Sentences with phrase «reason cup competitions»

Not exact matches

It was not that Theo or Giroud should be defended for any weak campaign, more that if they had had a hypothetically strong campaign in a competition a lot of fans deem second tier, (Carling Cup, Europa League, even F.A. Cup to some fans, I'm guessing including yourself as you seem happy to disregard the opening goal of the FINAL for some strange reason.......)

but for some strange reason wenger never seems to build a big enough squad, to compete in all competitions it almost as if he is only interested in certain cups more than others.

But one reason why media picks on us is because we have a manager who claims to be in the title race and in it to win it in other cup competition every year, but fails to deliver.

Consider that his reasons («to maintain our chances in Europe») are null and void since Dinamo were knocked out of the UEFA Cup competition.

Pre-season training and the increasingly commercial and lucrative tours that clubs like Arsenal go on may be just a pale shadow of the competitive action of the Premier League and the domestic and European cup competitions, but it is still very important for a number of reasons.

As I have mentioned earlier, the «summer seven» had limited Lewis Holtby's chances of making it into the first - team, and for some unknown reason, the German was mostly unable to transfer his form in the cup competitions to the Premier League, despite playing a part in a couple of goals throughout the season.

After Chelsea crashed out to Everton on penalties Saturday afternoon, more and more evidence is stacking up to suggest that Ray Wilkins» departure last year is the main reason behind Chelsea's poor performances in both cup competitions and the Premier League.

Furthermore, the Red Devils are unbeaten in their last three home meetings with the Gunners, two of which were wins, and with the team still to taste defeat in the current campaign, and that does include every competition bar the League Cup they've played in up till now, you really are struggling to form a solid enough basis of reasoning upon which to oppose the mighty reds.

Suarez was in the press for all the wrong reasons during the World Cup, despite finding two goals to help knock England out of the competition.