Sentences with phrase «well edge the game»

The model thinks Southampton could well edge the game, based on season averages so far.

Not exact matches

«It's amazing what a competitive edge does to a group because you don't need to be the best of mates, but in training, you'll feel the spirit, you'll feel the togetherness and you'll feel the endeavour that you've got to be at the top of your game to impress the manager.»

Touting how well Per reads the game and his positioning etc and how TV5 had lost his edge.

ya Samuel you r right this may be our season afterall also gigi2 some of our players are on the edge of their carrers so it is the best time to win it but let's concentrate on tonights game and it does nt matter by how much margin but what all matters tonight is win to ensure our hopes are still alive.

You can spoon - feed yourself all the false narrative about how much better the Jags are, but H2H doesn't bare that out at all, while overall record shows a slight edge (1 game) for the Jags.

It's not so much that Tunsil was a bad pass blocker — if you read my breakdown you know he was actually pretty good at it — but I just didn't get to see him block an edge rusher one - on - one enough in four games to be truly comfortable with my assessment of how good or bad he was doing it.

It's a questionable call against a Jaguars defense that is typically good at defending the edges and swallowed up toss plays for most of the game Sunday.

, but he's very quick & elusive and has 1 of the 2 best hand - usage games of any edge in this draft.

As good of a tournament game you'll ever see, Kentucky edged out the previously undefeated Wichita State in the Round of...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his striker has upped his work - rate and added a rugged edge to his game, which perhaps best befits his towering six foot four inch frame.

On Arsenal; I thought we defended very well, kept fighting as a team and kept trying to play our game and even though we lacked a bit of cutting edge, we deserved the 3 points.

Arsenal, as a result, are feeling the ill - effects of not having their marquee men in the best of form, and rendering that cutting edge which is so badly needed at this level of the game.

In arguably our best game of this season, Ozil created a goal for Alexis Sanchez before getting on the scoresheet himself with a very confident strike from the edge of the box, and this performance has certainly given him the imetus to be even better.

Our initial assumption was that underdogs would perform better during day games, but in fact there was no edge here.

Two of the best goalkeepers in the world at the moment, David de Gea arguably just edges Thibaut Courtois after having a worse defence in front of him but single - handedly winning games for his club last season.

«Obviously, two years ago we were very good there and deserved to win the game but ended up drawing 1 - 1, and you're thinking about something a bit further than just the game itself in terms of the psychological edge you might need to go to places like Old Trafford and the Emirates and believe that you can win.

With a comeback against the Indians — which should also have them feeling more confident about facing the Yankees in a probable Wild Card game — Minnesota has the Angels on the edge of elimination as well.

It was not just the Yankees» money (the most in the majors), mojo (plenty) and talent (the game's best) that pushed the defending champion Phillies to the edge, it was a relentlessness not seen since the days of the last pinstriped dynasty

Il agree though have watched all the games i could but never expect anything great but today was glad to be on the edge of my seat watching Arsenal play 2great differnt halfs of football... this one il give the players and wenger too credit for that performance today, so well done lads absolutly super.

The Arsenal and Germany play maker Mesut Ozil continued his fine run of form and capped another very good game with a well taken goal and could have scored more, but he was edged out for my Man of the Match award by the human perpetual motion machine that is Alexis Sanchez who also scored two great goals and assisted Ozil's.

The New Orleans and New Mexico end up with rematches here as well, but each has the chance to pick a nearby team, and for bowls on the edge of the postseason, that's about the best those games can hope for.

They then beat Portugal 3 - 2 (their only particularly good game of the tournament), edged past a Turkey side that probably shouldn't have been there in the semifinals, and were handily dispatched by Fernando Torres in the final.

As good of a tournament game you'll ever see, Kentucky edged out the previously undefeated Wichita State in the Round of 32, 78 - 76.

The Chilean won a free kick and his deflected attempt hit the bar with five minutes left and the game stayed right on the edge although Arsenal are better at handling this sort of pressure these days.

In fact, home teams have not done well in this game at all and historically, haven't really had much of an edge in the playoffs according to Sports Action.

I give Oettinger a slight edge because he has a larger body of impressive work, because he's had better development systems around him (dating back to the USNTDP), because he has more big - game experience and because Point plays in a weaker NCAA conference.

We started the quarter slowly with possession being squandered and Edge Hill upping their game as well, a timely «injury» timeout by Chloe allowed the coach to dispense some words of wisdom and calm the team down, on resumption normal services was resumed and we extended our lead to 44 - 19, with Ruth turning over ball and Kate feeding well into the circle.

The # 1 seed will be on the line in this one and a mental edge in a potential Championship Game a few weeks from now as well.

When Sweat was allowed to play the game as an attacking Edge defender, he showed me more moves & much better hand - usage skills than Landry did in hundreds of more snaps as an attacking Edge.

This time around, the Buckeyes were well prepared at defensive end to stop the QB run game and control the edges so that Barrett couldn't get loose.

Naturally, all these hypothetical scenarios are pointless, but Nasri would arguably have been well advised not to have made his comments on the eve of a crucial game for his club with PSG needing no further edge or motivation to progress in the Champions League at City's expense.

However based on the run of form of both clubs and given that Arsenal already have an edge over their Manchester rivals in the league table, I fancy the Gunners to have the better chances going into the game.

He has a ridiculous get off & speed off the edge which is the lynchpin of his game & early on would be best used as a situational pass rusher.

Long as The Arsenal can stay focused and work harder to smooth the rough edges in their game, like staying calm in front of goal every time when presented with scoring chances, because I know they will create, we should be good to go.Don't underrate Leicester, they look like a decent team already.

I nearly gave the Man of the Match from Arsenal's hard fought 3 - 2 win over Swansea to Mesut Ozil, as the German play maker» sd sweetly struck volley was the best of the goals and Theo Walcott should have had at least a hat - trick, but he was unlucky to hit the woodwork twice towards the end and I reckon his all - round game and two goals just edged it.

In this sense, Arsene Wenger is absolutely correct in saying that Jack Wilshere needs to have a good six month run where he is injury - free and able to physically and mentally get his «edge» back and play the game freely once more.

Even though the summer signing Granit Xhaka had probably his best game in an Arsenal shirt since his transfer from the Bundesliga, I thought that Mesut Ozil just edged him as our best player in the draw with Tottenham yesterday.

I do not see any real leaders at Arsenal but if I was to choose it would be Francis Coquelin, I think that making him captain will make him even better, there is also an edge to Coquelin game and a drive that you only really see in Wilshire, but I don't believe that Wilshire is ready yet for the captains band just yet.

If you're looking to find an edge on a second half spread, then a good place to focus your attention are games that are lined to go through zero in the second half.

Unfortunately as is often the Arsenal way we managed to conspire to make the game difficult for ourselves, with a few minutes of the first half remaining Ox found himself with the ball on the edge of Everton's area, Hector available to his right and players closing, if he had managed to get a shot off first time then we would not have been chasing back towards our own goal five seconds later, instead Ox chose to shoot after a couple of touches in to a mass of Everton bodies when there were better options on, the ball broke to Delofeu who managed remarkably to stay on his feet for twenty or so yards before releasing Barkley, Koscielny had been dragged wide by Lukaku and Ox and Hector were in hot pursuit, they both probably had a chance to take the booking but allowed Barkley to continue, he took a speculative shot which would not have troubled Cech until it took a big deflection off of Gabriel and drifted into the gaping net.

KEY FACT: Troy Deeney has scored in all four of his league matches against Burnley at Vicarage Road MATCH ODDS: Watford 7/5 Draw 11/5 Burnley 12/5 bet365 Pick: Draw @ 11/5 ANDY SAYS: Should be a good game here, very close and I have to say a draw... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Tough call but I think Watford might just edge this one... 2 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: James Tarkowski now an international and worth a look

KEY FACT: Spurs have lost only one of their last seven Premier League matches against Arsenal MATCH ODDS: Spurs 21/20 Draw 11/4 Arsenal 11/4 bet365 Pick: Draw @ 11/4 ANDY SAYS: Good game but I think Arsenal might just edge this one... 1 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Great start to the weekend, and I can't separate them... 2 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Should be a very good game, I will just have to say draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Eriksen at # 2.15 and into the top - ten, still want to snaGood game but I think Arsenal might just edge this one... 1 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Great start to the weekend, and I can't separate them... 2 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Should be a very good game, I will just have to say draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Eriksen at # 2.15 and into the top - ten, still want to snagood game, I will just have to say draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Eriksen at # 2.15 and into the top - ten, still want to snap up

KEY FACT: Glenn Murray has scored six goals in his six home matches in all competitions in 2018 MATCH ODDS: Brighton 15/8 Draw 21/10 Leicester 31/20 bet365 Pick: Both Teams To Score @ 19/20 ANDY SAYS: A good game but I think Brighton at home will have the edge... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I can see these two cancelling each other out... 0 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Riyad Mahrez is a great talent a huge value at # 2.21

KEY FACT: Liverpool have scored at least three goals in each of their four Premier League matches against Arsenal MATCH ODDS: Arsenal 6/4 Draw 13/5 Liverpool 15/8 bet365 Pick: Draw @ 13/5 ANDY SAYS: I have a feeling for Liverpool here, think they can edge it... 1 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: I think Liverpool might have too much for Arsenal in this one... 0 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Good game and goals but I can't separate them... 0 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Sadio Mane at just over # 3 looks an excellent buy

Gooners were already on edge before the game even started with Alexis Sanchez, unquestionably their, and arguably the league's, best player, left on the bench for the massive game.

Ultimate inevitable result is that the team achieves a pretty good standard not a pretty great one and we are just edged out of the game by a good opposition performance.

The two week break without any competitive football has probably done wonders as well, with the storm allowed to calm, but it could also prove a double - edged sword as that momentum gained from that hard - fought derby win has been lost courtesy of the wintry conditions which has plagued the English game for the last fortnight.

It was a good first runout for the boys and it is great to see the start of the season edge a game closer.

Sinisa Mihajlovic's side have only lost 1 of their last 11 games in all competitions, and even on that occasion against Bologna they demonstrated that they are capable of creating lots of chances (as well as wasting plenty of them), so this appears to be a better side than the one we edged past back in September.

This could be a good open game and it is worth backing both teams to get on the scoresheet, but the Parisians may just have the extra edge.