Sentences with phrase «despite being in good form»

Balotelli was snubbed by Italy boss Giampiero Ventura and did not get called up to the national team despite being in good form for Nice.

Despite being in better form than at the same stage of last season going into the FA Cup semi-final, Arsenal still managed to put their fans through the ringer again with a nervy performance at Wembley against a Championship side.

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But despite these academic worries, the film is well worth watching, as is the experiment — however naive — in alternatives forms of commerce currently under way in Argentina's worker - managed factories.

Despite being primarily sugar (about 66 percent by weight, mostly in the form of sucrose), maple syrup contains a variety of nutrients and potentially beneficial natural compounds, including small amounts of amino acids as well as polyphenols.

Having so far made just six starts in the League campaign despite his good form, the 27 - year - old is understood to be looking to leave the Nou Camp.

Despite his downturn in form this campaign, Belotti is still regarded by many as one of the most lethal forwards in Europe, with it only being a matter of time before he surely leaves Torino in order to move to a bigger, better side.

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He's also round a top central midfielder despite not being in the best of form the whole season.

This chap is still young and despite the form he is at Monaco right now, I still believe he is not totally ripe for the premiership; the premiership is a different ball game entirely and even the best players; even the matured players, find it hard coping in the premiership.

The Gunners are chasing the 22 - year - old despite the good form of current striker Olivier Giroud, who has 17 goals in 27 appearances this season, whilst Morata has netted just 12 times in 35 games for the Old Lady of Italian football.

I would have him in the middle as he is our best defender and despite his poor form so far I would go for Monreal on the left where he is more comfortable.

Despite his troubles with his form in recent weeks, there's no denying that Pogba remains an influential and key figure in Jose Mourinho's side when he's playing well.

Swansea did the double over us last season, but they are in a bit of a dip in form, despite beating Villa, so if we have our best squad fresh, you might fancy us.

We have ONLY one main striker and if he's not in the form that he should be (because he's not the striker we need to win the PL) then we have no one who can really seek out the oppositions net, The last two games we have been mediocre at best Im still NOT convinced that Wenger still has the magic he once had despite a massive improvement in form

Despite the Chilean's recent dip in form, there's no denying that he's been our best player by a country mile this season, contributing goals, assists and immense work - rate for the team.

Many pundits and former players alike are already writing off our chances tonight, with our defence looking shaky in recent weeks, and our form matches that, but Wenger will be putting out a strong side today despite knowing that a draw could well be enough to set us up to win on aggregate.

A two - legged tie against the French Principality side promises to be an intriguing spectacle, but while Arsenal will be considered strong favourites to progress, they would be unwise to under - estimate their Ligue 1 opponents, despite them not being in the best of form leading up to the first leg at the Emirates.

Against Missouri, staying away from passing downs is key; Golden and Shane Ray form one of the best pass - rushing tandems in the country — Ray is second in the country with 7.0 sacks, and Golden is 26th with 4.0 despite missing the Indiana game with injury — and the Tigers have been very good at getting off the field after forcing second - or third - and - long.

Despite not yet showing his abolute best form for France at senior level, Griezman is a European Championship winner at Under - 19 level, helping Les Bleus to victory as they hosted the tournament in 2010.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has long been linked with a genuine interest in the South American forward and despite the recent good form shown by his current striking options the French manager may find it hard to resist making an offer for the former Napoli man.

Despite his good form Kramaric is valued at just under # 2 million and would represent a sound investment for the future for any club interested in his services.

The French boss has seen his defensive options stretched over the past 18 months with his full - back area sorely tested and despite the good form shown by Kieran Gibbs the Gunners boss is keen on bringing in the 27 year old former Wigan Athletic wide - man.

Because despite Ramsey having struggled to recapture the brilliant form that he had shown in the previous season, he was finding it and had just scored one of the best goals you will ever see.

Olivier Giroud may well find himself back on the bench in the near future despite his form, with a number of our players knocking on the door for football, but who deserves to be playing most regularly?

Despite Arsenal being the most consistent team in Europe in the whole of 2015, The Gunner's form deteriorated badly after the New Year and they have now dropped to 11 points behind Leicester with just 8 games to go, as well as exiting from both the FA Cup and Champions League in the space of 4 days.

But the best news is that Alexander Lacazette is back in business and we can have more hope of progressing even further in the Europa Leage if he actually comes back to form despite not scoring in his last ten games.

Despite his fine offensive form, Hazard is not in manager Jose Mourinho's good books after he criticised the Special One's tactics earlier this week.

Despite not being in the best of form, Manchester United's Wayne Rooney was the most talked - about player followed by team - mate Anthony Martial and Chelsea's John Terry.

You can't drop Griezmann because he is the most talented, Giroud is a better team player, Gignac has been on top form ever since leaving Marseille (despite playing in the Mexican league), and Martial has pace to burn.

Despite the problems with form that Chelsea have been having recently, they are still in the FA Cup and look as they will be landing a quarter - final berth as well given the favouritism they have been given in this tie by bookmakers.

They are three points behind Atletico in the league, but in better current form despite a weekend defeat.

Despite being blessed with some of the country's best youth players, Southampton's cinderella story from League One to Europa League, has had a silent hero in the form of Schneiderlin.

Despite, Spurs» inconsistency in league form, they have performed much better away from home, something that may be their advantage against City on Saturday, but with the home side unbeaten in the league all season it will be a tough ask of the visitors.

Despite preparations that Hodgson described as «excellent» and a squad packed with in - form players from the country's biggest clubs, England were simply not good enough.

The Germany international is currently in good form despite Dortmund's woeful Bundesliga record this season, but has not been convinced by the club's direction in recent times.

Even if Barcelona appears to be in better form at the moment, Bayern still have, despite the injuries, enough top players to handle it,» said Löw to German newspaper «Bild».

A win for Arsenal would all but guarantee progression through to the next stage of the competition, and despite some questionable performances domestically this term, form in Europe so far has been good.

Despite his impressive scoring tally, Sturridge firmly believes his best form is still ahead of him, adding that the team's brilliant second - placed Premier League finish last term has given him the hunger to secure more success in a red shirt.

They done so by the skin of their teeth in previous seasons, but last season Bolton finished a clear nine points above the drop, with the teams results definitely improving in the second half of the season under new manager Owen Coyle, so there were promising signs from the Reebok club that they can do a lot better than they for the most part last term, when positive form was almost non-existent and despite some valiant and brave efforts against some classy opponents they just couldn't convert their courageous performances into points which would have propelled them up the Premier League and into a more respectable finishing position.

Stuck in traffic: Lopetegui is clearly not a fan of either Barcelona's Sergi Roberto, despite his good form at club level and ability to play in various positions.

Despite the good form shown by Dimitar Berbatov in recent weeks, the Bulgarian is expected to be a healthy option on the bench.

A national survey in Singapore in 2001 found that only 21 % of mothers were breast feeding at six months, with less than 5 % of mothers exclusively breast feeding, despite the fact that nearly 90 % of the mothers surveyed indicated that breast feeding was the best form of infant nutrition and 95 % said they had attempted to breastfeed.7 It is evident that many mothers are unable to establish and maintain breast feeding successfully, despite wanting to do so.

Bluntly, your hope is that an issue that matters to you and to many educated middle - class people (but not to most Labour voters, who may well regard the idea in the same way as many Conservatives, as a way to give unfair influence to Liberal Democrats), electoral reform, is important enough to form an electoral alliance over, despite the fact this would leave many party members unable to vote (and who would get to stand in say Durham or Redcar anyway?).

From Sarah Champion MP laughing at the UAF blocking Ukip leader Nigel farage form opening his Rotherham office, depsite the fact that Ukips increase in support in Rotherham was due to the Child abuse scandal, and labour ignoring it's smearing those who criticised the fact that labour tried to hide it, and then making capital by believing they were better than Ukip, because they alleged Ukip were trying to exploit it, despite Labour ourselves disgracefully hiding the scandal we'd caused.

«Despite all odds, we see the best evidence yet that low - mass stars are forming startlingly close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way,» said Farhad Yusef - Zadeh, an astronomer at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and lead author on the paper.

Sometimes TWICE a day if I was doing a report later in the afternoon (by that point I had mascara flakes forming a colony under my eyes and all the hair on my head lost it's battle with gravity, despite the best efforts from the many layers of hairspray I used).

So good is Cable that you wish the film would've allowed more room for growth with his inclusion into the story and while he plays a key role in proceedings, you still can't escape the feeling that the film would've grown as a whole had Brolin been allowed more spotlight, ditto for Dennisen and Reynolds budding mateship, that despite forming the core of the narrative thrust is never properly built up, making Wilson's mission as a whole less engaging than it could've been.

I pointed out yesterday that Fox Searchlight is operating on a different plane when it comes to turning out the vote for its movies, and alongside the aforementioned surprise little hit of the final quarter of 2007 ($ 85 million and counting), further evidence arrives in the form of Tamara Jenkins» The Savages, which, despite not (yet) having connected at the box office (it's made only $ 3.6 million in a month and a half of release), garnered an expected Best Original Screenplay nomination, but also a Best Actress nod for Laura Linney, probably coming at the expense of Angelina Jolie and A Mighty Heart.

The Last Kiss Goodnight, starring Geena Davis (the then wife of director Renny Harlin) as a suburban mom who discovers she's a CIA sleeper asset, was a plain flop, despite featuring perhaps the best of Black's early screenplays and an able partner for Davis in the form of Samuel L Jackson.

And despite having built many a bridge to literature for my students, they have been, at best, temporary structures, sturdy enough only to pass a test, score a bit higher on the SAT, or write an argument in a predictable form.