Sentences with phrase «league by a long way»

Their 12 points leaves them in the relegation zone, and they have the worst goal difference in the whole of the Premier League by a long way -LRB--21).

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It is no secret that Liverpool have fallen back a long way since last season, when — powered on by Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge — they finished a close second to Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

As long as Arsenal now finish the season in the top four, which seems almost certain as we have Aston Villa at home on the final day, the repercussions of us surrendering the long held dominance of north London will be nothing more than bruised pride, because the way the Champions League pots are arranged for the draw now only give precedence to the Champions of each country, and Arsene Wenger's comments reported by Sky Sports this week are intended to make sure that this pride should be taken with a large pinch of salt.

holding like many other players will have the chance to play many games, we all know it, s a long season so between players, s injuries, fatigue, loss of form, league games, cup games, cl games, we need a fully fit squad, by the way our bench didn, t look too shabby yesterday!!

Reportedly valued at around # 34m by Everton, John Stones could be on his way to Chelsea this summer as the club go public about their interest in the 21 - year - old England starlet, who is widely regarded as one of the best young players in the Premier League and who could make a great long - term replacement for John Terry.

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theleague??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theleague the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague until we are no longer in the race.

The premier league has come a long way since the days of Dennis B, Ozil is playing in a much superior league now with a much weaker side, Dennis was surrounded by world class players Ozil isn't that's the facts.

The 29 year - old could well enjoy the same success as he did last term by winning the Europa League in consecutive campaigns, and his six goals in the competition last season would have gone a long way to helping them achieve success last year.

Valued by the club at more than # 200 million, this cash would go a long way in paying for a new stadium, especially with no Champions League money coming in.

The 74 - year - old then reportedly described Kanté as the league's best performer this season «by a long way».

Arsenal's best player by a long way, led Chile to consecutive Copa Americas and could lead this team to Premier League glory.

Long the envy of the Premier League for the way they recruited despite having a restricted budget, the Toffees were emboldened by a # 140million refurb this summer.

This season is going a long way to prove that you can't win a Scudetto or qualify for the Champions League by simply «winning» the transfer window.

Having to navigate AEK plus another likely strong opponent in the playoffs, the group stage is a long way off at present, but a fall back option of the Europa League (a competition generally missed by CSKA) is a fruitful avenue to plough through if they are unsuccessful.

Michael Laudrup already did this to some extent by making Swansea a more counter-attacking team, making greater use of their talented wingers, but switching to a 4 -4-2 in the long - term would require a complete change in the way they use the ball, ripping up the extensive blueprints that got them to the Premier League in the first place.

In their long way of their history and in total 90 matches, 140 goals so far scored by Arsenal, who's was the last season 3rd place winner of the league and FA Cup defender this season as well.

With a home record in the Champions League that includes a draw against Bayern Munich, wins over Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Villarreal, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille; a proven - manager in European competitions in Rafa Benitez and great support and atmosphere generated by their supporters during those Champions League nights, Napoli could go a long way in future Champions League campaigns, provided they use the Europa League to boost their individual co-efficient by eating easier opposition and enabling slightly easier Champions League groups in the future.

Not surprisingly, top of the league Manchester United also top the chance conversion table by a long way converting 21 % of chances.

The campaign gets its name from the asterisk that originally found its way into sports in 1961 - when Major League Baseball commissioner Ford Frick decided that the new single - season home run record set by the Yankee's Roger Maris of 61 homers would be accompanied by an asterisk to denote the fact that it was set over a 162 - game season eight games longer than the 1927 season in which Babe Ruth had hit 60 homers - but which has been given a whole new meaning in the 2000's as denoting records tainted by an athlete's suspected steroid use.

The fault falls with the screenplay, penned by no less than three writers — Sean Anders (co - writer / director of «Sex Drive,» a long way from home), John Morris (who co-wrote «Sex Drive,» «Hot Tub Time Machine» and «She's Out of My League» with Anders), and Jared Stern (who contributed «additional script materials» to «Bolt» and «The Princess and the Frog «-RRB-.