Sentences with phrase «game back of the top»

From a Standings side, they stay basically a Game back of the top spots..

Not exact matches

The publisher will also go back to the top handful of its existing titles, including Kardashian's game and even older games like Deer Hunter, to bolster those same kinds of features.

However, «it becomes a little bit of a game how long to sit back and enjoy being on top without potentially doing damage to future performance,» says Etkin.

A few years back, my doctor told me to eat it once or twice a week to try to improve my «good» HDL cholesterol, and for a while I was on top of my game!

First of all, considering we are currently 5th, we first of all have to fight to get back into the Top Four, which shouldn't prove too hard considering the run of games that we have coming up, and Man United v Liverpool, Man City v Tottenham and Liverpool v Chelsea all being played before the end of January.

Should we really target one of the most likeable and usually top ckass right backs in the world after that game.

Now Louis van Gaal's side are looking to get back on track in the league, having won only two of the last six games in the English top flight.

Injuries played a role in these breakdowns — only two of the top six tacklers on the line played in all 13 games, and thanks to injuries and shuffling, 15 different defensive backs recorded at least 5 tackles.

They sit in eighth place in the Serie A table after 11 games, 12 points adrift of the top four, while they've been held to back - to - back goalless draws by AEK Athens in the Europa League over the last fortnight to really ramp up the pressure on Montella.

I don't think it's a gamble that should be enough to win n if it doesn't seem to be working unleash santi, ozil, sanchez I just feel in regards to priority the chelsea game could really define our season therefore that is more important, win it n what a Massive boost it will give Lose n all the negativity press etc comes flooding back in n right on top of Arsenal.

With three at the back, that's now 11 wins from 12 games, 4 wins out of 5 against top teams, and 2 trophies out of a possible 2.

Safeties Devon Key, Ta'Corian Darden (a nickel back), and Drell Greene all return after combining for 15 tackles for loss and 13 passes defensed, and corner DeAndre Farris, one of the only DB regulars to play all 13 games last year, had 14 passes defensed, which was top - 40 in FBS.

I have said before yesterdays game that we need a top class forward and dm to challenge having watched yesterdays diabolical performance i feel we need to ad a out and out winger to the team playing ozil or carzola out left is not working pedro would have been a fantastic signing but looks like he is going to man u. I thought coq passing yesterday was terrible we need someone who can do both jobs sit in front of back 4 but when in possession have the quality to make things happen coq lacks the 2nd part by a long way.

Bottom line, if he is angered bench the players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.

Alexis came with a good spirit, seing Ozil on board, thinking a team would be built around them but year after year, it is no top class addition with a guessing game plan, weakness all over the pitch, players out of position, a team scared to play and lost as manager... Sanchez then started to ask more money, we said no as to Ozil; waiting 6 month later to be on last year contract... The all management is nuts and Alexis or any players try until they get fed up, Ozil plays to get fit for wrld cup and his value back...

He burst back to form in the last few games of last season and came back early from the summer break to make sure he was in top shape for the beginning of the new campaign, only to be cruelly struck with a relapse just before the Community Shield against Chelsea.

Chambers, Holding and Bielik are not ready for prolonged spells at centre back, one or two games partnering Koscielny would be OK (depending on the opponent) but we could in theory find ourselves playing catchup with the top sides after a couple of weeks if things go wrong against Liverpool and Leicester.

He said, «Yes it was very important to get the win after losing one game and drawing another and it was important to get back to winning ways and close the gap on the top and it was nice to do it at home in front of the fans.

The 26 - year - old is regarded as one of the top full - backs in the game at the moment and looks ideal to play wing - back in Conte's 3 -4-3 or 3 -5-2 systems.

For the last six weeks Arsenal have been playing virtually one game every three days so our first team has been extremely fatigued, and we have collected a lot of injuries along the way while we struggle to force our way back into the Top Four.

Team Nolan will take on Team Wolter (who sits a Game Back of them) in Week 7 while Team Murphy will play Team Schwartz who have lost two straight and currently hold one of the Top - 6 spots..

OU's top four backs have combined to average 187 rushing yards per game at 6.9 yards per carry and have gained at least five yards on 51 percent of their carries (the national average is 39 percent).

Should either or both of these groups lose in Week 19, they do open themselves up to falling outside of the Top 7... There are 2 Teams sitting a Game Back should Gutman and / or Goldin Lose... Teams Sternberg and Tucci can catch them record wise if they Win in Week 19..

They are one of the top 16 ″ Softball Teams in the field which means if they do manage to get through their Opening Round Hoops game — they very well could find themselves right back in the Championship game.

They are now just a Game Back in the Loss column of KSig JR and Theta Chi for the top seeds in the Playoffs.

This is a group that has made a habit of sending Teams home come Playoff time and all of a sudden they've won a couple Games in a row and are just a Game back in the Standings of being in the top half..

Poor officiating decisions been this way all year the officials are performing terribly poor finishing been this way all year laca will do better next year auba is to new to the club and epl he is finding how mich effort you need the hard way he should of scored and that is a blatant foul on mustafi people keep saying he put his hands up when he was hit, well that is the natural reaction when back pedaling eyes on ball and someone plants there feet and pits a shoulder in your back your arms come up its nature but we suffered again from poor finishin i do nt care what sport that is high action especially football and hockey of you do nt finish your chances you create when on top the other side most likely will when they get theres its been ou achilles heel this year we.cant kill games because we have missed our created.chances

Back on top of the NFC North and hosting a playoff game, just like we all expected at Thanksgiving.

I even thought top clubs were in for him.Some three or 2 seasons back many here were debating why he should be our main striker.As soon as you mention any other strikers name people would come out with stats and many things defending him.Even Wenger has defended him blindly in the past.People say Wenger's stubborn yeah.But don't we know that there's a reason why everything happens?Honestly speaking he's the reason why Arsene Wenger has failed to sign a top notch striker because he still believes in him.The funny thing is we signed Welbeck at that time who to me did nothing before to be the main man here.People keep saying Welbeck is hardworking and that he works his socks off.But the question is was that our reason for signing him.Welbeck being signed to challenge Giroud tells me a lot about Giroud's quality.Even Walcott (no offence to him) who has zero CF qualities was even chosen over him for a string of games and all in all I think he did well but has too many defeciencies for that role.We've compromised as a club and it'll come back to bite us.

Now that we are out of contention for a place in the top four, the time has come to give youngsters like Chambers, Holding and Maitland Miles a run of games to prove themselves.Play Chambers and Holding together in a flat back four with MN at defensive mid flank ed by Ramsay and Wilshire.

That result may have brought us back to challenge at the top of table, but it also means that Tottenham are still unbeaten after the first 7 League games and are setting themselves up to go for gold themselves this season.

Cody Bellinger hit a three - run home run in the top of the fifth off Collin McHugh to make it 7 - 4 Dodgers, but The «Stros got it right back in the bottom of that inning thanks to the aforementioned Altuve home run, which knotted the game at 7 - all.

The Italy international hasn't quite reached top form since leaving Juventus for Milan last summer, but has long been regarded as one of the top centre - backs in the game.

This was the biggest «turn the channel, forget about the game, glance up at the little score box in the top right of the screen 20 minutes later, do a double take, turn the game back on» game of the entire tournament.

The 17 - year - old was on top of his game as the Norwegian side went 3 - 0 up inside 30 minutes during the recent Europa League tie, before the Bundesliga side came back and won 3 - 4.

United headed into the match on the back of a three - game losing streak, a run that has seen them loosen their grip on the top four and a return to the Champions League.

Well, it didn't take long for Ohio St. to fire back at Michigan St. with a complaint of their own, following allegations that Urban Meyer's team handed over game film late and, on top of that, doctored it beforehand.

tactics and game management can only get you this far if they are not backed by top rated talents and a bench full of very good to world class stars.

Arsenal fans will be United when wenger leaves and am desperate to see him leave, I just don't understand how he ia still our manager till now after years of failure despite being the most experienced manager and other top clubs changing managers, sadly he still have fans dat are backing him to continue cuz they don't see any 1 that can replace him, they waiting for arsenal to go an a 4 game run to call him a genius and say he knows best.

The Frenchman is a top quality right back, who is chosen over Bacary Sagna for France when fit, and he has the added bonus of bags of experience; with 44 Champions League and Europa League games under his belt and 26 full international caps.

I honestly think people forget that Debuchy is one of the top 5 right backs in the game

A midfield 3 of either Xhaka - Ramsey - Coquelin or Xhaka - Elneny - Coquelin, will allow us more of a presence in the midfield and allow the team in general to move further up the pitch, seeing as in the past two games the back line and the midfield has constantly sat back inviting pressure to build up, whilst the attacking trio of Theo, Ozil and Sanchez would just remain up top.

Arsenal have flown back into the Top Three since disturbingly losing our opening game to West Ham, and in our facile win over Stoke yesterday we managed 69 % of the possession and our opponents hardly had the ball enough to create many chances.

Beat a top team and we are lucky, beat a lower team and we should be beating them anyway, lose when playing a too risky brand of football and we are inept, win a tight game playing ugly it is not acceptable nor the Arsenal way, win by 3 goals and it should have been 5, keep playing the same predictable way every game and we should vary it more, vary our pattern of play and we should go back to doing what we used to, win 2 - 0 and keep a clean sheet and we should have been more adventurous to improve goal difference, win 2 - 1 and concede in the last minute and we were naive not to shut up shop, win 12 out of the last 15 games and it should have been 15 wins......... blah, blah.

And theres also the fact that every time we hit the top of the league the wheels seem to fall off in the next game and so on until we are snuggling back in our comfort zone (4th) You will always get moans and groans from fans, especially in games where we should have got something out of it, yet I can't stand the lemmings that moan at the moaners lol?

It was no secret that Arsenal needed a top striker, defensive midfielder and centre back but most of all we needed strong players, players with a physical presence that would lead the team in tough games and Wenger failed.

Still, it could be argued that actually Rodgers really benefitted from a specific set of circumstances that year — Luis Suarez being at the very top of his game (something that would have happened under any manager), Daniel Sturridge staying relatively injury free (clearly a bit of a one - off, based on his record since), and above all a lack of real competition elsewhere: Chelsea were in transition and poor in their first season with Jose Mourinho back at the helm, Arsenal imploded as they usually do after a fine start, and Manchester United were nowhere to be seen in terms of the title race with David Moyes» disastrous reign seeing them finish 7th and struggling to cope with the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Deny it all you want but since Fabregas left Arsenal our frre flowing football has really declined.It feels like am the only one who thinks we lack real penetration and ideas in the final third of opponents.Also in 14/15 sesson I lost count of our misplaced passes and poor gameplay overall.We've been very very poor in our passing game for some seasons now.For a game like this to work you need players whonhold the ball very well and are possession efficient.Look at the Arsenal starting lineup and compare it to that of years back and you'll know what I mean.We have very few possession efficient players which is causing this problem.We don't have many players who can actually hold the ball and play the ball.That's what differentiates us from the top passing teams.

Alexis Sanchez has played the whole of the season and was definitely the top player in the first half of the season so I am happy he made the team, but since Ozil and Giroud came back from injury they have dominated every game they have played (well, nearly...).

whatever the assessment of last five years (It was clear to me back then that his managerial style would not deliver top trophies given the players he was promoting) when excuses about what happened ten years previously and the budget constraint don't apply his performance this year should be enough to see his reign come to an end... Football clubs that rely on past glories have no place in the modern game... ask villa fans