Sentences with phrase «early in a given season»

Summary: BYU is one of the steadiest entities in college football, typically combining a top - 30 defense with a top - 60 offense, splitting with power conference teams early in a given season, and romping over lesser teams late.

Not exact matches

Mark McGowan will be hoping the early favourable reception given to the new 60,000 - seat Optus Stadium on the Burswood Peninsula can be sustained during the AFL season starting in March.

Neely had struggled in his early seasons, in part because the coaching staff gave him few chances to play with Vancouver's best players.

I often stir some fresh tarragon into the sauce right before serving, but it was too early in the season, given our late snow storms — my herbs are just now beginning to emerge.

And now that it's officially grilling season, I couldn't wait to get some veggies cooking over smoky heat, and give my beautiful homegrown romaine a starring role in a grand early summer salad.

We've been hard to beat at times, which is good, and we have shown that never - give - up attitude — especially earlier in the season when we nicked a late winner against Crystal Palace and came back to draw at Everton.

STOP complaining and give it a chance, it's early in the season.

Have to say as well, if we'd used this 3 4 3 earlier in the season, we could have given Chelsea a run for their money.

It's just that he's looked close in these past two starts, which is an absurd statement to make given how early in the year it is and where he's been the last few seasons.

If we were to entertain the idea of negotiating with other drivers (this early in the season), then we wouldn't be giving him (Bottas) the right support.

I've always maintained my stance that Arsene Wenger loves French players in his team than any other players.No matter how average you are once you're French and once you're in the first team he tends to give you so many chances to prove yourself.I can start mentioning them if you want me to but I know you know them.If Lucas Perez was French he wouldn't have been out so early believe me.I just don't know where to begin.Was Giroud bought to become a super sub or to be the leading striker?Having giving us many sesons of failure people are now content with him being a so called super sub.A player like Giroud is not built for that kind of role.He ws a super sub in 99 % of those matches because he was not played when he was supposed to and we needed presence in the air.The funny thing is people are using only this season to label him as a super sub.There were so many matched that Wenger should have started Giroud but for some reason didn't start him.I only see Arsenal as the top club who'd be crying over Giroud.If a good offer comes we should sell.

I don't give them a chance in Mexico next week, but at least it's early enough in the MLS season that they won't dig themselves too deep of a hole

Let him build his confidence early in the season by seeing limited starts, let him focus on the details and then start giving him the lions share.

Antoine Walker took his game into the paint and gave Boston an early edge over the 76ers The experts were sure the Celtics were going to make a quick exit in the playoffs, and the reasons were obvious: Power forward Antoine Walker would hoist too many three - pointers; he and three of his fellow starters had no postseason experience; and their first - round opponents were the Eastern Conference champion 76ers, who had gone 10 - 2 against Boston over the past three seasons.

... Playing one of their most complete games of the season, the Bulldogs looked like the team that earlier this month won in overtime at Florida and upset Tennessee at home, but they gave away momentum with a loss earlier this week at South Carolina.

Rumours of a leak from the dressing room earlier in the season were attributed to him, though he denied it, and has since been accused of giving up when not picked in the first team.

Even more important for us could be the fact that we also play them in the league pretty early, on September 17th, and so getting a good start to the season while they argue amongst themselves could really give the Gunners a big boost in our hunt for the title don't you think?

answer, «no doubt, and maybe the best team since January 1, if not for key injuries early in the season, they would have given chelsea a run for thier money» I fully agree, now lets go get 2nd and the FA silverware, we are back!

Unless he can find a system that allows him to field all four, it could lead to some difficult questions being asked with Suarez arguably the most at risk given his age, poor form early on this season and with Griezmann playing in the same position.

my prediction for them is they will be compared to a pro OL very early in the season and establish themselves as road graters while giving Lefty time in the pocket to make his throws.

It is not how the big striker started the season, of course, but Arsene Wenger did not have a lot of choice but to give Theo Walcott a chance after Giroud fluffed his lines in those early games.

Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.

Vito Mannone filled in for the Polish keeper earlier in the season but is not considered to be capable of giving Szczesny serious competition long - term.

The Spain international single - handedly gave United a win at Arsenal earlier in the season, and has also pulled off what looked like impossible stops to earn 0 - 0 draws with Liverpool and Sevilla.

if we protest at the early part of the season, people will say give the team a chance to get in their stride 3.

The Argentine striker will now be suspended in the coming weeks, and given that he had moved to 30 goals for the season with his earlier strike, it remains to be seen how his teammates cope with his absence.

Le Prof was slammed on this website for giving up so early in the season, and now it seems that he has changed his tune after Sunderland managed to restrict Jose Mourinho's team to a 0 - 0 draw this weekend.

The way that Dortmund play and the way that they gave the Gunners a footballing lesson in Germany earlier this season has really impressed Parlour, who is also well aware that the job of replacing Wenger is going to be a very difficult one for whoever gets the job, just as Man United are feeling the pain of trying to replace their own long serving boss.

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

When Bellerin first came into the side he not only defended well but was always so dangerous going forward.His pace and ability to go outside his marker gave us an attacking outlet that allowed us to play without a recognised right sided attacker which coincided with Walcott getting less and less game time.We all thought this boy was going to turn into someone very special and so obviously did the management who apparently renewed his contract on a reputed # 100k per week.What have we seen since then?A player that seems as indecisive and under coached as the rest of the defenders at the club.A player that has rarely delivered a performance that reflected his initial early form.A player whose body language seems to display his displeasure at being at our club when Barcelona reputedly offered # 40m for him in the close season.

The 18 year Nelson was promoted to the first team this season, but has only made 5 starts in the Europa League and League Cup early rounds but despite impressing everyone he has hardly been given his fair share of opportunities.

At least if we signed major transfer targets early in the window, then we'd be able to integrate them into the team before the season starts, giving us something to get excited about.

In fact, our early season injury problems gave Chambers plenty of chances to impress and he did that well, both at centre back and right back.

I hope Ramsey does play well but the truth is, he can not spread passes the way Cazorla does, he can not hold the ball well in tight spaces, time and time he has been given chances to do that but the result has been the same, remember the West ham game earlier this season, we were without bite and toothless, I do hope he proves me wrong this time.

His 3 year extension was a bit too much for me, and giving him another 2 so early in the season is premature.

We need to be screaming for our team next week at the Emirates we can be the 12th man in the squad (same we gave a war cry vs Man utd earlier this season) Lets cheer our boys on to victory

We always seem to improve drastically in the second haf of the season, so surely it's much too early for us all to give up?

The huge standing block for any potential suitors will be the fact that we managed to tie our huge asset down to a new five - year contract earlier this season, and that gives us a huge advantage in any form of negotiation.

If Crowley was to stay at Arsenal for the upcoming season, it was likely we may have seen him in the early rounds of the domestic cup competitions, but aside from that, he would've been stuck amongst the youth ranks and sadly the youth team isn't known for giving players that professional edge that they need when developing as a youngster.

They might be more interested in using 2017 as a bridge year to contending in 2018, which is a plan that usually gives the team that slight chance of shocking the world a year early, like the Astros and Rangers last season.

The midfielder is highly rated by the hierarchy at the Merseyside club, and manager Brendan Rodgers gave him his senior debut against Middlesbrough in the League Cup earlier in the season.

We feel both drivers have huge potential and we are confident, given our pace early on in the 2017 season at IMS.

Given his fine form for Roma last season, it's also quite surprising no one else was in for him earlier.

Given their huge national fan base and strong season to date, it comes as no surprise that Notre Dame has attracted 78 % of spread tickets in the early going.

His system actually work early in the season and i have no doubt it would have given us the title if certain vital components had not broken down and were not replaced adequately (none at all).

It's bound to be a source of frustration for Conte and supporters as in ideal world they would have made their signings early and well ahead of pre-season, while they desperately need key additions given their return to the Champions League next season as they are lacking in depth in key areas of the squad.

On the last day of the long (234 days) New York season the 5 - year - old Damelo II (a son of Sculptor and grandson of Tenerani) won the two - mile Display Handicap, giving Argentina the distinction of having produced the winner of the longest handicap run anywhere in the U.S.. Two months earlier a nine - race Aqueduct card included 23 foreign - breds, 13 of them from Argentina.

Let's be honest, Gooners, and admit that not many people out there who have been watching what goes on in the early stages of the new season is giving Arsenal much of a chance of coming away from our Premier League match this weekend with all three points.

The strikers were certainly guilty of missing too many of those chances in the early stages of the season but Walcott, Giroud and Alexis have sharpened up and given the Gunners a real cutting edge.

Earlier this season, before Detroit and Dallas met in Week 8, Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant gave Johnson his propers, then shared this confidence: «I believe I can do whatever he can do.»