Sentences with phrase «game of a weekend because»

«The new paper shows no evidence of momentum across games within a weekend, and, instead, we suggest that teams focus on winning the first game of a weekend because it helps to ensure that they won't end any given two - game set with a losing record.»

Not exact matches

Both the Eagles and Vikings scored three times in a row in their games last weekend, but we're betting against the trend this time around because I don't think there's going to be a ton of scores in the game in the first place.

But maybe the manager has become too used to it all as well, because in his comments ahead of the FA cup game this weekend against lowly Preston North End, reported on the Arsenal website, the Frenchman suggested that he was not sure about whether to rest our Chilean international star Alexis Sanchez this weekend.

For me it is a no brainer because not only is Theo in form, with some very sharp sub appearances before last weekend's game, but he is a player that we simply must keep hold of.

Because there is snow forecast for the whole of London at the weekend, they are even offering 25/1 for the game to be abandoned or postponed.

On a side note, I couldn't help but think 2 predominant thoughts when watching the game against Bournemouth on the weekend: (1) Wenger is still willing to put his own personal agenda ahead of the team's best interests when it comes to team selection, which luckily for us didn't cost us the 3 points this time and (2) if Eddie Howe is earmarked to be the successor we are in deep trouble because he's simply a poor man's version of our present manager, as he's tactically inept and has an even worse road record.

And because the win over Hull means we now face a cup quarter - final with Watford this weekend instead of the Premier League clash with West Brom, as well as there being an international break around the corner, Wenger only has one Premier League game to get through before Cazorla can come back into the centre of midfield.

However, I think that may have been more precautionary on the part of the boss, because this week in an interview on the Arsenal website Wenger said he just had a decision to make on players like Ozil, Ramsey and Mertesacker who missed last weekend's game but have been involved during pre-season.

The only reason I can think of him be dropped for this game was because he was beaten by pace against Zaha at the weekend, it happens sometimes.

That brings me onto the good news, because with Arsenal losing away to Liverpool and missing this weekend's round of Premier League games because of our involvement in the FA cup we could have found ourselves cut adrift when our next EPL game comes around.

However, that pressure could be cranked up to the max by the time our game at the Emirates kicks off, purely because ours is the last game of the weekend and that gives all of our rivals bar City the chance to stretch their lead.

I kind of hope so, because that could end up doing us a big favour, at least for this weekend of EPL games, as both the Toffees and the Baggies are up against teams currently above us in the table.

Surprising to see the Ox benched at the weekend but was it because of the need to rotate the squad with two EPL games in a week?

And so it is but if there are two good things that came out of this weekend's game, it is Manchester City dropping points and Diego Costa digging his own grave because now he is a marked man.

The point at the weekend left us level on points but behind third placed Man City because of goal difference and with theirs being eight better than ours you would think that we need to take more points than City over the final three games to finish above them.

It was not just the new Arsenal signing Granit Xhaka's place on the subs bench for the first game of the Premier League campaign that was a surprise to many Arsenal fans and other football watchers, because our Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla was also left out of the starting line - up, despite having played the full 90 minutes of a pre-season game the weekend before.

Seven games, half the schedule, were blacked out on local TV last weekend because of the large number of tickets still unsold 72 hours before game time.

But we also want United to go into the weekend buzzing and full of confidence because their game is against our north London rivals Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

So while he does have a point, hearing our manager call for calm after last weekend's loss away to Stoke City because it was just one game did not sit well with most of us.

It is not as if he is not a regular or even key part of the Monaco team, because the 28 = year old has missed just one game for them so far this season and is their top scorer with three goals, including a late equaliser that salvaged a point for Monaco at the weekend.

I agree with those odds simply because i believe the some team that were stronger than Arsenal last season have done some really good business to further strengthen there squads, Bernardo Silva & Kyle Walker for Man City with what they already have plus what pep will add plus its gonna be his second season so he will be a bit more familiar with the EPL and this may make them really tough to beat, Tiemoue Bakayoko & Antonio Rudiger Chealsea plus a top striker and Chelsea will sill be one of the teams to beat, Tottenham are gonna be solid, they've kept the team together and Victor Lindelof & Romelu Lukaku for Man - u and Mourinho is not done yet if the rumors are true and there also the Mourinho second season thing, as much as i'd like to be hopeful for next season, i really do nt think Lacazette and Kolasinac are enough to make us challenge for the league plus having Europa league will give the team less time to recover for the weekend games, the formation change is the only thing i see can make the difference.

Also, the following weekend our match against Sunderland is postponed because of FA Cup so we will have a game in hand.

Right now I reckon that most Arsenal fans, and probably our manager Arsene Wenger as well, would snap your hand off if you offered them a draw from our up and coming away game in the Premier League, because this weekend's trip to Man City looks at the moment to be the hardest of all the fixtures we will face this season.

Retsub, Yes my friend its quite true that the posts are quadrupled after a poor performance but its partly because we are geared around weekend games and thats when most of the posters will come on here, I think aswel though that you may have a point in that alot of our fans habe become a little fickle but I have to say the last 8/9 seasons I have, as Im sure all our fans have, eagerly anticipated these big head to head games and I can only recall a couple of Spurs victories and an away win at Stamford Bridge among the success stories.

Chelsea will field a weak team because of the fa cup game on weekend.

MANAGER QUOTES Unai Emery: I expect a tough game, a different contest to our game at the weekend, because Arsenal have a different formation and brand of football.

«They were not happy and I reckon that anger will go to another level if he tries the same this weekend because United v Liverpool is the game that matters most to both sets of fans.

Because of the heavier action on the evening games, «Joe Public» did not get completely crushed this weekend.

These haven't been counterbalanced by a core repertoire of Saturday 3 PM kick - offs, because Sky have dictated that Arsenal should play the majority of home weekend games at 12.30, 4.30 or 5.30 PM on Saturday or Sunday depending on your luck.

Unlike other European countries who have a complete shutdown of their top division in December, the Premier League break would be staggered so there would be no weekend without Premier League football because there would be five games on the first weekend and five on the following weekend.

Said Mihalek: «Lots of coaches preparing for two games in a weekend against different opponents will tend to focus more practice time on the first of the two opponents, partly because of the belief in momentum,» Mihalek noted.

Because of student academic obligations during weekdays, NCAA Division 1 hockey programs tend to play their games on weekends — offering a temporal parity that ensures uniform times between games and reduces home - ice advantage factors.

This weekend, Brian and I are laying pretty low and spending lots of time with this guy... I have some studying to do because we have some fun visitors coming next weekend and I want to get ahead of the game so I... [Read more...]

I am so excited because I am traveling to Columbus, OH this weekend to tailgate for an Ohio State Buckeye game with some of my closest friends from college.

This coming weekend is considered the worst one of the year to release a new movie, because the big televised football game diverts too many eyeballs from the big screen to the small one.

Because of some access issues during the beta weekend, Bandai Namco is opening up the game for another 24 hours.

The Northern Free State, possibly because of its proximity to Gauteng, is fast earning itself a reputation for perfect weekend getaways that include the Vaal River, Vaal dam and numerous game farms.

I also mention it here because I'd love to see a wider audience grow more comfortable with the idea of playing games like these: pure, raw, tiny gems created sometimes over the course of just a single weekend.

Following its announcement that Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 will not be coming to the west because of hyper - sensitive attitudes in games journalism in regards to silly and juvenile sexual content, Koei Tecmo followed up over the weekend with a declaration that they would cease western publishing altogether due to the fact that their games Read more about Koei Tecmo To Stop All Western Publishing Because Games Are Too «Rad - Ass» -Lbecause of hyper - sensitive attitudes in games journalism in regards to silly and juvenile sexual content, Koei Tecmo followed up over the weekend with a declaration that they would cease western publishing altogether due to the fact that their games Read more about Koei Tecmo To Stop All Western Publishing Because Games Are Too «Rad - Ass» -LBecause Games Are Too «Rad - Ass» -LSB-...]

In my opinion this is way more reliable than «Owners», because people could acquire a game during free weekend, as part of a bundle or as a gift and never actually launch it, but still be included in owners numbers.

Maybe that's because of the limited map and Titan options in the test, or because the modes up for play were largely built around pilot - vs - pilot combat (instead of the fantastic «grunt» - focused modes of the first game), but by the end of the second weekend, I was pretty worried.

Following its announcement that Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 will not be coming to the west because of hyper - sensitive attitudes in games journalism in regards to silly and juvenile sexual content, Koei Tecmo followed up over the weekend with a declaration that they would cease western publishing altogether due to the fact that their games are way too awesome for the majority of soft, pussifed, American and European gamers.

However, during the free weekend, a massive amount of players who didn't meet the minimum system requirements would leave negative reviews, simply because they couldn't run the game.

I appreciate the attempt to show me the «how» of all this, especially when most games starring Mario just sort of cause things to happen because Bowser felt like making trouble that particular weekend.

Sydney, Australia — September 12, 2008 — Gamers find your Kevlar, because this weekend the bullets will fly as Call of Duty ® 4: Modern Warfare ™ Variety Map Pack hits half - price on Xbox LIVE ® for a limited time.

Starting tomorrow (Friday) we will be giving away loads of Xbox game codes away just because it is Friday and you can have something to play over the weekend, it is either that or watch the Eurovision Song Contest!

Because of some access issues during the beta weekend, Bandai Namco is opening up the game for another 24 hours.