Sentences with phrase «ahead of the last games»

Barcelona have paid tribute to legendary midfielder Xavi ahead of his last game for the club this Saturday.

It's going to be a big, big step ahead of the last games of the season.»

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When the fixture list came out, I thought we needed to be five points ahead heading into the last three games of the season if there were a chance for us to win the title exactly because of the games like this.

Still, Arnsparger's mind wasn't firmly made up on the cut of Archer's jib until late in a game last season when, with LSU comfortably ahead, Arnsparger started subbing quarterbacks.

One thing going in Arsenal's favour ahead of the trip to the Liberty Stadium on Saturday is the wake up call that the last two games against Preston and Bournemouth have delivered, as long as the players learn from them and make sure they are not caught out again at the start.

I don't understand it — if you want to experiment, surely you wait until you're 3 - 0 ahead and bring on the experimental players in the last 15 minutes, not bring them on to begin with, wait until half time and 2 - 0 down, then try to win the game... Bellerin Ox should've both started, with either of Walcott, Perez... and Danny Welbeck..

Wenger is actually getting it wrong by not playing walcott, this guy is a potent threat down the right wing, sad abt his last season he was on his was to greatness, I think he sud play ahead of welbeck in most games.

playing Xhaka who was bad in last two games ahead of Coq and Elneny?

The Armenian international didn't even make the match - day squad for six of seven games over the last month or so, but it appears as though he's getting another chance from Mourinho ahead of the January transfer window.

OK, so they managed a creditable 0 - 0 draw at Wigan last weekend, although the decision to bring back Leroy Lita from his loan spell at Charlton smacked of desperation, while the Daily Mirror report tension in the camp ahead of Saturday's game against Spurs.

For now, though, we can only look ahead to the match and after a couple of Gunners picked up injuries while on international duty after the Gunners were held to a draw in our last game against Tottenham there seems to be quite a lot of negativity around Arsenal at the minute.

In 2015 Arsenal only just pinched second place in the League by the skin of their teeth when Tottenham collapsed in the final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions League.

That's why the Wizards are miles ahead of where they were last year even though they've won the same number of playoff games.

Even though Purdue ended its three - game skid by surviving the Penn State Nittany Lions «visit on Sunday night, the Boilermakers now occupy the lead spot on seed line No. 3, ahead of the North Carolina Tar Heels, a Cincinnati Bearcats squad that lost twice last week and the Pac -12-leading Arizona Wildcats.

For voters who may have applied the nebulous «winning team» requirement, the Brooklyn Nets have won 12 of their last 14 games, and at 26 - 16 they own the No. 3 spot in the conference — right behind the Heat (27 - 12) and Knicks (26 - 14), and ahead of the Bulls (25 - 16).

After the game a large part of the near - capacity crowd — Red Sox attendance is some 300,000 ahead of last year — waited outside Fenway Park to greet the players.

The Red Devils have overhauled their neighbours and currently occupy third spot, one place and a solitary point ahead of City, who lost their game in hand 2 - 1 against Crystal Palace last night.

Miles ahead of everyone, the stats show quite how good Tottenham starlet Harry Kane has been in 2015, with an incredible 14 goals in his last 11 games since the turn of the year.

It prevented him from travelling to the UK for a Champions League game last season, and so Tottenham will of course be keen to see that situation cleared up first before they press ahead with a transfer.

Are people not worried by how far Chelsea are getting ahead of us on the table?believe me if they have a lead they will keep it they don't have a soft underbelly we should start winning games and not celebrating draws, we've drawn our last 3games in a row I don't know how we should find satisfaction in that!

DENVER (37 - 29) dropped three of five and HOUSTON (24 - 41) won three of four, while OAKLAND (21 - 39) lost all four games it played but stayed two games ahead of last - place ANAHEIM (21 - 43) when the Amigos dropped two.

Even Chambers is struggling to oust the speedy Spanish defender and so when Chanbers got the nod ahead of Jenkinson for the England under 21s last night and provided the assist for the only goal of the game, it may well have been the final word for Jenkinson and his Arsenal career.

Last season he started just five league games, with the last coming in March against Queens Park Rangers and with the likes of Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla ahead of him in the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium, it could be a little while longer before Rosicky starts another league gLast season he started just five league games, with the last coming in March against Queens Park Rangers and with the likes of Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla ahead of him in the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium, it could be a little while longer before Rosicky starts another league glast coming in March against Queens Park Rangers and with the likes of Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla ahead of him in the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium, it could be a little while longer before Rosicky starts another league game.

Last season we had a number of opportunities to get ahead in the league, close competitors dropping points and us playing a very winnable game, then we bottled it.

In his last 15 games Oliver has smacked nine doubles and vaulted ahead of Catcher Jim Sundberg as the Rangers» leading hitter,.312 to.305 Oliver twice had four - hit nights during his hot spell, most recently last Friday in Chicago as Texas defeated the White Sox 9 - 5.

But Toronto was thoroughly better than Boston last season, both in the regular season (actually challenging for the No. 1 seed, eight games ahead of Boston and three other teams) and in the playoffs (where the Raptors, you know, won a couple of series).

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield

With Atlanta ahead by five runs entering the bottom of the fifth in a ball game last September at Fulton County Stadium, Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone strode across the dugout, patted pitcher Tom Glavine on the back and said, «That's enough.

Although that puts them just 1.5 games behind the first - place Orioles, it also puts them just 1.5 games ahead of the last place Red Sox.

Theo Walcott may have scored 20 goals for Arsenal last season, but in this campaign he can't buy a League game from Arsene Wenger and the rumours are that the 28 year old is desperate to move in January to seek first team football to try and get a good enough run to impress the England manager Gareth Southgate ahead of the World Cup Finals in Russia this summer.

Through Sunday the Indians, who didn't win their 24th game last year until June 11, were 24 — 13 and sitting in first place in the AL Central, 3 1/2 games ahead of the Tigers.

Gianluigi Buffon was sent off in what was his last Champions League game ahead of retirement this summer, as he fiercely protested referee Michael Oliver's decision to award an injury - time penalty.

In last month's 2 - 0 second - leg win over Porto, Malaga turned around a tie they were losing by a single goal after the away game and once again showed the good home form that allowed them to top their qualifying group ahead of AC Milan.

It was revealed a month ago that the Gunners were going to freeze ticket prices for next season, but that hardly matters as figures released today show that the Emirates generates more matchday revenue than any other club in the world with a total of # 101.84 million last year, narrowly ahead of Real Madrid, who made # 100.12 m from games at the Bernabeu, and Barcelona, with a total of # 90.17 m. Manchester United are next on the list, generating # 87.96 m from Old Trafford while Chelsea are sixth with # 71.84 m made from Stamford Bridge.

I kind of try to stay as close to the present moment as I can, I guess — in the golf game, at least — and try to take one thing at a time, and so I really don't look ahead too much,» said Stricker, who cruised to a three - stroke victory in 2009, won by two shots in 2010 and clinched last year's title by one shot with an improbable birdie on the 72nd hole.

On the last day before the All - Star break, the Angels beat the Twins 9 - 3 to complete a three - game sweep that took them into the break in first place, 1 1/2 games ahead of Oakland.

Arsene Wenger and Hector Bellerin are the cheerleaders ahead of the game in calling for the fans to get behind the team, instead of abusing them from the sidelines, like they did with Hector in last weeks defeat at West Brom.

City defined «leggy» against Swansea last Saturday and were fortunate to win but Manuel Pellegrini had a rare opportunity to give his players a couple of days off earlier in the week, allowing batteries to be recharged and breaths to be taken ahead of a run of eight games in four weeks.

Nonetheless, last weekend's 2 - 0 win over Hull City moved them above Spurs into sixth, with Liverpool just a point ahead of them with six games remaining.

And we could also do with sealing that top three finish before the last game of the season, for peace of mind but also to allow Wenger to rest any key players that might need a little rest ahead of a possible final.

I hadn't heard much about Beaty yet this spring even though when I saw him in the spring game last year it seemed he was ahead of where a normal freshman would be.

Many teams are still in a position where they have to find starters in the draft, which reminds you just how ahead of the game the 49ers have been the last few years.

«I felt like I knew things (other incoming freshmen) didn't know and I was ahead of the game,» Moore said about the knowledge he has gained at LWG before arriving at Cal last summer.

The biggest downside to watching Villanova bask in the afterglow of last Monday's domination of Michigan in the national championship game was pondering the empty months ahead.

Arsene Wenger has been talking to Arsenal Player ahead of the game tomorrow and while the Frenchman is confident that last week was mainly down to bad luck, he knows that his players need to prove it on the pitch.

its about the last three seasons of mistakes, now if you want to be an ostrich you go right ahead but i have been supporting arsenal since the sixties (late 60s) and my first live game at highbury was in 1972 so i think i have the right to comment, something has got to change and you and AKB have to start to question some of his (AW) tactic's, i have until recently been on the fence but come on guys enough is enough

Arsenal may not have looked too impressive last night against Middlesbrough, but the only important thing right now is to get three points out of every single game, so this win will go some way to boosting our confidence ahead of our daunting run - in.

Arsenal have a tough few games ahead of them in the last weeks of November and so we can not go into these games having been on the back of a disappointing defeat against a struggling United side.