Sentences with phrase «fans of the game back»

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The 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony takes place Friday night in PyeongChang, but some sports fans are already looking far down the road in hopes of bringing the games back to the U.S.

While Hockey Night in Canada viewership has remained steady since the Jets left in 1996, TSN in particular has successfully become an alternative source of TV games, on the back of unquenchable fan interest.

The brand's fans and a handful of fashion bloggers, such as Marie Denee (aka The Curvy Fashionista), expressed their shock and displeasure on social media, prompting a team of former employers and new players to get back in the game.

But only seven pitches and five batters into the game, Atlanta led 3 - 0, and the fans seated in the Stick's outfield had caught as many of Swift's balls as had catcher Kirt Manwaring: two, courtesy of back - to - back home runs by McGriff and Justice.

It was so good the see the fans singing Giroud's name and the love he gave back to them at the end of the game.

Mutombo spent a portion of his career with the Hawks back in the mid-nineties when the team wore those beautiful black and red gradient jerseys, so fans attending the game definitely knew what he was doing.

The lesser fans of lesser teams will say it was because the Vikings got the game at home (as if the NFL knew back in 2014 when they gave the game to Minneapolis that the 2017 Vikings were going to be really good), but really it's because Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman have built the best defense in the National Football League over the course of the last four seasons since Zimmer's arrival.

A lot of reports about arsenal needing a left back, is media speculation and the fans jump on it, even when there is no truth to it, i am looking forward to the pre-season games, to see the players focus and commitment.

He said, «Yes it was very important to get the win after losing one game and drawing another and it was important to get back to winning ways and close the gap on the top and it was nice to do it at home in front of the fans.

There have been many variations to the number of Arsenal fans that actually went to the game against Watford this weekend from «half - empty» to «several thousand missing», but whatever the reality it was enough for Arsene Wenger to admit that he needed to get the fans back onside.

One downside that the player has had since his move is his injury troubles, as in total, Bale has missed 59 games through injury troubles, something that has seen a few Madrid fans get on the back of the Welshman.

After all, if you got up to get a drink of water (or, as was needed by fans of both sides in any of the previous games... not water) there was a chance that by the time you got back the lead would have changed at least once.

Danny Ainge angered a lot of people — Celtics fans and players alike — when he traded Kendrick Perkins to the Thunder, so it wasn't a surprise to see how warmly Perk was welcomed back in his first game back at the TD Banknorth Garden.

Maybe Blue Jays fans are a little preemtively hopeful at four games back given they're well under.500 and behind eight other teams, but that's also kind of the source of said hope.

I honestly hate the way fans lock players into positions... There have been so many cases of players who grow mentally later in their career and move back deeper on the pitch so they can have a greater impact on tempo and running the game.

Back in Ames, Cora Mae took the streetcar into campus and headed to State Gym, where the Cyclone fans who had not traveled to Minneapolis paid a quarter to watch the game's progress on a Grid - Graph, a kind of electronic scoreboard that reproduced the game on a gridiron signboard, relaying the progress of the ball, the play and other information.

I don't blame the jesters but I blame myself for not having the powers to roll back the years to when my darling team was great, to when it was a pride being an arsenal fan was great, when after 90minutes we would have won a lost game and the bragging rights was always on the side of the die hard fans.but that was in the days when men were men and the queen was a follower.I hope such days will revisit arsenal.I now call on everybody that loves arsenal either as a worker or a follower to strive and bring back those days.Arsenal till I die.

The headline is misleading, Arsene mentioned that the attitude of the crowd is based on the quality of the game, also with or without crowd they have to play the game and play to win.He provided an honest answer to the question.Last week was a holiday weekend and before that was poor weathet.never the less he did humbly acknowledge that absenteeism is a concern for him but as a pro he has to win the game and win back those few wayward fans.

Now, excluding the «fan favorite» part, Cole has in fact, played really well, leading the team in tackles in some of the games he played in (and lets not forget the back - to - back pick sixes in pre-season).

Arsenal fans will be United when wenger leaves and am desperate to see him leave, I just don't understand how he ia still our manager till now after years of failure despite being the most experienced manager and other top clubs changing managers, sadly he still have fans dat are backing him to continue cuz they don't see any 1 that can replace him, they waiting for arsenal to go an a 4 game run to call him a genius and say he knows best.

Instead of focusing on the assholes, go back and look through all the threads on your own forums where Eagles fans discussed strategy amicably and exchanged «good lucks,» or said «good game» after, or commented about how inappropriate some fans» behavior was, or who exhibited good sportsmanship, or who donated to Vikings» charitable causes.

And theres also the fact that every time we hit the top of the league the wheels seem to fall off in the next game and so on until we are snuggling back in our comfort zone (4th) You will always get moans and groans from fans, especially in games where we should have got something out of it, yet I can't stand the lemmings that moan at the moaners lol?

In turn, that will be music to the ears of most Liverpool fans as Robertson has been in great form this season, while having several midfield options back will be a major plus with the games coming thick and fast in the coming weeks.

All fans, both the objective and the emotional types, can celebrate his contribution — at least of course until he has back to back bad games.

Yes Mates c» mmon, go ahead, print dem Bigger Banners, Fly them all around in tomorrows game, let d players read them, go into the game with sunken morale, loose to the saints, then you return back here after d game to give us better reasons to send wenger Off wen indeed you should be the ones putting in ur resignations as fans of dis great club.

Good luck to both players but can I ask why all of a sudden if Iwobi sneezes the whole club and fans will now have a cold, off the back of one good game?

There may have been a few international games recently, but I am sure that most of us Arsenal fans can not wait for the Gunners to get back into action.

Should the score remain the same going into the latter stages of the game, it wouldn't surprise me to see the home fans get on the backs of the Gunners stars.

AFC fans put up with an insensitive coach and board that constantly snub the pleas of the fans, yet the never turn their back on the team during games.

However in today's game, the fans and media are quick to turn their backs on players when the going gets tough, and as we've seen with Ozil already this season, it's been suggested that he's been made to feel as the scapegoat of the club.

I can not remember exactly, but I think it was Charlton, or Coventry fans a few years back, who stopped a game by throwing inflatable beach balls onto the pitch, because of how their clubs were being run.

But cesc is on a different plane, he sees the game unlike most other players I've watched, his passing accuracy as well as vision is magnificent and tbh if he had come back and showed the desire he had before he left I'm sure most fans would have preferred that to some of the more disinterested performances ozil gives.

Personally, I think legislation should be introduced allowing fans based trusts to purchse 51 % of shares in their football teams, and allow the game to go back to where it belongs, with the fans.

Before the game, we knew that United lacked: (a) an established central midfielder capable of moving the ball both intelligently and imaginatively (back in your box, Carrick fan, it's been a good long while); (b) a source of backbone, spine, gumption, heart, garra, moral courage, or whatever; (c) a functioning Patrice Evra; (d) a settled defence.

whatever the assessment of last five years (It was clear to me back then that his managerial style would not deliver top trophies given the players he was promoting) when excuses about what happened ten years previously and the budget constraint don't apply his performance this year should be enough to see his reign come to an end... Football clubs that rely on past glories have no place in the modern game... ask villa fans

The problem with AFC aside from the gutless money grabbing glory shy board, owners and manager is fans like the writer of this inane ridiculous article; fans who more than satisfied with mediocrity and take delight in trotting out silly stats to back up their lack of ambition and will... 2 loses in 15 games the writer said but conveniently forgetting to mention what impact the 2 loses had on the table, moral and the significance of winning these 2 matches.....

There have been two big questions for Arsenal fans this week as Arsene Wenger and the players prepared for the Premier League home game against Hull City with the need to bounce back quickly and put the disappointment of losing to Watford and Chelsea to one side.

this season was supposed to be about the epl not fourth place.just seeing how empty the Emirates was yesterday I expect it to be even worse in the upcoming games.wenger blew it in the transfer market, I think that in itself shows how we lacked ambition and we settled for a top four from the beginning and if by a chance we managed to win epl then thats it.lossing some games, crucial points and the feedback we got back was just covering the real goals of the club top four.soton home (a team challenging has to win this game), Crystal palace, swansea, just add those points and see where we could and should hve been.everyone here is a die hard arsenal fan whether an akb or aob but fact remains we love the club, we want the club to move forward, we want the club to be a superhouse, its got nothing to do with wengers last year or his last chance of epl.this sort of thinking is running our beloved club to the ground.whether u like it or not a change is needed and a serious one.at the moment we hve so many bogey teams do u think arsene will beat them nxt season!!!

Apart from the games against the top six teams, I'd like Wenger to go back to 4 -4-2 with Giroud and Laca up top.Now I'm not a big fan of Giroud, I'd rather have Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, but he's all we've got.

The problem with Gabriel's performance against Utd was that he was rushed back too soon after suffering a hamstring injury and he only returned back from Brazil days before the Utd game... So that was another Wenger mistake and I think that fan's were a bit harsh with their criticism of the player.

Arsenal fans do have the comfort of knowing that the last time Giroud had a poor game, and he was much worse against Monaco, it did not negatively affect him and in fact made him bounce back in fantastic style.

There is one slight surprise for Arsenal fans in the starting line up of Arsene Wenger today, although the use of our England international left back Kieran Gibbs in a more advanced role on front of the Spaniard Nacho Monreal has been tried before and with a fair amount of success, although it is normally a move made by the manager to shore things up at the end of a game.

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

A lot of Arsenal fans have been wondering for years about the possibility of our left back Kieran Gibbs making the decision to leave Arsenal and seek more regular game time at another club.

And though the tournament went back to its regular level of craziness, there were still a multitude of games that caught the attention of multiple fan bases and aficionados.

If Arsene Wenger had not given the 23 - year old that rare start in the last Premier League game of the season, not only would Arsenal fans have missed out on the goal of the season against West Brom, Wilshere may have missed out on the FA cup final and the media would surely have got on his back again for being injury prone and for not realising his potential.

The win was the most important thing, of course, but any Arsenal fan worried about how late in the game we scored should relax and appreciate that we were good value for the win and should take heart that the team is back on track.

The claim that what we saw was us not turning up is as pathetic and utterly unacceptable an excuse to use because we've been down this road before, WEEKS were spent hyping Arsenal up, players, fans and coaching staff alike spent weeks in advance talking about our real chances winning the league, our players back from injury and on the first game of the season, where we had renewed optimism and were swelling with expectation we cracked under the pressure to a team you expect to finish no higher than 8th.

There is a lot of passion, I know what it means to play against them for the fans and of course it was important for me to get back into the game.

Arsenal travel to the Hawthorns today in the hope of heaping more misery on WBA fans who haven't seen their team win a game since back in August when they won their first two Premier League games of the season.