Sentences with phrase «better than his teammate»

Kipnis fared better than his teammate, as he laced a single up the middle after swinging through a couple of Chapman fastballs earlier in the at - bat.

That's right, in one week oddsmakers have concluded that Ohtani is better than his teammate Mike Trout.

The constant drive to be better than your teammate is one of the biggest factors in the real world sport and Codemasters title replicates it well, especially since there's a menu in the pit - garage which gives a run down of how often your team - mate has outperformed you or by how many points he or she is ahead of you in the championship.

Not exact matches

Cooley, now a media fixture in Washington, says he has worked with few people better versed in sports than his former teammate.

wenger repeatedly use that word maybe he sick watching some player do selfish thing like shooting ball himself from long range than passing to other teammates that already in good position to score

It would be difficult to find someone who better embodies the qualities recognised by the Atalanta's Teammate of the Year award than Naomi.

Seems to trust his teammates more than before and has done a better job picking his scoring spots which helps his shooting percentage, but still understands when it is time to take over.

This time L.A.'s rookie punter, Rusty Jackson, handled a good snap near his goal line as if it were a steaming platter of cookies, his mind almost certainly being more than a little concerned with whether one of his teammates was going to remember to get in Allen's way.

Atlanta can only hope that newly arrived five - time Pro Bowl linebacker Cornelius Bennett performs better than his former Bills teammate Darryl Talley did for the Falcons in» 95.

More analytical than most of his teammates, Crisp offered the best assessment of what the Flyers had just accomplished.

He just plays the game soooo well, and he will make any teammate on the court seem better than they actually are.

But upon learning that a teammate has been cut, what an NFL player really thinks is, Better him than me.

Teammate MarShon Brooks is still waiting to hear from anyone who thinks they can name a center playing better basketball than Lopez right now:

More impressive than his drop - downs, Young read the defense as he hovered over the three - point line as well, and knew when and where to set - up his teammates.

Messi, Iniesta, Sanchez and Xavi (in their primes) hold the ball longer than him (count the number of touches they did versus Wilshere's touches), but they can avoid the opponents and find better chances for their teammates.

There is still a long way to go and a lot of games to be played, though, and one man in the Arsenal camp who knows Chelsea better than anyone has given us and his teammates a reason to keep pushing and piling on the pressure.

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Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

Whatever The reason is Cesc Made the wrong Choice, he felt he needed to go home, Arsenal were his home, Wenger was his father, who knows were he would be without arsenal signing him, its not all the La masia products that make it big, e.g Muniesa, Cuenca, and previously bojan, who was teammates with cesc, Out of respect for the Club and the fans not Wenger he should have joined another team other than Chelsea or Man utd, He wouldnt have joined Real Madrid If It were barca who had the clause, He Screwed up big time, and He had the potential to be Arsenals greatest ever Midfielder and one of the best Captains, Arsenal = Fabregas like Henry = Arsenal, but he messed that up, Utterly disgusted to see him in that Shitty Blue Jersey, He is just like the others and should not be excused

Manager Art Howe's Opening Day staff will be infinitely better than last year's, when now - departed Jimmy Haynes — routinely ripped by teammates for his softness — shared ace status with Gil Heredia, a nomadic righthander who never had more than six wins in a year.

I think Giroud is hopeless but at least he helps out defensively and is a target man who does nt hold the ball long enough for his teammates to support him but he is still a better start than walcott.

Paulus hasn't yet learned all his teammates» tendencies, but after a crash course in the Duke system, he says, «I'm definitely a lot better than I was before.»

he's 21 (younger than Mitchell and Simmons), other than a little bit of Bledsoe has had zero good teammates, no infrastructure around him and still scores a pretty efficient 25 a game.

But fortunately for us the speedy Spaniard is now back with his international teammates after the results were better than expected.

He had a fascinating debut season at Barcelona, meshing with his teammates much better than did the one - and - done (but far more talented) Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

«I mean, he's doing very well in qualifying, he's half a second quicker than his teammate and he's just behind the Ferraris.

We know that players who are better teammates and love to learn from their coaches will go further than those who don't.

With Coquelin back from injury the Gunners do not need more defensive solidity but more creativity and goal threat and even though the Swiss international has a good long range shot and has more goals than his Welsh teammate, Ramsey is the more attack minded player and his goal against Preston will hopefully lead to more.

Didn't deserve getting subbed but it was for obvious tactical reasons so made sense, but he was performing better than most of his teammates.

He says straws are better than «dip,» or snuff, which is what most of his Auburn football teammates prefer.

On one hand, it's just harmless and good sportsmanship while more often than not it happens between international teammates who are happy to see each other having perhaps not crossed paths for a while.

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A number of Messi detractors say that he has better teammates around him than Cristiano Ronaldo or any other major star outside of Spain's big two, and that his goal and assist tallies are inflated as a result.

«He finds space and creates chances for his teammates, and you only need to look at the assist table to understand there is nobody better than him at that.»

It was perhaps more of a nod to the quality of the Liverpool attack rather than Dunk's weak performance that he has been named our flop of the match but the star and his defensive teammates will need to improve substantially if they are to compete with some of the best attackers in world football this season.

These odds are better than proven teammates like David Ortiz (+6600) and Pablo Sandoval (+8000) but just behind the newly acquired Hanley Ramirez (+1600).

He is good at incorporating his teammates and probably a better shooter than Felton.

As teammates go, they don't come much more pally than Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo - well, apart from that one moment in Hungary, but we won't talk about that.

This year he will attempt to retain his crown against a talented field that includes teammate Klay Thompson and three other players who are shooting better than 40 % from downtown on the season.

His best lap was almost six tenths slower than his teammates, showing just what a sensational effort Vettel put in.

United upped their attempts with the full - backs getting more involved as Ibrahimovic held the ball up better than Rashford, with his towering strength and presence in front of the box, thereby bringing his teammates into play — most importantly Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

The 35 - year - old defender has said on more than one occasion that, in his opinion, the France international midfielder is a better player than his Juve teammate Arturo Vidal (click here to read more).

Before today's game, Schweinsteiger had played 842 minutes in the Premier League this season, with an average rating of 6.77 on WhoScored — that's a bit worse than Wayne Rooney (6.80) and a bit better than Memphis (6.72), but the German has generally escaped the kind of scrutiny and criticism those two teammates have had to endure.

Too often leadership is used simply as a synonym for old, mostly English cloggers who shout at their teammates about anything, often as a way to venerate their era (see: Ince, Paul; Adams, Tony; Fashanu, John) which lead some to dismiss it as another nonsense cliché, however it's better seen as players taking responsibility for their team rather than just their own actions.

We don't have many midfielders that are terribly good at passing the ball to their own teammates either but we are, thankfully, marginally better at it than West Brom.

Only two players across the Premier League weekend had more shots on target than Tosun, who also created two chances for his teammates — another figure bettered by only two top - flight contemporaries.

Milner has also created fractionally more chances than Sterling, laying on 44 chances for his teammates in all, which is only bettered by Alberto Moreno at his club.

But in truth, Colombia are far more than the abilities of a few superstars — they are a team in the truest sense, knitted together in attitude and tactics, and as a result have scored a few of the most unselfish goals of the tournament, with players regularly passing up a chance of personal glory for a better placed teammate.

Aside from the expected misogyny of a film whose female contribution is essentially that of decorative ornament or dead mother martyr, All the Right Moves has an unhealthy obsession with how black athletes can dance a lot better than their white teammates.

Preston would probably have made a better teammate in Donna's career than Christina Applegate's rival, and Lowe certainly would have made a more charming romantic foil than a far too serious Mark Ruffalo playing an uninteresting partner.