Sentences with phrase «teams than we did last year»

If we beat Man United we'd have a better record against the top teams than we did last year.

Not exact matches

but u are continuinh talking about «our philosophy»...» our philosophy» like u said has been pass the ball without any idea and without winning any mayor throphy for the last 12 years... so let alexis do what he do... he can lose balls, but he scores, he creates, he fights, give us beautifull moments of football, and better than all, win us games... a team with 11 ozil does nt win games... with 11 alexis yes... so stop demanding more ozils and to criticate alexis... it is not a coincidence that ozil always looks for alexis, its because he knows alexis is the man who can transform him from the most creative player to the assist king, and again, better, eho can help him to win games (i love ozil and he is a winner, do nt missundertand me)..

Yeah, the argument that other teams have improved more than the Flyers from last year to this year, and that the Flyers are therefore somehow disappointing, doesn't even pass the sniff test.

They entered the 2015 - 16 with a little less buzz than some of the other top Teams from a year ago, and last Spring likely had something to do with it..

This team already has more points in the Standings than last year & they look like they aren't even close to being done.

That feels so wrong, given that Wisconsin won 11 games two years ago in the same season Michigan won five and missed a bowl game, given that Wisconsin won at least nine games in six of its last seven seasons while Michigan has done it just twice, given that only Ohio State has won more games than Wisconsin among Big Ten teams this century.

Do nt want to read too much to pre-season, we put 4 past Benfica last year but this year the team is playing much better than last year

We were top of the league for longer than any other team last year, we have been buying some really top quality players in recent transfer windows, our team is a few signings away from being real title contenders... Do you forget the unbelievable injury record we have had this year?

If the rest of the team cared 3/4 as much as he does than we wouldn't have been so bad last year

and would add if the same management structure hadn't lied to fans about how all this would allow us to compete with top teams in Europe with... with exception of PSG... are not driven by oil wealth or megalomanic owners... of course none of this has anything to do with the footballing errors consistently made by wenger and which if corrected would at least give us a BETTER shot at winning top trophies than has been the case over the last dozen or so years

As a matter of fact, this is one of the main reasons for underperforming in last few years - the so called «British core» - overrated and low quality British players, well bellow, in quality, to foreigners.To spend 32 millions on 2 mediocre English players - Welbeck and Chambers - when you can get foreign «wizzards» for that type of money is suicidal.Now, go on an analyze how much Wilshere, Gibbs, Ox, Walcott and Ramsey helped the team to be the best in the last few years.And how much, for instance, did Sanchez in only few months.Alexis is better than all «British core» combined and cost a fraction of these overrated players.The time we get rid of the british players is the time we go back on top.Time will tell...

i don't think Leicester team are nobodies i think defensively they are better than us (Drinkwater, Fuchs, Wes...) they won last year's BPL having Cante, Mahrez, Vardy, Morgan playing top class and they were all suprisingly well imagine what MC or MU what they must have done who finish behind us and chelsea that finished 1oth place

That's more than 110 teams did last year.

Most would agree that the Cowboys have drafted better than most teams for the last few years, but even the best teams don't get significant contributions from every player they draft.

Ox is playing better than Bellerin on the right defence, Monreal has been our most consistent and best defender in the last year, Ozil is a lazy passenger that, on form, doesn't deserve a starting place in the team, Rob Holding?

Teams who got relegated was also the only teams in the EPL last year to not score on average more than 1 goal per EPL game, teams who did managed to surTeams who got relegated was also the only teams in the EPL last year to not score on average more than 1 goal per EPL game, teams who did managed to surteams in the EPL last year to not score on average more than 1 goal per EPL game, teams who did managed to surteams who did managed to survive.

Don't bring the Wenger out banners just don't bother coming at all until le fraud has been sacked empty stadium speaks louder than banners we can't have le fraud managing our team next year no how no way let PSG take him they're well suited they can't get past the last 16 in the Champions league and neither can Wenger!

There are exactly 2 teams on the schedule that the Vikings didn't do better than, last year.

I'm so sick of people telling those of us who are disgruntled fans to relax and give this club time to correct itself... for anyone who believes that taking a wait - and - see approach is appropriate at this juncture they should take a good long look at themselves in the mirror because they are a big part of the problem... no other «big» club's fans would stand for this shit for nearly as long as we have... think about it, we've witnessed a changing of the guard at every major club in England, Spain, France and Germany in the last several years because those «big» clubs failed to live up to expectations (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, PSG, Chelsea, ManU, ManCity etc...)... for some reason, many fans have become as fragile as our current manager, believing that there couldn't possibly be a suitable replacement, even though everyone of these clubs have found multiple replacements and still achieved far more than our club... this mindset has been created by an organization that has been milking it's fans, telling countless lies (no world class players available) and lowering expectations every since they rolled out the biggest lie of all: that we couldn't spend because of the new stadium but once it was paid off we could compete with any team in the world... this organization is rotting from the inside out and if we don't demand that those in charge put soccer first this despicable behaviour won't end with Wenger's ridiculous 2 year contract... I think the real fear isn't that a suitable replacement doesn't exist, but that this organization is so money hungry and poorly mismanaged that we will sink even lower by choosing our next coach the same way they choose our players, on the cheap... even so, we need to see what mustache will do if left to his own devices so he will have to show his true colours... only then can we purge this club and start anew

That whole team was a mess last year and Glennon looked much better than McCown did IMO.

i agree we need DM but i surely do nt with people who says arteta is not premier league quality and also consider him no good than flamini I feel he is good enough to start against any team that ended in the bottom half of table last year and all the carling cup and fa cup matches upto quaters!!

An All - Star return would make the Mets one of the best teams in baseball again, even if they don't hit much more than last year.

Much faster than the previous generation of F1 cars, for example Valtteri Bottas smashed Mercedes team - mate Lewis Hamilton's 1:22.000 pole time from last year's Spanish Grand Prix when he did a 1:19.705 on the ultra-soft tyres on Wednesday.

I guess 8 - 8 or 7 - 9 are possible, because that's a brutal schedule on paper, but i have a hard time imagining the team is worse on the field than it was last year, even if the record doesn't reflect it

Question why do we sell cheap and have to pay over the odds for our players all other teams do it the other way second if no overseas club want Sanchez tell him he can leave on a free next year but will stay permanently on the bench or reserves no player is bigger than a club but Arsene must take some blame why himself and so many players on their last year of contracts COYG

Whether the Cubs actually do or not, though, Epstein has put them in a position to succeed — a better position than they've been in over the last 100 - plus years, even — and deserves to stick around for a chance to go all the way with this team.

I suppose in Italy they may rate their teams and clubs as more important than we do here, so I won't abuse him too much for claiming that Napoli are on levels with us, when they only have two cup wins to boast since for their last 25 years, and only have four finishes in the top four since 2008...

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

In term of CB, people are forgetting that the youth academy have good players in Hayden and Ayaje.Southampton use to do well with their academy because the supporters will allow and accept the youths to be given a chance, now supporters from a big team like Arsenal wants proven expensive world class players in order to win quickly in detriment to give a chance to the youths club.Wenger show preference to some in detriment of others too playing always the same player and giving few chance to others.Bendtner last year was treated badly, look out this year for Campbell and why not give a chance to Ayaje and Hayden who are olders than Chambers in the cb position, don t tell me it s about potential if they are not given a chance?

The worst thing that Arsenal could do after our last Premier League game saw a much more committed and determined team than most people expected away to Chelsea, would be to slip back to the bad old ways we have seen way too often in recent years.

If you tried to mismanage a team you couldn't do it better than wenger and co. have over the last few years.

The Dragons don't have to win to have their best team in school history, but hope to do better than they did when they played NCS Open Division runner - up Freedom - Oakley last year.

I don't think he'll ever be the player who does enough to earn his salary and avoid criticism for not carrying the team, but unlike last year he looks to me like somebody who's going to contribute, and help more than he hurts.

HERMAN HICKMAN SAYS: No team in the country last year displayed a more awesome offense than did the Terps toward the end of the season.

But last year saw the Gunners get some silverware in the cabinet and spend more time at the the top of the Premier League table than any other team, so there is a lot of confidence among us that Arsenal are on the up, especially after some quality business done in the summer transfer window.

Facts of the season so far, we have half the points of the league leaders, less points than this time last year, only two fit first team defenders, more money in the bank than ever before.how much proof do you need that wengers job is to make money for his boss and not win trophies.

BUT unfortunately those qualities rarely win you things in the modern game so whoever we are linked with, let's just hope and pray they share the same romantic views of the beautiful game as Wenger does because once managers like Pep, Moanhino, Conte signals interest in any player we want, chances are they, the players will choose these 3 over us, simply because these teams have more money than us and most tellingly these managers are recently more successful and k knows how to win whilst Wenger seems lost and bereft of ideas in the last 10 years...

«I agree with you it doesn't always come off as we would like but we still are one of the teams who, if you look at the last 20 years, puts more players out than anybody else.»

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

LVG is playing mind games frankly I don't think he is doing a better job than David M did last year, when you look at all the factors he has just 3 points more than David M. Had at this point last season and spent 150m to improve his team.

Whilst I am not offering these as absolute rules, it appears that generally teams with more goalscoring potency in wide areas «make do» with more modest totals for their centre forwards (think Barcelona or Real Madrid for the obvious examples — and before you say anything, the likes of Benzema, Villa and Suarez have all had goal returns less than 20 in La Liga winning teams in the last 5 years).

Actually winning cups getting to those finals by beating the best teams in the leagues even though we lost one to the best team in the league this year is more than one fact and what the guy stated in the article is a host of statistical facts and we sniffed the league in 2016 every one but us failed to beat the champions that year twice there is a host of facts that hold up success here an mostly ranting opinions saying yea we won cups and made it to finals so what, we did nt win ecl or epl only 1 team does that and other than Leicester which we were 2nd only city, mu and chelsea have won since we last won so not many clubs do that and totten ham hasnt won a cup since 2008 we have won 5 in 8 seasons and been to 3 other finals

Why the media got it for Arsenal, we bottle some games we are expected to win, proving some pundits that hates the club right time after time, games are not comfortably won, last season we had a better away record than home, We have an overall poor result against the big teams for the past 5 years, we haven't won the league for 12 years now, we haven't made a proper challenge in Europe for 10 years and on top of it we have an Owner who doesn't care about football, just the money he makes, so many reasons.

That pompous Mo also said last season that he will win the PL with 2 more signings (Costa, Fabregas) and look whats happening exactly what hes said he did nt have to build chelsea he just got 2nd last season talking about little horses and big horses, but he was right Chelsea wher2 players away once he gets them he will win the PL he knows wenger is building an Enterprise rather than just a stop gap team Wenger is cementing Arsenals future for the next 10 years so he does nt have to reitre and watch His legacy Rot in hell.

A good argument can be made that, as long as Sanchez doesn't sulk, Arsenal's first team is stronger than last year.

Last, I think the last couple of years, we were on the cusp of being a playoff caliber team, and that Fox held us back more than the players Last, I think the last couple of years, we were on the cusp of being a playoff caliber team, and that Fox held us back more than the players last couple of years, we were on the cusp of being a playoff caliber team, and that Fox held us back more than the players did.

«Our goal at the beginning of the season was to make it further than we did last year and to keep improving as a team,» senior captain Brennah Gladwill said of the team's desire to advance past the second round of the Sac - Joaquin Section Division III playoffs.

We do nt sell high and buy low like some teams do — Even Chelsea is much better at managing their cash flow in the last few years than us.

Ramsey has had one good season for us since his horrible injury, he needlessly gives the ball away much too often and his finishing is even worse than Giroud's... once again we have fallen in love with the idea of what could have been... Ramsey has only scored 2 meaningful goals in his entire Arsenal tenure: one in Turkey and the other in last year's FA Cup, which is not near enough to make him a centerpiece of this offence... likewise simply his presence on the team sheet has led Wenger into making horrible tactical blunders because he will force Ramsey into the lineup even when it doesn't make sense... just think of all those games when Ramsey was played out wide on the right, which forced the RB to come up into the play far more often, and deeper, because Ramsey invariably would find himself in a more central position leaving us far more vulnerable to the counterattack..

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene