Sentences with phrase «come the opening game»

I think that although it remains to be seen who may end up at Arsenal this summer, I'm still pretty much certain Walcott will still be with us come the opening game day, although I can not understand how he would be able to get a starting spot ahead of all our much more consistent wingers like Iwobi and Campbell, not to mention Ramsey or Wilshere.....

Flamini — If Rosicky's chances of making the starting eleven come the opening game of the season, against the Hammers are slim, then Flamini's are almost non-existent.

Hutton has had a decent pre-season campaign but, as we know from often bitter experience, that will count for nothing come the opening game of the season.

Not exact matches

«I know that when I was there in Boston we came down through the bleachers for one opening game.

The organization had never consciously withheld its numbers — financial information was tacked up for employees to see — but when cofounders Ari Weinzweig and Paul Saginaw studied open book management in the mid-1990s, they came to believe that employees would show more interest if they got involved in the «game.»

We had — family come from as far as Edinburgh and Devon, 2 Christmas dinners to accommodate said family, 2 present opening sessions, some good long walks to work off excessive food, cousins all catching up with each other, a bit too much to eat and drink, relaxing afternoons when we could do nothing because it was raining and anyway it was getting dark soon so we might as well call it a day, and a mammoth monopoly game, which carried on so far that someone had bought jail, chance and community chest, and someone else had «banker» debt status, which meant he could borrow as much as he wanted.

Xurro shops are notorious for opening by 5 am, providing a spot for Spaniards to come together and enjoy breakfast early in the morning and late night snacks earned after a game or dinner,» says Chesa.

Rojo was one of Louis van Gaal's first signings when taking over at Old Trafford, when he arrived from Sporting Lisbon for # 16million, but has struggled for game time this term, and could be open to a swift exit should the right offer come in.

Tello starred as Barcelona came back from a 2 - 1 down to beat Spartak Moscow 3 - 2 at the Camp Nou in their opening group game of the Champions League, scoring the first goal before setting up Lionel Messi for his team's second.

We were amply rewarded when we came away from Leicester with a clean sheet after inexplicably conceding four in the opening game.

Although the Gunners have a woeful record in the big games and a change of approach was certainly a long time coming, Wenger admitted later that he showed an open - mindedness to listen to his players as they requested that the team curb its usual attack - minded instincts.

It was an away game against table topping Derby County and after Ben Sheaf was sent off in the first half for a second yellow and Stephy Mavididi saw his opening goal cancelled out, the young Gunners were really up against it so to hold on was good but to come up with a winner through Kaylen Hinds was fantastic.

(2) somewhat linked to the previous comment in that we never seem to be prepared to hit the ground running with our best potential lineup come opening day... it's become so common, in recent years, that many fans actually hope we stumble a little in the first couple games just so it forces Wenger to bring in reinforcements... unfortunately this can be problematic, thus one of the most common phrases associated with Wenger, «panic buy»... this situation is also negatively impacted by the ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the summer months... right now I'm watching the Super Cup and not a single player is unavailable to either manager, including Ronaldo, yet somehow we have a list of players half a mile long that haven't seen game - time so far this preseason... I can only assume this is a reactionary policy created due to the multitude of injuries this club has faced over the years... just another sign of the fragility that permeates this club

In the second half, we tried to come out and get back into the game, and we nearly got gifted the perfect opening thanks to Henrikh Mkhitaryan being taken down in the box, with Nicolas Otamendi already on a yellow card, but the City star was let off and not carded for the incident, and then Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang failed to beat Ederson.

If the eventual Champions came out of this Opening Round game I would not be surprised one bit; that does not just go for Team Maione either... Team Zimmerman has a tremendous amount of talent and if they can figure out a way to just cut down on a few wasteful turnovers and staying within themselves, they really can be the last team standing.

They opened the season with a 68 - 67 overtime loss to Windward - L.A., but came back 10 days later to beat the Wildcats 67 - 54 in the title game of the Redondo Union Battle at the Beach Tournament.

Team Harmelech lost by just two points and really could have come out on top of their Opening Round Game.

They will have an extremely tough test with whoever wins the 6/11 Game but they will have to wait just a bit longer than most for their Opening Round Game as they will be off this coming Sunday and won't play until March 22.

This Freshman crew will get their first Game this coming Monday Night as a previous obligation wouldn't allow them to make Opening Night.

They were a Team during the Regular Season that let a couple of Ws they probably should have had slip through the cracks and because of that they come in seeded # 6 with a harder Opening Round Game than they'd like..

The NFL's week 1 is not over yet, but we have already taken a look at the opening lines coming in on week 2's games, with our real - time odds and found some lines that are...

Every League always has that one Opening Game that is total coin - flip where both Teams play well but only one can come out on top..

Joel Campbell came good with a very ell - taken opening goal, and although Giroud scored an own goal to give the Black Cats a way back into the game, Giroud made amends at the other end before Aaron Ramsey sealed the points.

A Loss would see Team Delts jump them and open themselves up to potentially falling down to the # 6 seed which will mean that they have to play an extra Game come the Opening Round of the Playoffs.

This season, they finished third in the extremely competitive West Catholic Athletic League, then came up a two - point conversion short in a 31 - 30 loss in the Central Coast Section Open Division II championship game to Serra - San Mateo, which also won a state bowl title in Sacramento.

Arsene Wenger's side came in to the game having won just one of their last six Premier League opening games before the Leicester clash, and seemed certain for more problems even though record signing Alexandre Lacazette handing them a perfect start to the new campaign.

Sanchez watched from the stands as Arsenal came back from 3 - 2 down to beat Leicester City 4 - 3 on Friday night in the Premier League's opening game of the 2017/18 season.

Pelligrini's men have a few more away games coming up so if we can keep einning we can only open up a bigger gap into the New Year.

Clemson would like the idea of any game coming down to safeties making open field tackles on Watson.

Coming off a 27 - point, nine - assist effort in the opening game of the series, it's clear Robinson has become a focal point for Miami's defense.

Their defeat came on the opening day meaning they are undefeated in their last two league games.

Now, he did miss a rather open look just a minute or two prior to the glancing header goal off Yotun's corner, but he's a rookie and his game is still coming together.

You have to see him come off the edge on a blitz on third - and - 3 on the Panthers» 7 - yard line only to find himself staring down one of the most elusive quarterbacks in the game today in Russell Wilson on a bootleg play with open room in every direction.

It's hopeless — no lip - biting can possibly dam it now that the gates are open, now that Pat has already brought Michelle to tears twice that day, at halftime and just after the game, and... here it... here it comes... the third wave of sobs.

I haven't served well in the opening set, but then it all came down to his service games.

As wenger said when Sandro came off he expected the game to open up like it did!

Michigan bounced back from an opening loss to Utah to dominate 10 - 2 Northwestern, 38 - 0, and the Wolverines» only other two losses came to Michigan State on a fluke play and to Ohio State in the final game of the season.

Coming off the bench late when the game has opened up is not so hard.

Monday's game against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium was Derek Jeter's last Opening Day at Yankee Stadium and his best buds Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettitte came out to join him.

«This came out of a casual conversation I had with Larry during the open week after the Cincinnati game,» he said.

United dominated much of the game, particularly in the opening stages, although they fell behind to a goal from Christian Benteke that came after a sustained period of pressure from the visitors — Radamel Falcao would equalise on his return to the starting line - up, but United could not find the winner to extend their streak to seven matches.

Welbeck can come good at times during an important game, sometimes it's accidental, and sometimes he opens space up for others by dragging players towards him.

Compher opened the scoring in the first with his first goal in 17 games and had one of three Colorado goals in the third, two that came on the power play.

He felt under pressure in France's opening game, especially as the home nation and the favourites, but he came good and opened the scoring against Romania.

After winning seven tournaments as well as the 2000 U.S. Open, he seemed positioned to be the game's standard - bearer for years to come.

Liverpool's high pressing game will come to not in this big PL game because the Gunners have more than prepared themselves to negate whatever the Reds have on offer against them in the game by making themselves bigger in the game than the Reds have imagined by inflicting on them a heavy punishment on the field of play during the playing of the match to make them pay for the sin they've committed against Arsenal by giving them a dose of their own medicine for having the audacity to come to the Emirates Stadium and took away all the 3 points that were at stake in an opening day PL game without at least leave a point for Arsenal to collect in the match..

When you have had a first - half as convincing as that, to come out in the second - half and let the game become so open, is not professional on their part.

They only registered three more shots on target in that game and when you consider that not one of Giroud's attempts made their keeper work, while their opening goal came from a wicked deflection, you can see Wenger's point.

Finally free of the pain that last year forced him to end his streak of playing in consecutive majors at 145, Nicklaus came to the Bell Atlantic to shake out the cobwebs and get his game in some kind of shape for his own tournament, next week's Memorial, and two weeks after that, the U.S. Open at Pinehurst.

Months later, when Roma responded to the devastating defeat by opening the 2013 - 14 season with their 10 - game winning streak Zanzi was walking into the Stadio Olimpico before a game and an elderly man came up to him.