Sentences with phrase «poor sides away»

The Seagulls aren't too bad on their travels this term as they have been taking advantage of poor sides away from home this term.

Not exact matches

The Poles were poor, poorer than the Irishmen who built St. Peter's less than a quarter of a mile away, and poorer even than the Italians who erected Holy Name Parish on the opposite side of town.
Yet we largely ignore his direct commands and clear examples and erect cathedrals so that we may sit in therm, and pass as far away as possible from the poor man on the side of the road.
We gave so many chances away due to our usual horrendous organization, when we have lost the ball, and if it wasn't such a poor side we were playing, we would have conceded several goals again.
It should be remembered that we beat Chelsea 3 - 0 at home back in September, but the contrast in fortunes following that game has been remarkable; the defeat ultimately galvanised Antonio Conte's side who went on to win thirteen league games in a row and ultimately run away with the title, while the Gunners let old habits bite them in the backside yet again as a very promising start to the campaign disintegrated after a number of poor performances and results.
The goal, which is the fourth Arsenal have conceded at home in all competitions, came after a poor clearance from Ospina eventually found its way to Cordoba, who's saw his 45 - yard screamer fly in over the head of the backtracking Gunners «keeper to give the away side the lead.
I wouldn't get too carried away just yet, we played an extremely poor and disorganised Chelsea side today.That said we absolutely shredded them especially that Walcott goal?
No matter how much blame you allocate to Arsene Wenger for the poor performances of Arsenal this season in big games like the home defeat by Watford, the limp display away to Chelsea and most obviously the complete battering at the hands of Bayern Munich, you must realise that the manager does not send the side out with instructions to play poorly or not put much effort in.
Arsene Wenger's side might be in good scoring form at home at the moment, before and after the arrival of the former Dortmund stars, but their recent away Premier League form has been poor with two defeats and a draw, which has led to them losing ground on Spurs.
By selecting the best players which excludes the likes of Czech and Mustafi.They are the common denominators in virtually all the away defeats to sides below Arsenal in the league.I am not a lover of stats but these are the facts which Wenger chooses to ignore.There is absolutely no point in strengthening other parts of the team for example by replacing Wilsh ere and continuing to play Czech and Mustafi.A team is only as good as it's poorest player and in Czech and Mustafi we have two of the poorest exponents in their positions in the Premier League.
Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea side travel to Villa Park to take on Aston Villa in the Premier League this Saturday at 3 pm and will be hoping to take advantage of Villa's recent poor form to record an away win.
The Spanish giants have been blowing teams away this season and will be favourites to do so again here as they host a side in the bottom half of the table and on a poor run of form.
It's draining we lost to spurs but more over than anything the way we lost was embarrasseing and shocking we were played off park most game that has concern us as fans spurs bullied us out played us hungry in every department it's has fall with wenger when is time when he just accepts game has passed him matter of fact it has passed us arsenal fans aswell no control in middle very poor from xhaka and elneny and again dembele bought mortgage in midfield he's the owner my god vieria would of knocked he's house down but look we're very poor and away from home sad really how wenger keeps he's job is just pure stupidity but not just with today's results over all away from home we're relegation side go get Enrique before Chelsea get him and let but of class and youth take our great club back before Tottenham spuds leave us so far behind we won't even complete this series lack lustrous club
Learn how to park the bus on away games might be a start.1 point is better than 0 point.Gung Ho football in somebody else's back yard is suicidal hence our poor record against the top sides AND the not so top sides.
The Owls began with an away defeat to Preston, and followed that up with a poor 1 - 1 draw at home to QPR on Saturday — they are definitely a side looking for a win to kickstart their season.
Although it may be optimistic to take too much from a win over an incredibly poor team who have been massive disappointing in Europe in general this season, it is still quite startling how Arsene Wenger's largely reserve side came away as such convincing winners in Turkey, a famously hard place to travel to.
Things have not been helped by Phil Jones's injury lay - off and Jonny Evans's poor displays, with Man United conceding nine goals in their opening six Premier League fixtures, as well as conceding four away at League One side MK Dons in the Capital One Cup.
To play poor and come away from Old Trafford against a Jose Mourinho side can't be a bad thing.
He does all the good work - runs with the ball into dangerous areas and then gives it away with a poor pass - which then starts a counter attack and leaves his side of the pitch exposed.
Gabriel fouled Andre Ayew and Sigurdsson's free - kick was missed by Cech, with the ball bundled home by Swansea skipper Williams, as he dragged his side further away from relegation troubles and left Arsenal to rue another poor display.
Of course, that campaign brought plenty of poor displays against average sides, and the Blues drew home and away to the then newly promoted side.
By the final whistle, Pochettino's engineering had ensured his side were able to hold out for a hard - won point away at the Emirates but it was a result — regardless of how brave and manly their defending had been for a team in such a poor patch of form — that extended their wait for a win to seven games, and made it six games without a goal from open play.
With just two away wins all season (both by a one goal margin at Spurs and Bournemouth) such a poor away side can't be backed with much confidence.
Blackburn Rovers put their strong home record of just two Ewood Park defeats well and truly to the test on Saturday against a Birmingham side whom, despite some poor recent away results, have been a difficult team to overcome on the road this season.
Coutinho himself, the key creative player in the side, struggled to get away from Norwich's marking and made the sort of poor decisions that plague him when he's not on form, especially against lower blocks.
On one side you have a Blackburn team with a blunt attack and a vulnerable back line while on the other you have a City side renowned for their poor away form.
Even so, and for all their impressive defensive focus up 2 - 0, United still experienced the occasional lapses in concentration as the match went on that Liverpool have typically and ruthlessly capitalized on this season: referee Craig Pawson and the line judge both had poor views of Antonio Valencia's hand impeding a dangerous cross in what ought to have been a stonewall penalty call; on the other side of the defensive line, Young somehow managed to get away with hugging Salah from behind as the Egyptian attempted to control the ball in the box.
A win for either side would give their survival hopes a massive boost, but it's Wolves who have a greater urgency for points, as Mick McCarthy» charges begin to contemplate spending Christmas inside the bottom three as the likelihood of them winning Sunday's contest would appear slim judging by their poor away record.
Alex McLeish sets his side up to defend in numbers away from home, and it has been poor defensive displays, rare ones at that, which have cost them valuable away spoils this season, with two of their three away defeats suffered the direct symptoms of conceding three goals in a single outing.
Stoke have to take their chances against such a poor away side like Everton.
The Giallorossi will be hoping for a favour from their arch rivals earlier in the day against Juventus if they want to end the weekend top of the table, but they face a Cagliari side who have been poor in their travels with their only win away from home against Inter, albeit a impressive result.
Stoke continue to string impressive results together and only a look ahead to the summer beaches will see an away win for a poor Sunderland side in this game.
And away from home was where Birmingham let themselves down last term in an otherwise unbelievable league campaign, with twelve of their fourteen league defeats coming away from St. Andrews with Bolton being one of the twelve sides to have capitalised on Birmingham's poor travelling tendencies.
Furthermore, the last time Bolton kept a clean sheet away from home was back in February against one of the poorest and unpredictable sides in the league, Wigan Athletic.
It could have been faulty but is because is a poor design is very thin on the sides so snapped straight away.
A very wide, far away shot also rated on the poor side of the communication spectrum.
Poor corporate governance (US investors don't know how good they have it, or on the negative side, SOX chases foreign firms away from US listings.)
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