Sentences with phrase «takes this cup seriously»

Their last round was against a Championship side, Reading, but Martinez fielded a strong side including the likes of Barkley, Lukaku, Kone, Deulofeu, Stones and Jagielka so I assume he is planning to take the cup seriously.
Making 10 changes may seem like Arsenal are not taking the Cup seriously.
That is why Premier League teams do nt take the cup seriously and mostly give chance to fringe / young players in the cup run and who can blame them, The survival in premier league will earn a team atleast # 100 million and it will jump to in the region of # 150 million from 2016 - 17 season with new tv rights deal for premier league

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That would seem to indicate that he is not intending to take the Europa League too seriously, and judging by the amount of changes to the starting line - up he intends to make tonight it will look like one of his League Cup sides, but Wenger is still pretending that he wants to win it but admits his disappointment at not being in the major event.
League Cup — QF (at best) Wenger has never won this, and never takes it seriously, so I can not imagine we'll do anything in it.
Of course the Europa Cup should be taken seriously.
Giroud has already said that he thinks about the World Cup all the time, and what he can do to ensure that he gets a place in the team, and if the right offer comes along he will definitely take it seriously, but will Wenger relent?
We know for a fact that Arsene Wenger will make big changes for this Capital One Cup game, whereas we also know Pochettino takes this competition seriously and went to the semi-finals last year before losing to the trophy winners Chelsea.
And AKB's please do not go on about 3 FA Cup wins in 12 years as that is not a competition that top clubs take seriously Only (6 games and nobody plays their first team).
Wenger will not get anywhere near winning the league, Europe we have a chance because the opposition is so weak in Europa, but Wenger will probably mess it up as he has a terrible record in Europe, League Cup he doesn't take seriously enough to win, so yet again, the FA Cup is our only hope of any success next season.
We played quite poorly against Sutton If we don't take the FA Cup seriously, Mourinho will get two trophies this season whilst we will have no trophies
We have to take the FA Cup seriously this year!
«I take every competition seriously and the only thing I did over the years was to use the League Cup to give chances to young players,» Le Prof stated.
Can't change anything now, just wish during our lean decade, where we clearly were hindered in a title challenge, that we took the FA cup and Carling cup more seriously.
All leagues have domestic cups and all clubs in all leagues take there domestic cups very seriously.
While Arsenal took our FA cup 3rd round game against Sunderland seriously and also got the just reward for starting with first team stars like Walcott, Giroud, Koscielny, Bellerin and Petr Cech, our next Premier League opponents Liverpool made wholesale changes.
Forget about the FA cup... that's just taking the piss if you seriously think we're going to win that?
I can see thats where they are going coz they are taking the cup games really seriously
I always think if you reach the semi final then take it seriously because then you have a good chance of some silverware but it's never worth risking key players for the league cup.
Am i dreaming it seems like we've been here before, oh yeah thats right it happened last season and the season before that... Oh wait guys but there is hope, if i remember corectly all we have to do is wait for any serious potential threats to us retaining the Fa cup for a third time to get eliminated by lower league opponents or of course eliminate themselves by not taking this competition too seriously by fielding their second team and laugh our way to the final where we'll probably beat a sub par premier league team and repeat it all over again next year you know when Wenger fails to address the squad depth, the injuries mount up and are out of the champions league and title run ins by march..
I am sure that the manager will have all this in mind and will be trying to weigh everything up to get the right balance, but how seriously do you think Arsenal should take this week's cup clash?
We should take this seriously as it's our only realistic chance at silverware, along with the FA Cup.
Dude it was a friendly, Ozil wasn't taking the game seriously like a World Cup final, he was most likely saving his energy for the upcoming PL games where he will be heavily expected to show up.
Considering the league cup might be the only trophy we'll win (I prefer to brace myself up for disappointments), we should take it very seriously.
We should take the cup very seriously.
Totally agree Chris.He is now well past his sell by date and defeats like have suffered against Bournemouth and Swansea are not only embarrassing but unforgivable.The results were bad enough but the performances are now all too familiar against theses lower ranked clubs.To expect us supporters to be blinded by League Cup Final and only a couple of decent performances so far this season is misjudging our feelings about his position This is a very well educated and intelligent man who can have no doubts about our attitude and utter disgust for him.He has allowed for us to make this personal now and he is deluded if he thinks e can collect another years salary out our expense.He knows his control is slowly being wrestled away from him and that really says it all.Ivan G is taking control and Wenger will be raging inside with this.Did he seriously expect things to continue until he felt it was time to just walk off into the sunset?Well he now knows his time at OUR club is fast running out.The day can't come soon enough for me.
They are winners for winning a cup no one takes seriously and having the easiest run ever in Europa League, but I guarantee no one thinks we have a winning mentality despite winning 3/4 FA cups.
I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision
Liverpool head to Ewood Park to take on Blackburn in a quarter - final FA Cup replay in an attempt to save their season after Saturday's defeat to Arsenal seriously dented their Champions League hopes.
AW isn't taking Europa too seriously hence the mix of kids at the Emirates Cup against «Europa quality» teams.
Plus since we are in the QF of the carabao cup and defending FA CUP CHAMPIONS, those two competitions need to be taken seriously too as we need trophies as the EPL TITLE is certainly heading towards manchester - manure or manshitty.cup and defending FA CUP CHAMPIONS, those two competitions need to be taken seriously too as we need trophies as the EPL TITLE is certainly heading towards manchester - manure or manshitty.CUP CHAMPIONS, those two competitions need to be taken seriously too as we need trophies as the EPL TITLE is certainly heading towards manchester - manure or manshitty....
There is a question mark over how seriously Mr Wenger will take the FA Cup but my hope is that he takes it very seriously; whether Van Persie starts will indicate just how he prioritizes the Cup.
Before the Europea League was rebranded it was known as UEFA Cup and although giants of european football never took this competition seriously it had some great games over the years.
Before I answer the question of how seriously Liverpool Football Club should take the cup competitions, I think it is important to first do something that Liverpool fans are famous for: talk about our history; it is vital to understand the philosophies that this great club was built on.
Arsene Wenger rarely takes League Cup seriously and we can expect a second string side playing on tuesday night against Nottingham Forest which gives the home side a massive opportunity to get a Premier League scalp.
«You could see by the results in the FA Cup, the Premier League [teams are] taking this competition a lot more seriously than before.»
The Blues haven't taken this competition seriously under the Italian's stewardship, he's tended to rotate in the cups since arriving at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal will take these games very seriously as The Europa League and Carabao Cup obviously are the best chance of silverware this season.
It's important, of course, not to read too much into pre-season games, but there can be no doubt that Guardiola took the German Super Cup seriously.
The League Cup competition is one of the most unpredictable competitions around because clubs play weakened teams and don't necessarily take it too seriously but that accusation couldn't be thrown at Mauricio Pochettino last night.
The FA Cup is a brilliant tournament, but it is striking how seriously some teams, and their fans, take the competition.
For a manager that has won the FA Cup so many times, it always seems daft to question Arsene Wenger's commitment to the competition and I'm glad that he takes it so seriously.
This entertaining cup tie was the perfect antidote to the boring game at the Britannia last week, and showed how seriously Arsenal have taken the cup this season.
The curse is taken pretty seriously in some parts, with Benfica legend Eusebio going to Guttman's grave in Vienna to pray for the Benfica curse to be lifted the last time the club featured in the European Cup final.
Jurgen Klopp has come under severe criticism for not taking FA Cup seriously and fielding so many youngsters in what turned out to be a 2 - 1 defeat in the hands of Wolves eliminating Liverpool from all cup competitions this seasCup seriously and fielding so many youngsters in what turned out to be a 2 - 1 defeat in the hands of Wolves eliminating Liverpool from all cup competitions this seascup competitions this season.
Tevez has three World Cup goals to his name, and in the 2004 Olympic games (taken a lot more seriously in South America than here), he top scored with eight goals as Argentina won the Gold.
Chelsea's new head coach Antonio Conte has confirmed that he intends to take tomorrow night's English Football League Cup match against Bristol Rovers every bit as seriously as if it were a Premier League game.
For a team so often accused of not taking the Carling Cup seriously, our record in it is undeniable.
Yes, Wenger took the Carling cup very seriously from the beginning.....
Since we broke the jinx with the FA cup four years ago, Wenger has taken every competition seriously which has led to three FA cups triumphs since then.
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