After my last workout with Rob, I had really gotten fired up and had been looking forward to push myself to lift heavier this week, but there was fat
chance of that happening considering I could only breathe out of one nostril.
Not exact matches
One
of the best outcomes
of thinking about a crisis before it
happens is the
chance to
consider your company's strategy without the pressure
of news choppers hovering over your facility.
If a recession
happens to be accompanied by the
chance of rising inflation — which is not a given — you might want to
consider investing in some sort
of tangible asset that is likely to be unaffected by a drop in the purchasing power
of the dollar.
Nobody knows for certain what
happens when we die, but
considering how many gods and afterlives have been proposed in the history
of humanity, the
chance of the christian god being there to greet us when we die is pretty much the same as finding Anubis greeting us with Ma'at's feather.
Nothing wrong with
considering humanity to be one
of the universe's most fortunate
chance happenings.
I mean there is less than 1 %
chance of all the players being fit together as long as wenger is there - he just can not seem to fix it... so if wenger stays, we should
consider the injury scenario as a given and plan our transfers - alas even that does not
happen.
This whole situation
of a young player not getting enough
of a
chance to prove himself, a player who is
considered to have a great deal
of potential but failing to getting first team action, is all eerily similar to what
happened with Hungarian Krisztian Nemeth.
Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass
of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be
considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends
of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best
of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has
happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note
of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many
of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out
of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his
chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss
of Cazorla, who took a lot
of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk
of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type
of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a
chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments
of greatness undercut by long periods
of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste
As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility
of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4
chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that
happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched
considering what we've witnessed for past several years
It might seem odd to
consider that Arsenal could secure the transfer
of Gareth Bale from Real Madrid this summer, and the
chances are that it will not
happen, but if the reports from Spain about the Spanish La Liga and Champions League holders being ready to sell then there is at least a
chance that Arsenal could pull off this shock transfer coup.
Were that to actually
happen, however, the
chances of him remaining with Inter for the second half
of the season are extremely slim, even
considering the fact that Luciano Spalletti's squad is relatively short on numbers up front.
I use the word theoretical as opposed to realistic, although we have to remember that Leicester, at 5000 - 1, were only
considered to have a notional
chance of winning the Premier League, and we all know what
happened.
If this doesn't
happen, your baby is
considered breach which greatly reduces your
chances of having a successful vaginal birth.
Risk — that the reality
of climate change means that there are climate change impacts we can expect, but we also must
consider what might
happen, especially the small, but real,
chance that we may face abrupt changes with massively disruptive impacts.
An acquisition
of Talisman in the future is certainly possible though and the
chances of it
happening could increase should the company manage to become more profitable and / or CNOOC become accustomed enough with Nexen to
consider purchasing Talisman for consolidation.
Although we often don't
consider the
chance of death resulting from an accident, the fact is it
happens every five minutes.
Now,
consider what could
happen if you learn a strategy to offer your listing clients a near - perfect
chance of selling their properties for an extra $ 5,000, $ 10,000 or $ 20,000.