Sentences with phrase «rival teams have played»

Anything short of victory at Selhurst Park is not acceptable for the gunners mindbearing that this game will / might leave Arsenal firmly on the 3rd position after all rival teams have played.

Not exact matches

Now all the talk is about which team will triumph this time Mourinho has had another swipe at Wenger and the other rival managers by claiming that playing down talk of the title is really just down to being scared to admit their ambition, The Mirror reports, with the suggestion being that everyone is worried that United will be too strong.

We also know how the FA cup draws have been very kind to Arsenal (e.g. playing a weak Man Utd in transition under Van Gaal, sending offs going in our favour, and drawn against countless non league or weaker teams compared to our EPL rivals etc)

We can only hope that the teams leading the way so far in the Premier League drop points before our match, but with Man City going to bottom club Crystal Palace who have yet to pick up a point or even score a goal, while their local rivals United play Southampton the chances are not good for us.

This team should have more than enough ability to put our rivals to the sword, but we will have to be careful not to make the same mistakes that Liverpool did and play too aggressively in attack, and should plan to play much more meticulously as we seek out the three points.

Having rejected a deadline - day loan move to Reading, The Sun claim that the 29 - year - old angered the Villa hierarchy and will now be forced to train with the youth team after snubbing the chance to prove himself at their Championship rivals with regular playing time.

Last season we had a lot of chances to get ahead of our closest rivals, and playing against lesser teams than tottenham.

In days gone by it would have been a pre or post match beer and discussion about the game, now it is a 24 × 7 barrage from informed pundits who rival the AKB supporters with WKB (we know better) having never run a football team yet know better what the tactics or formation should have been, who should have been played, who they clearly would have bought (fcking fantasy football) etc etc..

I still believe he has the quality to play a big role for our team, but that doesn't change the fact that we need a top striker to rival him for his role.

People be saying Wenger made world star players, yea he did that very well but is that why we are here, The team he puts together are here for victory so are the fans too, He made world star players, 1 currently plays for a rival team (Chelsea) and he is doing so well and would probably do more better against us..

Arsenal may be a more settled team than our north London rivals Tottenham, with more talented and experienced players like Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Santi Cazorla, but we have to earn the right to play.

A native of Watford, Smith grew up idolizing Arsenal striker Ian Wright while playing for the local boys» team, but when rival parents discovered that the spiky - haired lad scoring all those goals was really a lass, they had her removed from the league.

this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

One former rival, South Carolina, which has had its own share of run - ins with the NCAA, considers your team such a pariah that it refuses to play you anymore.

The inept dinosaur through years of negligence, mismanagement and stubborn insistence on playing favourites has weakened the team to a point where we are unable to not only compete with any of our rivals, but also to pick up any simple away points.

On Hockey Night in Belfast, the team with the social conscience and the well - designed face - off plays works a backdoor for a tap - in goal, scores on a shorthanded two - on - one and so utterly treats its bitter rival like a chew toy that after the fifth goal Nottingham goaltender Craig Kowalski makes an executive decision to pull himself, bolting from his crease like a man who suddenly has realized he has to pick up his daughter from soccer practice.

And not only that, he feels that they have showed the ability to do a good job in the different circumstances that come from playing a game against a big Premier League rival like Man City or a team at the bottom that we are expected to dominate, like the basement club Aston Villa.

He do nt need world class players around him, he just need proper strikers who can hit the target and score actually.When you have in your team three, four players who are real threat for rival defences its much easier to play.

Arsene Wenger was rightfully full of praise for the way that the Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott has been playing this season after the flying forward played another big part in our latest win, the 3 - 0 demolition of London rivals and bogey team Chelsea.

i have to agree when our closest rivals play each other the best result given that we win our games is a draw, it is 2 pts taken from each team, putting space between them and us.COYG!!

We were the fittest / freshest team from January onwards because our big players had played half the league games of our rivals.

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.

This must definitely be worth a punt, especially as all of our rivals in the betting will have the distraction of the Champions League and the subsequent fatigue that goes with playing top European teams in midweek games.

Tired of the unappreciative arsenal fans being negative about wenger here we have a club legend one that your luckily alive to witness in your lifetime and man who actually loves the club with heart on sleeve remember the growth the consistency the beauty in our football style and being awed at by clubs around the about the joy of watching an arsenal wenger side play yea soon enough he will be gone hes 68 and uh oh there gos the guy who constantly over the years beat spurs made champions league the invincibles put your belief in the team and him relish what we have and in his tenure we get to be one of the few who get to worry oh maybe we wont finish this year but wait will be top five and probably win a cup or make to or near the final for 21 22 years straight phew wow that could be of been worse had me there for a moment thats all i had to worry about as a fan glad im witnessing a club legend real cub passion not a paid fake smile who will go to another club maybe a rival jose mourinho so stop being a silly nanny negative easy to be worse and it will be after he leaves will go up and down for a bit

Arsene Wenger is likely to ring the changes to the Arsenal team for the Capital One cup game this week, although after losing our last two games and having to face our local rivals Tottenham in the cup, he is likely to resist his usual tactic of playing a lot of young Gunners.

I remember when our former great players from abroad arrived and they spoke about how in training it was a bit of a shock with how hard Arsenal players went into challenges, they said it was the same treatment they'd expect playing a rival team that really wanted the win.

now we've embarassed over the years taking scraps from rivals (sylvestre), loaning players from rivals (benayoun), getting our teams torn apart by rivals (from ashley cole to rvp) we've even been DEMOLISHED by every top team there is BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY MY MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT AS AN ARSENAL FAN, THIS TRANSFER ACTUALLY MAKES ME WAN NA BURST INTO TEARS, I»D RATHER PLAY AKPOM OR BEG CHELSEA FOR TORRES, IF BIRINGHAM DO N'T WANT HIM, WTF IS HE GON NA DO FOR US???

To be honest, Arsenal fans should be hoping that Liverpool have a good game this weekend, because they are playing their old rivals Manchester United and we could do with someone taking some points off them and stopping the worrying momentum that Jose Mourinho and his team have been building.

In real life of course they do — they just try to make us believe they are goody - goody, idealistic, politically correct little angels who would never wish any bad luck on any of our rivals, want all matches to be played in perfect weather with perfect referees making perfect decisions and everyone in each team smiling happily at their counterpart in the opposing team and helping them up the poor things fall down.

Coaches are paid to produce results on the pitch and yo win trophies for the team.If a coach fails those basic things then he is not go enough and must leave.Sucess or failure comes down to the decisions of the coach ranging from decisions in the transfer market, training methods, team selection, tactics etc.Looking @ the transfer market - Wenger has a shambolic record - failure to act decisively and always acting when it's too late, selling our top players to rival clubs, leaving other positions thin and reinforcing wrong positions especially buying lots of attacking midfielders ignoring defensive positions and failing to buy top class strikers or decent strikers.If Wenger is really serious about winning trophies would he buy a player like Welbeck a fourth choice play at Man United whom Vaan Gaal said is only good for the bench and now he plays every game at Arsenal.Why sell Vemaleen and buy Chambers?

He would have seen playing a weakened team voluntarily as the difference between being champions or not, especially if he knew that fellow rivals had slipped up (which they had).

A midweek win at Middlesbrough had briefly seen the Hammers rise to a season high 17th and escape was still possible on the final day even though rival teams still had more games to play.

They've thrown money at the two biggest weaknesses from last year, and their attacking depth rivals any team in the world: Kevin De Bruyne had six goals and 18 assists last season; David Silva has lost his hair, but he has retained the vision that makes him one of the top final - third locksmiths on the continent; Leroy Sané's smooth movement makes it look like he's playing on a pool table whenever the ball is at his feet; Raheem Sterling is closer to superstardom than anyone's willing to admit; new signing Bernardo Silva can create chances from anywhere on the field; and Gabriel Jesus averaged 1.6 goals - plus - assists per 90 minutes as a 19 - year - old last season.

However I feel they are missing some experience amongst their team as a large percentage of their side had never played in the Premier League before this season and relegation rivals such as Sunderland and Aston Villa may have an advantage over them in this department.

Dougie Freedman made five changes to the team that played out a goalless drew with south London rivals Millwall at the weekend, with the Palace manager having one eye on his side's Championship clash with Derby County on Friday night.

Klopp acknowledges the imperative importance of playing down pressure on his team, which is especially important when we consider the relative inexperience of the team, compared to Liverpool's rivals, and to teams that have preceded the current crop.

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Caleb (Lacy) has turned his back on his flag football team after rival team the Titans paralyzed best friend and teammate, Grant (Nick Kocher) «from the balls down» as he made a game - winning play.

All afternoon and evening — as Spain's national football team dismantled their Irish rivals on the pitch in Poland — Google Play Spain had been uploading new banners at their online bookstore, but nothing indicated that they were going to go live quite so soon.

- new event: Grand Conquests on the way, takes place on a continent with 30 areas, area colors show which army has control of the area, each summoner will be assigned to one of three areas, conquer an area for your team, you can only go for an area that is neighbored by an area you already control, stamina is required to enter areas and you gain one stamina point per hour, maps are just like the Rival Domains maps, and battles play out the same.

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