Sentences with phrase «top of the league last»

Coincidentally, we were 7 points clear at the top of the league last November.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! In paper we have better team than last season and we were on TOP of the league last Christmas.

They've suffered a string of defeats since jumping up to the top flight, and it's hard to see them adapting well to playing against the side who finished top of the league last term.

«I believe we have a chance because we were a long time top of the league last year.

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Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has reached the top spot in the Q1 Experian league table of the most active M&A advisers in the UK, up from third position last year.

Deutsche Bank fought its way to the top of Western Europe's equity league tables, raising $ 21.8 billion in 78 deals last year — more than double the equity capital it raised in the region in 2012 — for a 10.8 % share, according to Dealogic.

Top of the league table was the Eden Project in Cornwall, which scored 99 points out of a possible 150 for its freshly prepared and locally sourced food, while in last place were Brighton Pier and the Natural History Museum in London, the most popular visitor attraction in Britain, which both scored a paltry 22 points.

We won the F.A cup and Charity shield twice consecutively, had an excellent pre-season winning the Emirates Cup and of course secured that coveted top four spot in a league, that over the last couple of years has become extremely competitive and increasingly difficult to do well in.

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.

The Spuds will regret what their manager — Mauricio Pochettino did at Westfalenstadion last night by resting some of his top players as he has now looked to have thrown away the Europa League title, the only title Spurs could win this season.

Not every player that comes to England to play in the Premier League has to struggle to adapt to the different style of football played over here, but the way that Arsenal's top signing of last summer settled straight in was still quite a surprise.

The 26 - year - old has been one of the top performers in Ligue 1 in recent seasons, scoring 20 + league goals over the last three years with last season his most prolific yet with 37 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions.

The Merseyside club secured their third successive season without Champions League football last term, leading to the sacking of manager Kenny Dalglish, and his Northern Irish replacement has been charged with the responsibility of improving his playing staff in the pursuit of closing the 17 point gap between their eight place finish and a top four finish.

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

Last season Arsenal came close to becoming the best defense in the entire league with good defensive stats, but this good news was smashed by the conceding 22 horrible goals against the teams in the top five, 20 of those on away games to those same top teams (Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Everton).

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.

This season will be far more difficult than last, with the new coaches more settle in the top half of the league, so we will have harder matches, so we must ensure we go in the season with al position intacted.

My beliefs faded and died as soon as «The Bottlers» reared their ugly heads, once again and it was no coincidence that this happened the moment we hit the top of the premier league, albeit the lead only lasting less than 24 hours, but it just goes to show that nothing has really changed at the club.

Peter Cech was a fantastic addition last summer and Laurent Koscielny have grown out to one of the top center backs in the league.

We saw the likes of City being punished last season with the squad reduced to 21 instead of 25, and some top players like Jovetic were left out of the Champions league squad.

What he has done for the club, the trophies he has won, the consistency of top four every season and getting through the group into the last 16 of the Champions League is what we love about Wenger.

Not that any of the deals are particularly egregious, but if the team is aiming at the No. 1 pick next year, these moves could hurt their chances of finishing last in the league and getting top lottery odds.

Owen said, «He had the highest chance conversion rate in Europe's top five leagues last season and Arsenal create plenty of chances, so he should get plenty of opportunities.»

Sanchez, who scored 24 goals in 38 league games for the north London side last season as the Gunners narrowly missed out on the top four, is reportedly top of Unai Emery's side's transfer targets, with the club wanting at least one marquee signing before the window shuts on August 31st, according to Sky Sports.

One of the features of the last few years has been Arsenal putting a brilliant run of results together and although it may be too late for a title challenge this time, we still need to secure a top four spot, as well as having the knockout rounds of the Champions League to think about — and the small matter of defending the FA cup trophy won in dramatic fashion last season to defend.

What's more, Daniel Sturridge — last season's second top scorer for Liverpool with 21 Premier League strikes — has missed the majority of the campaign with injury.

Having added a striker and midfielder, a central defender is arguably next at the top of his to - do list as he looks to rebuild the spine of a team that finished 10th in the Premier League last season and is short of options at the back with John Terry, Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma arguably not enough.

I very much disagreed with a lot of the pundits last season when they claimed we would bottle it and lose the league, I was wrong I disagreed with them when some of them claimed we would struggle to make it top 4 this season given the improvements other teams added in the summer.

Despite the disappointment of eventually finishing in third place in the Premier League last season, Spurs are evidently keen to keep the same nucleus of the squad in place and build on their success last year as they currently sit with eight points from their first four games of the season leaving them just four points off top spot.

Instead of putting its best product on the field, MLS allowed a star to sit while one of the league's top - drawing teams foundered in last place.

Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked out of the FA Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our Champions League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win of last season to enter into this letter.

Who knows, he could do better than three FA cup wins in the last four years, three community shield wins in the last four years, twenty years of champions league participation and overseeing the building of a magnificient stadium that has propelled us into the top five clubs in the world, All I can say is this, after supporting Arsenal for over sixty years Arsene Wenger is the best their was, the best their is and the best their ever will be and despite numerous attempts to organise protests against him the anti wenger brigade has always failed miserably.

The Occasionals, having been promoted last year, are now sitting 2 points off the top of their new league with 2 games in hand, and are 1 point off the top of their BUCS league!

I believe the boss has exactly the right players to do what he wants and that is finish in the top 4 of the league and last 16 of the champions league.

Barca equalled that record in last weekend's win over Leganes, while they remain 11 points clear at the top of the standings this season as they edge ever closer to sealing the league crown.

If we hadn't won any trophies last season, I would agree, but the fact is we DID win TWO trophies last season and were top of the league for the majority of the season.

We were top of the league for longer than any other team last year, we have been buying some really top quality players in recent transfer windows, our team is a few signings away from being real title contenders... Do you forget the unbelievable injury record we have had this year?

Anyway position is not what people are moaning about, you say we can't compete with City financially but we're not trying, we we're the only team in the top five leagues in Europe last year to make a profit in the transfer window, he's tactical decision can not be understood by anyone, some of the teams and systems he picks are laughable, square pegs in round holes no success in 12 years apart from FA cups, a competition that carries no weight anymore.

Do you feel that the immense pressure on teams to stay in the top tier is causing crazy levels of money being pumped in to bring in top talents could end up leading another Premier League club, like Portsmouth last term, to the verge of administration?

While the Stamford Bridge outfit have been top of the Premier League since the first day of the season, the Gunners have had to win their last eight matches in order to even get close to touching distance of the Blues.

United have a commanding 12 - point lead at the top of the Premier League and a solid 1 - 1 draw at Real Madrid on Wednesday has given them a slight edge after the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.

United are in the perfect position to chop and change as they sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League, allowing Ferguson to rest several key players against Norwich before their decisive Champions League last 16 second leg encounter with Real Madrid on Tuesday.

The former Ajax man is in rich vein of form and has scored 22 goals to lead the Premier League goal - scoring charts, including five in his last three top tier fixtures.

The point made previously about how expensive it will be to get the players in that will bring champions league back th the Emirates: It was the current first team squad that failed to qualify last season after 20 years in the competition and it loooks as if we are going to need a positive second half of this season to finish in the top four.

Last week's late defeat at Norwich appears to have caused serious damage to Everton's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League and so David Moyes's team have no other option but to beat Reading if they are to maintain any realistic hopes of achieving a top - four place.

Expected to be one of the top four picks in this Saturday's and Sunday's NFL draft, Ogden, who starred at left tackle for UCLA, is already being talked up as the league's next outstanding offensive lineman, a player with even more potential than last year's rookie wonder, the Jacksonville Jaguars» Tony Boselli, who went second in the draft.

Manchester United made a number of major changes to their squad last summer and worked their way back into the Premier League top four, so here are five more weak links that manager Louis van Gaal could ship out, plus five suggested replacements...

Arsenal were drawn with AS Monaco in the last 16 of the Champions League, a surprise tie for the Gunners who were expected to face a European giant after they, yet again, failed to secure top spot in their group.

The England international, who has missed the start of the season through injury, has been one of the top defenders in the Premier League for the last few years and could yet earn himself a big move.

One of the top five in the league at pass protection per PFF, 51 receptions last year, good outside speed.