Sentences with phrase «rest key players for»

The gap between first and second may have been smaller last year than in seasons past, but that has more to do with the fact that Juve's lead as they reached the Champions League semifinal was so great that they could afford to ease off the gas and rest key players for midweek games.

as in other league teams can maybe afford to rest key players for build to CL matches, but can EPL teams do so?

Teams won't try, coaches will rest key players for part of / the entire game, and must - win affairs may not play out the way you expect them to.

If the Pelicans brain trust decided to rest some key players for Saturday, or play them minimal minutes, I wouldn't blame them in the slightest.

Resting the key players for which game?

If the Manager (Arsene Wenger) did his job properly, he would have rested key players for the FA cup final, Instead he gambled.

Mourinho rested some key players for the trip to bottom - of - the - table Deportivo, but must still have been surprised at how much his team struggled.

It shouldn't be much of a big deal for this upcoming match since they still have a strong squad after resting their key players for their Arsenal fixture which they lost 2 - 0.

-LSB-...] Rodgers looks to continue his policy of resting key players for these European away trips, with the home game against Anzhi showing us that he's willing to play a strong team at Anfield whatever the -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

While much rests on how the players perform, each team is guided by its manager, who is responsible for making decisions in key moments that ultimately affect how games are won.

We could play Monreal for Gibbs and Elneny or Ramsey for Coquelin but no lets not rest our key players including Ozil and Sanchez.

For me though, the biggest thing about this match was that the manager was able to rest his key players like Alexis Sanchez and Ozil and pretty much all of the starting line - up that will take on Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday and Arsenal still got the confidence boosting victory to set us back on track.

Because of the scheduling, Wednesday night away and the early kick off on Saturday away, and the fact that Arsenal were faced with a long flight home while both of Chelsea's games were at Stamford Bridge, Wenger would have been slaughtered for not resting some key players.

Monitoring Market Share and Vegas line breakdowns are very important in predicting future performance, but so is accounting for how the absence of key players could impact the rest of the team.

With a showdown against Tottenham looming at the weekend, he may choose to rest key players, but for those stepping in, it's a perfect opportunity to prove their worth and compete for a more regular starting berth.

The fact that we are at home against a Championship side in Burnley makes it easier for Arsene Wenger to rest a few key players but I think he has to rest more than a few.

For Barca, they have an 11 - point lead over nearest La Liga title rivals Atletico Madrid and so can perhaps afford to rest key players in the league to prioritise the Champions League and Copa del Rey final.

It may be wise for such a key player, who is likely to play the majority of games next season, to have a longer rest over the course of the summer, but a bit of light training surely would help Wenger's cause of having as many fit players available for the Premier League opener as possible.

Resting a few key players like Aaron Ramsey, Danny Welbeck and Mesut Ozil will mean that they will be really sharp and fired up for the spuds.

A club run by joe Lewis lol when was the last fuking time Spurs won a trophy give it a fuking rest Wenger has won more trophies then spuds in their whole fuking history Sick of plastic fans constantly knocking the manager and players like you are fuking genius experts in knowing all about football We have the worst fan base in football a bunch of ingrates Why would any top player come and join Arsenal when they see how fans treat their own players like ozil Lol at people talking about Spurs and pool fukers don't win any trophies but their fans stay loyal ours turn nasty every game werther we win or lose It won't change even if we get a new manager they will turn on him at first defeat What we need is for the vocal minority of plastic key board fans to fuk off and stop bringing the club down Coyg

Bearing in mind that because of the injury list a lot of the Arsenal first team have had very little rest and we have just had that busy festive schedule I think it is important for some key players to be rested until the Liverpool game next week, so assuming that Alexis Sanchez is fit and available, this would be my starting XI.

Walcott should have been loaned out to Brazilian league years back to go and learn how to dribble... all he's got is speed and eyes for goals without thinking... we will still need him for Europa league to rest our key players, maybe he might repent from he's slumber.

The good news for us Gooners is that David Moyes has a weakened squad to choose from as well and after an intense run of games is likely to rest a few key players also, so with Arsenal having a deeper and strobnger squad there is a good chance that our weakened team will be good enough to get through.

Do you agree that Wenger should rest a few key players for the Monaco game and focus on securing a place in the Champions League for next year?

Looking at this team, it certainly has the beating of Southampton whilst also being able to rest key players like Szczesny, Koscielny, Arteta, Ramsey, Ozil, Cazorla and Sanchez for the all important clash against Spurs at the weekend.

For one thing, their manager Pep Guardiola showed that he is already thinking and worrying about the Champions League clash at the Allianz arena this week by resting the key players Thomas Muller, Thiago Alcantara and David Alaba at the weekend.

But we have our own injury and squad problems and if Dortmund get some confidence and results in the next two games, we may as well rest some key players and hope for a btter draw in the knockout phase.

As expected by most Arsenal fans and watchers, the manager has rung the changes for the EFL cup match at home to Southampton because of our numerous injury problems and also to allow a few of the key players to get some well earned rest after a hectic fixture schedule.

In turn, it will be crucial for Mourinho to find the right balance and pick the players who will be most effective in each game, while also rotating to offer his key individuals rest along the way.

I thought that a few of the big name and key players might get a rest today and the big surprise, for me at least, is that Xhaka is not starting as he will not be available at the weekend because of that debatable sending off.

And we could also do with sealing that top three finish before the last game of the season, for peace of mind but also to allow Wenger to rest any key players that might need a little rest ahead of a possible final.

Might not effect MC and CFC as much due to their much vaunted squad depth but personally I don't think they can rest some of their key players without feeling the effects; thinking Costa, Fabregas, Cahill, Hazard, Toure, Silva, Kompany, Aguero — no one is gonna tell me there are equally good replacements for them.

It's a perfect opportunity for youngsters to show what they've got, and a chance to rest key players ahead of our game against BHA on Sunday.

There's also the Champions league game away to PSG to deal with, 3 days after the Southampton game and with players coming back form international duties i wonder if Wenger will be tempted to rest key players (Sanchez) for the PSG game?

Would like to see our key players getting some rest before the cup final, I don't think we have to worry alot about their rhythm being broken they have been playing w the same squad for months.

Two of the key players have been rested for tonight's match, with Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba left out of the starting line - up, leaving our players Giroud and Laurent Koscielnt with much more responsibility for tonight's match.

In a memo obtained by ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, Silver told NBA owners there will be «significant penalties» for teams that fail to give the league «adequate notice» a key player will be rested for a game.

Arsenal are firing on all cylinders and although they did have to travel to Bulgaria midweek, they were able to rest a number of key players for this weekend.

Victory over Chelsea, who are likely to rest a number of key players in preparation for Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid, would see the Reds» already - short title odds of 1/5 reduce even further.

The question is though, can we afford to rest such a key player for this crucial period of games?

We rested key players and it makes no sense for us not to try and put a few goals past their aging defense.

The good news for us is that Chelsea's League cup match is away to Leicester so they may be forced to field a stronger side while Wenger rests some key players.

Definitely this site is running out of Arsenal transfer news like rest if media in the coming days we will probably see «A major Transfer» of chef who makes sandwiches for players or a guy who cuts the grass of the pitch I do nt think Arsenal sign any key player until the last week of the transfer window or as we know AW, in the last hour Admin should reduce junk in this site

Perhaps the fact that City had to go to Napoli for this Champions League match and the fact that the situation in their qualifying group meant that Pep Guardiola had to select his strongest starting line - up could help Arsenal at the weekend, as our players should be fresher as the manager rests his key players and rotates heavily for the visit of Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League tonight.

Monitoring Market Share and Vegas lines are very important in predicting future performance, but so is accounting for how the absence of key players could impact the rest of the team.

In the space of a week the Gunners, who had just started to believe that we were coming out of the long dark tunnel of our injury crisis into the light of having a decent and strong squad, have lost two key players for most of the rest of this season.

So I wonder whether Arsene Wenger is going to consider resting some of our key players like Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil when we travel to Bulgaria on Tuesday for the Champions League clash with Ludogorets Razgrad.

With Arsenal facing a trip to the in form Premier League leaders on Sunday, you would expect the manager to be planning to rest all of his key players this week for the Europa League game against Red Star Belgrade and then select as strong a side as possible at the weekend, and Arsene Wenger may still do just that.

For now, I've given up on our title ambitions... we look top four at best.We have a manager who can not get a killer instinct from his players or rest the KEY (Cazorla and Ozil) players enough.

The result also gives Arsene Wenger the option to rest some of his key players for the second leg, which comes just three days before the Carabao Cup Final against Manchester City.