Sentences with phrase «first excellent season»

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They do exist: I made your excellent recipie with fresh medjool dates (they are in season right now) and you don't need to soak them first.

Both have enjoyed excellent starts to the season, having been given more first team action than most people expected.

5 — In an excellent debut season in charge for Luis Enrique, the Spaniard becomes the fifth Barcelona boss to win the title in his first year in charge, following on from recent success stories Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova.

Pique had particular praise for legendary Ivorian frontman Drogba, who made an excellent first impression in Major League Soccer with the Impact last season.

In two seasons the Buffs» quarterback has accumulated 3,643 yards, and he has an excellent chance of becoming the first man in Big Eight history to break the 5,000 - yard barrier.

The Belgian playmaker had an excellent season out on loan at Werder Bremen last term which explains why a number of Bundesliga side are leading the chase for the 22 year old and a move to Wolfsburg will offer De Bruyne the regular first team football he needs ahead of the 2014 World Cup finals.

I am sure that many Arsenal fans are hoping for some excellent performances from Ramsey, in the hope that Barcelona come in with a 50million bid after the competition, because, to be brutally honest, with Xhaka now at the Emirates and Cazorla back from injury, I am not sure whether Ramsey will even be in Arsenal's first team next season.

He did an excellent job in his first three seasons, but the fourth, when the Sonics won only 40 games and failed to qualify for the playoffs, was a major disappointment.

Minor wasn't very good last year, and it's not like he ever had the upside of a Cole Hamels or other first - round lefties, but if he bounces back and has an excellent season, you'll probably have a pretty good idea of how the Braves are feeling.

Arsene Wenger has been trumpeting the mantra that he wants to keep this excellent Arsenal squad together for next season, and he has already been in contract talks with many Gunners who are nearing the last year of their current deal, including Theo Walcott, Chuba Akpom and Mikel Arteta who have hardly played at all for the first team this season.

Danny Welbeck's first start for Arsenal this season was a roaring success against Southampton as he scored twice and set up Theo Walcott for the first of his hat - trick, but Arsene Wenger will not risk Danny playing again tomorrow so soon after his excellent comeback.

La Viola took Anderson on loan from United last season, but Januzaj could prove an excellent addition to their squad, whilst also providing him with the regular first - team football he craves as he looks to continue his remarkable progress from last term.

Cech was excellent for the first third of the season, made only 1 minor mistake.

The Colombian enjoyed a fine World Cup on the back of an excellent season for his club in Ligue 1 and would be a fine signing for the Gunners to provide competition for first choice «keeper Wojciech Szczesny.

Colombian striker Jackson Martinez has become one of the most sought - after strikers in Europe this summer after an excellent first season with Porto last year.

Excellent performances at the start of the season resulted in him being awarded his first cap for the Three Lions, keeping the ever improving Michael Richards out of the international loop.

We were excellent in pre season and capped a 100 percent record with Wenger's first ever win over Mourinho to beat Chelsea in the Community Shield and we all expected Arsenal to hit the ground running in the Premier League, only to slump to a shock defeat at home to West Ham.

Kolasinac — Fantastic buy for a free agent and started the season great with excellent performances in the first few games..

He made his debut at just 17 years of age and after an excellent season with the reserves, and an impressive pre-season, he was called into the Gunners first team squad by Arsene Wenger for the 2013/14 season.

An excellent striker, Sadio Mane impressed in his first season with Southampton and is now believed to be firmly in United's sights ahead of a possible # 20m deal to be done by Tuesday.

An excellent right - back in no need of replacing, Branislav Ivanovic will remain first choice in defence for the new season.

Blake Wheeler, who made Team USA for the first time this year, is having an excellent season (56 points in 70...

Griezmann only joined Atletico last summer and has had an excellent first season, meaning Atletico are unlikely to let him go easily, and are under no pressure to do so as he signed a six - year contract upon joining, tying him to the club until the end of the 2019/20 season.

The Texans are0 — 2, and their fifth NFL season likely won't be their first in the playoffs.But rookie coach Gary Kubiak has already proved to be an excellent hire becauseof his work with embattled quarterback David Carr's mechanics anddecision - making.

These guys game into Wednesday Night # 1 in the Standings and continued their excellent run through the first half of the Regular Season with a 15 - 1 W on the diamond.

He was excellent in the regular season and carried his form into the Blues» first - round series against the San Jose Sharks.

The young winger Alex Iwobi started this season as the breakthrough star from the Arsenal Academy, and was a regular starter in the first half of the season, but although he had some excellent performances he didn't really follow that up with actually putting the ball in the back of the net very often, and he was finally squeezed out of the First team squad in the last couple of months and relegated back to the U23 reserve first half of the season, but although he had some excellent performances he didn't really follow that up with actually putting the ball in the back of the net very often, and he was finally squeezed out of the First team squad in the last couple of months and relegated back to the U23 reserve First team squad in the last couple of months and relegated back to the U23 reserve side.

Wenger has also kept faith with Oxlade - Chamberlain after his recent performances and excellent goal last week and there are plenty of attacking options on the bench if we are struggling, most notably the onclusion of Danny Welbeck for the first time this season.

Also, our first choice back four has been excellent this season.

Although Cleveland easily covered the spread against Miami, they blew an excellent opportunity to grab their first win of the season.

The former Benfica man had an excellent first season with the Spanish giants, notching up nine goals and 20 assists in all competitions but this term has not fared so well for the slightly built wide - man.

Before his excellent 2015 - 2016 season with Dortmund, which saw him scoring and creating in bunches, he was more of a pass - first type midfielder.

His reading of the game is excellent and that has really shone through over the first half of this season.

He made few appearances for the first - team, but did have an excellent loan spell with Rangers during the 2015/16 season, making 27 appearances.

Sadly, had they taken that path of dishonor to go on and win the 62 year old CL, such is the fake hype that they might well have received more credit for that than for their excellent EPL season which is still ongoing and likely to lead to several records in that 120 year old competition - the first in modern football.

Cole went on to score 93 goals in 195 Premier League appearances for the Red Devils, forming an excellent partnership with Dwight Yorke up front, helping Manchester United become the first English side to win the treble, in the 1998 - 99 season.

The Brazilian is a versatile attacking midfielder who had an excellent first half of the season as Vicarage Road but hasn't done a single thing of note since Christmas in his first season in the Premier League.

This Season: Having enjoyed an excellent start to 2016 in which he won the Coppa Italia Primavera with Inter and made his first - team debut for the Nerazzurri (against Sassuolo), Radu's blossoming career suffered a big setback in the autumn when he was forced to have surgery on a partially dislocated shoulder.

The FA Cup, curiously, has been immune to their downturn in fortunes, with wins over Southampton and Stoke City sealing their place in this weekend's fifth round, but there is no doubt that Palace are now facing a battle to salvage their season after an excellent first half of the campaign in 2015.

Lukaku's first season away from Stamford Bridge was an excellent one.

Ilkay Gundogan struck his first goal for City, yet again another excellent display from Raheem Sterling and a return to the match - day squad for Vincent Kompany and City fans will be very full of optimism about just what this season could deliver, even if Nolito being sent off for a late clash with Adam Smith was a slight disappointment for them.

The Spanish star, 21, has been a significant factor behind the excellent start Los Rojiblancos have made in their domestic campaign this season, winning their first eight games in succession.

Arteta was excellent in his first two seasons at the Club, having been named vice-captain in his second.

It's been an excellent few days for the Merseyside club after they picked up their first win of the new season before securing their passage to the Champions League group stages with a comfortable aggregate victory over Hoffenheim.

The defender was excellent for the first half of the season and his international call up was merited.

The lightning quick Chilean has enjoyed an excellent World Cup following a promising first season in La Liga, but there is speculation that his future may lay elsewhere.

If his excellent first season with the Giallorossi is any indicator, Luciano Spalletti has a true gem on his hands.

The first tender spears of asparagus are best enjoyed fresh and whole from the garden, but as the season progresses, the stalks get larger, and the crop more abundant, this is an excellent soup to prepare.

... However, thanks primarily to the season premiere's director, Tim Mielants, who does excellent work on AMC's The Terror, one comes out of the first episode with feet placed firmly on the show's narrative ground.

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