Sentences with phrase «during off season at»

I bought plates at second hand stores and the candle stix you can find during the off season at any dollar store...

Not exact matches

The 2016 champ seemed to enjoy it for sure, and as a result will appear at several more races for the broadcaster during the 2018 season, kicking off with this weekend's Australian GP.

But, for all this, hockey players seem to see nothing artificial in the play - offs at all and nothing unusual in a system by which a team finishing fourth during the season (as did Toronto in 1948 - 49) should end up as the Stanley Cup custodian.

None of the Niners» free - agent signings was a bigger gamble than that of Johnson, whose history of erratic behavior dates to his days at San Jose State, where he was thrown off the team during his senior season.

Sanchez is coming off the back of a season during which he bagged 30 goals and 19 assists in 51 appearances in all competitions, as he established himself as an integral figure at Arsenal.

The German international has seemingly become something of a scapegoat for the Spanish giants faltering start to the season and this culminated in the former Werder Bremen man being hauled off at half - time during Real Madrid's 5 - 1 thrashing of Deportivo La Coruna, a move that greatly angered team - mate Sergio Ramos who chose to illustrate his opposition to the substitution by wearing Ozil's number 10 shirt under his own.

As reported by BBC Sport, the 22 - year - old joined City in a # 43m deal last month, with the move coming off the back an impressive season at Monaco during which he was pivotal to their Ligue 1 title success.

At the small airport in North Adams, Mass. it is possible to land and take off without delay, even during the autumn pheasant season, when dozens of planes touch down in a single day, delivering hunters, guns and dogs.

In 1995 Atlanta hit a weak.250 during the regular season as centerfielder Marquis Grissom, rightfielder David Justice and first baseman Fred McGriff all had off years at the plate.

The Arsenal injury curse strikes again and what we were initially told was a fairly minor ankle problem ended up needing an operation to fix it, and now we have the usual setback to his recovery and the upshot of it all is that our Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla will not be adding, during the current season at least, to the eight Premier League appearances he made before being subbed off during the Champions League hammering of Ludogorets Razgrad.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Come on man, it was reported even on here, (months ago) that a staff member told fans during a tour guide at the Emirates that Sanchez was off at the end of the season.

Gary Rowett has made some shrewd purchases during the off season, bringing in the much experienced Curtis Davies from Hull at the back, as well as Tom Huddlestone as well as Andre Wisdom from Liverpool, which will surely enhance his squad at this level.

We knew that it would not take long and with Arsenal due to face Chelsea in the Community Shield game at Wembley on Sunday before the Premier League season kicks off next weekend, Jose Mourinho has not been able to help himself from having a dig during one of his pre-season press conferences.

The team's COO Otmar Szafnauer confirmed there will be a name change during the off - season and strongly hinted at what the new name would be.

Arsenal were simply irrepressible during the month of March, winning all of their league fixtures and also progressing to the semifinals of this season's FA Cup after seeing off Manchester United at Old Trafford.

DLo was brought in during the off - season, at the same time as Allen, Carroll, Crabbe, Mozgov.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The gap (if there is one) between City and Arsenal has closed significantly over the past few season during which we have beaten them in the league on numerous occasions, and would have won the match at the Etihad last season except for 2 off side goals.

If they had any desire to move him this offseason (I doubt they did), his concussions during the season and knee injury at the end of the season took that option off the table.

He was Kansas» third leading scorer this season at 13.5 points per game, but showed off his immense raw talent during KU's four - game tournament run.

He got off to a fantastic start to life at the Emirates, becoming Arsenal's Player of the Year during his first season with the club by scoring 12 goals and providing 14 assists.

Koscielny fit for Arsenal opener, says Wenger The France international came off at half - time during the Gunners» 3 - 0 defeat of Manchester City with an Achilles knock but is in line to start the Premier League season.

We completed our fourth consecutive winning season during the 2008 NFL Season, winning at a clip of 54.2 % — even during the «off year» for «betting against the Public» in thseason during the 2008 NFL Season, winning at a clip of 54.2 % — even during the «off year» for «betting against the Public» in thSeason, winning at a clip of 54.2 % — even during the «off year» for «betting against the Public» in the NFL.

Day, now 40, made 100 appearances for Rangers in a four - year spell at Loftus Road, during which he helped the club reach the 2003 Division Two play - off final and win promotion the following season.

It is perhaps too early to come to a judgement over Morata's future, and his position at Chelsea may be defined by whoever manages at the helm during the off - season.

This Season: Fighting off the itch to move elsewhere during the January transfer window was in itself an achievement of sorts for Francesco Forte; by committing himself to Spezia until the end of the year this will be the first season since 2013 - 14 (Pisa) that he finishes at the same club with which he startSeason: Fighting off the itch to move elsewhere during the January transfer window was in itself an achievement of sorts for Francesco Forte; by committing himself to Spezia until the end of the year this will be the first season since 2013 - 14 (Pisa) that he finishes at the same club with which he startseason since 2013 - 14 (Pisa) that he finishes at the same club with which he started it.

Morata has been keen to leave the Santiago Bernabeu this summer, being somewhat of a peripheral figure at the club during the past season, coming off the bench more times than he actually started, scoring twenty goals for the club in their bid to lift the La Liga title and retain the UEFA Champions League trophy, becoming the first club to do that since the competition was rebranded when the Premier League era in England began.

Injury hampered the Liverpool - born youngster's progress during the 2012/13 season but he still managed to score 10 goals for Everton Under - 21s, including strikes against Newcastle United at Goodison Park and Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane in the end - of - season play - off rounds.

With the record scorer for Arsenal currently training with his old club during the MLS off - season to keep his fitness up, it was assumed and seemed very likely that Thierry Henry would make like last season and re-join Arsenal for the third time, as cover for Gervinho, at the African Cup of Nations.

Liverpool's attacking play has been outstanding at times this season but during those early games they lacked the clinical touch in the final third to round it off.

Chelsea celebrated two years ago, and PSG last season in a thrilling duel, when Mourinho's team was eliminated at Stamford Bridge after extra time, although twice during the match Chelsea had a lead and that was with one more play on the pitch as Ibrahimovic was sent off.

It has paid off with Winks showing during his breakthrough season with the club that he is more than capable of excelling at the highest level.

The turtles were then let loose into the ocean off the coast of Brazil at various times during the hatching season, between November 2011 and April 2012.

One year, he made only three out of every 10 shots, and last season, when he managed to sink two free throws in a row during post-season play - offs, he made headlines («Chris No Dud at Foul Line!»

What's more, the substance seems to stick around in the body: Novice ski wax technicians showed a spike in PFOA blood levels during the season that barely diminished in the off - season; experienced technicians sported massive, year - round concentrations similar to those seen in employees at plants manufacturing the chemical.

At the suggestion of those far more knowledgeable than I, during my 2010 - 2011 off - season I discarded my usual approach in favor of Jim Wendler's 5 / 3/1 program, and my body exploded with the best strength gains of my life.

So, would you have any issue with me taking 3 of the testosterone booster capsules per day at my weight (185 lbs) and 2 of the estrogen control optimization capsules per day while cycling the supplements 5 days on, 2 days off like you during a 9 month competition period (race season) followed by a 3 month period completely off of both supplements?

For instance, you could run a two week cycle during exam season, or a busy period at work, and subsequently take a month off.

Some get super fat during the off season (you should never do this), but the main point is that they are able to maximize their fat loss and muscle building results because they only focus on one thing at a time.

I got this chambray and polka dot printed top 60 % off at Abercrombie during their end of summer sale and figured I could either dress it up or dress it down for any season, and today I did just that.

I bought these during Saks killer end of season sale when everything was already marked down two or three times so I scored these at over 65 % off.

At the gala for this year's Peabody Awards, the SNL head honcho reportedly told The Hollywood Reporter that a MacGruber movie was being considered for production during the SNL off - season.

Every team bluffs, sandbagging during the off - season testing, not showing their cars full potential at the early races of the year.

Corvette Racing usually maintains radio silence during the off - season and especially in matters pertaining to driver changes, so we have yet to hear anything official at this point.

Given the theatrics at Monterey, it's only a matter of time before Chevrolet and Pratt & Miller show off the real deal during the coming auto show season.

In fact, she once stayed at a Westin hotel on Grand Cayman during the off - season because it required fewer points.

I dread crowds and hence always prefer to visit places during off season (or at least shoulder season).

With mild temperatures even at its coldest and a lack of tourists during the off - season, Campania is a great destination even during the fall and winter seasons.

However, throw into the mix the fact that hotel prices drop anywhere from 50 % to 80 % off their peak season rates (from the very high - end resorts down to basic chain hotels), restaurants otherwise normally difficult at best to get into are home to empty dining rooms, and the reality that the dry desert air doesn't really feel that bad (at least to this New York City dweller who suffers through perspiration - inducing walks from the subway to the office for the entire summer season), and you begin to realize Scottsdale is a smart, attractive and a not - very - scary destination for travel during the summer.