Sentences with phrase «weaker opposition in»

More to think about and less games against weaker opposition in between in which Jones will be able to rely on players of the calibre of Bothroyd and Bellamy to succeed.

These aren't friendlies, or weaker opposition in which certain players can be integrated.

It even suggests that Arsenal are susceptible to weaker opposition in as so far this season we have lost to teams on the day you would think were the more weaker sides — including Chelsea.

Against weaker oppositions in the League, in the first round of the CC and FA Cup?

Not exact matches

CARACAS Venezuela's opposition faces a weak adversary in an upcoming presidential election in the form of unpopular President Nicolas Maduro but it must overcome a more formidable challenge - abstention in its own ranks.

CARACAS Venezuela's opposition faces a weak adversary in an upcoming presidential election in the form of unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, but it must overcome the more formidable challenge of abstention in its own ranks.

While the Democrats seemed weak and vacillating — even those in opposition — the GOP had carefully prepared campaign sound bites attacking their beloved Fed Chairman.

While the Democrats seemed weak and vacillating — even those in opposition — the GOP had...

This economic impact works in opposition to the interest rate risk they face: rising rates, which are bad for bonds generally, usually accompany a strong economy, which is good for high - yield bonds; falling rates, which are good for bonds overall, usually accompany a weak economy, which is bad for high - yield bonds.

Poor this year in the semi vs weaker opposition but have ground it out.

Plenty to prove yet, were poor in the semi AND final last year vs weaker opposition and ground it out.

Iwobi recked my head last night he was weak and misplaced many passes he cant seem to control the ball its always running away from him he should not be in the middle in the middle you need good ball controllers with good eyes for passes long and short on the ground and above the ground >> > waterford yesterday were on top of us with no space giving to our players and we were scattered all over the place with no vision or leader ship too goals in the space of 3 minuets ok the first goal was a fluke but come on the second one???? and thats all what it takes to loose a match many times this season we cant play when the opposition seats in our face we have no cohesion or understanding we crumble away we need to start the game together as a unit a compact unit

A guy who never turns up in big games, and is happy to just coast from game to game, with the odd good performance here, and there, against weak opposition.

Under Ronny Deila they have hit a brick wall and have struggled to scale it, leaving them to flounder in the face of such weak opposition back in Scotland.

Whilst we like to beat up on OG his goals / game ratio in PL over the last 3 years is pretty similar to Benzeman — who plays in a team that creates far more chances against arguably weaker opposition week in week out.

Also Walcott's goals come against v. weak opposition (hat trick vs. a U21 Soton team in the FA cup).

Please don't name drop Lacazette, Milik, Janssen, Gabriel and co. while they're banging in goals against far, far, far weaker opposition

Do it against weak opposition, or in Europe, or the domestic cups.

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.

By using zonal marking, we have given players for given areas at the set pieces gives the opposition the opportunity to exploit our weaknesses in defense, such as having Skrtel, the stronger header in Liverpool on Chambers, a 19 year old unexperienced, weak header / defender.

I prefer ox to be honest, let's not forget tho walcotts not the first man not to have a sniff against Chelsea, against weaker opposition Walcott will be very good with the balls in behind but I think most agree we need a striker who is strong and fast not just one of the attributes our current strikers possess, if ox stays fit and we sign and striker Walcott will be a top super sub

Di Maria scores sets up goals all be it against weak opposition also did a lot of poor things but I'd rather have a player like Sanchez ornDi Maria in my side as the X factor is there Ozil brings not a lot let's be honest.

Arteta is being kept because he is capable of fitting in against weaker opposition, he is also a great influence in the dressing room, and from what iv heard helps the youngsters more than anyone, im also sure i heard he speaks like 7 languages which is useful.

One could argue that the games were against weaker opposition, but when you consider that Arsenal has laboured against teams like Leicester and Hull earlier in the season, then it is fair to say that the team has made progress in the last two games.

Liverpool and Spurs overall strength is slightly weaker, but there is a difference in the way they play and base on the way the matches this season has unfold Arsenal and Chelsea seems to be less dominant against quality opposition.

Arteta is important, especially in games against weaker opposition.

We do nt need to play with a DM every game, at home playing against weaker opposition I can see us using a midfield of Ramsey - Wilshire and Ozil but against tougher opposition we can bring Carvalho in instead of Wilshire and drop him a bit deeper.

Not only are we potentially weak in the DM area, but we've strengthened the opposition by failing to sign a player who wanted to be Arsenal player.

Which means these three play well in less than 12.5 % of the teams games and half of those games were against weak opposition.

Did you see him in Oz - so many chances wasted against weaker opposition.

The only thing is, that they are in the CL, but they didn't even get further than us last year, playing much weaker opposition, against Monaco!

No but equally he was playing weaker opposition for 3 years and last year for the champions and most successful club in that country.

We fold every time we're in the knock out stage, even against the weakest of opposition.

Whenever I see him hesitate and thread a weak pass straight to the opposition I just wan na punch him in the face.

Higuain scored one goal in his last 8 games before his double last game of the season, against much, much weaker opposition.

I want to see AMN in the DM role with Wilshere as the deep lying playmaker, Wilshere could have been rested for the FA Cup and let Xhaka partner AMN against a weaker opposition... but instead Wenger chooses the yorkshire terrier and newbie AMN.

Spain striker Alvaro Morata believes his side that is in great form and is making opposition teams appear weaker than than they actually are.

However, against the so - called «weaker sides» in the Premier League, The Reds are often tasked with breaking down the opposition.

Perhaps used in a more advanced role, Pereira could yet be deployed in central midfield against weaker opposition or where a spark is needed to change the game.

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.

Carragher in particular has had the accusation of dragging the defensive line too deep levied at him, whilst Skrtel is considered too weak, physically and aerially, to deal with opposition centre forwards and is seen as a weak link.

Weak Oppositions rarely result in good governance by the majority party.

The opposition parties claimed the appeal revealed Labour's unease at Brown's weak performances in the leadership debates.

@monguin: I would say the one risk to voting for the weaker candidate so your guy in the opposition party has an easier challenge is that you might accidentally put the idiot in office.

Weak oppositions make for weak, complacent and divided governments, willing to engage in internal politics and unwilling to put in the hard thinking because they're not sufficiently scared of the consequences of not doingWeak oppositions make for weak, complacent and divided governments, willing to engage in internal politics and unwilling to put in the hard thinking because they're not sufficiently scared of the consequences of not doingweak, complacent and divided governments, willing to engage in internal politics and unwilling to put in the hard thinking because they're not sufficiently scared of the consequences of not doing so.

«While Mike Bloomberg isn't a likely candidate, a weak incumbent and a highly politicized, polarized opposition certainly opens the path for an independent centrist to actually reflect the views of most voters and win their support,» Bradley Tusk, the former campaign manager of Bloomberg's third mayoral campaign in 2009, told me.

Both candidates sought the NRA endorsement, a significant development in a race where Tenney accused Hanna of being weak on his support for gun rights and opposition to the New York SAFE Act.

Cuomo, with no Democratic opponent and facing what polls show is only weak opposition from any of three potential GOP challengers, doesn't have to announce his candidacy until his party's nominating convention in late May, so there's a chance he'll wait until then.

On the other hand the greyhound type sprinter (Christophe Lemaitre, Kim Collins, Carl Lewis) has a weaker start, but as the race progresses they reel in the opposition and come into their own with superior top speed and speed endurance.

The major Caucasian characters in the film are almost all forces of opposition: Tim Roth plays bigoted governor George Wallace as a weak man raging pitifully against progress, while Dylan Baker brings a perfect squareness to J. Edgar Hoover, assigned by Johnson to spy on and possibly discredit King.