Sentences with phrase «competitive games of the season»

United's Premier League opener against West Ham will not be their first competitive game of the season as the Red Devils must first battle Real Madrid for the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday August 8 in Skopje, Macedonia.
No we should not be worried that was their first competitive game of the season so they both (mostly chambers) were bound to be rusty.
The North Londoners recovered 3 points from an unpleasant situation in their very first competitive game of the season.
So we are closing in at last on our first competitive game of the season, and obviously if Arsenal can beat the reigning Champions Chelsea in the Community Shield it can give us great confidence going into the new season.
This will be their eleventh competitive game of the season.
Hoffenheim on the other hand will be playing their very first competitive game of the season and they might not be as sharp as Liverpool which setup a superb double header.
As Cambridge University prepare for their first competitive game of the season against Loughborough this evening, head coach James Shanahan has challenged the squad to build on las...

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Plus, just go back and watch the best game of the NHL season to get a sense of how competitive they get together.
Our first league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough game.
The Arsenal youth teamer has made seven appearances for his side this season and with the return of Theo Walcott to fitness hamstringing his game - time a loan move seems the best option to provide him with regular, competitive football.
A week after they got their first Win of the season they fell to Team Jones in a competitive Game.
im not defending jack but the blame should go the england manager for selecting him for the euros, the guy was injured all season and had played 2 games at most before the start of the tournament, no matter how hard you train the only way to get back match fitness / sharpness is to play competitive games same thing with henderson and to another degree sterling for not being a starter with his club & lacking self confidence by not having played well, do you agree??
To have any realistic chance of challenging for the title, however, or even to ensure a place in the top four at the end of this very competitive season, the Gunners have to continue to show this killer instinct, because looking at Chelsea and Tottenham's games yesterday it looks like they will not be giving us any help.
You can not use an isolated loss as evidence of anything — Bayern and Real lost 10 competitive games each last season, Barca got done by La Liga minnows at home, Chelsea had their disasters etc..
the problem is the complacency that has gotten hold of Wenger's brain due to lack of pressure from the top has infected the whole club... Wenger knows his job is as safe and forth knoxx so LOSING IS AN OPTION in the scheme of things, there is always another game to make things right, always another season to try again and this, whether consciously or otherwise is a malaise that has infected the player» a pysche... I have said this so many times, Fergie won the league with a squad that less than half the quality our present squad possess and in a tougher more competitive seaaon
We have scored an average of 2.4 goals per game this season, scoring 48 goals in our 20 competitive matches thus far, and with Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud sharing our striker role, there is no reason why that should change in the near future.
Also, we are set to play Chelsea in the first competitive game of the new season, the Community Shield, and that could inflict further pain on them.
In public Arsene Wenger is not putting any pressure on his players to win the games or lift the trophy, insisting that although he does like the competitive nature of the games, it is much more about preparation for the season ahead than anything else.
It just felt for a while as though this time might be different, even though we had the defensive injury crisis at the start of the season with Gabriel and Per Mertesacker being ruled out before the competitive games even began.
The level of competitive intensity throughout the whole season was unprecedented — every single game was tough and very demanding.
It means Boca have won four and drawn one of their five competitive games in all competitions so far this season, and they are being widely tipped as potential champions in the Argentine media.
I very much hate the waiting game to see who is going to blink first and arsenal tends to love to play this game to the end, for me it is a must that you have the players you going to use for the season in pre-season so that they get a feel of the team in a friendly, but competitive circumstances.
If the Colts are in competitive games «'' as opposed to some of the blowouts they put on teams during last year's 10 - 0 regular season romp «'' he's going to get a lot of touches.
Playoff bettors become increasingly willing to take the points and hope for a competitive game and, as a result, these types of large favorites have historically provided more value during the postseason than they have during the regular season.
So after 4 competitive games we can see the makings of a squad that can't compete for EPL or cl... Bringing in rotation players won't change the equation as we already have too many mediocre performers... if we bring in quality DM and attacker I think we can have a first team to match the best and hope fitness and injuries aren't against us... otherwise it's another underperforming season ahead
I know the premiership is competitive this season, but our defensive record is poor at key points of a game.
Team Theta Chi will have a couple of weeks to get over their first Loss of the season in what was a very competitive Game with Team Rijos.
Last season, despite a 4 - goal blitz against Benfica in the Emirates Cup, he only played six games in the first half of the season, and scored his only ever competitive goal for the Gunners against Dortmund in the Champions League.
Arsenal's season, which has seen them win just 2 of the 6 competitive games, hasn't yet got going.
After just one properly competitive game of the new season, the Gunners must travel to the intimidating atmosphere of Istanbul to face Besiktas without two of the starters from Saturday's narrow win over Crystal Palace.
Arsenal's ineptitude to score goals In 5 competitive games this season, exclusive of the FA Community Shield, the Gunners have managed to find the back of the net 6 times, only.
In every game so far this season, Arsenal have been competitive, their largest margin of defeat has been just two goals, only suffered once against Spartak and they have only conceded more than two goals in a game once, against Anzhi in a 3 - 2 away defeat.
1) He is behind Cech and Ospina or Cech and Martinez for the moment, 2) Poland are in the WC and it is essential that their first team keeper gets a full season of competitive games before summer 2018, 3) His value has increased significantly since 2015 and he is a valuable commodity for the Arsenal, 4) He may feel betrayed or undervalued by some of the fan base but he is too smart a person to let that decide his fate....
Ironically we did the double over them in our relegation season of 2002 - 2003 with a 3 - 2 victory at Stamford Bridge, our goals coming from Di Canio (2) and Defoe, and then in our final home game, and the last time we saw Di Canio play at Upton Park in a competitive match, we beat them 1 - 0.
It may have been his first competitive game for Rovers but his finishing was nothing short of abysmal and there will be doubts over where the Blackburn goals will come from this season.
Louis Van Gaal has left him out of his squad for all three competitive games so far this season, and that trend is likely to continue against Newcastle on Saturday.
David Moyes is only two competitive games into his tenure as Manchester United manager, and his tactical strategies are likely to evolve as the season progresses, but his side's early performances have already benefited from the unique skillset of versatile forward Danny Welbeck.
But, he has failed to meet the club's expectations of him as he has scored just once in competitive games this season.
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Year three season two of Ubisoft's popular competitive multiplayer shooter game kicks off in June and adds two new defending operators, Alibi and Maestro, and a new map set in the Italian countryside called Villa.
Acting as a reward to be dished out at the end of Competitive Season 5, the latest cosmetic item is a decal that backdrops your gamer tag during goal replays, post-game celebrations, and at the main menu.
Meanwhile, players elsewhere who are not getting jail time for hacking the game can enjoy the 10th season of competitive play including Brigitte and the upcoming Rialto map.
Players that continually suffer penalties due to inactive play or game infringements will see the Competitive Play mode locked for an increasing amount of time and could eventually be banned from the current season.
Simultaneously with the release of the third season and further balancing the game in preparation for competitive experience, update 1.1 will bring about several changes to the gameplay.
He's a seasoned veteran of fighting game tournaments, making him the ideal person to lead development on a new competitive fighting game.
To the seasoned competitive player, the signs of a smurf are much more obvious than a hacker: you look for a CS: GO profile with very few achievements unlocked or custom weapon skins equipped, tied to a Steam account with CS: GO as its only owned game («Wow, such dedication.
In conjunction with the launch of Season Three and in order to further balance the game in preparation for competitive play, title update 1.11 will bring several additional gameplay updates.
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