Sentences with phrase «avoid ending the season»

With the FA Cup still an objective, Man Utd will be desperate to avoid ending the season empty - handed, and it will come as no surprise if Lukaku's goals are key to their end of season success.

Admittedly, they're still well off the pace in La Liga and crashed out of the Copa del Rey, so overall it has been a disappointing campaign for Zinedine Zidane and his men as they'll hope to avoid ending the season empty - handed with another triumph in Europe.

The Gunners suffered a 3 - 0 defeat in the showpiece event at Wembley over the weekend, raising real doubts now over their ability to avoid ending the season empty - handed.

In turn, the Champions League is now seemingly their best hope of avoiding ending the season trophy less, although there is a long way to go in that competition.

Not exact matches

Come season's end, if the Bears have avoided notable injuries and have developed some chemistry on the defensive side coalescing around the strength of their cornerbacks, they might be able to reach another decent bowl game with a win here.

Man City will need to equalize if they have any hope of avoiding their second upset of the season against the Hammers — their first loss of the year came against West Ham back in October, ending a five - game winning streak in the process.

If Ozil and Sanchez decide to call it quits with us at the end of the season, we can't avoid not having one or two quality players in our team.

It's that time of year when fall sport athletes are focusing on end - of - the - season results as we discuss the 4 postseason pitfalls to avoid.

The veteran midfielder hopes the deal can be announced in the next day or two to put an end to a saga that could distract from the remaining games of Liverpool's season and threaten toaffect their European ambitions, something Gerrard is keen to avoid.

While Arsenal will want to avoid losing them for nothing, they could be forced to consider sales at the end of this season, which in turn has sparked speculation over who they will bring in as replacements.

In the summer of 2014 he moved to Cordoba FC — recently promoted to La Liga — but was unable to help the Caliphs avoid the drop and left the club for Romania at the season's end.

Now that they've avoided a winless season by beating the Ravens, the Dolphins can focus on ending the Pats» quest for perfection, which only the»72 Dolphins (left) achieved.

I can definitely see him avoiding the question until long after the season ends.

31st December was the cut - off so FC's yellow card count is re-set and if he reaches 10 YCs before 2 April he will receive a ban — if not, another reset and then he tries to avoid 15 by the end of the season.

It is looking increasingly likely that the Arsenal and Chile international star will not be signing a new contract to stay in north London, so Arsenal are already preparing for life without Alexis Sanchez to tormet opposing defences next season as we will have to sell him this summer to avoid losing him for nothing at the end of his current deal next summer.

Therefore, Le Prof has to do some Gunners rotation for these 4 games so as to avoided playing any fatigued Gunner in any of these 4 games which could lead to the Arsenal dropping precious PL point if care is not taken which should not happen to us again till the end of this season..

I have lowered my expectation this season to avoid hurting at d end of the season

With the Bruins depending more on the pass than usual, junior QB Jason Voter and senior WR Ben O'Lena must connect while avoiding costly turnovers that led to a three - game losing streak to end the regular season.

West Brom host Burnley in a Premier League clash at The Hawthorns this afternoon, with both sides likely to be mindful that this could turn out to be a vital clash in the battle to avoid relegation from the Premier League come the end of the season.

The former Napoli winger will see his deal with the Ligue 1 champions expire at the end of the season, and provided that a new contract isn't agreed upon, the club may look to avoid losing him for nothing in the summer.

Then Kentucky is around that 8 - seed line and needing to win at home vs Ole Miss, Alabama and Missouri to end the season to avoid falling onto the bubble since winning at Arkansas or at Florida seem unlikely.

Arsenal are keen to have his contract extended before the end of the season, in order to avoid a similar situation to Robin Van Persie a few years back!

While we are on this topic... At the rate we're going, does anyone see us avoiding a mauling like the ones we endured last season against Liverpool, City, & Chelsea before the end of this season?

With Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil facing uncertain futures, Wenger will have to strengthen in key positions, and perhaps this is the first signing to address that with the influential duo out of contract next summer and so they've been linked with exits at the end of this season to avoid leaving for nothing.

Have Arsenal really got the mental strength to avoid another disappointing end to the EPL season?

The extra work and focus on avoiding another disappointing end to the season was led by Bowles, a 6 - foot - 5 athlete committed to the University of Pacific next year.

Other than a season - ending knee injury to backup offensive lineman Jacob Jimenez, BYU avoided major injuries to any potential starter.

Performance, meanwhile, includes tips from James Milner, an Aaron Ramsey masterclass and a three - step guide to avoiding a hangover at your Sunday League end - of - season party.

Some improved form at the back end of last season saw Manuel Preciado «s Gijon finish in a respectable 10th in the La Liga table whilst their basque opponents managed to avoid the drop by just 2 points.

Nelson Adams helped his teammate avoid finding anymore when he blocked a 37 - yard field goal attempt with three seconds remaining to avoid an embarrassing end to the season.

The whole season was a bit of a struggle and at the end relegation was avoided, but only just as the club finished in 20th position.

He is in the final year of his contract and will potentially be able to move on a free transfer at the end of the season — an outcome QPR will try to avoid by making another offer of a new contract.

Our captain is to become our academy manager at the end of the season and, despite equalising in the first half against Nottingham Forest on Sunday, could not help us avoid a third - round exit at City Ground.

Defender Curtis Davies has said that the club needs help to avoid losing Premier League status at the end of the season.

Having notched up 40 games for Rotherham last season, his face didn't fit with Steve Evans and his transition to the South of England has been effortless so far — at 6 foot 4, he had little difficulty dominating the experienced but diminutive Warren Feeney and his partnership with the left sided centre back Jake Wright had seen United avoid conceding for more than 350 minutes before Robbie Williams» curled free kick put an end to that on Saturday, provoking a late rally.

The Albion are set for a tough season ahead but the club is expected to do everything to avoid going down at the end of the term like others who were relegated last term.

«Moving the fixture calendar forward deeply affects pre-season and I believe it is the wrong decision of the Premier League to start on August 8,» said Wenger, whose side ended the Premier League campaign in third place and so avoided a Champions League play - off next season, but will take on Aston Villa in next weekend's FA Cup final at Wembley.

The Premier League leaders are said to be keen to avoid a repeat of the situation at Arsenal, where Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil are into the final 12 months of their current deals and look set to leave on free transfers at the end of the season.

However, it's worth baring in mind that Blackburn will welcome both Man Utd & Arsenal to Ewood Park between now and the end of the season and it's fixtures like this which have to be converted if Blackburn are to avoid a relegation scrap come the end of the season.

Swansea avoided relegation in the end and that ultimately meant they achieved their aim for the season.

Blackburn's win over Wolves was quite comfortable, whether that is a measure of Blackburn's quality to avoid relegation, or just a summation of how Wolves is remains to be seen over the end of season run in.

This would avoid any Financial Fair Play this season for Inter as the squad will have to raise nearly $ 70 million by the end of the year to avoid any violations.

Benteke has been linked with a move this summer, most recently to Liverpool, after ending the season in spectacular fashion to help Villa avoid relegation.

We still await this so called» marquee» signing arriving in Lancashire while the Europa League now looks well beyond them, and although the style in which Blackburn now strut their stuff on the pitch is certainly more pleasing on the eye under new manager Steve Kean, it will count for nothing should they not avoid the drop at the end of the season.

The Belgian forward re-discovered his form towards the end of the season and continued it into this summer's European Championships in France, though he couldn't help the Red Devils avoid a quarter - final defeat to Wales.

He is keen to avoid last summer's window madness when Alexis Sánchez and Mesut Özil headed a list of his players going into the final year of their existing deals and potentially leaving for free at the end of the season.

While the season may have ended amid ugly scenes for Barton, it should not cover over the fact that the midfielder played a huge role in helping the club avoid relegation.

Tottenham are said to be planning a number of signings to avoid running out of steam at the end of the season as they did in the Premier League title race.

Everton seem to be on a consistent run of form in recent weeks and have taken a lot of points from some good sides in the league, and if they can continue that form and even just avoid losing, then they could find themselves creeping up the table before the end of the season, which will surprise a lot of clubs and fans.

The Eagles narrowly avoided relegation to the Championship at the end of last season, but there is a very serious and tangible danger that their luck will run out this campaign.