Sentences with phrase «elite teams are playing»

Not exact matches

So we are an elite team when it comes to financial muscle BUT we are NOT when it comes to playing ability and silverware.

There is a lot of less - than - elite football being played outside of the SEC, Pac - 12 and Big 12 right now (those three conferences currently account for 13 of the top 16 teams, according to F / +), and the Big East neither stands out for its quality or lack thereof.

Teams with elite seeds are expected to play elite ball on both sides of the court.

Both are elite - level travel ballplayers, with Jones so talented and precocious that he «played up» on travel team for 13 - year - olds in 2014.

On the other hand, it was the same computer ratings that said that Florida State was not playing like an elite team during the course of its 13 - 0 season.

It's the sign of the elite teams when they get the required result while playing badly, which IMO is where we fall short, but even though we still lack it, there's been undoubted improvement.

As for Weber at K - State, he's done good, but again his elite - eight wasn't super impressive when you look at the teams they played, and many K - State fans were upset that it happened as it gave Weber a longer leash.

I like their partnership for sure and think it's very good, but I don't think it's an elite partnership, and the way we usually play we need that... teams don't get a lot of chances against arsenal, but usually they are very good scoring chances off fast counters, and we need to have the right people to deal with that.

City are yet to have their blip, and we all know it happens to every team that plays in the elite European competition, especially as they progress further and face tougher opponents, so I am not going to argue with that.

But besides the best teams in the league playing at an elite level, the bottom rungs of the league are also rising to the occasion, with quality coaching hires throughout and plenty of national star players.

We now have the worst coach in football being embolden to play a selfish and embarrassing brand of football to protect his legacy all because the best coach on the team has his side of the ball playing at an elite level.

Carr is an above average with flashes of elite play and without him the team can not win.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

The longer Fresno stays undefeated despite not playing like an elite team, the more value is created against the Bulldogs.

Arizona State is in the South driver's seat, but as the F / + rankings suggest, ASU hasn't played like an elite team.

Despite playing in arguably the most competitive division in baseball and possessing neither a potent offense (18th in baseball in runs scored) nor an elite pitching staff (11th in baseball in team ERA), Baltimore is 10 games above.500.

She is too occupied with her announcing duties for HBO, coaching Navratilova and Mayotte, speaking engagements, a fancy to get into television and film production, a new chain of play schools called the Discovery Zone that promote and study exercise for children under 12, and her longest - standing project, Team Tennis, which represents her most fervid interest: to take the sport out of elite clubs and bring it to the masses.

Team Unger is an elite group and playing them in the 2nd Game of a Double Header is not what you want to do.

This CAN NOT be the core of a championship team unless you play elite defense like the ’04 Pistons.

Wenger, Mourinho, Ranieri and Ferguson were not successful as players, unlike Pochettino, Simeone, Guardiola and Conte that learned from their experience as players for top European clubs and their national football teams, played in elite European and international competitions.

We are NOT one of Europe's elite as you say, until we compete with a comprehensive ability to win with the likes of Barca and RM until the time comes and we ate giving these teams the Willis about playing us in the final of the CL we won't be a European elite club This is the delusion I've been speaking of.

Arsenal haven't fallen out the top - four in over 20 years, and should maybe welcome the opportunity to play a season without the elite European competition, especially considering the last two Premier League titles have been won by a team without any European football whatsoever.

As for English representation in the Champions League, maybe it's time for qualifying clubs to adopt a different approach; drop the obvious arrogance possessed by this country's elite when playing supposedly «smaller» teams and get back to basics.

He tries hard, but isn't good enough to be playing in an elite game against a team like Barcelona.

They were two goals ahead on aggregate, it was almost a certainty that they were finally going to put an end to their drought, their visiting fans were getting louder and play by play analysts were starting to wax poetic about the team that was finally going to get back to their rightful place as an elite Mexican squad.

Klopp has spoken already about different tactics and will be looking to be able to tweak options to make us more unpredictable — in this sense then Origi and Sturridge should not be viewed as back - ups because that presupposes they are not going to play unless we want to rest Firmino when all that we have heard so far is that Klopp wants different options — I'm not sure that at home against lowly opposition that Firmino's subtleties are the best way to break down the door — equally a conventional striker against an elite team may not be the best ploy

Ikeme played no part in the team's promotion back to the elite division having been diagnosed with an acute Leukemia but was full of praises for Nuno Espirito Santos» side.

Everton have stabilised of late and historically they have always been a tough team for the elite teams to take all three points from when playing at home.

Does playing for the right team, club or high school guarantee getting recruited for college is a question all parents of elite athletes end up facing sometime along the way as their children continue their growth as athletes.

The United States Soccer Federation's (USSF) recent mandate that «elite» soccer players who play for Development Academy teams will not be allowed to play for their high school soccer teams after this season simply frosts me.

A travel team is a youth sports team that plays at an elite level.

In theaters July 19, «Nick is dead — at least, that's how he remembers it — and teams up with another deceased detective, a gunslinger from the Old West (played by Jeff Bridges), to work for the elite task force, the Rest In Peace Department (hence the title), to track down the dead on Earth.

 Having spent many years working and playing at sea, as well as working at the White Sands Dive Shop, Juan is now part of an elite team of certified SCUBA Instructors.

It's also important to remember that Ultimate Team is an optional game mode - FIFA lets you play tournaments, local and online multiplayer, and an increasingly good story mode featuring pretty much all the super-expensive elite players you like.

The story takes place on the eponymous planet of Reach, where you play the silent protagonist Noble six who is the newest member of the elite Spartan force, Noble team.

To compete with the elites in the upcoming season, the team will be using the gaming headsets, including the new Cloud Alpha gaming headset, to practice and play.