Sentences with phrase «better than their opponents»

Of course, when you go to play at the Emirates against Arsenal, always in your mind is to try to win and play better than your opponents.

I have given up on Arsene since 2008 I love him but I think he has lost the plot, the most annoying thing about him is his thinking of our player is better than our opponent no matter who we are playing which is a rung mentality because it obvious sometime we are not still not change his tactics for us to get something out of the game.

Not trying to be nit picky, but I think when we are playing much better than our opponent, we should score in second half as well.

One day he would be lighting up the NBA's D - League, so much better than his opponents he didn't seem to fit in.

My motivation is to win titles, my motivation is to improve my players every day, try to show we're better than our opponents.

You all know the saw about any team can beat any other on any given night blah blah blah, there really aren't any easy games in this League anymore... All true, but if ever there was a series the Pens looked several levels better than their opponent in the Playoffs in this the 3rd go around for the Mike Sullivan Penguins it is this series.

Being technically better than an opponent does not win you matches unless you put in the effort and are organised and committed, so when the Gunners came out after halftime half asleep for the second game in a row I must admit I groaned.

It's not easy being down 9 when you are shooting so much better than your opponent but the Bucks are somehow pulling it off.

A team may be better than its opponent over the course of a season, but one strong outing from a good pitcher «'' or an abnormally bad outing by one «'' can tilt the scale on any given day.

Or, in other words, we examined how teams performed against the spread (ATS) when «expected» to be better than their opponents.

After examining Bet Labs» «Spread Range» filter, we quickly discovered that favorites of -3.5 or greater (or teams expected to be more than a field goal better than opponents) have posted a record of 42 - 22 (65.6 %) ATS and cover by an average of 3.25 points.

Olympiacos are only slightly better than their opponents in the group standings, having already suffered losses against Arsenal and Marseille prior to their win over Dortmund.

Arsenal were slightly better than their opponents on the day, but still would be pretty pleased taking a point back to North London.

«Lhota's numbers are weak but they're better than his opponents.

«I encourage each of you to embrace change and vote for me --- but not because I'm a woman but because I will serve you and the people you represent in this district better than my opponent is able to.»

But we ran nonetheless, and for an old - fashioned reason: We believed we would govern the state better than our opponents.

Being someone who has played PRO TOUR, this game is even more challenging than playing against other pro tour players sometimes when you are fighting against the AI unless you manage to draw a superior hand that plays out better than your opponent's hand does (which is highly unlikely, hence the number of losses you will experience even during campaign mode).

Using tetrominoes to create a tower in this multiplayer (local and online) physics - based building game, the goal in Tricky Towers is to build your faster and better than your opponents.

If you win, then it's because you played better than your opponents rather than because you unlocked more stuff.

I tend to not engage in PvP, at all, if either my character is better than my opponent's or my opponent's character is better than mine.

I like the fact that the game has supplied this with the game as sometimes I just want to jump in and kill some bots — I know I won't get trophies for it, but it makes me feel bad - ass when I'm a lot better than my opponents!

At the end of the day, how do professionals on both sides of the bench and / or table overcome them: know the law and the facts better than your opponent, plan your case taking into account that there are always biases, and debunk those biases as you go along.

He, and those around him, don't have to be better than their opponents because they're willing to be so much worse.

Not exact matches

According to a CBS news exit poll analysis, Trump is seen as a better steward of the economy than his opponent.

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP)-- Oil could be flowing through the $ 3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in less than two weeks, according to court documents filed by the developer just before police and soldiers started clearing a protest camp in North Dakota where pipeline opponents had gathered for the better part of a year.

To make your business better than your competition, you also need to learn the tactics and strategies your opponents use so that you can do it better to win over your customers.

Most industries are much smaller than you'd think, so treating everyone — even your opponents — with respect is a good rule to live by, especially since you might end up working together one day.

Not because the BC Liberals won — political opponents have to accept that some times the other team had a superior campaign than your own, more ideas, a more effective leader or just did a better job.

During elections, all political parties try to «produce» numbers that show their proposed policies are better than the proposed policies of their opponents.

It is a little disconcerting to think of Tietjen harboring, for better than a decade, this story with its suggestion that his opponents were comparable to Nazis.

They know better than to tug on an opponent's jersey, run out the clock or take a dive to fake a foul.

Romney has taken the time to inform himself about the issues to the point that he can argue both sides of any issue better than most of his Republican opponents can argue any side of anything.

What better foundation than to have a «common belief system» through religion, or to have or reinforce (or even invent) a common prejudice regarding someone else's religion to generate distrust towards that opponent?

Land said he worried that when President Barack Obama's re-election campaign looks at the polling numbers, they will realize that Obama «has got no choice if he wants to get re-elected but to take the focus off of issues and start saying, «Well, my opponent's worse than I would be.»»

It use to be about how to best serve the nation, and now it seems to be mostly about getting more of your pieces on the board than your opponent.

«Over a number of decades we were political opponents and held very different views on many, many issues but the one thing we were absolutely united on was the principle that our people were better able to govern themselves than any British government.

Ox is younger, he is also much better at dribbling past opponents and is more robust than Theo.

Rooney, though, feels it was his opponent's management of the referee and game which brought them the result, rather than a good performance.

Boston College also lands at No. 5 by spanking UMass, which is a better opponent than most faced in Week 1.

If your opponent is better than you then learn from his strengths and exploit his weaknesses.

@kev I agree with you some arsenal fans have a tendecy of comparing our players with those of our opponents have signed siting they ai nt gud enough surely how can you say walcott is better than pedro I heard someone say monreal is better than azpili haha

We have the best midfielders EPL and I would go and say outfield players too but we are not using them properly MR Wenger do sent change tactics to suit opponents and never seems to want to change tactics during a match he likes to play safe and sates comfortably converting with his assistance with nothing much than calm sometimes it back fires with losing by 8 goals and that is what drives me crazy with MR Wenger

Far far more talented players than jack receive harsher treatment than he does.He has weak ankles and opponents know this and make a beeline for them.Weak ankles are not a good asset if your a professional footballer.His only hope is a withdrawn role and even then he will have joined a long list of injury prone players.

Throw in the relievers limiting opponents to a.235 /.298 /.376 line — just slightly better than what the starters have done — and Cleveland's stellar run differential over 82 games makes even more sense.

Sanchez was at his best every time Giroud comes off the bench as Alexis loves being part of an attacking build up and team work in transition to the opponent's goal rather than ball watching and waiting for ball in the central position.

we cant beat good United teams or bad ones because we always find a way to do worse than the opponent.

Our team yesterday was more than strong enough for Benfica however, earning a 5 - 2 win to put us top of the table going into the final game, and due to earning a point per goal as well as three for a win, we are currently clear of today's opponents by four points already.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, I find that (1) it is better to lose later in the season than earlier, (2) AP voters do not pay attention to the strength of a defeated opponent, and (3) the benefit of winning by a large margin is negligible.

I would never say that one of my opponents is better than me.

This was better from Wenger, any slight edge can make a difference, even if it is just mentally like giving you're lads a boost or the talking about it in media getting into our opponents heads more than it would've done otherwise.