Sentences with phrase «quality of the opposition»

As Mourinho has said, having two teams in a league who regularly score 100 - 120 goals a season is not a great indicator of the quality of the opposition in the lower half of the table.

Many believe he should be given the opportunity to start which would certainly be a considerably less substantial risk than usual given the quality of the opposition.

Similarly, with the reserve side having been relegated to the Segunda B Division, it remains to be seen whether the quality of opposition the club are set to meet this season will truly be useful for the youngsters» development.

It doesn't matter the quality of the opposition, you fight with what you got to the end with the right tactics.

We drew Monaco and we all got excited, thinking that our failure to get through the round of sixteen in recent past was due to the quality of opposition we've had to face.

We are in pre-season and there is no permutation of performances, score - lines, quality of opposition, Wenger sound bites that could possibly occur where someone could not find the negative.

I see what you're trying to do, but the quality of our opposition isn't worth that much change.

So if you're inefficient in college, that's not going to change, no matter the line in front of you, the quality of opposition, etc..

Don't know how useful it is, as it won't tell the whole story - they are in different leagues & the quality of opposition will be different, they're in different teams with different teammate abilities, & they are at different stages in their career, plus there are other big aspects to their games not considered - but it definitely gives you an idea of their eye for goal & their finishing ability:

That goes to show the poor quality of opposition in this competition.

Forget the quality of opposition etc and other churlish remarks but our attacking boys done good; Ramsey for Wales, Welbz for England, Alexis for Chile, Mesut for Germany — brief but bright cameos from Santi and Ollie, appearances for Theo and Poldi (Low has him inked in as an 80 min impact guy — easier to do in an international setting than at club level).

But as well as ability to pull a stunning solo effort out of the hat, it is also more difficult to score a great goal at an important time; when the pressure is on, that's when the best players do their stuff; playing against better quality of opposition means you have to do something a bit more special, and to have the guts to try it.

It was always going to be a difficult draw given the quality of the opposition remaining as Atletico Madrid, Marseille and RB Salzburg all awaited their fate too.

People look at his goal stats in Arsenal but don't check the quality of opposition he got those goals against.

It was the quality of opposition that gave him that space, that's why it changed in second half.

Even the most quality of opposition should be wary of the speed and incisiveness of our attack when the numbers are in our favour.

All depends on the quality of the opposition too.

It was the quality of the opposition and a wild moment by a former Chelsea defender that allowed the score to look so respectable, rather than a rampant Chelsea performance.

After their hard - working, industrious and combative performance against Arsenal in their very last outing, it was impossible for us to oppose Blackburn Rovers despite the quality of the opposition.

Bentaleb found it difficult to escape the attentions of Osman and received the ball just 24 times — he is usually in the 50 - 70 range depending on the quality of opposition.

League form is the best indicator of whether a team is likely to score or not, weighted by the quality of opposition.

But one must be mindful of the quality of the opposition while judging his performance.

Players earn Elo points by their record, including the quality of the opposition they beat.

As good as Halo and Forza are, it needs something special that competes with the serious quality of the opposition.

Not exact matches

And the quality of our democratic system will be weaker tomorrow with the loss of these nine opposition MLAs into the government backbenches.

HQCA advisory committee The appointment of former Liberal Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and retired Judge Allan Wachowich to an advisory panel to the Health Quality Council of Alberta may weaken opposition calls for a full Public Inquiry into the intimidation of health care professionals.

I find myself in opposition to some of these qualities.

Grey and the conservatives agree in their insistence on «no expansion of gambling,» although the evangelicals are against it on moral grounds while Grey's opposition is based on «quality of life.»

There is an irreducible conflict, a radical opposition, between the creative operation of each of these qualities, corresponding each time to a thetic16 judgment, and the ambition that human consciousness can have of verifying them for itself, by itself.

The qualities of an individual, «however permanent [and peculiar] they may be, neither help nor hinder its individual existence... they are but accidents, that is to say, they are not involved in the mode of being of the thing; for the mode of being of the individual thing is existence; and existence lies in opposition merely» (1.458).

To conceptualize the object merely as that which stands in opposition to me — to my sensation — I must conceive of it as opposed to sensation in a respect that is both basic to sensation and yet has nothing to do with sensory qualities.

By bringing these two emotional qualities together in a way that respects and yet reconciles their apparent opposition, he accomplishes a kind of christological acoustics of the heart.

GPI Letter to Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality, In Opposition to Proposed Commingled Recycling List that Excludes Glass, February 28, 2018

In turn, depending on the opposition and what Valverde feels suits the players at his disposal best, Barca have a lot of quality in the squad and it would be a surprise to not see them competing for major honours this season regardless of whether or not they were able to land all of their top targets this summer.

Its because our tactics do not change we play the same way regardless of the opposition and that works well when you have the quality of say the Invincibles, we play our game against the very best and think we will come out on top.

@tatgooner......... Just cuz most of these players play for oppositions or rivals instead of Arsenal doesn't mean they are of low quality...... Learn to acknowledge a good player!

Opposition defenders will be scared to mark Cavani because he is strong, has pace, has good movement and can score at least 6 out of 10 chances, qualities that Mr. Fine boy Giroud lacks.

Another man in the twilight years of a special career, but Ribery still has the quality to single - handedly rip oppositions teams apart.

«We have some quality players so the basis of our play is to keep the ball, maintain possession for long periods and get into the opposition half by playing the ball around — that's what we try to do,» Nacho said on Arsenal.com.

Why not sign Chicharito and put an end to this hulabaloo.The guy has quality and I've watched him enough to know he's not the kind of player who'll be missing chances.His best attribute is his movement and speed.He finishes chances off like world class players and can beat his man very well.In fact he always causes trouble and keeps opposition players on their toes.

The physicality may not work against quick passing or quality opposition but it sure is and has been a winning formula for the Premier League where physicality differentiates it from the likes of La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie and etc..

Best possible result for arsenal today # unconvincing performance from Walcott against quality opposition # no thrashing of Chelsea to make them strengthen in the window # mourinho hoodoo over against arsenal # wenger clearly wants a striker because giroud hasn't played much in preseason and didn't start.

It has made the Gunners a laughing stock for opposition fans, who now see that Arsenal can not even attract players of Vardy's quality (bearing in mind he's had one season of fame) let alone some of the world's biggest stars.

He had some very good matches last year, but all of them were against low quality opposition.

sure - he's not the fastest on the field, but he makes use of his other talents (good link up play, sublime 1,2 s / flicks, strong in the air, good positional play, ability to score, good defensive qualities, able to draw defenders, presses on opposition keepers / defenders)...

Well he has too there's no way around it... when you mesmerize about the opposition ability to finish it means you understand that a certain level of quality & consistency is needed to finish up plays & bury occasions (that we do create in numbers better than anybody in the kingdom).

But I think what people want / expect are 4 - 5 games against teams that are roughly in the same ballpark with regards to the opposition's quality of player / coaching.

the team has lost urgency the thing most important to the team of highest caliber, here there is no intention to do things of any kind only flamini intentions are clear to take out opposition player get his customary yellow and monreal's irritation is soon going to hit the papers.Wenger's verdict «at the moment we are a good team good players good atmosphere and players are slowly coming back from injury, monreal is solid CB and he has accepted his role also flamini is taking the opponents nuts to the cleaners which is very viera like quality which i like also Diaby is ready is 2 months cause the surgeon got bored of opening up him lost a screw inside so therefore fourth place is ours».

Albeit mostly against inferior opposition, Perez has scored eight goals and provided six goals in 22 appearances in all competitions, as he has shown glimpses of his quality when given a chance.

Predictably like mushrooms the AKBs are out with a glimpse of sunshine... It's not negative like I said Ramsey is a decent squad player to have on the bench or against lowly opposition when quality players need a rest..