Sentences with phrase «league are long shots»

Not exact matches

If we win, we'll go to the Little League World Series (an international competition), though between you all and me, that's really a long shot!

This wasn't our best performance by a long shot, but the festive period is famous for throwing up shocks, such as a small club like Tottenham managing to gain only their fifth ever league win over the league leaders Chelsea.

Winning the UCL and the premier league now are a long shot and without the FA Cup, all we have to look forward to is next season.

guy couldnt pass the ball wright, can not shot, not just he missing chances but he miss the ball all the time, slowing the tempo, no pace no speed old story, on one on one no way he can pass the player, dribble like my grandma... and you tell me how the guy with this attributes can be no. 1 striker and play in the best league in the world and probably one of the best clubs in the world... as long as i am alive i would ask myself how giroud stray in arsenal and be no. 1 striker... even my little cousin make a jokes about him, its obvious like a day... guy is laughingstock!!!

We really should have got a draw with a great chance in the final minutes but Iwobi's shot hit a foot and that was that and it is a blow to our Premier League title hopes but not a knockout one as long as we now pick ourselves up for the away clash with Man City on Sunday.

This league will be won with 77 - 80 points max and if the top 4 remains the same I for one will laugh long and hard (yes, shoot me down, I would prefer THFC to get a top 4 slot instead of any one of Chelsea, United or Pool).

There are other players with hard slap shots in the league — Brett Hull in St. Louis, Al Iafrate in Washington, Stephane Richer in New Jersey are near the top of the list — but MacInnis's shot seems to be universally considered the scariest long - distance weapon.

Long passes and long shots on goal is nothing in Premier leaLong passes and long shots on goal is nothing in Premier lealong shots on goal is nothing in Premier league.

Arsenal MUST be careful themselves not to drop any point too in our remaining 9 Barclays Premier League outings to stand a long shot possible chance of lifting the title trophy at the end of this season.

the stand out free agent is 30 * jonas free agent 80 - 82rating prev valencia main striker worth 11m champ League 14app = 8g, 5 ass la liga113app = 36g / 16ass excellent = ball control, very good = dribble, preditor, long shots good = finishing, positioning, vision decent = free kick, speed, passing last season comparison; # ave 0.87 shots outside area better than giroud # 39 % take ons better than giroud not far from welbeck # 56 % shot accuracy would rival the best finishers in the prem.

We also pointed out that there were two intriguing long shot candidates in the American League: Jose Bautista (+2500) and Jose Abreu (+3300).

To me winning the Europa league was always a long shot.

Justin Holiday is part of a long and proud lineage of Bulls players that started the year knowing they were playing for a bad team and figured they'd up their standing in the league and take as many shots as possible.

On top of that Wenger is the most experienced manager in this league by a long shot, in other words the last three to four seasons, as a team, we have had the most stability.

Teams around the league were scoring at incredible rates because long - range shooting was no longer some passive threat.

30 * jonas free agent 7.9 - 8.2 / 10 striker prev valencia main striker, but due to the non eu quota he hadto be terminated worth 11m champ League 14app = 8g, 5 ass la liga113app = 36g / 16ass excellent = ball control, very good = dribble, preditor, long shots good = finishing, positioning, vision decent = free kick, speed, passing last season comparison; # ave 0.87 shots outside area better than giroud # 39 % take ons better than giroud not far from welbeck # 56 % shot accuracy would rival the best finishers in the prem.

I agree tho many fans who cant read games like those who played it a long time (no offence) but reading a game is half the battle and as someone who played for 25 years tho not the best teams or leagues i still know what its about and have watched 30 years now of ball on tv i can say we are a disgrace at the back how many stray passes Xhaca alone made is a joke i can only hope something changes cause we need it i love us dominating teams but when we got 70 % possesion and only 1 shot on target its a joke.sry lad s but enoughs enough Wenger had his day its over now time to move on...................

VERDICT: It is obviously a long shot, but if anyone can use his vast managerial experience, and unique character, to get a lower league side to Wembley, it's Redknapp.

The Reds are out of the running for any silverware while even the prospect of European football next season is becoming more and more of a long - shot, with fifth - placed Spurs five - points clear having played one game fewer while Man City are nine - points further up the table in fourth, with Roberto Mancini's men clinging onto that elusive Champions League berth for dear life.

Acquiring Pogba still looks like a long shot given that Chelsea will most likely be without Champions League football next season, but Conte's experience of working with the player in the past means a move to Stamford Bridge can not be completely ruled out.

Christian Eriksen rocketed home the equaliser from long range on the stroke of half - time, Dele expertly controlled Eric Dier's long ball forward and finished past Willy Caballero before the same player slid home in the wake of Heung - Min Son's low shot being saved on what was the midfielder's 100th Premier League appearance.

So, whereas I was of the opinion that heading into Monday's encounter no longer top of the league would have a negative effect on the team, it will instead empower them with so much reassurance and positivity that any sort of result would be enough to keep them on course for the title, but it does also mean they're there to be shot at so don't be at all surprised if United come sprinting out of the blocks this evening and put the Gunners to the sword very early on as don't forget, United had top - spot stolen away from them because of the recent bout of adverse weather.

Kane can score all kinds of goals, be it tap ins, headers or long shots, and he isn't afraid to shoot either, having had at least 50 % more shots in the past Premier League season than any other player in the lLeague season than any other player in the leagueleague.

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Although it looks like a long - shot, if Tottenham could pull this deal off, then he would be an excellent addition to the squad, taking the pressure off the likes of Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen, and would provide that all important squad depth that has eluded Spurs in the last few seasons as they prepare for their latest stint in the Champions League.

Hos shot accuracy is better than some forwards out there with 63 % being on target, which could suggest he will help his team to pick the Spanish team apart, which would be long overdue and well received at this stage of the season with Champions league football looking a distant prospect — with United still in with two chances of achieving their ambition, preferably with another trophy bagged in Sweden.

Conte sent on teenager Ethan Ampadu for his Premier League debut in the closing stages, while a long - range shot from Town midfielder Danny Williams was deflected narrowly wide off Depoitre.

Having finished last season in fourth - place, Fiorentina will undoubtedly be targeting a spot in the top three this year in order to enjoy Champions League football — and the latest European odds on the betfair website suggest they have a fair shot — but can Rossi stay fit long enough to fire them there?

Chelsea remain 7/2 shots for his signature but anyone else is considered an outsider (6/1 or longer) in the race to sign one of the Premier League's best centre - halves.

Both of their league home wins this term have been by a 2 - 0 scoreline, but that's going to be a long shot for this one against the Champions elect.

It doesn't seem that long ago that the Premier League season was beginning but as we reach its final day, the game between Aston Villa and Burnley will be effectively nothing more than a shoot around.

«The Hangover» isn't in the same league by a long shot, but it is an amiably warped romp that suggests what you might have wound up with had Hunter Thompson been hired to do the script for a Hollywood buddy film: drugs, heavy drinking, a road trip, Las Vegas — it's even got its share of fear and loathing.

Uplifting «Rocky» sequel «Creed» might have been a long shot for Best Picture (though it's leagues ahead of, say, «The Big Short»), but upcoming star Michael B Jordan surely deserved it more than usual suspects like Michael Fassbender and Eddie Redmayne, who have had their shot.