Sentences with phrase «league standings did»

Chelsea's ambition in regaining their second place spot in English Premier League standings didn't work as planned with Antonio Conte's men only picking up a point from their midweek clash against Arsenal.

consensus is that... the league standings do not lie — the current positioning is very close reflection of the epl and the present day [* financial power base of english football] imo.

Not exact matches

Here you can see how your funds fared or how they rank against the competition, just as any sports fan does when looking up the league standings in the sports pages.

He charged that the program of the Muslim League did not differ from that of the Indian nationalists except that the Muslim League stood for the material uplift of the Muslims while the Indian nationalists worked for the uplift of the Hindus.

The Arsenal forward has been one of our stand - out performers in recent weeks, but would not have been my pick to be Gunners Vitality Player of the Month, nor did he pick up a single Man of the Match award in a league match during September.

Whatever the league outwardly says it plans to do, all signs right now point to NFL owners eventually deciding to make players stand, opening up big problems on the legal front, creating a situation that the NFLPA will not let go unchallenged.

Do you think a change would have us stood in a better league position at present?

They're standing in the league doesn't mean they don't have the ability to beat any other team on the day...

This media hype of Arsenal winning the league is so delusional.Arsenal stands the same chances as all the other big teams including Liverpool.Wait for a lost match and and a draw then u will see how this same team will be bashed by the same pundits.If u want avoid disappointment, don't raise your expectations to high especially looking at a team that has only made one signing!

If Wenger has any backbone he should stand up like a man and accept his responsibility in delivery neither a premier league or champions league in 12 years, with us looking just as far off attaining those goals as we did 12 seasons ago.

«This Arsenal team just doesn't have «it» — and I'll stand on my head if they prove me wrong and go and win this league.

Morale is down, toxicity in the stands is spreading to the dressing room, pay attention to Ozil and Sanchez and even Bellerins body language, the playing for a lost cause... If I'm Ozil there is no way I'm putting in a similar level of performance I did last season if the «main striker» goes missing for 14 games despite creating 141 chances and breaking the premier league record

But where does McGregor stand in comparison to the rest of the Premier League era's goalkeepers?

They planted their flag as the best Softball unit in the League and shot up the Standings in doing so.

Facts are facts and our position in the premier league its a fact but also the fact that we loose on home turf is a fact standing with billboards at games and breaking the unit up is a crime in my eyes we become a laughing stoke as the saying goes there is many ways to skin a cat and skinning the cat with billboards at home games or away games is totally preposterous We need to do things in a professional manner and with respect In matches we need to united and loud behind our club an Arsenal colorful fortress were players feed from our supporters electric form A match game the Emirates Stadium isn't the cinema

«You simply do not weaken your side when faced with a game you have to win to stand a chance of progressing in the Champions League.

Perhaps the overwhelming oddness of the position — the shadows of 1966, the constant scrutiny, the on - again, off - again calendar, the increasing irrelevance of international football when set against the all - consuming Premier League, the insistence from the FA that the England manager stand as some kind of moral paragon — drives those that inhabit it to do strange things, to kick out against common sense.

As the Gunners face a do or die Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb tonight, Wenger feels hard done by that, even though Zagreb player Arijan Adem was banned for four years after failing a drugs test after September's shock 2 - 1 win, the result is still allowed to stand.

They continue that the Blues stopper doesn't want Chelsea to stand in the way of his moving to a top - four Premier League side — and Arsenal have been heavily linked to the player.

One thing perhaps standing in Arsenal's favour this season — even if they didn't necessarily show it in the Champions League group stage — is that the Gunners» defence has been much improved since Petr Cech replaced Wojciech Szczesny during the summer.

of course we should be happy we performed as we did — although the truth remains that as things stand we're as near to the top as we are to the bottom of the league — we've still a long way to go.

I don't want us to plan for the short term, I want us to plan for the long term — I want us to buy the best players we can so that we can compete for, and win, the league and have a team that can take on the Barcelonas, Real Madrids and Bayern Munichs and actually stand a decent chance of winning, not simply written off as underdogs.

I cant remember the last time i watched Arsenal and was happy, imagine waking up by 4 or 5 am in the mornings to watch our matches, I am currently in Japan and it hurts me so right now I support Madrid I cant stand supporting any other team in England I do nt even watch other teams play only Arsenal well I know we arent getting to the Champions league anytime soon so I support Madrid.

Maybe we should pay more attention to the stats because according to a Metro report, not only do Ospina's stats stand up to his current rivals in the league, he is the best keeper ever to play more than 10 Premier League league, he is the best keeper ever to play more than 10 Premier League League games.

If we aren't willing to keep up with the rest of the premier league in regards to paying top wages, then what chance do we stand of ever winning the league?

Say what you want about Van Gaal but they are in better shape to win the league than us as it stands and if he does that will signal a new low for Wenger and it actually hurts me to see the manager of the greatest team this league has ever seen fall from grace in this manner.

I do not know if he is on the Arsenal transfer wish list of Arsene Wenger this summer, but if he is not then he should be, because Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang is one of the hottest forwards in world football right now and even if Arsenal do somehow manage to persuade Alexis Sanchez to sign a new contract extension, the Gunners need more firepower if we are to stand any chance of reclaiming the Premier League title.

But as things stand, Alexis does not seem to be sold to the idea of staying for an exciting season, without Champions League.

As it currently stands, Tottenham don'tstand much chance of winning any silverware this year unless they do the unthinkable and steal the Champions League from under their competitor's noses.

i was shot down about klopp - cos of his last season... everyone suddenly forgetting his recent achievements... i stand by what i said then he is the best team manager in this league the difference is wenger does everything - alot more things than klopp, klopp covers less bases but the bases he does cover he tends to excel in

Not always a keeper comes into a league, into the season begun and stands out as he did.

Am sorry admin, but I have joined this guy's league:p and hope you don't mind us, posting that information on here, or even writing articles about the standings from time to time.

Mesut Ozil was a stand - out performer in the first half, and made Premier League history with his 50th assist in the English top flight — becoming the fastest player in the history of the division to do so.

I really hop that Wenger has been banging on to the lads about focus and effort, because that is where qwe slip up too often and with the league table as it stands, we can not afford to do it again.

I have been reading comments of fans on here, especially those who have chosen to appreciate the average in ability that a striker like giroud possess, my question for ya all is, when did arsenal become a team so low on profile to sing praise of a striker who no one can rank among the top 3 striker in the league, I have seen an arsenal team with a striking force with players like, anelka, Wright, Henry, v persie, no one can rank giroud or whatever his name is in the category of my mentioned strikers.we all have got to face it, giroud is not good enough to be leading the attack of a team dreaming of winning the league, and Henry is right saying arsenal can't win the league with giroud as our striker,,, check this out, man u won league titles with strikers like Rooney, van nisteroy, v persie, man city won with aguero, Chelsea with drogba and now Costa, giroud stand no chance against any of those.let's stop appreciating mediocrity, wenger should get us a good striker as giroud is damn too average for arsenal

«I do not think too much about where Chelsea stand in the league at the moment.

Walking out on a cup final early is poor saying the things after is poor we have had the most consistancy of any pl club for 20 years it goes bad we lose and we show no honor in defeat i never mentioned wenger i mentioned the lack of support in a cup final was sad and by walking out it showed we've been spoiled city did nt leave the semi early last year when we beat em they did nt leave early wehen they lost in league one and i cant stand city im arsenal through and through we won a cup last year and the year before were in another cup final and tempemental fans leave early even though it takes alot to get to a cup final maybe you need to lose more to lose respectable its hard it sucks but its a cup final bigger than the management our opinions for a day its about how you show you solidarity as a club win or lose every other club in england would of taken our spot in a heartbeat if they could of and we lea e early that shows spoilage and it was embarrassing to see we need to be stronger as supporters newcastle does nt like ashley yet they still show up and when was the last time they won a cup?

How we do against City, Chelsea, United, Liverpool, and Spurs is the barometer for how we stand in this league.

Though the FA cup victory in the last two seasons is a welcome boon, it still doesn't soothe the long standing pain of not winning the league.

Was Sanchez nt in team dat got thrash by Munich, was Sanchez nt in team dat drop out of the top 4, was Sanchez not in d team wen the likes of Leicester won the league so wat makes u so sure dat without him, arsenal won't finish well... no Player is bigger than the club, even on his best form, d guy can't boss the likes of Barcelona n Co, d way he bosses arsenal around, if he want to leave den arsenal should just let him go after all wen the likes of Vieira, Henry, fabregas, Nasir, Van Persie left we didn't went into oblivion, we still standing and one of the biggest club in Europe.

Mourinho does however hold a club - record 25 match unbeaten streak in the Premier League, and considering his long - standing rivalry with Arsene Wenger, who he has refused to shake hands with on more than one occasions, surely he will not be setting his team up to lose.

A January swoop arguably doesn't make much sense to the Catalan giants, given that they've started the season so well, sitting top of the La Liga standings and their Champions League group, and they arguably won't want to disrupt the balance that Ernesto Valverde has found since arriving at the Nou Camp this past summer.

While you don't get points in the Standings for «moral victories» in All Sports Series, they showed that they can compete with the League's very best..

What I think is that Wenger should stay to fix d missing tiles, it can be done now, first he needs to understand that you need set of players who can stand the test, like sanchz, koscz, mstafi, ozil, bllern, and few more new faces like these soldiers, not the type of players that cant even give u 20 league matches appearance, either injured or not in form, like walcot, ramsy, Gibbs giroud, matzcker, Gabriel, and Montreal who gifted man u a victoryy they never merited, all this players have let Wenger down big time, but he continues to carry on with most of them just for their loyalty to him and glimpse of flashes they have shown in last 8, 9 or more years, Wenger should decide who should board the ship this time not same weaklings who uses arsenal as a brand just to be noticed but no ambitions

We didn't play in major league parks very often, so when we did, we'd shine our shoes a little better, make sure our uniforms were a little cleaner, make sure our caps were on a little straighter, try to look a little sharper, just to prove to the people in the stands, and especially to the major league scouts, that the big leagues were missing the boat by not signing us.

Fulham know that only victory will do if they are to stand any chance of staying in the Premier League this season, with the bookmakers making them strong odds - on to go down with Derby.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

There's no professional sports league in America that does their standings the way the NHL does.

(don't spend any money as we will just about scrape into a competiton we stand no chance of winning, and tell the fans we need champions league football in order to attract the best players but at the same time only attracting mediocre.!)

However, he is also keen on a move to the Premier League and Paul Ince recently said that he wouldn't stand in the way of his son if he did decide to leave for the top flight.