Sentences with phrase «than the opposition players»

Against Blackburn, the 23 - year old created more chances (3) & played more final 3rd passes (24) than any opposition player on the pitch despite only playing 32 minutes.

However, as the weekend's win against Deportivo La Coruna helped to demonstrate, we shouldn't aspire for our goalkeeper to have more touches than the opposition players, nor should we aspire to involve them in our play outright.

Not exact matches

The problem with Arsenal is how we play, or adapt our play in matches, we've had good players up to the point where our squad looks better than the opposition, but we then loose dismally.

+ wenger out is more than just lack of spending; its not studying the opposition, not rotating players, not addressing why we have so much more injuries than others, not subbing early enough to give incoming players a chance to influence the game, not playing players in their best positions. . . .

Giroud misses more than he hits, Walcott has NEVER delivered his expected talent, Welbeck will NEVER be the striker to score 20 goals a season Coqellin will NOT go a whole season injury or suspension free, Sanchez and Ozil WILL have down period during the season, all teams have these problems to a greater or lesser degree but most of the top teams will address these problems and players either inprove or are sold and replaced with better or at least more consistant players, NOT Wenger he keeps doing the same thing over and over with the same players and he expects a different result but gets the same outvome time and time again, yet its ALWAYS someone else's fault be it the Ref or the linesman or the opposition or bad luck or whatever and whoever and its NEVER the fact that HE has done nothing to change the situation and LOOKS LIKELY to not change it next time around.

The most frustrating but also the best thing is so far we drop points because of bad official decision (Everton, Hull,...) or individual mistakes (Swansea, Man Utd, Hull,...) rather than our opposition push us (only happen at Dortmund away)-- that means we have our fates in our hands, and we still have time to turn things around — especially when we have our 1st team player back from injury.

Truth to be told Wenger has tarnished his legacy and it has become so sad that opposition fans and ex rival players have more respect for Wenger than we do now.

He chips in a goal every 4 league appearances roughly, has bagged a few hat - tricks, has had good games against top opposition - he's not the player we hoped, but he's a far better bet than Oxlade - Chamberlain.

But when players whisper at the disorganization of game plans and the opposition actually knowing what plays were coming on more than one occasion, there's more than enough blame to toss at Quinn's frat bro.

we have lost the ability to applaud an opposition team if they play better than us or an opposition player for a moment of magic... its so tribal and we see that even within our own club!

Xhaka fragility will come when attacking players charges him with the ball enticing him on a one on one chase, his sluggest acceleration seems to let him down, he has no resolutions to these tactics when used against him other than attempt to break the opposition player fibula and hope he only get a yellow card.

Aaron Cresswell has made more errors leading to an opposition goal in the last 3 Premier League seasons (10) than any other outfield player.

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

If, as a coach, Harkness tends to nettle the opposition, he gets along better with his own players than perhaps any other coach.

I really hope that all these guys gel and can use their pace to great effect, my fear is that in Walcott, campbell, welbeck, gnabry, chamberlain and even sanchez in some respect we have so many similar players that concentrate on their speed, hoping that rather than the their technical attributes will be the undoing of the opposition.

Mertasaker 1 vs 1 statistics are better than kosc which also shows opposition are less successful at tacking him on this ids were kosc is more likely to foul a player

All these players are good when the opposition are less than world class and are willing to play free flowing football but all of them collectively seem bereft of ideas when the opposition parks the bus like Chelsea / Sunderland did!

It is not very common to see more than 1 defender getting bullied by a single opposition player - summary «No Spine» in the team!

Both Flamini and Coquelin too many times sit too deep allowing the opposition time and space to run at them with pace giving themself no other options than to foul players and pick up yellow card.

London derbies rarely account for form, and I think that Wenger will have his players more than ready for our opposition tomorrow, although I think it could favour us to go into the game without the pressure of expectation.

OK we have the resources and we don't spend as much, but surely now would be the best time to go out spend the dough on the players we really need and have the ability to challenge rather than stay financially cautious yet again and allow our opposition to improve again and outstrip us in the coming years.

And third, though far more than merely a striker is my personal all time favourite player, for pure poetry in motion and freakish ball skills, Dennis the Opposition Menace Bergkamp.

Only an idiot benches two new signings that have proven to be an upgrade to our squad and plays the same midfielder that made more assists for the opposition than he did for his club, while having a superb player crying for the central midfielder position, a position in which he shone before.

More often than not, this was very disconcerting to the wide - eyed opposition, not to mention what it did to the bodies of the Scooba players.

All players should give 100 % in every game and if that means running non stop for 90 minutes plus or taking the ball in the face to stop a goal bound effort from the opposition then so be it, us fans should expect nothing less weather or not we are fans of Arsenal, Leicester or whoever, the players get paid thousands to do what i did for fun growing up only i ran for longer than these so called professionals.

Walcott needs to learn how to bully defenders as well as use his pace and until then we have to play the CF for the opposition, if they put every man behind the ball and give us majority of the possession then we need Giroud as he can bully players in the box and make space for himself better than Theo.

Although he couldn't quite find the touch to help the Netherlands past Argentina in a tight semi-final encounter, van Persie was certainly a stand - out player at this tournament, and arguably did more than Messi when it mattered, and against better opposition.

Even more than that, I wish Wenger would start bringing in players that are not scared to shoot and can at least score the type of goals we used to see RvP, Bergkamp, Henry, Wright etc score (in situations when the opposition parks the bus).

How often after a defeat we listen to Arsene Wenger talk about focusing on the next game, well he had three days to focus on what went wrong in the cup final and more than enough time to correct it, yet against the same opposition the same result, but Arsene Wegner continues to talk about players lacking in confidence, the mental strenght and all the usual excuses made by Arsene Wegner, so how does the all seeing all knowing wise one explain Wigan Athletic and Liverpool beating Man city, well my advise to Arsene Wegner is if he really understand the word focus he would F --- k — Of ---- Cause — U ---- S --- t. WEGNER OUT.

He made more tackles than any other player in the top division (129) this season, won the third-most duels overall (278) and was second to creator - in - chief Cesc Fabregas for passes made in the opposition half.

The weakness in central midfield, a lack of belief in being able to keep the ball and players bunching rather than spreading play all served to surrender the initiative to the opposition.

He also dribbled past opposition players 64 times - more than any other defender - and had the second best pass completion ratio of any Premier League full - back.

The players also appeared to be more willing to press (rather than retreat) when the opposition had the ball and while recovering and keeping possession were notable improvements using that possession wisely was less impressive.

Bilic says that the players are working hard on the training ground but to a man they look slower and less fit than any opposition we face.

That would explain why the silly niggly little fouls are often ignored when committed by our opponents but given when committed by our players, and why yellow cards are given seemingly more quickly to our players than the opposition.

He may be a player of panache instead of power but he is also a more diligent presence in the final third than James Rodriguez — Pogba often led the way when it came to winning the ball back in the opposition's half in Serie A last year.

Neymar does get a lot of hype, no doubt he has quality but all those flicks will get drowned out against top opposition in europe / champions league, probably suits la liga in which players go to ground quicker than a wardrobe thrown off a building, he has a lot to prove.

Overall it was a tough performance but one that will have got the rust out of the player's legs and is better preparation than a comfortable defeat to lesser opposition.

He is a year younger than Suarez at only 25, would only cost around # 25m, is not a known racist, diver or biter of opposition players, and is statistically the most clinical striker in Europe's top four leagues.

I think he was more like Joe Haverty, my favourite memory of Arsenal in the 1950s Dr F. Just a shortie at not much more than 5 ′ but a real tricky player who could make opposition fullbacks look foolish.

our players need to believe in their heads that they are better than the opposition and they deserve to win the title.

Perhaps it need not be a single player that makes up for Suarez, but a few: Daniel Sturridge can directly replace the goals that Suarez provided, and also has his individual flair about him, but that magical quality that Suarez had, whilst unique to him, is remarkably alike to a young Brazilian no. 10 with more than a touch of flair playing for Liverpool, a player very similar to Suarez in some ways — his quiet nature off the field, and dazzling on the ball skills when on the pitch — yet also different, a creative player rather than a destroyer of opposition teams.

The best players in the world are able to pass the ball more times in the opposition half than your typical footballer and are what sets them apart.

Song, arguably our most improved player is on 4 yellow cards and we should ensure that he doesn't miss the Chelsea game.The partnership of Gallas and Vermaelen is outstanding, yet one can not expect them to play in every game, and it is in that are we are weak in cover.With regards to the full back situation, perm any two from four, that is Clichy, Gibbs, Eboue, Sagna and even Traore they are attacking wing backs and are always at risk on the quick counter attack by the opposition.Almunia still doesn't impress me and his command of his area is still indecisive and he is still vulnerable to letting goals in, especially to his near post.Wenger being Wenger, I doubt he will buy in January, and it is a pity we didn't go for Given months before he joined City, when he was available for a comparatively cheap price.This new diamond shape or 4 -1-4-1 is working well and we have an abundance of quality to interchange, which bemuses the opposition more often than not.We have every chance this year, and we are also being helped by the fact that the other so called big four sides are showing their vulnerability.A couple of decent signings, not squad players in January, and hopefully we are in the mix.

Depending on the opposition, we probably have more than a couple of players from the academy who could step up.

Gibson assembles a handsome cast of notable supporting players, although some of them feel a bit too exaggerated to feel sincere, including a lazily administered change - of - heart for Doss» most vocal opposition played in tones of the usual masculine clichés by Luke Bracey (in a performance easier to fathom, at least, than his appearance in the all - around ill - conceived Point Break remake).

I'm not at all against stealing tech and copying playstyles of people better than me and since every online match is automatically cataloged, you'll have plenty of options to learn new tactics from other players or scout out your potential opposition.

Score Rush feels a good bit like Mars Matrix in that regard, itself a fantastic shooter with humdrum enemy design where the opposition feels like little more than placeholders for players to train their lasers upon.

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