Sentences with phrase «few early goals»

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If your goal is important, always start early enough that you can let what you write sit for at least a few hours before you give it a final edit.

(He had already made two field goals over 40 yards, including a 45 - yarder just a few minutes earlier.)

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During the opening months of last season, the 24 - year - old was troubled by constant hamstring problems and despite netting a few goals early on, he wasn't hitting the heights he had previously demonstrated.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

Gon na get a few thumbs down for this but to be honest I would rather spend my weekends watching my team play beautiful attacking football and have the joy of watching beautiful goals such as Wilshere's goal v west brom last week and still finish in the top 4 with a cup final to look forward to than win the title having to force my eyes open to actually see my team win via an early goal and the rest of the game spent watching headed clearances from John terry

Hopefully a goal will come early and we look in the mood, because it'd be good to keep some freshness in the team by taken a few off before time.

Wenger does seem to be launching a charm offensive to try and get the fans back on his side before the new season, and to get a few top - class players in early will go a long way to achieving that goal.

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.

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.

Early impressions of Gabriel are far more positive from a defensive standpoint and the fact he's come from Villarreal having helped them go through a long period of defensive stability (forget the stat, but something like a few goals conceded over a period of months) and that he's won awards as a young player in Brazil bodes well imo.

Their goal production raw numbers are nearly identical but Giroud has had fewer games to accomplish this due to his early season injury.

After Arsenal survived an early Champions League blow thanks to some last ditch defending, a few moments of magic from the second choice keeper David Ospina and some profligacy in front of goal from Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria, the Paris Saint - Germain fans were left cursing their luck after Alexis Sanchez popped up in the right place to rifle home the rebound from Alex Iwobi's shot in the final 12 minutes of our group game.

Over the last few years, the highest - finishing team with a negative goal difference has typically ended the season around eighth or ninth, a slight increase on the late 70s, 80s and early 90s, when somewhere between 10th and 13th was more normal.

I'd imagine the goal is to call up a few starters early in the season.

Zouma has really shined these last few weeks and he had the only goal from a Chelsea player in the 2 - 0 win earlier this year.

The risk I see in this prop is that Arsenal have given up the fewest number of home goals in the EPL this season while Crystal Palace is dead last in total goals scored, statistically pinning all hopes on Arsenal to be the team to score the early goal.

Twenty minutes later though, and Liverpool were a few mere minutes away from somehow getting through to half - time a single goal down, despite Spurs» early dominance, then came the killer blow; the goal that ended the match before the second - half...

But the euphoria of the final game at Upton Park just a few days earlier wore off, and in typical West Ham fashion we allowed them back into the game with an equaliser early in the second half, before Diouf wrapped up the three points with a goal two minutes from the end.

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.

Hull kicked off the match trying to look for an early goal to get them back into the fixture with United holding well in the opening few minutes.

James Milner — 6.5 James Milner responded to criticisms about his shocking performances in the last few games with a well taken early goal.

The mid-winter Bundesliga break combined with Aubameyang being away on international duty with Gabon at the African Cup of Nations has seen a tightening at the top with no fewer that six players sharing second place, just one goal behind the early pacesetter who has 16 for the season.

Against a side who had set up to try to stifle Liverpool's attacking qualities, the visitors made the most of their few opportunities - something they failed to do earlier in the season - as two of their three shots on goal in the first half resulted in goals.

Despite a shaky start to his career in Italy, where he was at fault for a few of the goals in some of his early appearances, Hart has bounced back with some strong performances for Torino.

Loïc Rémy broke down early in his stint at the club but his goal against Southampton at the weekend goes to show how vital he can be in the next few weeks.

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.

While Juve may have been frustrated by the manner of the lead, and the denial of a certain penalty early in the half, they were lucky to go in with the deficit standing at a single goal, while the cynical nature of their tackling will have won them few friends.

Manchester United would do well to treat this match as a must - win fixture.An early goal for the Devils will not only settle a few nerves, but also ensure that the OT faithfuls are at their vociferous best.

Just a few months earlier, the Germans had lost the 1982 World Cup Final to Italy, but two late goals from Karl - Heinz Rummenigge gave them victory on this occasion.

Atletico, who also conceded two late goals at home to lose 2 - 1 at Sevilla in the Copa del Rey earlier this week, sit eight points behind Barca, who have played a game fewer.

With Fulham trailing by a Van Damme goal early on, the Cottagers» Saturday afternoon quickly went from bad to simply catastrophic, as a firm but reckless challenge by Karl Henry on Bobby Zamora, arguably the club's most influential player last season and a player which had he been a few years younger would have almost certainly been snapped up by a bigger club elsewhere, resulted in the England international suffering both a broken leg and ligament damage leaving Fulham's most prized asset sidelined until at least the new year.

«From a footballing perspective, Chelsea fans will want to make sure they stay for the full game to enjoy their team's late flurry of goals, but from a financial perspective, Arsenal fans could be wasting just short of # 200 per season by consistently heading home only a few minutes early.

A few days earlier Arsenal's Robin van Persie was yellow carded for taking a shot at goal a few seconds after the flag went up for offside in a huge Champions League cup tie in Barcelona.

Joe Allen — 6.5 Another solid performance from the midfielder who, like Henderson earlier in the season, is only a few assists or goals away from being a great first team player.

There is no doubt that he is pushing forward more often this season, undoubtedly buoyed by a few early - season goals and the endorsement of a manager who is attempting to play a flexible system that sees Song and (usually) Jack Wilshere take turns to play the holding midfield role.

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.

Outside of scoring the game's first goal, Juventus did everything the opposite of what happened just a few days earlier in the 3 - 1 loss to Roma.

Developing effective coping mechanisms, and learning how to self - soothe is one of the biggest goals of early childhood, therefore your child actually needs you to make a few mistakes, and to let him figure some things out on his own.

The goal, Rogers says, is to detect early signs of arrhythmia and deliver coordinated voltages across the entire organ, rather than delivering massive, painful shocks at a few points, as current defibrillators do.

The eventual goal is to answer a few vital questions: What are the early stage misfolding events and small aggregates that form?

I saw the Twin Peaks movie on TV a few years later, and it seemed alright, but there was a scene early in the film where some FBI agents explain some complicated symbolic sign - language to Chris Isaak that bugged the hell out of me: my teenage sophistication chalked it up to pretension, weirdness for the sake not just of weirdness but with the sole goal of making me feel stupid.

A district also must focus early wins on student learning to fit the turnaround formula, perhaps by adopting similar goals for one subset of struggling children or a few low - performing schools.

Successful turnaround leaders choose a few high - priority goals with visible payoffs and use early success to gain momentum.

For example, many states have explored measures of college and career readiness at the high school level, but few have adopted measures of early learning to support younger students toward this goal.

With a strong introduction and a few good early levels I was thinking this was going to continue the satirical themes of the game with a new edge like «America ignores bigger issues to focus on it's own self - serving goals», but that sadly turned out to not be the case.

Considering a declared goal to prove global warming and AGW, one can only become hugely skeptic about what's going on when temperature readings of earlier times are consequently being corrected downwards and at the same time the temperatures of the last few decades are consequently being corrected upwards.

In fact, Digitimes» sources say that Amazon surpassed its full - year shipment goal for the Echo Dot in just a few months earlier this year.

Services are provided for a period of a few weeks to several years, with the goal of promoting healthy pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood development.