the way you lot act sometimes step back a bit a think a little you twats most of you in your life time have never seen your team finish lower then fourth yes fûc #ing fourth most of you don't even no what it's like to be a real fan wen your team are struggling finishing mid table and still saying you love the club and protect them never in my life have I heard a generation of arsenal fans critise manager players board everything about our club wen things our knowere near as bad as you make out to be and could be.

If that is going to be the case, though, it would be a lot better for Arsenal if the striker was not playing against the Gunners and that may well happen if he signs for an English Premier League rival, with both Chelsea and Man City having been strongly linked through various Arsenal transfer rumours in the media.

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.

That way we can play the last game against Basel and introduce lots of academy players.

... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...

We can not afford to start players out form just until they got their form back and I'm very much against Ramsey example when Wenger kept playing him until he get his form back, because this is too risky experiment (may cost you a lot of games) and remember we are not bottom table club to baby - sit players.

To be fair to Gibbs, he has not done a lot wrong and once again yesterday he played really well when given the chance in the FA cup match against Sunderland.

He had a good Cup Final and showed how good he is in the air anticipating crosses and in doing so took a lot of pressure off our central defenders.I believe that our young keeper had previously tired of Mertesackers frailties i.e. lack of pace, poor defensive heading and constantly ducking away from the ball at last moments.Hence his rather rash and angry attempt to tackle outfield against Southampton to make a pretty futile point Must be a nightmare to play behind that guy.

Have you watched him play he needs space to run into to score lots off goals and that is something he won't get in England where most teams play against us with 10 in and around the box.

After Cazorla's sparkling display against Besiktas in the second leg, it's high time that the manager takes note, and gets the Spaniard playing in the middle of the park a lot more than what he normally does.

«I'd probably say a lot of players think he's the best they've ever played against and the best they've played with, and there's always a fear factor around him regardless what position he's playing, regardless of how many minutes he's played.»

Dixon, on co-commentary with NBC Sports today, noted that Sanchez hasn't been given a lot of opportunities against Chelsea, and suggested he might still wish he were playing alongside his old Arsenal team - mate Mesut Ozil.

While I discussed the Oregon - USC nightcap above, UCLA has a lot to play for in the first game of the night, against the top - seeded Arizona Wildcats (9 p.m., Pac - 12 Networks).

this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

Because he cost Arsenal # 16 milllion, I would not be against him being loaned out so he can get lots of PL match play experience.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all