Sentences with phrase «win the big games without»

Not exact matches

A Metro report shows that, somewhat surprisingly, the Gunners have the same goals scored per game ratio and the same goals conceded ratio with or without the Spaniard, but there is a big difference in the win ratios, 60 percent with Santi in the side and just 51 percent without.

Well, John Champion summed it up perfectly at the conclusion of the game:» it's debatable if Arsenal still resonate as a big club anymore, what is without debate however is that more recently the often fail to win the big games».

Chelsea hasbbeen very good at not losing and winning most games without winning big.

We are on a run of three games without a win while our opponents have won two in a row to drag themselves out of the relegation zone so Big Sam has helped them gain in confidence.

In the wake of another win by the skin of their teeth, Tottenham have shown that not only are they capable of winning through a bad streak of games, but, doing so without big name players such as Gareth Bale and Michael Dawson.

Without a Big 12 title game, OU would almost certainly be in the CFP at 11 - 1 — those three top - 15 wins would be quite the card to play.

But it's very amusing to note how many games they've won and how well they've played as a team without the big center.

Without it you do not win the big games consistently.

And with Antonio Conte having to cope without two key players in Costa and Kante for that game while Bournemouth recently produced a shock win over Liverpool, Wilshere has reasons to hope that he can do us this big favour.

Arsenal have been a miserable failure in the big games this season, winning only one from ten, and we need four goals without reply against Bayern.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

Alabama won Monday night's College Football Playoff National Championship game against Georgia, but it wouldn't come without some controversy from the Big Ten's officiating crew.

One other thing... we have been without a «proper» DM since Gilberto left, but we still played some good football and won some big games thereafter.

Could Oklahoma or Oklahoma State, with a Big 12 championship but without a win in a 13th game?

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The son - in - law went down the single line devoted to Stephen's two games in the bigs, in 1968, when he was a September call - up for the Minnesota Twins: one win, one loss, 4.76 ERA, 11 1/3 innings pitched, 11 hits, seven walks, four strikeouts, three at bats without a hit, one putout, two assists, one error.

The Belgian international also remains modest about his importance in the side, despite Spurs winning just two matches without him being on the team this season, and told Skysports, «I missed a couple of big games, Liverpool and City away, so it's not fair to say with me it would have been different.»

Their 1 - 1 draw with relegation threatened Wigan last Saturday extended their run without winning to three games, their manager is once again having problems with his health while big names are rumoured to be on their way out in the summer, that despite reports suggesting midfielder Stewart Downing, who has been one of their stand - out performers this term but is a rumoured target of Liverpool's, is in talks regarding a new contract.

They also rewrote a raft of other single - season top - flight records, among them the longest winning sequence in a season (14), the best start (eight wins), the most away wins (14 by early May), the longest spell without conceding a goal at the start of a season (495 minutes) and the biggest goal - difference (+76, with three games to go), not to mention the most points and the most wins.

Still, that win is starting to elude them and it's now been four games without a win for» Big Sams» side and could they be provide St. Andrews with a Scrooge of their own on Wednesday?

Ironically, they probably could have done without a home fixture next time out, as while their record at The Reebok is outstanding for the 2010/2011 term (W9 D5 L2), not to mention winning their last four home league games on the spin, the players are likely to be greeted by a lukewarm reception on Sunday, with disgruntled supporters still coming to terms with last Sunday's woeful display in unquestionably the club's biggest match since the turn of the Millennium.

Owen Coyle will have no doubt hand - picked plenty of positives from a festive period which didn't exactly reap may rewards in terms of points, though even the potential manager of the season will have his fair share of concerns regarding his team's current frame of mind following ta three - match sequence without registering a win in the league, a run that probably wasn't remedied by a 2 - 0 FA Cup third - round victory over Conference side York City simply because it was scruffy and very fortuitous, not to mention required Coyle to draft in his big boys in the dyeing embers of the game.

And maybe, just maybe, manage to end their accursed run of away results against the big four — 65 without a win going into last night's game.