Sentences with phrase «quality opponents in»

Haye's lack of quality opponents in over 3 years, Haye's inactivity and lastly Haye's injury troubles.

Memphis has played just three games versus quality opponents in front of hostile crowds.

Without Lopez the last five games, the Nets have been atrocious, losing four straight, albeit to quality opponents in the Heat, Thunder, Warriors and Bucks.

On the back of our recent trip to South Africa, it will provide us with another very tough and high quality opponent in what still is the very early stages of our pre-season program.

But they have a quality opponent in Michigan State and a chance to make a statement, so sports betting fans could get treated to a fun game.

Not exact matches

However, a free man, and especially a sincere Christian, will know that only God is the infinite good without any negative admixture; he ought therefore to regard his own proposal in a spirit of criticism and to acknowledge the good qualities of that of his opponent.

I rally don't know what is going on with Mr Wenger he let jensen go to spurs and now he is diddling his finger around It looking like «we didn't find the quality striker we needed» we have a tough start with new shrewd managers around by October we could be in the relegation zone God forbid I recommend we voice our concern now rather in the middle of the competition so not to embarrass our selves in front of our opponents in the stands

It is certainly not going to be easy for Arsenal to make the top Four, considering our unfriendly fixture list, but if Wenger does manage to finish up there for the 21st season in a row, then it can only be considered another one of his great achievements with the quality of our opponents this season.

The FCS team from Macon, Ga. was on Alabama's schedule and is comparable in quality to Illinois, the team Ohio State was playing that weekend, or UNLV, a Buckeye opponent that lost to FCS Howard.

And while our back four and the new keeper Petr Cech have done very well in stopping the opponents from scoring, our success so far this season has been mainly based upon the ability of top quality Gunners like Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez to make the breakthrough at the other end.

They have Won 3 in a row and against quality opponents..

10 straight in any League is no joke but particularly in the Chicago Hoops League where you run in to quality opponents week in and week out..

They have won three in a row and all against quality opponents.

Note: Quality win data (the ratio in parentheses, see Jan. 26 post for more info) and RPI information are courtesy WarrenNolan.com and accurate as of the morning of Feb. 16, 2018 and only reflect games against Division I opponents.

Still, the eleven that started in Portugal is still enough to rival anyone in the world, with Manuel Neuer, Rafinha, Jerome Boateng, Dante and Juan Bernat at the back, Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso and Thiago Alcantara in midfield, and Mario Gotze, Thomas Muller and Robert Lewandowski in attack — world class quality in almost every position, and yet, no sign of being able to work a way around their tactically smart opponents.

The greatest dangers come from Ozil and Mkhitaryan: the Armenian, who joined Arsenal in the winter transfer market window has already shown his qualities, managing to outnumber the opponents» midfield and thanks to his passing skills.

The next opponent could Atletico Madrid that are of Champions League quality in this season.

The Spartans have the same record, they won a conference that was not far in quality from the SEC, and after beating four ranked opponents, their strength of schedule is better than the Tide's.

As long as Wenger never improved his players» passing quality, Arsenal will always have difficulties in breaking their opponent's defense and they will always be vulnerable to quick counter-attacks.

Bear in mind in his glory days Arsene only had one real opponent in Man Utd, but now there are 5 - 6 clubs all looking at the top 4 with a much smaller quality gap.

In a game as tight as this was today, when the top quality of the Gunners is hard to find and the opponents have their tails up and are making things very difficult, little incidents and fine margins can make all the difference and that is why Alexis is such an important player for Arsenal.

why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield

Arsenal rarely turn up in the first half of games, which results in us just about getting away with it against the lesser teams, but getting found out pretty much any time we come up against quality opponents.

England's opponents this week are decent demonstrations of this: for all the quality in the Dutch and particularly the Italian squads, they couldn't get through qualifying.

When we had teams like 1997 - 98 and 2001 - 02 double or THE INVINCIBLES, the opponent felt intimidated even in the tunnel itself due to the shear quality and the character of the personnel involved, let alone fear playing against us on the pitch.

Like I mentioned with Coquelin, he has done a fantastic job at protecting our back line and has often dominated that midfield by getting stuck in with his opponents, however now we have someone else in the team that can show the same qualities and not be left stranded when the Gunners need that type of player most.

If you enjoy sport you can appreciate others even if they are your opponent, in fact if you appreciate there qualities your less likely to underestimate the possibility that they could in fact beat you.

Then he must show that he wants to challenge in the summer by first getting rid of the deadwood (Flamini, Mertesacker, Ryo, Campbell, Podolski, diaby)... loan out future prospects (Sanogo, Gnarbry, Akpom, Hayden etc) and bring in quality palyers to replace the needed positions (CB, DM, LW, ST)... after this he and his fitness and medical team must show that they have improved the injury crisis that we have... then finally he must show that he can motvate and rotate his squad well and tactically outclass our opponents with good squad selection and game plan.

In 2010, Berry did his best to do things a bit off - kilter — running when opponents expected the pass, passing when opponents expected the run, keeping things fast - paced (possibly not the best idea for an underdog), employing the underdog - friendly 3 -3-5 defense, etc. — and the results were decent; despite low overall quality, ULM won five games, three by a touchdown or less, and came within a one - point loss to UL - Lafayette of finishing bowl - eligible.

I mentioned that the quality of the opponent plays a large factor in line movement and that can clearly be demonstrated in those first four Patriots games.

exactly what i think, welbeck has qualities like pressing opponent, making runs and running all match but while it just suited the wide forward role in 4 -3-2-1, we do nt need him in 3 -4-3.

Now that is highly unlikely to happen under Wenger, because of our record away from home, our record against quality opponents, and Wenger's record in Europe.

Team Schur is a quality opponent and it will serve them best to just put this last one in the rear - view mirror.

This is what Wenger feels about these coming games: «What I expect from China is that we play against opponents who are certainly as well in preparation, it will be less robust physically but as well of course you play against teams who have top quality going forward as well.

We have a large squad with lots of quality for one thing and with the quality of our opponents surely down on what we get in the Champions League you would expect Arsenal to at least get through our group if not win it.

If we improve the quality of the squad and the lead our opponents with 3goals on regular basis, the academy players can be introduced more frequently in the epl thereby aiding their development.

make life somewhat miserable for him in terms of lower quality opponents w / o cutting him.

We will see some better opponents drop into it in the next round, so we will have some good quality to face at some stage, but it will be the sort of quality that we were used to knocking down into this competition.

We don't even have a wing player or full back who can put in at least 4 quality crosses into our opponents» 18 yards box per game.

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City have the quality to torment every opponent, but they have become bored in winning, there is no hunger right now.

In the second half, United gained complete control of the match, and Bastian showed glimpses of quality in the build - up to the third goal and got himself in to the score - sheet minutes later, capitalizing on a mix up in Wigan Athletic's box to convert a well taken goal to make the score 4 - 0 — the sixth time the Red Devils put four past an opponent under the PortuguesIn the second half, United gained complete control of the match, and Bastian showed glimpses of quality in the build - up to the third goal and got himself in to the score - sheet minutes later, capitalizing on a mix up in Wigan Athletic's box to convert a well taken goal to make the score 4 - 0 — the sixth time the Red Devils put four past an opponent under the Portuguesin the build - up to the third goal and got himself in to the score - sheet minutes later, capitalizing on a mix up in Wigan Athletic's box to convert a well taken goal to make the score 4 - 0 — the sixth time the Red Devils put four past an opponent under the Portuguesin to the score - sheet minutes later, capitalizing on a mix up in Wigan Athletic's box to convert a well taken goal to make the score 4 - 0 — the sixth time the Red Devils put four past an opponent under the Portuguesin Wigan Athletic's box to convert a well taken goal to make the score 4 - 0 — the sixth time the Red Devils put four past an opponent under the Portuguese.

The quality that allows you to grind out a victory against an elite opponent in your most vulnerable state makes a champion.

If we chose to go this route, the players we buy will be right backs who have experience playing in that position against high quality opponents.

While this side do not possess the vivid quality of the 1986 «Dynamite» team or the 1998 side that reached the quarter - finals, in Christian Eriksen they have a player every opponent will respect and fear.

The difficulty with taking the bare statistical facts from his latest game as proof of a true upturn in form is the quality of his overall performance against Liverpool and those of his opponents and teammates.

When we look outside of our Premier League bubble, European success is often used to quantify the quality and reputation that precedes an opponent and if United want to re-establish their all - conquering brand, where better to start than in Europe?

Players like Rooney and Sigurdsson have the quality that means Everton will often win closely fought games against weaker or equal opponents, but just keeping it tight and organised will probably end up in a lot of draws too.

«But looking at the bigger picture in terms of confidence and building as a team, we can take a lot of confidence from putting in a performance like that against an opponent with the quality that Chelsea have.

MU showed in their last preseason game that they can defend a one - goal lead against high quality opponents.