Sentences with phrase «beginning of a long season»

In a couple of years AW will be gone, Kroenke will move on as well no doubt — it's not as if we are about to be relegated either — it is the beginning of a long season — we do not need toxic crap all season long which will still amount to nothing - so keep it at home.

Not exact matches

This week marks the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season, meaning millions of Americans will begin that month - long quest to find the perfect gifts for family and friends.

Long - range planning for preaching can be assisted by formulating an annual grid listing the months of the year along one side and three sets of factors along the other: (1) human factors (personal and public) relating to the seasons of the year beginning with spring; (2) congregational factors relating to the church life cycle usually beginning in September; (3) theological factors relating to the Christian Year, to lectionary selections or lectia continua, and to spiritual and theological themes needed by the church in its life and mission beginning with Advent.

This began a long, painful, but beautiful season of seeking, hearing, and then wilderness, as the Lord told us «Take a break, and follow Me.»

Sadly, I no longer have an asparagus patch handy in which to stalk mantids, but I look forward to the beginning of asparagus season because it is, hands down, my favorite vegetable.

Regan Estate Vineyards cool climate location, one of the coolest in all of California, translates to a very long growing season that begins in March with bud break and generally finishes in November when the last grapes are harvested.

But, as I began preparing for full - blown soup season last month and browsed my go - to collection of tried - and - true soup recipes that I crafted long ago, I realized that there's so much there that's highly sharable — like this couscous chicken soup recipe, which I almost didn't post last year because I thought it was too basic.

As the days grow longer and the temperatures begin to rise, and soup and stew season comes to an end, I can't help but cling to all of my beloved comfort foods.

To begin with, Los Angeles is no longer the quarterbackless team that Cleveland whipped 28 - 16 in the third game of last season.

As I said in the beginning of the season, no expectation and you will live longer.

Arsenal are world famous for having long lists of injured players at crucial points of the season, and we have had quite a few since the beginning of this campaign.

The Arsenal and England striker Danny Welbeck was a long time out of action due to the unpredictably long injury lay - off that began last season, so I can understand why Arsene Wenger has been cautious about bringing him back.

He will be 27 at the beginning of the 2019 season and it will be his best timing to get his last and highest value long - term contract.

A long - term injury to Daniel Sturridge at the beginning of last season handed Balotelli an extended run in the side up until Christmas, however, he failed to find the back of the net in the league and was then reduced to an impact role of the substitutes bench.

But this is also the time when clubs traditionally begin contract extension talks to see if their star players are willing to remain longer than the current terms so I imagine the 27 year - old will be on top of that list after his performances this season.

They have so much pitching, they'll begin the season with a long reliever who could start Opening Day for at least a third of the teams in the league.

Of course I will be gutted if Arsenal miss out on the Premier League season and I am also beginning to edge towards the side of the Arsenal fanbase that thinks it might actually be a time for a change at the top, even though I do have big concerns about replacing the long serving Arsene Wenger as manager and going through the same sort of problems that Man United have under David Moyes and Louis van GaaOf course I will be gutted if Arsenal miss out on the Premier League season and I am also beginning to edge towards the side of the Arsenal fanbase that thinks it might actually be a time for a change at the top, even though I do have big concerns about replacing the long serving Arsene Wenger as manager and going through the same sort of problems that Man United have under David Moyes and Louis van Gaaof the Arsenal fanbase that thinks it might actually be a time for a change at the top, even though I do have big concerns about replacing the long serving Arsene Wenger as manager and going through the same sort of problems that Man United have under David Moyes and Louis van Gaaof problems that Man United have under David Moyes and Louis van Gaal.

The beginning of the 2016 - 2017 season marks the first time in SO long that the NBA will be in business absent the presences of Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett.

If we keep up with this same attitude of being satisfied getting beat by teams like Swansea and celebrating finishing over Tottenham then I can't even begin to tell you how long the season is going to feel next year.

They are good enough to trouble any top team as long as they come back to their senses and play like they played at the beginning of last season.

We have been on a long unbeaten streak as opposed to the beginning of the season when we only won 2 matches out of the first 8 matches.

Henry said: «At the beginning of the season I said I would play them both [Giroud and Sanchez] up front because you can still play around the Arsenal way, but you can also play long when Giroud is there,»

And as the No. 48 team demonstrated last year, when it struggled for much of the regular season with Johnson going through a career - long 24 - race winless streak before embarking on a title run, there is still ample time to correct any issues before the playoffs begin.

Hell, Wenger even admitted at the beginning of the season that this was one the best squads he has had in a long time.

Burnley's James Tarkowski, Swansea's Alfie Mawson, and Leicester's Harry Maguire might not have been obvious England internationals at the beginning of the season, but they've managed to suggest their usefulness to Southgate, and many longer shots have gone to World Cups.

What IF Shad doesn't make much of a difference and injuries start to reoccur, 6 months is not long enough to be able to make a judgement on whether he has been successful in reducing the likelihood of injuries in our team — you need at least a full season to even begin saying there's been a quantifiable improvement.

The first was the long - expected signing of Tony Kanaan to drive for the team's IndyCar program beginning in 2014 while the other was a shocking announcement that Kanaan and his new teammates would drive Chevrolets next season.

«Of course we hope that [Gourcuff] returns before the end of the season,» Fournier began, speaking to Lyon's official website, «unfortunately, seeing as it's a relapse, it might be that his absence is a little longeOf course we hope that [Gourcuff] returns before the end of the season,» Fournier began, speaking to Lyon's official website, «unfortunately, seeing as it's a relapse, it might be that his absence is a little longeof the season,» Fournier began, speaking to Lyon's official website, «unfortunately, seeing as it's a relapse, it might be that his absence is a little longer.

Thats from his perspective, beginning season he proclaimed nothing but doom, but to reach the FA cup final and climb second in table you need to be doing very well for longer than a couple of months.

However, the German has barely played for either club or country in this campaign after picking up a long - term back injury at the beginning of the season, with Gundogan having so far managed to feature in only the three matches for Dortmund, just one of which has come in the Bundesliga.

Barcelona's long - serving Brazilian defender Dani Alves has reportedly told his representatives to begin the search for a new club, with the full - back keen on leaving the Spanish giants when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Rockies are at the beginning of one of the longest consecutive game streaks of the season.

Clemson reached +1200 in mid-November while Alabama's longest odds were at the beginning of the season at +535.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The forward moved to Ligue 1 at the beginning of the campaign on a season - long loan from Championship side Norwich City.

as long as Ramsey comes back with the form he had at the beginning of last season, part of what made him so great was his defensive work, I think he had an average of 4.4 tackles per game back then.

Before the season begins, Brees will have his money & a long term deal, Vilma will have won his lawsuit & be back on the field, Goodell will no longer be the head of the NFL, and all the talk will be old news.

So Transfer Deadline Day has come and gone, and the teams will have to make do with what they've got now as the long stretch begins towards the end of the season.

At City spells of injury have kept him out for far longer than anyone would want, but following his recent spell in the side, many have begun to question how Manchester City's season would look, had De Bruyne been able to play.

The process of even finding a site for a new stadium has been long and laborious, but between the two Wembley finals last season, the go - ahead for a new ground at the out - of - town site at Monks Cross — where the city's professional Rugby League side, the Knights, play — was finally given and work is expected to begin shortly with the plan to be in it for the start of the 2013 - 14 season.

However, it was not long until the Premier League's top scorer had his 15th of the season, and so began an incredible six minutes...

For Portsmouth to record a huge win at Blackburn this Saturday, a win that would be their biggest achievement of the season by a long way, they will need to emulate their performance against Wolves at the beginning of last month.

The North African was drafted in on a season - long loan at the beginning of the season in order to challenge Juve's longstanding defensive trio of Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, and Andrea Barzagli.

The last thing Chelsea need is some long running saga with Costa, with Conte and club officials seemingly well aware of the potential danger his continued presence at the club will cause ahead of next season if he is still around when summer training begins next month.

Looking back on Mourinho's career, the longest stint he spent at one club was first time round at Chelsea, where he lasted just over three years after his initial success had started to wear off, only claiming the League Cup in his final full season before struggling at the beginning of the next.

As much a part of summer as flood alerts, hosepipe bans and angry wasps, close season recruitment at West Ham begins with an improbable anticipation of marquee signings; but, as the nights draw in, inevitably transforms to a resigned acceptance of season long loan deals.

Eating Season is what I like to call the 3 - month extravaganza that begins at Halloween when Americans consume even more of their most delicious and comforting candies, bulldozes through Thanksgiving, when we eat all our feelings about being with family (or our country having elected a nationalist orangutan to the White House around this time last year), continues through the December holidays, and ends with the Super Bowl when we can no longer actually chew and consume all our favorite foods in mushy, dip form.

Children love it because it means the end of the school season and the beginning of long endless days of play.

As NASCAR began the 2014 season with the sport's biggest race, the Daytona 500, one of the questions to ask is how many of these drivers will suffer a concussion during the course of the year, how many of them will have it properly diagnosed and fully recover before they get behind the wheel, and what will be the long - term effects of these brain injuries?

The unexpected prediction from the deputy prime minister comes amid a storm of activity from Conservative eurosceptics, as the long campaigning season ahead of May's European elections begins in earnest.