Sentences with phrase «up against the big teams»

He hasnt neasured up against big teams.

The old criticism that Arsenal don't turn up against the big teams has been blown out of the water once again as the Gunners cruised without fear for most of the game against Man City.

Guy never shows up against big teams.

I think Sanchez should have a word with Wenger, he's no doubt amazing and turns up against the big teams but he tends to overdo it a lot when he wants to prove his worth.

I'm not getting my hopes up because I know we'll loose at Anfield next weekend, it's all well and good praising us for beating Newcastle but when the going gets tough and we come up against a big team, we flop.

Still, Mourinho's men are up against some big teams in the final few games of the season, Arsenal included, so is Wenger right to say there might still be a chance for his side to cause a major upset?

The more points they drop against small teams early on, they'll have to make up against the big teams later on.

For a large part of last season, we were actually proved right, but too many years of falling short has also given us a sharp dose of pessimism as well, so when we come up against a big team like Man City today, we tend to hope for the best and expect the worst.

Ozil in some way is a barometer of the team, when we turn up against big teams to play he plays brillantly, when we do nt he goes missing.

However, they have no experience at playing at a higher level, and may struggle when coming up against bigger teams.

When Russia came up against a big team in the Euro Cup Arshavin was shut down.

Not exact matches

Taking one for the team; bidding up and against your own best offer; sucking it up, and accepting a deal that you're not sure the company can afford — these are bad choices and consistent signals that there're bigger issues and problems coming.

«Those tuna are the big companies that all us small businesses are teaming up against.»

Adds Buzza, «If you're going to go after the biggest companies in Canada, you can expect that by the time you get to court, you're going to be up against a legal team with a lot of resources at its fingertips.»

We've dropped a few points, but this is a great chance to go and win against a big team and get our season up and running.»

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

Snail to be precise And sometimes against big teams we used to get one dimensional because of his hold up play style and having no pace for the counters

Bayern always becomes complacent against small teams and shows up against big ones.

Benteke is a better finisher, passer, and dribbler than Giroud and may even in this sh*t hold up play afc fans keep taking about (Watch him against so called big teams)... regarding stats, Benteke plays for AV for football sake, so he gets far less support and chances... Mind that I'm not criticizing and I'm not taking anything from Giroud improvement this season, it's plain comparison... Though, I want someone better than Benteke

predictable... perez and welbeck over walcott and iwobi for me... all depends on whether ozil and sanchez turn up and ox can cut it against big teams... without that can kiss this game good bye... and the season

And for me up to this stage Özil has not performed against the big teams.

You can't keep giving up 120 - plus points every night and blowing big leads against some of the worst teams in the league and continue to insist that everything is fine, LeBron or no LeBron.

Nice line - up, I'd prefer that 3 back line all day, except it will be Gabriel for mustafi, that's grit, steel, aggression and intelligence at our back line, but imagine monreal as a CB when we have Gabriel, holding, I don't understand wenger Mustafi goes into tackles headlessly The front line and midfield is also super human, just dat Ozil is a pussy against aggressive and big teams, I'll prefer ox or Wilshere or mahrez....

We always concede headed goals, we always have players injured, we always mess things up both against big and small teams and now the players can now go and eat each other's asses

If the Spurs players are forced to watch that game beforehand they will know that they are up against a formidable strike force which is taylor - made to give any team in the world big problems.

Unfortunately, they came up a bit short against Team Bartlett (who Captain Amy's big sister, Stef plays for..).

Like I said in a recent post, Ozil loves the big talk before the big games, but doesn't turn up himself, yet here he is asking his team mates to step up against Utd..?

That could spell big trouble for any team that he plays against, so let's hope this latest England setback has fired our boy up.

Wenger might surprise us all and start Theo instead of Giroud and play the big man against teams that try to play rugby or bring him on to help hold up play in the oppositions half to hold a lead.

Couldn't follow up their fantastic Week 3 performance against Team Kozin with another big W this week..

Tyler Max suited up for the first time in 2017 and had 37 points to help try and carry the load but there was just too big a hill to climb against # 1 Team Kozin.

Team Schwartz closed out their 2017 - 18 regular season schedule with a big win and were looking to carry that momentum into their opening round match - up against # 9 Team Maione.

More important for this group is they went up against one of the biggest Teams in the League on Sunday Night, Team UC Booth, and got the W with only 5 actives in the Game.

They have a big match - up against a 1 - 11 Team James in Week 13.

They came up just a bit short on Sunday after providing a big 3rd period comeback against Team Kandelman.

Did we not win fa cups what do you mean by not a winning side would of won epl to if other big teams would of showed up against Leicester we were the only ones to beat them twice and up until last year qualified for champions league how is that not winning?

Team Kirshner got a big Softball victory against Team Leibow on Saturday afternoon in a make - up from a rain out earlier in the Season.

In last year's Cincinnati preview, I said, «With the bounces that went against UC in 2015, the rough - draft talent that will show up in uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.»

With games coming up against an in form Stoke team, a dangerous Everton side and a wounded Manchester City, big tests are on the horizon over Christmas for Arsene Wenger's men.

Although the semi-final Carabao Cup win against Chelsea suggested a change in the team's character and game - management, there are still massive question marks about whether their defence can hold up in the big games against the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United.

You could not be more wrong about comparing paulinho to gambau, he is a brazil national team starter FFS and against roma he wad surely missed with his pace and physicality but i think he is not a barca kind of player and he is not the best option for a big team like barcelona but still he is a good team player and we can use him as back up for rotation

When you play against a team in the top six, the big details are up to you.

He's only played in a few big games, and he's never stood out as anything special, nor has he against more mediocre PL teams; the only matches that stand out to me for Arsenal are the WBA game at the end of last season and a game against Sunderland and in both cases, the opposition really didn't look up for it.

Arteta and Flamini are not good against the big teams and i really think we need to at least get an upgrade on our back up options for DM.

I feel confident also, and this should be his big chance against an Ostersund team made up of lower - and non-League English players, and I am sure he will make full use of this opportunity.

walcott campbell ox are average players at best and ramsey is out of position there and less than average as a winger... mahrez would be a big step up and i doubt we would have to pay 45... anyway selling two of those would rake most of it back... to be honest i would be happy (and shocked) with mahrez and icardi though still prefer the draxler option... having watched what guardiola has done with man city reserve team against bayern reserves yday wenger would be crazier than i thought if he believes he has a squad to compete in the coming epl / cl

You have to give yourself an out in case Faksa doesn't take that leap because with what you're proposing, if he doesn't take that leap, this team is in big trouble from the standpoint of making up ground against the elites in the Central / West right now and may even take a step backward from where they are at right now.

The Michigan State Spartans are 13 - 1 straight up and 12 - 2 against the spread over their last 14 games according to the OddsShark College Basketball Database, helping the team earn a Big Ten championship and a two - seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Against big teams they hold their back four very tight and do not let them progress up the pitch.

Big learning experience for Nico, who had been beaten up physically all season but compensated for it with his smarts — until he went up against a very smart, skilled, and strong team.