Sentences with phrase «poor sides played»

Two poor sides played one very poor game.

Not exact matches

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.

However, at least Merson does give the Gunners a good chance of turning over a poor United side he thinks are playing badly and heading for a good hiding at some point.

The Sunderland striker has shown amazing consistency despite playing in a (very) poor side, and currently occupy the very bottom of the league table.

Arsenal was facing a very poor side tonight, stop iy about it s Dortmund, they are sisteen in their league, they are a shadow of what they were for any reason that I don t know.Arsenal was suposed to beat them, they did not seem a threat at all even if I admit Arsenal played well.

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.

Please Bob, be sincere with yourself, Arsenal wasn't ruthless, we were just poor or a bit average, we played against a poorer, lacking in confidence Swansea side.

They also went behind to a pretty poor side that has not played for the last two months and they will find Arsenal a much tougher prospect.

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.

I think the miserable weather at NC was at least partly responsible for some of the poor play on both sides.

There were a lot of things that just made me cringe: poor quarterback play from both sides, suspect game plans, stupid gimmick plays, bad pass protection and the list goes on and on.

Opponents seems to know how to play us on our weakness on the counter, even the poorer sides know how now.

Although we played great football in the cup final we were extremely poor for most of last season, Walcott and Giroud were so inconsistent they could never be part of a PL winning side.

We played against a poor Barcelona side.

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?

The only reason he looked half decent yesterday is because we played an extremely poor Soton side who weren't up for the fight.

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.

You play that kind of formation when you have solid defenders, TBH, we all know that we won against a poor Man U side that was without most of their players.

The problem for me is that he will probably feel that a move to Arsenal may see his playing opportuniies more limited than if he went to a side like Manchester City because of our current number one Petr Cech, while Pep Guardiola is clearly looking for a regular starter between the sticks after Cludio Brove endure a pretty poor debut season in England.

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.

SC19 could play on any top 5 side in the PL yet people want him benched cause of 1 poor game.

I think his goal scoring record is really good played last season mostly on the right wing behind lewandowski & still got 16 goals 25 goals this season in a reasonably poor Dourtmund side for a lot of the season.

But, instead, we slowed down and played down even with the poorer side.

Yea, where the hell was ozil, yea, busy with his average self, m back again with my ozil analysis When you play games after games with side passes and obvious passes, no dribbles, no 1 - 2s, no shots on goal and you keep possession of the ball in non-threatening areas and people say you are a world class player, well, he's the poorest world class player I've ever seen, so to say.

Instead they played a very poor Netherlands side who didn't even qualify for Euro's last time around, and are in danger of missing the World Cup.

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

While both featured a team struggling to play new tactics, a poor result, a red card and a mediocre performance by Gerrard, Hodgson's Liverpool team drew a Champions League side.

However, this summer was poor from the Liverpool man in terms of performance, and his side crashed out before their final group match had even been played.

If this was the first time we have had a poor start or had lots of injuries or failed to sign players we need I would agree give Wenger time and a chance to correct but this is why so many of us are fed up is this is the 9th year now.wenger has no excuses he chose not to buy a DM and CB in the summer when he had the cash to do so, he fails to work on the defensive side of the game and we lose games we should win, he plays top players out of position arshsvin and now Ozil.

He did not do his usual thing and score, but he did play well and make a very poor looking Germany side start to click after coming on at half time.

To play poor and come away from Old Trafford against a Jose Mourinho side can't be a bad thing.

A poor end to the season could see the side fall below Manchester United, and they'd have to start the competition at the play - off stage.

Shambo Agreed United are a poor side, but just our luck to run into a side with RVP, Shrek and Mata playing.

This play shows some poor planning by Georgia OC Mike Bobo, as it's a play action fake to Gurley to the strong side (left), when that side is already blocked very well with the TE Arthur Lynch stoning Auburn's right DE, LaDarius Owens.

Playing on the left hand side of midfield for a large proportion of his poor games hasn't been music to his ears.

They have been playing some good stuff under Paul Clement and they have gone W4 L3 in their last seven games, but each of those defeats were against a top four side so there's really nothing wrong with their form and they should be able to bag three points against the Clarets who have been poor on the road.

He was outstanding in a very poor team during the first half of this season, until his form dipped slightly because he was playing in a bottom - of - the - table side for which he was the only attacking threat and, moreso, because of the tragic death of his brother, Mike, from leukemia.

Wenger and the players knew this was a must win game and they started off brightly against a poor Reading side, controlling the play and not allowing reading into the game in the first half as Arsenal raced into a three goal lead.

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.

Saturday's match was poor with United failing to score, but with Tony Pulis» side putting in that tactical domination again, playing more men behind the ball than in front of it.

Whilst the sides have gotten used to each other from playing each other so much lately, it is not an excuse for a poor draw.

For me Martial could have played a much more effective role, precisely because Valencia was more busy in his defensive roles this our right side was weak and Darmian is poor when going forward and his passing or crosses are not as decisive as Blind, so again our left wing was also weak, hence the desperate need for Martial or Rashford!!

No one will need to tell Sam Allardyce just how important getting a win in this game is as his Blackburn side play host to one of the leagues poorest travellers in Fulham.

His movement against sides in particular that sit back is not good enough, he isn't anywhere near clinical enough and he doesn't link the play as well as he should, partly down to his poor movement and secondly because he doesn't hold the ball up very well because of his technical weaknesses.

This is a good early example of counter-pressing, or gegenpressing in action, even though Chelsea's poor quality play made this side of the game a lot easier than it normally would be.

Spurs were really poor in the match but in all fairness they couldn't have expected United to play as well as they did today and I think they were as surprised as anyone by the way the home side came out of the blocks firing on all cylinders.

However, poor performances against minnows in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League have intimated that there remains much work for Bilic to do — not least in instilling discipline in a side that is competing in Europe thanks to the Fair Play Award and yet has somewhat ironically had three players sent off in five games.

For many in the Deutschland press corps, Ancelotti's side simply are not playing with the same intensity and attacking flair as under predecessor, Pep Guardiola, while club chairman, Karl - Heinz Rummenigge, blamed Boateng's poor performance in Russia, on too many extra-curicular activities.

Where the play shines brightest is in its intimate scenes: the Fool joshing with Lear in his darkest moments; Lear discovering his treasured and wronged daughter Cordelia (Olivia Vinall) is again by his side; Poor Tom leading his unknowing, unseeing father Gloucester.

Jaclyn Jose picked up best actress for playing the mother of four grown kids running a small store in a poor area of Manila and dealing a little meth on the side.