Sentences with phrase «played weakened teams»

Clive We've played weakened teams but hopefully a numbe4 of lads get some exposure on Thursday and even Sunday!

It's not like he thought he'd play a weakened team as he'd rather go for the league as surprise surprise we've screwed that up as well.

Wenger made a few changes before the last round tie against Burnley and we only ended up with a narrow 2 - 1 win with many scares before the end, and if we again play a weakened team we can expect an even tougher fight from the Tigers.

He would have seen playing a weakened team voluntarily as the difference between being champions or not, especially if he knew that fellow rivals had slipped up (which they had).

How is it a major trophy when most clubs including Arsenal play weakens teams in the competition Would the do the same in the CL knock out stages

But will Brazil, who have already qualified, play a weakened team against Chile to help «eliminate» Argentina?

The League Cup competition is one of the most unpredictable competitions around because clubs play weakened teams and don't necessarily take it too seriously but that accusation couldn't be thrown at Mauricio Pochettino last night.

Does he play a weakened team against the Cherries or does he gamble and start the likes of the in - form Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen?

Along the way, Warnock points the finger of blame at: Gareth Southgate, Rafa Benàtez and Alex Ferguson, for all playing weakened teams in their respective clubs» matches against United's relegation rivals; the officials who allowed West Ham to win at Blackburn with a «goal» that didn't cross the line; Times journalist Pete Lansley, for upsetting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny by asking about his troubled personal life in an interview; the FA («rank amateurs»), for not punishing West Ham for fielding two ineligible players, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano; and finally David Unsworth, for contriving a costly penalty miss for United against Blackburn midway through the season but then scoring from the spot at Bramall Lane for Wigan in the game that sent the Blades down at the Latics» expense.

Not exact matches

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

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.

Play the strongest team available do not underestimate any team in the premier league especially as every teams squad has been improved.There is absolutely no point in destroying Man U and then losing to Watford due to playing a weaken team.Get the game won and then make the changes in the last 20 minutes or so.

Another interesting statistic in defence of Ozil, would be that football is a team sport, and that it's sometimes hard for certain individuals to perform at their normal level when you're playing in a weakened team due to injuries or because your team is a generally poor side.

So I don't think we will be weakening the team by playing Jack rather than Aaron in the middle and then Ramsey will definitely be fit and fresh for the Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.

We played with a weakened team so it was always 50 - 50 on the result.

The big teams will be tired from European football, but Arsenal have been playing a weakened side in the UCL.

Possible rotations which wouldn't weaken the team significantly... Gab for Per Debuchy for Hector (if Debuchy is alright) Gibbs for Monreal Theo for Rambo (Theo can play as a true RW with Debuchy being restraint in his forward runs) Jack for Santi (Jack to do the Deep Lying role) Welbz for Sanchez (stick to the right... will support Gibbs on his forward runs) Rosicky for Ozil (TR7 is still an effective creator and adds bite to the midfield)

For, the Arsenal team he has and will play against Forest in this 3rd round tie at the City Ground is not a weaken team as thought by Gary Birtles but a very strong team that will put Forest to the sword in the game.

Luckily we are only playing a Championship side so we could still win with a weakened team, but he admits that he is desperate to win the trophy again and he feels the extra pressure of being holders.

I suspect Wenger isn't prioritising the Europa league because he knows full well he's not good enough to win it so he'll eventually start putting a weakened team out in the latter rounds providing we even get past Ostersunds which is probably 50/50 so when we fail in the competition he has an excuse «We didn't play our first team, we don't believe qualifying for the champions league through this competition» the man is unbelievable!

As for Giroud playing as part of a 442 - 1 CM would need to go which would weaken the team.

The inept dinosaur through years of negligence, mismanagement and stubborn insistence on playing favourites has weakened the team to a point where we are unable to not only compete with any of our rivals, but also to pick up any simple away points.

I hope we can hold on to Bellerin, because it will be a major weakening of the team to have Jenkinson playing in stead.

If you want to be the british core for arsenal, you have to earn it, these two playing together weakens the team, not to say they cant but they both need to know their roles in the team and apparently there is not any definition of their roles at arsenal and what they are suppose to do

Arsenal are absolutely certain to play a severely weakened team tomorrow night at Hillsborough after their efforts of the last two weeks, but Sheffield Wednesday will have a fresh first team squad for their biggest game of the season.

Arsenal fans are so wrapped up with our massive game against Barcelona on Tuesday that we are worried that we will be playing a much weakened team against Hull City in the FA Cup this weekend.

Alexis is playing well but we lack Mesut Ozil, Wilshere... the team are weakened by the injuries.»

Even if he were to play a dramatically weakened side, it would still be prudent to claim that it's a «strong team» as to keep the selected players» confidence high, and make clear that pressure is on the first choice players for places in the remaining fixtures of the season.

With Burnley going well in the Championship, Arsenal had to be weary of their opponents in the FA Cup 4th round, and couldn't afford to play a severely weakened team.

And when Harry Redknapp is picking a weakened team, and Ferguson is trying to find some corner of the rulebook to get out of playing a replay, it was a bad choice.

Gigantic is a free - to - play third person action multiplayer hero - based brawler / shooter, or as many would like to call it a third person MOBA, with a focus on team - play and supremacy as each team tried to take down / weaken each other's guardian.

I played as the Scout class while my team was playing as the COG forces, and this class allowed me to spot enemies and weaken them for my other teammates to finish off.