Sentences with phrase «struggled against a good team»

he struggled against a good team so he's going to do that again on Sunday.

Not exact matches

Not being forced into the team or to play on an injury will do the kid good and he is still remarkably good in tight situations and being able to pivot defence into attack which is something we sometimes struggle to do against high press teams.

BFG, Arteta, Coquelin, Monreal, etc... Those players are only good for mid-table teams... But, nowadays, they evn struggle against bottom - tables and newly promoted teams.

we are happy but the underlining problem still remains we need two good winger who can dribble on make pin point crosses Inside the Box against quality team we will struggle Wolcott lack technical qualityl an dribbling skills.

you say good teams struggle vs good teams then point out 2 realitivly recent sb teams that smith has struggled against (one of those teams he is 4 - 1 against in his last 5 game and would have been 5 but he earned another week 17 break)

They risked him because they struggled plain and simple against a well organised team that did not have the finishing quality to hit them on the break.

He still has a huge role to play starting against more resilient teams who he has traditionally done well against whereas Alexis has sometimes struggled, and also sub appearances.

He plays well against lower teams but struggles against bigger teams or matches.

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

Against better prepared teams next season, Arsenal will struggle to score using 3 -4-2-1 and will have to be smarter.

I am perhaps being a bit hard on the Arsenal man because England struggled in general in the first hour or so against a well organised Italy team that played a 3 -5-2 formation and allowed little space.

Top teams won't struggle against our midfield because there is no meat to it, but conversely, our midfield is not playing the expansive football to penetrate good defenses.

1) When you can not beat mid teams like Hull and Tottenham at home 2) You have no track record of beating top teams who you should be competing with 3) You struggle against any decent opposition that decides to play good football and apply themselves tactically 4) A confused manager with poor tactics, playing players in wrong position, throws a blind eye when a possible solution presents itself (Fabregas) and makes no move or poor moves in the market when he does GUYS to be honest we are at risk of losing out on 4th place with a resurgent Man U, fighting Liverpool and decent team like Everton and Southampton.

Strong, athletic and pacy but struggle against better defenders and organised teams.

literally saying he is prone to many mistakes for instance goal misses (1 on 1), retaining possession, hold up play, poor goal conversion rate against a «formidable team», inaccurate passes, struggles when backing a defender (s) and he's not good in the air.

Arsenal have been woeful against any decent team this season, and we're even struggling against the lesser sides as well.

Against sheet teams we shall kill them with Ozil and cazorla but when we play the good and compact teams we shall struggle again and again and that is loosing cheap points.

The reason why We struggle against teams that presses is because mertesacker cant do a Pique, koscieny sometimes do got caught out because of the risk in doing that, he is good at bringing the ball out from defense and lauching attacks from his position, having Gabriel beside him will neutralise the threat coming from teams that presses because Gabriel too is comfortable on the ball unlike the immobile Rhino per.

With Arsenal now on a run of seven straight wins in a row with Middlesbrough next in line for a beating, it was always going to hard for Arsene Wenger to drop anyone with the team playing so well, but Le Prof made four changes for last nights match against Ludgorets, and perhaps this team was even stronger than the one that struggled to maintain the pace against Swansea on Saturday.

I fully understand we just lost one game and uts not the end of the world but am struggling to deal with is the consistent lack of mental toughness that are the hallmarks of all title winning teams... we need to be proactive and stop been reactionary, simples... we had what is in all honesty a good couple of matches begining of the season WINNABLE games but we already fell short at the first hurdle now all the talk is about bouncing back, whatever happened to eyes on the ball straight from the off... a Westham side with a new manager, some new players and a 16 year old making his debut beating Arsenal at home is just plain disgraceful and whatever happens next does not in any way mitigate against that.....

It worked against the average or bad teams, but against the better OL's (not counting the USC game this past year aside as USC's entire line was hurt) like Stanford and UW, he struggled consistently.

Cazorla is not the best defender and against tough teams he may struggle — he was clearly playing a deeper role — and vs. Chelsea he would thus be needed to sometimes defend with the DM and stand strong on the ball.

Most teams has struggle to get a good foothold in matches against them.

I don't see this team get to many points of our remaining games against top 6 opponents and we might struggle against Everton as well.

Most clubs struggle against the economic forces of the game, trying to find players that they can afford that will fit the team and make them better.

This is one of the most balanced formations and in my opinion I think it's only second to the traditional 4 -4-2 flat.We played the best football while using 4 -2-3-1 but of late, with this 5 -2-3 or 3 -4-3 (depending on how you view it) we've been struggling even against smaller teams.Arsenal is a team that is really rely on triangles for incisive short passes but honestly with 3 -4-3 (or 5 -2-3) you just can't form the triangles.That's why struggle against mediocre teams like Stoke, Leicester.I noticed the same thing while we were playing Sevilla in Emirates cup friendly.

The Nuggets are the league's foremost fast - break team, but they struggle mightily in the half - court against the good defensive teams.

Arsene Wenger is clearly well aware about the protests being planned by the angry Arsenal fans for our Premier League match against struggling Norwich City at the Emirates stadium tomorrow, because the manager today issued a sort of rallying cry asking for us to support the team as he tries to avoid the complete disaster of dropping out of the Champions League places for the first time in his long tenure in charge of the club.

They were struggling to alternate between Hinton and Wolford, and while things got better when Hinton injured his knee against Delaware, gains were short - lived once better teams started showing up.

Despite a better record, a more expensive roster and a World Cup winner managing their team, NYC FC just can't seem to help but struggle against their Hudson River rivals.

Wenger still needs to incorporate some steel into that midfield and until he does this, we will always look great against weaker teams but struggle against tougher teams with better tactics.

Arsenal is a good football team but they will struggle against Atletico Madrid.

Arsenal's struggles against big teams on the road last season have been well documented, but they were not too bad against them at the Emirates.

When he commiserates about a late goal flying in against a particularly troubled team, perhaps struggling towards the foot of League Two, we know it is in empathy as well as sympathy.

There are other examples, but the most prominent one is Gini Wijnaldum, a player who always turns in a good performance when those around him do (with games against the big teams prominent examples) but almost never steps up to win a game Liverpool are struggling in.

The 21 year old who was rated the best defender on show for his team in their last weekend clash against Groningen has so far made 26 appearances this season with a goal to his name from his position as a full back for ADO Deen Haag who ate struggling to remain in the first division of Dutch football League.

I've seen more entertaining games this season and I've seen us play better, but that last night was a real boost for us, a fantastic win against the sort of team we often struggle against.

They didn't have many ideas, and struggled against a team who, granted, defended well.

Predictions: Argentina has been one of the best teams in world football for best part of last 3 years but they are struggling for form going into the very important qualifier against Brazil.

I think we have sent a message to all the other teams that when we play at our best we can beat anyone in Europe, I think teams will struggle against us if we keep playing like that.

Yes they have struggled to a degree against the better teams this season, losing to Arsenal, Liverpool and Man Utd at home, but they gave the Gunners a scare at the Emirates recently in the FA Cup, leading 2 - 0 at one stage before a second - half capitulation saw them lose 3 - 2.

Mourinho admitted his side had struggled against a well organised Russian team, but said that fatigue had played a part in United's inability to finish off the Russian side.

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