Sentences with phrase «games led fans»

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Schultz, as eager a fan as he was attending Yankee games with his father once upon a time, wanted to hear all about how La Russa led his team to victory.

The stream is part of the lead up to Saturday's «Destiny Community Con» in Tampa, Florida, a meetup of players and fans of the game.

(CNN)- Ask Dylan Thompson to name his career highlights, and fans might expect to hear about one of his big moments as South Carolina's backup quarterback - like the time he led the Gamecocks to victory over rival Clemson, or when he threw the game - winning touchdown with 11 seconds left in the Outback Bowl.

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But only seven pitches and five batters into the game, Atlanta led 3 - 0, and the fans seated in the Stick's outfield had caught as many of Swift's balls as had catcher Kirt Manwaring: two, courtesy of back - to - back home runs by McGriff and Justice.

In Game 5, they had the lead, might have extended it further if not for the kind of send at third base that haunts a fan base for years, left the bases loaded late, and then had their best hitter this year, Daniel Murphy, weakly pop up in the ninth against Kershaw, who was working on a day of rest.

I think it is important for fans to remember how it felt after the leads in 2 recent games were thrown away, after the draw with spuds, after the 8 - 2, 6 - 0, 5 - 1, 6 - 3 results, ALL happened on Wenger's watch and as such he is responsible.

While Klopp would undoubtedly have been in full support of the vociferous noise made by the fans prior and during the game, he offered an apology to their fellow Premier League side as evidently he felt as though it overstepped the mark with bottles and cans leading to a broken front windscreen.

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Winning leads to happiness and happiness is what every Arsenal fan wants for this great team; I am sure nobody was happy watching us lose games scandalously to fellow big teams.

When the 21 - year - old McGrady landed in Chicago for a recruiting visit on Friday, he was greeted by a blues band, the LuvaBulls cheerleaders and a horde of applauding fans, and later threw out the first pitch at a Cubs game and led the fans in singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame — all in hopes of persuading him to accept the Bulls» offer of $ 9 million plus annual raises of 10 % for six years.

«For now, the Bear vs. Saban is not much of a debate among the fan base, with Paul Bryant still holding the lead (longevity, tenure, SEC titles, national championships, impact on the game),» said Evans.

After all, if you got up to get a drink of water (or, as was needed by fans of both sides in any of the previous games... not water) there was a chance that by the time you got back the lead would have changed at least once.

After the Kings took a 2 - 0 lead in the series with a 3 - 1 win over the Ducks in Game 2, fans from both sides started a brawl outside the stadium.

I've actually been a fan of Pep Hamilton and like you said, this is the guy whose offense helped (really, led) the Colts to the AFC Championship Game just last season.

You don't understand Raj, the fans who think Wenger will lead us to the promised land prefer to come out after we win a game.

Now, excluding the «fan favorite» part, Cole has in fact, played really well, leading the team in tackles in some of the games he played in (and lets not forget the back - to - back pick sixes in pre-season).

Between games the fans were treated to jugglers, acrobats, fireworks, a band led by Satchel Paige and a routine by Max.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

If you've been the Emirates youll know only too well the games I mean, Arsenal would have several hundred attempts on goal but just couldn't score, and even though in times past the calmness and composure of Arsene would filter down to the players and the goal would come (no matter how late) times had changed and now the players knew that if they missed that chance or misplaced that pass the fans would groan or moan, and this led to the tension that has haunted the Emirates ever since.

Head coach, Saul Phillips, who led the Bisons to the school's first ever NCAA Tournament win, was pretty pumped after the game, throwing up the Bison Horns to the school's fans.

In a game that featured six lead changes and both teams holding double - digit leads (A&M went up 14 - 0 early, and Wake led 38 - 21 late in the second quarter), Matt Colburn's one - yard run gave the Deacs a 55 - 52 lead, and what we'll call some physical pass defense (A&M fans might call it penalty - worthy) forced a late turnover on downs to seal the win.

I hear most of you saying Pep didn't like Sanchez blah blah, it shows that most Arsenal fans don't have memories intact, Pep was the manager who actually bought Sanchez & Sanchez only played a season under him (2011 - 2012) n that season Sanchez started almost every barca champions league game, u remember that pass he gave messi & mess I to Inniesta that led to Barca's 2nd goal against Chelsea?

Liverpool dip so low, then throwing away their lead easily during the game but the fan are very vocal and still behind the team.

«Boring, boring Arsenal» and «1 - 0 to the Arsenal - were famous chants from rival fans in those days, while other successful spells from the likes of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona have been led primarily by the team's creative and goal scoring prowess, but in general you need to do all parts of the game well to win a major trophy, especially the marathon that is a domestic league.

Need keep winning, we need be ready for cska cause we need get back into champions league as for fans that do want watch the stoke game yer not true arsenal fans I'd never miss arsenal game unless I had go funeral like really some arsenal fans make me sick ya very bad season but I think we have plans in place or why would ozil sign new contact he sees the plans ahead and likes wat he sees otherwise he would be gone so come on arsenal send stoke championship with shawcross and do job on cska cause we need bring lead bk to Russia and let's get bk into champions league oh and I'd like say if we get atl Madrid trust me over 2 legs or in final arsenal can beat them u wait see it's just or confedence was shot

Bayern had led for 86 minutes through Mario Basler's free - kick, and some United fans had given up only for Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer goals from late corners to turn the game on its head.

You've got a problem, Seattle, when your opponent features a tight end many fans do not know (Tyler Eifert) and he leads the game in targets (12) receptions (eight) and touchdown catches (two).

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The decisions received a mixed reaction from Liverpool fans but it looked to have been a perfect choice from Klopp with Liverpool leading Chelsea into the last ten minutes of the game.

It'll never approach the levels aimed at him by Ranger and Flyer fans, but those playoff wins and the fact that they've chased him once or twice in the past few seasons has led to a definite sentiment here that Marty is overrated, soft, a crybaby (thanks to his stick - swinging fit after the Jokinen goal with 0.2 remaining in game 4 in 2009), and that his claim to be one of the greatest is just propaganda created by Marty and Lou.

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The week leading up to the game, things got heated, as LSU fans found a way to bombard Tebow's cell phone.

Arsenal fans were sad to see Vermaelen leave, but a potential loan deal in January would make sense for both parties; Vermaelen would be able to get much - needed game time under his belt when he returns from injury, while Arsenal would greatly benefit from having a good quality defender who can lead from example and knows what it takes to play in the Premier League.

Fit: With his natural athleticism and rocket arm, Darnold looks to be in pole position for top pick honors despite his checkered final season in L.A.. His carelessness with the ball last fall (13 interceptions and a nation - leading eight lost fumbles) may worry Browns fans who just watched DeShone Kizer toss a league - high 22 picks in his 15 - game debut campaign, but it's easy to envision Hue Jackson finding a way to bottle the flashes of brilliance scattered within Darnold's inconsistent final season at USC.

Origi has scored five goals in his last five games leading the Liverpool line, quickly establishing himself as a fan favourite with his willingness to also put in the hard yards.

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We deserves all 3 point, defending well for the whole game, got the lead, didn't do anything stupid just a Liverpool fan / referee gave 9 minutes for Liverpool to score and 20 seconds for arsenal to reply

They are right.As a matter a fact, I feel myself ashamed sometimes seeing Alexis giving everything, imploring the rest of the team to press, to play the game, to do all they can to win.And the team response?Lazy primadonas watching the clock for the end of the game, being more preocupied for their haircuts, beards or tatoos than running.An army of lazy caterpilars led by a senile, totally outdated manager.How can you retain a player of such calibre inside of this stinky organization.Without determination and spirit, football is nothing, just wasted time.Arsene doesn't understand that, Alexis and the fans do.The fans are doing the right think, for Chileans is already becoming a national embarrasement, a natinal shame having their best player, an icon of Chile, wasting his skill and ambition in such mediocre team.

His all important headed effort gave us the lead in the first leg, while his acrobatic finish in the second proved to be nothing more than a consolation.Regardless, Giroud is still the holder of an impressive record, despite many Arsenal fans feeling he's nowhere near good enough to be playing for the club.Few strikers get the better of Manuel Neuer — a player widely regarded as the best goalkeeeper in the game — and even fewer score against him with regularity condolence to the families affected by the Paris terror attack - the whole world let's pray that no more life goes down

That is even if wenger and arsenal fan can see that he's all round better than our loving baby ozil, he's stronger, loves the game, gets stuck in, takes any game by the scruff of the neck even in big games, dribbles and shields his ball better, gets fouled plenty of times which leads to free kicks, he's also all arsenal.

USMNT fans were not happy with Michael Bradley after his turnover in stoppage time that eventually led to the Portugal game - tying goal...

North Dakota State head coach, Saul Phillips, who led the Bisons to the school's first ever NCAA Tournament win over Oklahoma, was pretty pumped after the game, throwing up the Bison Horns to the school's fans.

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I feel really down when I see how the fans easily change their minds game by game... You can not define who is class and who is sh*t either because of your ignorance or because of your biasness... As an example, I have been saying Giroud is a bad option to lead our majestic attack (is it so difficult to see that) and I got so many sticks for saying that, but after one bad (bad is usual but really bad) performance from Giroud all of sudden all of you calling for his head... Another example is Mert, he is far to be good enough, it is only Kos who makes him look good... If Kos had a bad day with Mert playing good, I give Mert credit, but I never change my mind that he still not good to be starter...

he's respected by all h iscounterparts, and some are absolute legends in the game, like Clough or Ferguson, but not some haters fools, so called «fans ``, who are not even able to lead a warm up....

And who can possibly forget just over a year ago in one of the early games at the London Stadium when we raced into a 2 - 0 lead (which should have been even more) with two headed goals from Antonio, one from an outrageous rabona cross by a Frenchman who was popular with our fans at the time?

I suppose a repeat result this year would lead to the Burnley fans singing «24, 24 undefeated,» but a word of warning, back in 1992 we picked up only two points from the next five games before our second win against Mansfield.

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Spurs fans were left angered as they saw their side let a lead slip, but more so about the fact that Tottenham will have to play yet another game in what is already a very tight schedule for Mauricio Pochettino's side.