Sentences with phrase «second string side in»

Defence Arsenal played a second string side in Thursday's clash with Ostersunds FK in the Europa League and duly conceded twice in the first half.

If we have my forecasted new arrivals and we keep our full squad fit, we must surely have the best second string side in the competition.

They had no European football whatsoever but we can afford to play a second string side in the Europa League and focus on the EPL games, at least until the latter stages if we get there.

Not exact matches

Having said that though, Stoke are not a team in form at the moment, so Wenger will be hopeful that a second string side can keep our momentum going.

The Nou Camp side have an expansive B side squad that must be reduced to meet league regulations, Barcelona's second string compete in Spain's third tier, and promising winger Traore is one player who could be loaned out this summer.

Eventhough am not a big fan & all i feel if he's able to buy Lemar & a centre without selling Alexis we might end up in the top 4 or even steal the title from the favourites this season because AW said he'll prioritize the EPL over the UEL that means he might be using a second string side for the Europa League while the favourites lose their players to injuries & fatigue because of the Champs League.

But we do not want to field a completely second string side, so with Alexis Sanchez coming back to London just in time for the weekend, do you think Wenger might think of not starting him against Swansea and playing him in midweek?

We might not have gotten the points we needed in our pursuit of the Premier league title but with the exception of our cowardly performance against a second string Man United side, we have not played badly at all.

Why were we OUTPLAYED OUTHOUGHT and pretty much 2nd best against a side who will probably only just realise their ambition of staying in thePremier league?Simple.They have a manager who COACHES and MOTIVATES his players to achieve to their abilities.When was the last time we could say this?Wenger somehow achieved this in last seasons cup final by getting a fantastic performance on the day with a second rate / string goalkeeper a back three which included a novice, a left back and BFG playing after 37 minutes of football the whole season.Thats not forgetting OX playing LWB.Why can't Wenger Coach and Motivate Players for a season any more?Start the clear out with Wenger and get someone in who can

You have to wonder the wisdom in Mick McCarthy's decision to field a second string side for their trip to Old Trafford, perhaps not for footballing reasons alone but also for essentially turning up for a Premier League match and essentially admitting defeat before the referee blew for the kick - off.

With a second string side out, including some players like Bellerin in unfamiliar positions and some like Podolski and Campbell with hardly any minutes on the pitch, fierce home crowd and a Galatasaray team playing for pride and a new manager, it could have been a tough night for us.

Valverde's side were happy to soak up the pressure in the first 45 as they looked to rely on Messi and Iniesta to pull the strings going forward, however in the second half, everything changed.

Arsenal on the flip - side are breezing into the title race with a long string of good results, and have climbed to second in the table having only lost one league cup encounter since their opening weekend defeat to Liverpool.

Wenger will not want to give up our trophy easily so I am not expecting a totally second string side, but it looks like the boss will have no choice but to play some more youngsters than usual in the FA Cup...

Arsenal are guaranteed to play a second string side, but so are our opponents and this season we seem to have much more strength in depth than usual so there is no reason why we can not go all the way this time around.

We were forced to field a weakened side due to injuries, I'll give credit to AW for his belief in our second string players but had we lost last night a lot of people would have again addressed the issue of not buying cover in the summer and rightly so.

A mostly second string Arsenal side (Lacazette, Ozil, Ramsey, Kocielny, Wilshere all rested with the Europa tie in hand) outplayed at home by Very decent full strength side who are unfortunately in relegation and have more to play for in other to avoid relegation.

Arsenal wins, all of a sudden it's - «it's just a community shield», «it's not even a trophy, it's a round something», «whether you like it or not, it's a pre season friendly» If Arsenal had lost oh boy oh boy, it would be — «City beat them with their second team», «Arsenal are not ready for the league yet» I thought one of the reasons they repeatedly bashed Arsenal in comparison with city is that city has so much in depth that their second string side could beat Arsenal.

Arsenal's second - string side got past Cologne in the Europa League last week, and if anything this Caraboa Cup game at home to Doncaster should be even easier.

They may call it a second string side but there were still many top players in there, but there are also quite a few international's in Arsenal's reserve side.

The Brazilian side kept just two players from the starting line - up in that game, playing very much a second - string side.

In 48 hours time Arsenal will be getting ready to run out at the RheinEnergieStadion to face Koln, but as the Gunners have already qualified for the next rounds I can seriously see Arsene Wenger picking an even weaker team than usual, although he will be keen to keep most of the unbeaten second string side together as long as possible, and of course a win will guarantee us top spot in the Group although the chances of anyone catching us is rather slim anyway.In 48 hours time Arsenal will be getting ready to run out at the RheinEnergieStadion to face Koln, but as the Gunners have already qualified for the next rounds I can seriously see Arsene Wenger picking an even weaker team than usual, although he will be keen to keep most of the unbeaten second string side together as long as possible, and of course a win will guarantee us top spot in the Group although the chances of anyone catching us is rather slim anyway.in the Group although the chances of anyone catching us is rather slim anyway...

Whatever, the fact is that they are now in an even worse place mentally and will not be looking forward to the visit of Arsenal on Sunday, especially as we won our own European game and have nearly qualified already despite playing a second string side against Red Star Belgrade.

Arsene Wenger has kept to his policy of playing his second (or third) string Arsenal side in the League Cup, and so I am not in the slightest bit surprised that he has named this XI tonight.

The 34 - year - old was not named in either of Mourinho's starting elevens for recent Champions League and Premier League wins over Maccabi Tel Aviv and Arsenal and will be part of a second string side that will face Walsall on Wednesday night.

Possible Starting Lineups: Predictions: Southampton will fancy their chances against Chelsea who coming into this game with a 5 - 1 win over second string Manchester City side in FA Cup.

Even without Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, who were rested Wednesday after starring in the 7 - 1 rout of Deportivo La Coruna at the weekend, Real's second - string side should still have had enough firepower for a side languishing in 13th spot in La Liga.

They had beaten a second string Liverpool side 2 - 0 in midweek Cup action, but Leicester City were unable to produce an encore in their league fixture between the two sides over the weekend, slumping to a 3 - 2 loss at the King Power Stadium.

They comfortably stepped up a gear to dominate a Slovakia team that had a beaten a second - string German side in a pre-tournament friendly in Augsburg.

The 24 - year - old midfielder completed 90 minutes and scored his first goal in 11 months in the under - 21's defeat to West Brom on Monday night, his third appearance for Arsenal's second string side since returning to full training.

The match is an important one for both clubs like I mentioned before and comes three weeks after a second string City side beat young Arsenal 1 - 0 in a League Cup quarterfinal at the Emirates Stadium.

The foundation has always been solid at the club — United's second - string side has just won the Barclays Under - 21 Premier League for a second time in three years.

The disc opens with a nicely atmospheric main theme for guitar which sets the mood nicely, then two very different sides are heard in the second cue «Lou's Inspired», which moves from a kind of ambient drone into much more impressive and interesting dramatic music led by strings and percussion.