Sentences with phrase «third best side»

The Tangerines will be playing in their very first Premier League game on Saturday when they make the long, energy sapping trip up to Wigan to take on Manchester's third best side, Wigan Athletic.

Yes third best side, granted we don't have the best striker compared to Liverpool, United and Everton, he is better than soldado or adebayor IMO though.

Not exact matches

The third book focuses on Jane and Mark Studdock, an academic couple who end up falling on opposite sides of a conflict involving the dystopian events surrounding Bracton College, a sinister corporation, and a mysterious figure dug up from the bottom of a well.

There are Christians on both sides of the aisle (as well as the third parties).

I cooked (then broiled each side to get it really good and crisp, but that's another story) and put this third crust in the freezer.

The Foxes opened the scoring early on, as a ball from Riyad Mahrez allowed Vardy to tap home to put Claude Puel's side a goal to the good in the third minute.

From what I can see, the last real links with us signing the Turkish international came over six months ago, and he has not had the best season with Bayer Leverkusen statistically, but has been a key player in the side which finished third in the German top division, helping them to earn a Champions League place for next year.

Why do people think The Ö... will perform well - on a consistent basis - out on the wings.He needs that freedom to dictate and explore the proceedings in the final third, not to be restricted on 1 side of the pitch.He can play there but only occassionally not constantly

... 2... we need a third CB... Holding is good but still too young to play weekly in EPL, Mertesacker is slow n in his final year, Gabriel is not too intelligent n flops against technical sides like Bayern, City, Liverpool... Monreal like mertesacker struggles against fast forwards plus he gives them too much space in d box with his archaic style of shadow marking..

In his whole 21 years at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger has never seen his side beaten in the Third Round of the FA Cup before and although he feels very «hurt» by the result, he admits that the team he picked were simply not as good as Nottingham Forest today.

Jackson martinez is still playing in the portuguese league at 28 and couldn't displace an out of form falcao from the national side, in fact I think he's third choice behind bacca as well.

Seattle shows better in multiple key categories, namely on the defensive side of the ball, where the Seahawks rank first in the league against the pass and third against the run.

The gross mismanagement of Arsenal during June - Aug of this year is currently my feature case as a prototype of the worst possible bungling of personnel resources and mis - assignment of employee resources to roles (as just a few of many possible examples, sitting Kola & Laca last match, starting Welbeck who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, playing Bellerin at LWB, third straight laughable team assignments in a row, seriously considering loaning out our 2nd best center back, letting multiple key players enter the final year of contract, etc etc etc) imaginable.

For Game 3 I was in the photo well on the first base side, and Neil was on the third base side, near the Dodgers» dugout.

Buying Belgian has become the all the rage, indeed as well as snapping up Vertonghen the North London side also brought in Moussa Dembele from Fulham, now Villas - Boas wants to bring in a third member of the in - form national team.

German was the subject of two failed bids from Chelsea over the summer and the West London side may well hope to make third time lucky in January.

On the flip side, the Eagles are +11 in the turnover differential, but the Vikings have been pretty good this season about taking care of the ball with only coughing it up 14 times this season (third lowest in the league).

He still awaits his first goal of the campaign, and as such the North London side would do well to bring a solid supporting option in the final third.

His second was disrupted by a five - man pass rush and good coverage; on third - and - 7, linebacker Eric Striker blitzed untouched from Rees» blindside, and with his only option (T.J. Jones dragging underneath) only semi-open and on the wrong side of the first - down marker, Rees held the ball too long, got hit as he was throwing, and got picked off.

Although the 29 year old has never featured for the Argentine national side, he is a well respected player who has clocked up almost 300 appearances since making his debut for third tier Platense back in 2003.

A skinhead like him may well turn our side into a team of neo-Nazis and abscond with the golden taps in the home changing room to help fund the return of the third Reich.

If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in midfield not as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.

There could well be space for Chambers to put down a marker for the third centre - back role in the side, but I'm not sure Arsene Wenger, nor Calum himself will believe he is ready to usurp Mustafi or Monreal for a starting spot.

His side will have to win their final group game with Turkey on Tuesday to stand a chance of making it through, in which they may be able to qualify as one of the best third - placed sides of the group stages.

defense should be ok just the attacking side needs changing more pace and direct running in behind gets us a BIG NAME C / F that can do it all up front on his own we are at least 2 more big attacking names away from a least making c / l semis, but once again well done for winning on the night just shame we could get the third and make c / l history on wars and upwards in the league and f.a cup coyg

City have won just one of their last six league games, leaving them well adrift of Jose Mourinho's side as they chase a third top flight title in four years.

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

For me, selling to Chelsea would be a worse agreement for our side however, seeing as they are most likely the third best team in the division currently, and Alexis would make the gap between the top three and us even larger.

Because with Ozil and Mkhit I reckon you'd need a third CM against a good side.

If the third goal against Watford is anything to go by, then the above would see Arsenal at the optimal best which is better than any side in the EPL and Europe — Come On You Gunners!

There were always going to be some changes made by Arsene Wenger to the Arsenal starting XI for this third round FA cup clash with Preston North End, but the boss has kept faith with the competition that has been so good to him and the club and gone for a pretty strong Gunners side.

Mourinho's side haven't looked at their best in some big games this season, lacking spark in the final third as Romelu Lukaku has looked an increasingly isolated figure up front.

As it stands, the best Fleury could likely do with the Hurricanes is break in on the third pair, with Noah Hanifin and Jacob Slavin already established on their left side.

Nacho Monreal is very good till 60 to 65 min, after that we are weak in that position during last term and even during liverpool match we lost points due to lack of energy in the final third from the left side!!

To make things worse for the Stamford Bridge side, they threw away a 1 - 0 lead, having broke the deadlock in the fourth minute courtesy of a fine header from Ramires, before being struck down by Philippe Coutinho's fine double and a well - taken third from Christian Benteke.

Julie Veee of the Sockers, for example, who would find it tough to hold a place on a European third - division side, recognizes that the simplistic indoor version suits his talents better than the grown - ups» game.

Stuart McCall's Bradford are unbeaten at home all season, and have only conceded 17 goals in that time so will be looking to take an advantage into the away leg but they come up against a Fleetwood side who have the third best away record in the division.

The Villa Park side did bring in Rudy Gestede from Blackburn Rovers and the big French born Benin international forward has done well, scoring three goals in four top tier starts, but Sherwood may well feel he needs alternative options in the final third.

Then on the stroke of half - time, the death knell for Brendan Rodgers» side, Alexis Sanchez showed good control before thumping home Arsenal's third.

In fact, Djokovic was the third - best on the men's side and Azarenka the ninth - best.

The two sides talked extension after 2013, well before Machado's ascension to arguably the third - best player in the game, and those discussions led nowhere.

Lisa Zimmermann of Germany took gold with a best effort of 91.20 while the other side of Summerhayes in third was Silvia Bertagna, who recorded 78.60 on her first run.

Fortunately, he had been left out of the Norwich side beaten by the Hammers in the third round of the FA Cup and became an important part of the run that took the club all the way to the final in Cardiff; scoring two goals in the 6th round tie against Manchester City as well as West Ham's second goal in the final.

Canaries boss Alex Neil knows his side will need to be at their very best to avoid an instant return to the Championship and having strong goal - scoring options in the final third will greatly aid in that regard.

Given time (and a realisation that you have to defend as well as attack) and I am certain he will be able to guide his side to regular third and fourth place finishes; only a huge injection of cash will now be able to split the Manchester domination.

What's more, Roma had more pressing matters to consider; the fight for third / fourth place in Serie A, where their city rivals, Lazio, were waiting with baited breath for the derby next week, a six pointer that might very well determine which Roman side experiences the elation of the Champions League next year and which one wallows in the Europa League.

Kelechi Iheanacho spurned a decent chance for a third when he side - footed tamely wide with Aguero and Jesus Navas in good supporting positions.

Mancini's side wasn't playing some good football but still managed to pick up three points and to gain two points ahead of Fiorentina and to reduce the gap to third placed Roma to six points.

But Stephen Kenny's side are still well in the third qualifying round tie following a 1 - 0 loss, with substitute Mikhail Gordeichuk the only man able to beat an inspired Gary Rogers in the Dundalk goal.

This is a true six - pointer, and a win here would see the Reds put some distance between themselves and the Londoners, as well as move to within a single point of Chelsea in third, who face a resurgent Everton side on Saturday.