Facing a pair of
winnable games at home, but missing several key players, the Sounders badly needed to claim maximum points if they were to solidify their spot in the standings.
And he's got a schedule that features both bigger names on the road (Temple, Tennessee, USF, Mississippi State, BYU) and
winnable games at home (Hawaii, Old Dominion, Ohio, Georgia Southern, Maine).
The game against the Browns marks the first of two
winnable games at home for Jacksonville, but do the pros think a win will come this Sunday?
Not exact matches
Before that clash with Chelsea Arsenal have two very
winnable EPL
games at home to Burnley and Watford with the FA cup fourth round in between and these
games should give more than enough time for Coquelin, Gibbs and Bellerin to get fully up to speed.
The
home game against Hull City kick started a run of four
winnable games in the Premier League for the Wenger's wizards who, owing to their insipid display, dropped two crucial points that surely would have hurt the North Londoners» prospects
at the time.
The Gunners are up to third and now sit just two points off the leaders Man City and just one behind our north London rivals Tottenham, so with a very
winnable looking
game at home to struggling Swansea City next up in the Premier League, there is plenty for us to be happy and optimistic about.
Even if we do manage to win the next two Premier League
games,
at home to West Brom on Boxing Day and then Crystal Palace on new years day, I do not expect us to make up any ground on the league leaders, as Chelsea also have two very
winnable home games against Bournemouth and Stoke City.
Swansea away and Tottenham
at home are tough
games but you look
at them thinking they are
winnable, after that we play teams like Norwich, Sunderland and Aston Villa.
If we can get a result
at Etihad and against Spuds, we then have a run of
winnable games before Liver Birds and Chelski (both
home) in April, and Man Gaal in May.
All
winnable matches, and a nice run of
games, before the big one
at home to City — as the next set are looking hard enough after that:
Even if they come up short, they have two very
winnable games against the Saints in New Orleans and against the Panthers
at home.
I fully understand we just lost one
game and uts not the end of the world but am struggling to deal with is the consistent lack of mental toughness that are the hallmarks of all title winning teams... we need to be proactive and stop been reactionary, simples... we had what is in all honesty a good couple of matches begining of the season
WINNABLE games but we already fell short
at the first hurdle now all the talk is about bouncing back, whatever happened to eyes on the ball straight from the off... a Westham side with a new manager, some new players and a 16 year old making his debut beating Arsenal
at home is just plain disgraceful and whatever happens next does not in any way mitigate against that.....
With Manchester United and Liverpool still to play
at home and away, respectively, in the first round of fixtures, the Gunners are posed with a number of
winnable games apart from the aforementioned marquee fixtures against the Red Devils and Scousers.
With four
winnable games ahead (
at Michigan State,
home for Stanford and Pitt,
at Air Force), the Irish have a chance to march unbeaten into Tallahassee for an Oct. 26 date against Florida State.
I'd still say it's highly unlikely
at this point we probably need to win all our remaining
games which will be tough but they all look
winnable Man U away and Chelsea
at home the toughest.
UC plays more highly ranked teams like USF, Ohio, and Navy
at home and faces
winnable road
games against teams like UConn, Miami (Ohio), Temple, and SMU.
After that they have
winnable games, notably
at home against Bolton and struggling Wigan on the final day of the regular season.
Following This, four of their last five
games are
at home and all but one of those (v Chelsea) look
winnable too.
The worrying thing for the fans will be that apart from Arsenal — that too
at home — all the other
games were
winnable on paper.
Rovers start with a
home fixture with Portsmouth, a side currently bottom of the league, but they then face teams not too far away from them in Bolton Wanderers & Stoke City, both of which are very
winnable games for Blackburn but they are
games they must win if they are to keep the relegation zone
at arms length.
Only in the eminently
winnable games —
at home to FC Twente and Werder Bremen, and away to Twente (when Spurs had already qualified)-- did Redknapp field anything resembling a 4 -4-2.
This includes his stubbornness to change things — I remember Wigan having some
winnable games in the run - in such as Villa
at home but somehow losing 3 - 2 as he went kamikaze to score more goals when 2 - 1 up — the same as is happening now?