Sentences with phrase «first time last season»

The pair clashed for the first time last season, twice of course, and it was Blackburn who sneaked ahead on the h2h when they recorded a 2 - 1 victory over Hull at the KC stadium, the venue for Saturday's game.

Two days later we visited the same country and traveled forty miles south of Bucharest to play against the Romanian champions, Astra Giurgiu, who won the title for the first time last season.

Not exact matches

BT streamed both finals last season on YouTube for the first time, increasing the number of people who watched its live coverage to more than 12 million.

That creates a big void in the backfield for the Raiders, who went 12 - 4 last season and reached the playoffs for the first time since 2002.

Last year, Dulan made her popular protein balls for the Royals towards the end of the regular season and two games later they clinched the division for the first time in 30 years.

Just make sure you're not the first (the griddle needs time to become seasoned) or last (how long has the meat been sitting out?).

It seems to have taken the Arsenal star Francis Coquelin a little while to find the form that was so impressive for us in the second half of last season and the first half of this one, but when you consider that his game is based on work rate, energy and the timing of his ferocious tackles, I suppose we should not have been too surprised about that.

Perez, who joined the north London club for # 17M last summer as per the Independent, scored once in 11 league appearances for Arsene Wenger's side last season as the Gunners missed out on Champions League football for the first time under Wenger.

Last season he averaged more than 20 minutes for the first time in his five years — a mark he barely eclipsed (20.8) for the last - place LakLast season he averaged more than 20 minutes for the first time in his five years — a mark he barely eclipsed (20.8) for the last - place Laklast - place Lakers.

This is the second time Lucas Candido has suffered a serious knee injury; the first was at the beginning of the last season and left the player side - lined for the entire year of 2014.

Martial had a good first season in the EPL and last season didn't get much game time while battling issues in his personal life.

AKB's just never run out of excuses, it isn't «bad luck» when we are first on the injury ladder (by a country mile as well) EVERY SEASON, the last time i remember having a reasonable injury list was before diaby was injury prone, so whether it's down to his tactics, players diets or imcompetent staff, a 2.5 star manager wouldn't have taken more than 2 - 3 seasons to fix these problems, players join our club with amazingly good injury records (ozil) and become injry prone, players leave our club (fabregas) and are fit 2x as much as they were for us, SOMETHING IS WRONG AT ARSENAL

Iwobi recked my head last night he was weak and misplaced many passes he cant seem to control the ball its always running away from him he should not be in the middle in the middle you need good ball controllers with good eyes for passes long and short on the ground and above the ground >> > waterford yesterday were on top of us with no space giving to our players and we were scattered all over the place with no vision or leader ship too goals in the space of 3 minuets ok the first goal was a fluke but come on the second one???? and thats all what it takes to loose a match many times this season we cant play when the opposition seats in our face we have no cohesion or understanding we crumble away we need to start the game together as a unit a compact unit

Even last month when the January transfer window gave the Frenchman a brilliant opportunity to sign some players with the specific idea of boosting the chances of winning the Premier League this season, he seemed to spend as much time and effort getting the two teenage prospects from Nigeria as he did on the first team.

Going into more depth on the issue, Keown explained that Arsenal's fans will be providing an extra hostile atmosphere after the shame of finishing below Tottenham for the first time in 22 years last season.

Theo Walcott was used in the position last season, and started well, but for the last eight months of the campaign, he failed to make his mark in the role, and struggled to get into the first - team squad at times, ending his hopes of making Roy Hodgson's squad for the European Championships.

Although he missed some time last season due to injury, Alexander has first - round talent.

Liverpool gave the English top flight some life last season as sheer momentum gave them a thrilling eleven - game winning streak just at the right time as they looked like causing a major upset and winning their first title for 24 years.

The 20 year - old only hit the first team last season but has already made 13 appearances for his club, after playing 18 times in the whole of last season, and has already played for the Turkey national side four times.

He was called up from Syracuse on Jan. 21 for the first time this season after playing 10 games with the Lightning last year.

Last season we sang «you are not fit to wear the shirt», but I firmly believe none of those players cares about the manager and this is the first time I feel like our players are doing what Chelsea players try to do when things go wrong.

That'd mean Steve Spurrier would've knocked UGA out of the Playoff — not the first or last time he'd wreck a Dawgs season.

However last season, Ward played a pivotal role in Huddersfield's promotion winning season, as the Wales international kept 11 clean sheets in 43 games as the Terriers won promotion to the Premier League for the first time.

Last week, Team Maione actually jumped Team Lalez in the Power Rankings as Team Lalez lost for the first time this season to Team Horwitz... However, this week cemented the switch in a much sweeter fashion.

And for the first time since 2011, golf will have four first - time major champions in a season — and each of those players will have spent time in the Top 10 in the world in the last 16 months.

They had a full squad for the first time all season and with that came their trademark suffocating Defense that strangled the opposition in last Spring's magical Playoff run..

This will be Houston's first game as a home dog this season and first time in the regular season since January 20th of last year, which was also against the Warriors.

Team Bartlett then found themselves nearing extinction for the first time since their incredible 8 - run comeback in last season's Final4 Softball game, dug deep and dominated Game 2 by the score of 21 - 9.

Last Monday, the Eagles showed glimpses of dominance on both sides of the ball for the first time this season.

The Cougars made the playoffs last season for the first time in a decade, doing so as the No. 10 seed, finishing with a 13 - 15 overall record and a 4 - 8 mark in the Mission Valley Athletic League — good enough for a mere fifth - place finish.

Akpom spent time on loan Coventry and Brentford last season, but will be hoping to break into the Arsenal first team this time around.

The Gunners boss finished outside the Champions League places last season, the first time his side have failed to do so in his 21 - year reign with the club.

Arsenal suffered one of their worst seasons of the Frenchman's reign last term as they missed out on a top four spot for the first time, though they did beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final as a consolation.

Even though the Vanderbilt Commodores were selected last season with 15 losses, that was the first time a team with 14 or more defeats had been selected since 2008.

Last year, as the 28 - year - old set five franchise passing records, including yards in a season (4,143) and completions (336), the Falcons qualified for the playoffs for the first time in four years.

He broke into The Cottagers first team last season and made 25 appearances, but has seen his playing time cut short in West London this year.

The Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers meet for the first time since last season's dramatic NBA playoff battle.

Last season, for the first time fans got under his skin, and although he has stubbornly clung on to secure yet another two year extension to his contract, you can tell from his frank post season interview that the protest did affect him.

That's more than two first downs worth of field position this kid was giving the Canes on average when he caught the ball and yet Dorsett only tallied more than three catches four times last season.

The front office feels that both Jones, who was a first - time All - Star last season, and Van Exel, who has never been invited to the game, should get the nod over L.A.'s 19 - year - old sixth man, who is destined to be an All - Star many times.

«We flirted with that ourselves last season for a little bit and then came away from it and we went through it the first time we were in the Premier League and it's tough.»

The season ahead promises to be an exciting one for City with the club competing in the Champions League for the first time after finishing third last term.

Turner envisions Mathews carrying at least 300 times in his first year — a figure Tomlinson didn't reach in either of the last two seasons.

Spurs have played some scintillating football over the last two seasons and must be considered as a threat — but the move to Wembley for 2017 - 18 will dictate their chances of becoming English champions for the first time since 1961.

That was the first time in five games last season that he had over 44 yards receiving.

At the 11th attempt, Burnley recorded their first Premier League win of the season by beating Hull City 1 - 0 last time out.

The sophomore from Cleveland had an up - and - down debut season: he rushed 11 times for 102 yards against Elon in his first game, averaged 3.2 yards per carry over the next four games, exploded for 8.7 per carry for the next five games, then slumped back to 4.6 for the last four.

A loooong time ago I faced off against Ogden in college, in the first game of his last season at UCLA, and I beat him with a good spin move.

As Daily Mail journalist Martin Samuels explains, the last time the Portuguese won the Premier League was with Chelsea in 2015 and they led from the very first game and were never off the top all season.

It's not the first time and certainly won't be the last that Mourinho openly talks about his players with the media and criticises them if he deems it appropriate, as we saw with him last season when discussing Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw's recoveries from injury, as per BBC Sport.