Sentences with phrase «back as a contender»

This happens in my ideal universe: - Conor vacates now - Khabib and Tony fight, soon - Conor comes back as contender to fight the real champion, in 2018

Not exact matches

Back home, Liberal party members were elated when he was recently touted as a possible leadership contender (a notion quickly quashed by the central bank).

This year was no exception, as we've seen the Cavaliers bring back most of their title - contender roster, the Spurs shock everyone by landing LaMarcus Aldridge, and the Clippers and Mavericks battle it out for DeAndre Jordan.

The scene came back to me on a recent flight to Florida — Cadillac country — when, flipping through Esquire, I discovered the editors had nominated the new Cadillac CTS VSport as a serious contender for car of the year.

Back in January, I made people yell at me for suggesting the Angels weren't as bad as everyone thought, describing them as sneaky almost - contenders.

It's a given that Arsenal can not be considered title contenders until we resolve our frailties at the back as well as the mental weakness that rears it's Ugly head when the going gets tough.

Until gets back in that octagon and proves his salt as a top HW contender I'm calling bullshit on him being a superhero.

If the defense can springboard off of this dominating performance and Kaepernick can get back to consistent play as a passer, San Francisco will remain a contender in the NFC.

While Kidd has been more than serviceable for the Mavs as his career wanes, Williams is a franchise - type player who would quickly put the Mavericks back in the conversation of title contenders.

hehe so the author thinks its gud enough to stay 50 years in and about and just finishing fourth.the way epl is advancing westham is catching up to us, man u wil be trying as hard as they can to cme back strong, chelsea hve just changed guard nxt season for sure top four rivals, man city obvious contenders nxt season, totenham will be there (so mad!!!)

Let's take back our rightful perch as true contenders every year (even though being double digit underdogs is fun).

This follows the Daily Mirror recently mentioning Manchester United and Arsenal as being among the main contenders for the 26 - year - old, who moved to Lazio from Feyenoord back in 2014.

It is up to Arsenal to make the most of any slip ups by our Premier League rivals of course, and after slipping back into third place, even though we are only behind Man City on goal difference, means that we will need to do better than them and Leicester City for the rest of the season, while the run of results from our north London rivals has brought Tottenham right up to just two points behind us and got people talking about them as genuine title contenders.

spend 60 millions in those 2 players and then a new coach too and We can talk about title contenders not with this bunch we got now.keep OG and Lucas as back ups and play the League Cup and FA cup.

Add Lacazette or Aubeyang, Oneyrku and a back up keeper and Arsenal will roll into the fall campaign as a legitimate contender.

Every season you lose your best players to injury and while you haven't found a way to solve that you wishing another club the same curse... mind you they were able to rush back their top players to full fitness before their supposed comeback dates... what do you think would have happened to Arsenal if Sanchez spent the same time as Harry Kane on the sidelines in the 2016 - 17 season... We have always been praying that others have poor performances so that we can scoop the «top four trophy» every season but we fail to solve the major problem which will make us strong contenders for both domestic and European Cups.

Wilshere needs to get back to how he was at Nineteen and be like it for a whole season, get the Arsenal Captaincy by default as the only contender and get off social networking.

In and out of the side this season, Ashley Young is another contender to play left - back as a replacement for Shaw, but it seems more likely he'll start further forward.

After prolonged negotiations, I intend to move back up to 140, at which time I hope to be reinstated as the number one contender for the IBF, unless there is an even easier champion to face, naturally.

As they snatched a W away from another title contender Team Reich in the final seconds when Sam Martinez hit a step - back J with 3 seconds to go..

Having produced a contender for goal of the tournament, he will naturally now be full of confidence as he leads his men into their next game having bounced back from the Wales defeat.

In fact with a vision-less and passion-less board as ours, Wenger as arrogant and as past it as he might is the only semblance of sanity, I don't support Wenger I believe he is currently doing a marvelous job, I support him because I can see a couple of moves ahead already, if Wenger leaves and the board stays the same, we are massively effed, Newcastle will be child's play, Kroenke's other teams are mid table contenders, he will simply look at another money making model for Arsenal, even Usamanov believes Arsene needs backing, if Usmanov came in today, he will not fire Wenger, he will seek to work with him, give him a clear mandate, back him up without pointing at the balance sheeets and if he still does not deliver, looks like a guy who would fire Wenger mid s - season, legacy or not.

Mater Dei actually won that title, so for St. Mary's to beat the Monarchs in the Open Division with a lineup that's almost 100 percent back this season makes the team an easy choice as preseason No. 1 for the state as well as leading mythical national title contenders.

Pardew has emerged as the shock leading contender to replace the sacked Neil Warnock as manager of Crystal Palace, with the two clubs believed to have held talks over the compensation deal that would be needed to take Pardew back to the club where he most made his name as a player.

Every team is now well into the back half of its schedule, and as the contenders separate themselves, the tankers have also fully retreated into their bunkers.

Khabib's getting ready to get back in there and cement himself as the far and way # 1 contender.

Let me hope Flamini will manage to do a Fellaini kind of thing.But if we play our game based on counter attacks like we did to spurs then we are as good as any one for top three.But if our injured players come back early especially Diaby, Frimpong, Podolski, Chamberlain and Walcott stays fit then we are contenders for the trophy.

JAMIE JACKSON Chelsea have emerged as surprise contenders to lure Cesc Fabregas back to the Premier League after Arsenal indicated that they would no -LRB-...)

BBC Sport has since claimed that the left - back is prepared to seek fresh pastures elsewhere, and Barca appear to have emerged as fresh contenders.

Back - to - back FA Cup triumphs and the construction of a star - studded squad have led many to label them as genuine title contendBack - to - back FA Cup triumphs and the construction of a star - studded squad have led many to label them as genuine title contendback FA Cup triumphs and the construction of a star - studded squad have led many to label them as genuine title contenders.

So far, the only black contender on the public LG short list is Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, who was also mentioned as a potential No. 2 for Cuomo back in 2010.

The other big problem with a challenge is that a contender would be seen by activists as stabbing the leader in the back and would start a vicious civil war inside the party.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, mentioned as a potential White House contender in 2020, told The Nation she supports a government - backed jobs guarantee.

He remained nearly invisible until last week when, seemingly out of nowhere, Thompson burst back into the 2013 mayoral field as a top contender after raking in $ 1 million in the latest filing period.

Koch backed Andrew Cuomo for AG in 2006, and he discusses how that came about during an interview with the Times» Sam Roberts as part of a «perspectives» series on the newly - minted gubernatorial contender.

Powers, a tough - talking exMarine widely seen as the best New York GOP leader of modern times, called current state GOP Chairman Ed Cox «a nice guy» but criticized him for not backing Trump, if only as a New York «favorite son» contender.

Nex, which used to be known as Icap and is one of the world's biggest money - broking firms, is attempting to head off a rebellion at next week's annual general meeting by announcing its chairman will personally pay back the # 25,000 used to fund the candidates, including one who ran against Lib Dem leadership contender Sir Vince Cable.

McCall, as you'll recall, was the first black major part gubernatorial contender back in 2002, and he was the party favorite to take on then - Republican Gov. George Pataki.

Former home secretary Alan Johnson has ruled himself out as a contender for the Labour leadership, announcing he will back David Miliband in the upcoming contest to succeed Gordon Brown.

Sen. Ted Cruz, the controversy - courting, Tea Party - backed conservative from Texas who is starting to get mentioned as a potential 2016 contender even though he has only been in office since January, will headline the state GOP's annual dinner in New York City next month.

But he is already being talked about as a serious contender given his impressive back story and his lack of enemies in the party.

MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, a registered Republican, has been talked about as a potential mayoral contender since his success in bringing the subway system back on line after Sandy.

He was touted as a possible leadership contender following Charles Kennedy «s resignation, though eventually he backed Sir Menzies Campbell.

Shadow Education Secretary Ed Balls said: «As the first Labour leadership candidate to call for a graduate tax, I'm pleased that Vince Cable has followed many of my fellow contenders in backing this idea.

The labor - backed Working Families Party withstood what many have characterized as an attempt from its own candidate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to destroy it — but in the process got elbowed out of its row on the ballot by an insurgent Green Party led by gubernatorial contender Howie Hawkins.

However, Sini reversed field in late February, appearing before the Conservative Party's executive committee as one of 11 contenders from all parties looking for the minor party's backing for Suffolk's most powerful law enforcement job.

Kate Browning (WF - Shirley), a popular incumbent who could cut into Zeldin's hometown political base, also has been mentioned as a possible contender to take back the perennial swing seat that Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop lost three years ago.

Even Public Advocate Letitia James, a de Blasio ally going back to their days in the City Council, was mentioned as a potential contender to take the mayor out in a Democratic primary.

Still, there's no denying this handsome period pageant ticks all the right boxes, the Four Feathers director building a suitably imposing epic around his radiant leading lady who, off the back of this and Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, is sure to enter the awards season as a leading contender.

Sticking with the Reporter, on the heels of my thoughts earlier today regarding «Made in Dagenham» as a potential Oscar contender, and despite Justin Chang's lukewarm reaction at Variety, Ray Bennett has charged back with a favorable take.