Sentences with phrase «closest teams behind them»

We would be 6 points behind and they would've already played 3 of the 5 closest teams behind them already.

Not exact matches

As a product launch date inched closer, it was common for a few teams working on the same project to realize they were unlikely to make the date, but no one spoke up, under the belief that another team was even farther behind.

If team members believe that everything happens behind closed doors, they will feel disengaged.

What many close observers suspected about the Stormy Daniels payment has proved true, despite the Trump team's best efforts to cover it up: President Trump was behind it, even if he didn't necessarily know about it.

In the end, I consider leaving my big - city lifestyle behind one of the best decisions I've ever made: Not only did it finally put me in the same city as the man I love, but it proved to us that we make a great team — and it's moving us closer to our ultimate goal: permanent financial stability.

Behind a closed door, a team of industrial designers sit around a shared work desk, each facing a large screen.

In this series, I'll show you behind the scenes some of the stuff my team and I are working on to get deals done and closed.

The team behind the project has already closed the pre-ICO sale round and is now getting ready for the ICO, which will be carried out in two phases.

Tom Rinks, part of the team behind the Nooma films and a close friend of Rob's who is sitting on the conversation decides to answer this one.

Picture getting the behind the scenes scoop from a long time avocado farmer, his daughter, and his close team of partners.

Run by the team behind recently closed restaurant In De Wulf, the all - day cafe - slash - pizza shop De Superette was a major source of inspiration for Robertson.

And a fully fit and in form Ramsey would get a starting place in any PL team in my opinion — even Chelsea (push Cesc up field behind Costa and AR sitting behind with Matic — he would be the closest Mourinho could get to a Lampard replacement).

Staying close to # 1 Team AXO & Co. is Team Castriano who remains just 20 points behind.

Most fans are anticipating that we can still close the gap between us and Leicester but whilst they are looking at the two teams above us, they are obviously ignoring the pack bunching up behind us!

Now that the team around him has gotten better in his absence, I don't think it's silly for the Vikings to «hope» they get their return on their investment on the QB reports still say the Vikings still hold to a high standard behind closed doors.

The dumbest comment of the year on the radio had to be from Glen Healy who was telling Doug MacLean that the Leafs, who were going through a little rough patch (mid-season), had to watch out from the teams just below them like the Rangers, Islanders and Hurricanes who were creeping up on them, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the closest competitor in the Atlantic, the Red Wings, were over 15 points behind them at that time... I just shook my head...

Most important, top striker Eric Wynalda, who had undergone knee surgery in April, proved that he had recovered his speed in a 4 - 0 practice - game victory held behind closed doors on June 9 against a French second - division team from Gueugnon.

(The minimum expectations from above) It's funny how he becomes motivated when the teams behind us are closing the gap!

I keep saying it and will continue saying it, We have lost the one thing that we could hide behind (Beautiful Football), since that summer that Cesc and Nasri left they left with our beautiful possession and dominating football, all of a sudden we struggle to create chances, we come up against any half decent team and they will dominate us, this never happened but since 2011 - 12 our football stinks with no direction, slow, clueless boring, players not closing down but instead just jog around waiting for the other team to lose possession..

Elneny is closer to the first team than I'd like, he's rightfully behind Aaron Jack and Xhaka depending on needs, but they should be the midway buffer to Elneny's game time if you ask me.

There will always be questions raised about what an earth goes on behind the closed doors of the Arsenal medical team.

I'd try him alongside Alexis behind a striker, close teams down and what not, that'd be the highest I'd put him.

With Barrett behind center, Meyer developed an almost Woody Hayesian tendency to close up shop and lean on defense and special teams to close out tight wins.

I remember him chasing down when he played as the lone striker in his second game, he was absolutely hustling the opposition player, he looks behind him and his team mates were jogging around the half way line, he was so bemused he was encouraging them to close down like he was..

It's weird how the people who've spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars following this team took offense to that, especially when the postseason was finally close enough to scratch behind the ears.

There is no doubt that Arsenal are some way behind Manchester City, along with the rest of the Premier League teams, but according to the Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira they should be a lot closer to challenging City, but are simply not good enough right now and they need to invest in more quality players to even get close.

We played a behind closed doors friendly against Jamaica seniors on Sunday which was a great experience for the team, both heading into our upcoming series of games but also in preparation for the World Youth Cup in July.

Rodney's 20 saves are tied for second in the AL (behind the Indians» Chris Perez), but he wasn't even supposed to be the team's closer entering the season!

Tottenham and Liverpool is now fast catching up to us and closing in behind while we are sliding back, which means we are, quite literally, becoming a mid table team.

But one thing i am sure, the biggest destroyer of this clubs are those who are protesting after the transfer window is closed and given the season has already begun we have to treat Giroud like our Messi and ramsey as our iniesta and get behind the team.

Why it would have made sense Like with the Dodgers, the White Sox were a perennial close - but - no - champagne team, finishing behind the Twins in every season from 2001 through 2004.

The San Francisco Giants have the best record, and the Texas Rangers are close behind, but the only thing we knew with any degree of confidence before the season started was that the Cubs were the most complete team on paper.

No team ever won anything without a good defence.Yes of course the odd cup win contradicts this but it's no coincidence that all League winners were built on solid defensive performance first.Take Leicester City.Very good goalkeeper behind a solid back four.In front of them was Drinkwater as a holding defensive midfielder.Even up front the forwards worked hard to close down and harrie defenders.It sounds simple because it is.I think a bit of coaching might well have gone into it which is something that obviously is missing with us.

The team was Golden State's first to make the playoffs in 12 seasons, and it only did so behind a 16 - 5 record to close the season.

So I hope that behind closed doors, Wenger will be preparing his team for a tough test and making sure that we know what to expect and are ready to stand our ground, as long as we do not step over the line.

They took their first true L of the season this past Wednesday Night as # 5 Team SAEs had a come from behind win to close the Season..

Arsenal ended the year in the Top Three as usual, but they are now very far behind the current leaders Chelsea and are unlikely to get much closer before the end of the season, and the reason for this is clear — The Gunners just can not win big games against the other five teams in the top end of the table.

At least by announcing his departure early all the fans will rally behind him and the team and hopefully we give him the europa league to close his career at a high instead of a whim.

Yankees, you are so close behind another New York team.

There are a lot of things going on behind the scenes that we don't know, but we DO know that Kroenke interferes with the team structure and the running of Arsenal... he certainly isn't silent Stan behind closed doors, and that could be behind the unrest going on at the moment.

They can say they're gonna crush the other team next time, but that's actually an attempt to mask insecurity behind closed doors.

We must win points now because behind us we have teams very close to us.

This is a bit of a break in the RFPL in terms of close encounters in the table, although, aside from Loko and SKA, and the gap between 5th (CSKA) and 6th (Ufa), not a single team in the whole league is more than two points ahead of behind their... [Read more...]

«We know as a unit it has been tough and we all had a good chat among us behind closed doors, without even any of the coaches or the manager knowing about anything and I think it is important that as a team we have got it in us.

Barkley, 24, was registered too late to play a part in Wednesday's dramatic FA Cup third round replay win over Norwich City following his # 15 million move from Everton, but has been training with the first - team squad at Cobham and scored twice in a behind - closed - doors friendly against QPR on Thursday.

A team that pressures and close the midfield lines cause Lovren, Sakho and Gerrard to look for long balls and runs on the wing and behind the defensive line.

World class players don't stay around in teams like this, they don't stay for being knocked out in the Champions League in March or languishing fifteen points behind their closest rivals in the most one - sided title «race» in Premier League history.

Even if the teams behind you are closer than the ones in front, as a sport they should always aim to the top, even if they fail to reach it, and that is likely with FI, chances are they will land somewhere in the middle, hopefully for them, that middle will enable them to close the gap to the ones in front and increase it to the ones behind.

With no FA Cup game to prepare for this weekend, a behind closed doors friendly was organised between Remi Garde's first - team and Villa's development side at the club's Bodymoor Heath training ground.

Its the same old bollocks at our beloved arsenal, we have no idea what's going on behind closed doors, who even knows if Wenger has any money to spend, he is just a puppet at the club, the money grabbing bastards at the top create the problems and leave Wenger to deal with them making us blame him when its really the wankers at the top just getting fatter off our hard earned money we invest in the team watching them!!!