Sentences with phrase «few early chances»

The away side had a few early chances, notably two free kicks from just outside the box on that they couldn't capitalize on.

Not exact matches

We got the OnePlus 3 a few days early so we've had a chance to check it out and use it, and we can safely say it's set up to be a great Android smartphone.

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

Ironically, the trend of companies raising less capital actually enhances the importance of the initial round buy - in (both because that initial buy - in becomes less diluted meaning the first round price was that much more important and because even if an angel wants to buy up more in later rounds they'll have less of a chance to do so; I also believe that along with the trend of companies raising less capital we're also seeing earlier and somewhat smaller average exits — also enhancing the value of initial round buy - ins as fewer investors are truly swinging for the proverbial fence).

With regard to trend uniformity, there is essentially zero chance of a shift to favorable uniformity in the next few weeks, and no chance of a positive momentum reversal signal until mid-February at the earliest.

A few days earlier, I had the chance to talk with Norma — a woman who had once been a sponsored child and who is now responsible for leading all the programs related to women's empowerment in Colomi, where World Vision has just started making an impact.

It's Sunday, and early enough in some parts of the world that a few of you might actually have a chance to dedicate some brown bananas to a late breakfast including these muffins.

Wenger gave the fans late bliss this summer with the signings of Lucas and Mustafi in the final few days of the summer transfer window, as well as the earlier purchase of Xhaka, but could there have been one other name that had a chance of joining the Gunners?

And few years back when we got constantly knocked out of the FA Cup early, we still had no chance at the title.

The home side looked the stronger of the two for almost the entire game, and had they taken a few more of their chances the game could have been put to bed early on.

Vital we do not concede early the longer it stays goalless the better for us as chelski will have to take a few chances to win the game the will increase the space for us then we can hurt them!

And the boss has also made a few changes, partly for fresh legs and partly to give some fringe players a chance, as he does in these early cup rounds.

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

In a game of few chances, it was a perfect away display from Bayer Leverkusen who scored an early goal and threatened late on to settle the game, but couldn't kill the game off.

After a few chances went begging in the first half, Walcott made no mistake early in the second half, linking up with the very impressive young Gunner from the academy, Jeff Reine - Adelaide and slotting coolly past the Wolfsburg keeper.

Mourinho did the same last year with his Manchester United team when he knew early on that there wasn't a chance they could win the League, but it is also a good thing for players who are going through fractional times to find the space and room to get a breather from the League while focusing on Europa League in order to reconcile with each other, perhaps a few players would then be happy to sign new contracts.

In an almost completely dominant first half Arsenal looked like getting the job done nice and early but with a Monreal header crashing off the post being the closest of a fair few chances, the momentum seemed to have ebbed away, but just as Stoke seemed to be on the up and enjoying some rare possession we struck.

Guessing the fact he signed this early meant he knew he wasn't getting more than a year or two to be a starter anywhere, so he used his leverage to get the best case scenario and the chance for another big contract a few years from now.

If we score an early goal and make it pointless for them to just defend then we have a great chance of a few goals.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

In the second half we got our second reward but I think we should have got it earlier because we had a few chances.

Stoke, however, came to the Emirates in good frm so it was just as well as they started well and created a few decent chances early on.

There were a few moments early in the game where we got into some great positions and we didn't pull the trigger, but then when the chances came we finished them off superbly and that hasn't always been the case this season.

He looked a bit paunchy and had injured a muscle in his left calf a few nights earlier in Mobile, Ala. where he finished fifth, so the experts thought he had only a flickering candle's chance in a Siberian snowstorm to stay alive against 18 - year - old Houston McTear, co-holder of the world record in the 100 - yard dash.

Kevin Fiala got the game winner for Nashville after missing on a few golden chances earlier in the extra frame.

Year after year we've seen Wenger treat these young players as fodder, he plays them in the early rounds of cup games and then discards them out on loan, very few of them ever getting a real chance to advance their career's at Arsenal.

Campbell got a few chances early on in the season, but it was obvious that Wenger lost confidence in him and refused to give him any more concrete chances even when we were decimated by injuries.

Chance creation, MPG and assists, his production in all these areas has improved drastically when fit these past few seasons, so highlighting his earlier career struggles are not really relevant when comparing him as a current player.

If the point guard is distributing the ball he's still very much involved offensively, and since he always has the ball in his hands it's easier to get him going as opposed to the front court players where if they don't get a few chances early they can almost get lost in the game plan.

Palace continued to press well, offering a glimpse of what might have been but for Lee's early error, but clear chances were few and far between with the home defence coping admirably with what the Eagles could throw at them.

It's certainly the way to go forward against the like of City, Spurs, Arsenal, and Chelsea or other top teams in Europe, and even teams such as Bournemouth, but against defensively minded teams, such as Manchester United, as we saw earlier this season, Liverpool's pressing creates few scoring chances, and instead on - ball intelligence is required, which Liverpool do not display enough.

The first was the early chance we missed when Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang was tackled just a few yards from goal, and the second was when Vincent Kompany doubled City's advantage.

The Emirates Stadium was far from full once again - and those in attendance saw few chances in the first half with Xherdan Shaqiri curling an early left - footed effort shot inches wide and Aaron Ramsey looping a 23rd - minute shot onto the top of the crossbar.

They held Real Madrid to very few chances in the first half and looked like a composed, poised team after the early De Sciglio mistake.

Ultimately, few had expected anything other than a home victory here, and the win both keeps the Blues well in the title hunt (after Manchester City and Arsenal were both victorious a day earlier) and puts the final nail in the coffin of United's chances of successfully defending their Premier League crown.

We're backing the visitors to put in a strong defensive shift, especially given they restricted Europe's strongest attack — Man City — to just one goal and very few chances in the meeting at the Etihad earlier this month.

If Juventus wants to have the chance to win a historic treble and become more of a legendary team than they already are, then they're going to have to do what they couldn't do at the Stadio Olimpico just a few days earlier.

Juventus has the chance to win the club's third straight Coppa Italia when they face Lazio on the same ground as a few days earlier.

An outstanding early strike from Jacob Butterfield settled a game lacking in real quality and, although Blackburn had plenty of possession, they created few clear chances until stoppage time when Jordi Gomez headed against the top of the bar.

The Brazilian stung the hands of Norwich goal - keeper Gunn early in second - half and created few chances for teammates, albeit with no end - product.

However, chances are you did find a few brands that didn't work for you, resulting in late night diaper changes or early morning sheet changes!

Routine: In order to be ready for that first day, I would agree with the experts who suggest you should start your early - to - bed routine a few nights ahead of that first morning rush, or even a few weeks early according to Elizabeth Scott, M.S., but let's be honest, you should probably set your own alarm for 4:00 a.m. that first day if you have any chance at force - feeding your children breakfast, combing their hair, brushing teeth, getting dressed, going to the bathroom, packing lunches, arguing over footwear, dragging a comb through your own nest of hair so you look presentable in front of the other, scrambling neighbourhood parents before shooing the kids out the door.

It's a special election, though, and very few people had taken advantage of early voting as of this weekend, meaning that a candidate able to pull a core group of supporters to the polls has chance.

«So it stands to reason that we're going to have fewer and fewer chances to have appropriate somatic markers, which means we're going to have more and more events — particularly in our early years — that go by without the emotional grounding.

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I have even had the chance to take a few naps and go to bed early, which rarely ever happens.

The sale is for a limited time only so if you have a Nordstrom debit or credit card, make sure to scoop up your last few items before you miss the chance or when early access ends.

However, if some 20 y.o. beauty queen is writing to you (I'm in early 50s), wait for few days and chances are, she would be removed (I believe for scam).

The details are no long important, but after legal wrangles and creative fights, a 150 - minute cut was released in a few cities in 2011, and then it practically disappeared, resurfacing in early 2012 after a long campaign by fans, supporters, and folks like me who never had a chance to see the film on its original release.

February 1 might be a few weeks away, but a) not much of particular interest expires within the seven days and b) this early heads - up offers the chance to watch at least a decent chunk of this seminal HBO program, one of the most influential modern sitcoms.