Sentences with phrase «strange team selection»

Embarrassing though it may be, one remembers how Mancini's strange team selection in Munich, in the European so called Champions Cup, when he dropped an effective centre back to substitute him with one so far from match fitness condemned City to defeat in Munich.

It was a strange team selection but there must have been some logic behind it, possibly issues we do not know about.

It is the lapses in concentration, the naive defending, the strange team selections, the fact that we seldom press as a team, the fact that sometimes we seem to expect to win just by showing up that drives me crazy.

as much as we want to back Wenger and give him the respect he deserves, he consistently baffles us with strange team selections, embarrassing excuses and stubborn tactics.

They cite what they consider to be some strange team selections, players not playing in their best positions, an apparent favouritism for «undroppable players» (Noble being the main one here), poor preparation for games, a lack of organisation and tactical awareness, and players not seeming to understand (or able to carry out?)

Not exact matches

The team selections are strange at times.

Ever since this summer's pre-season, we have seen some pretty strange combinations played, but no one was prepared for the insane team selection announced one hour before the Liverpool debacle While nothing can explain, let alone justify, leaving our only two summer signings on the bench for such an important match, and giving starts to our two most fervent want away stars, the maddest decision of all was playing key defenders out of position against a fast, attacking team like Pool.

Strange tactics and team selections aside, is has been clear that the club has not progressed since promotion.