Sentences with phrase «games on the road does»

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Next 2 games on the road will tell us something, if we can't perform I don't think we will do much in playoffs, Clippers will be tough there season is on the line, either they will come out swinging or fold like a pack of cards, we will see

I don't like Thursday games (except for Thanksgiving), and I certainly don't like the Texans being on the road before and after theirs, but the extra days, followed by the bye week could really help some guys.

On game days the lonely roads from Marfa to the west and Marathon to the east were filled with baseball fans flocking to Kokernot Field to see the Fabulous Alpine Cowboys, and Mr. Herbert did all he could to make it worth the trip.

His fourth - quarter takeover on the road in OKC Sunday night would have been impressive even if he didn't drain a game - winning buzzer - beater.

On the road I like to concentrate on the game, but then, when I do get an hour, it bothers me that I'm not studyinOn the road I like to concentrate on the game, but then, when I do get an hour, it bothers me that I'm not studyinon the game, but then, when I do get an hour, it bothers me that I'm not studying.

The Heat went 37 - 4 at home during the regular season and averaged seven more points per game than they did on the road (106.4 vs. 99.4 ppg).

If Alabama wins: The Crimson Tide have their toughest road game done and dusted, and remain on pace to win the SEC West by winning out and taking down LSU in Tuscaloosa in a big November showdown.

Now the Warriors need to come up with another great performance on the road after getting the job done for the first 44 minutes of Game 1.

NBA players have five times as many road games as their NFL counterparts and far more free time on trips than do major league baseball players.

All the Panthers have to do is eliminate the New Jersey Devils on the road in Tuesday night's Game 6.

Minnesota's run up a seven - point lead, and if Denver doesn't get a handle on this game on the road, this one can get out of control in a hurry.

(If we can win on road games again) Maybe next year, maybe year afterwards, but please do it before Manu retires!!!

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 recorOn 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 recoron 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.

or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?

Things don't get any easier for Crystal Palace this week, following up their 5 - 0 shellacking on the road against Manchester City with another road game against Manchester United.

Traffic on the Ohio Turnpike is a coffle of tractor - trailers as Golden Flashes coach Gary Waters argues that the RPI, that mystical set of numbers the NCAA tournament committee consults when it hands out at - large bids, should R.I.P. Every mid-major coach is sympathetic to Waters's argument, because big - time schools insist on playing nonconference games in their own arenas, with officials of their choosing, and the RPI doesn't penalize them for refusing to go on the road.

If they don't do it now, they'll wake up down 2 - 1 with two more games to play on the road.

Getting a win on the road against the Panthers won't be easy, but the Cardinals are 5 - 0 SU and 4 - 1 ATS in their last five road games according to the OddsShark NFL Database and would be dangerous in the Super Bowl if they do pull off the upset on Sunday.

We've lost 15 points from winning positions, more than any other top 6 team and recent away games like Swansea and Bournemouth don't help our cause on the road.

Not until Collins met with his power forward one - on - one before a road game in Cleveland on March 17 did the two patch things up.

If he averages what he did last year — 88.8 yards per game — Payton will pass Brown in the eighth game of the season, on the road against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

If Clemson didn't have South Carolina on the schedule and a potential ACC title game against a decent team, I'd probably drop them to Barely Alive at best even though they were very competitive on the road against an excellent team.

Sean Dyche has made Turf Moor a fortress for the Clarets for some time now and despite the fact that their home record so far this season has not been quite as impressive as last time, when they only lost six Premier League games through the whole campaign, they are still very hard to beat there and have also started to do the business on the road as well.

Fortunately for the Rockies and their fans, they don't have a game today and are on the road to Kansas City.

After one loss last season, mindful of the long road to respectability, he went up to Tomlinson, who in his first three seasons has rushed for 4,564 yards on a team that has won 17 games, and told him, «I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure your career is not played in vain.»

like I've said before, Wenger is simply stating that Sanchez is staying so that he can regain some leverage when it comes time to make a deal and to shift the focus back squarely on Sanchez... this is 101 tactics in PR management... the very fact that he even mentioned RVP's name speaks to the utterance arrogance of a man that believes he answers to no one... before you harshly judge Sanchez think carefully about what the ultimate intentions of both parties involved... Sanchez wants to win trophies and get paid generously for his efforts, whereas the club wants to pull the wool over our eyes once again so that we blame the player for wanting the very things we told him we wanted when we brought him in... how many times do we have to go down this road before we realize the only common factor in each of these scenarios is the club itself... trust me, if we showed any ambition Sanchez's contract demands would be much different... just like in other major sports players will take a «home town» discount if they see those in charge making a truly honest attempt to fight for the highest honours in their respective fields... that being said, if they see a team trying to make disparaging remarks about them in the press and not following through on their promises, they will likely try to make them pay a premium for their services or seek greener pastures... btw if anyone simply looks at the score versus Bayern today and thinks that even for a second that this was a deserved victory, just watch the game and judge for yourself... actually save yourself the anguish and just know that if it weren't for Cech and Martinez this could have been a repeat of our Champions League flopping or worse

Does this mean the system starts on the second consecutive road game or after two consecutive road games thus meaning the third road game?

But I don't like this spot for the Eagles, who are playing their third road game in a row after spending two weeks on the West coast.

As the Alabama defensive linemen killed time watching television and playing video games on a road trip a few years ago, A'Shawn Robinson got bored and decided he should attempt what so many of his teammates had already failed to do.

The Kings opened their third consecutive playoff series on the road and merely continued doing what they've been doing all playoffs, winning their ninth game in ten tries this playoff season.

Not only did the 17 - year old score again, taking his tally so far to six goals from four under 23 games, his strike was a real belter of a free kick that opened the scoring and set the Arsenal academy side on the road to a 2 - 0 victory over Man United.

With arsenal still just taking the first few steps on the road to recovery after suffering the worst period the team has had to endure for many a year and setting a few unwanted records for the Arsene Wenger era, we could probably have done without this midweek game against a side that is not only the reigning Premier League champions but who are quite a bit further down their own road to redemption while still needing some points to make their survival in the top flight completely secure.

It's clear the most bettors don't feel comfortable taking the Seahawks on the road, but they also received < 50 % of tickets last week at home against the Lions, a game they easily covered.

West Brom salvaged a point on the road at Hull in a game they probably didn't deserve anything from, so Sunderland being slight faves this week makes a bit of sense.

Middlesbrough have just 1 win in 16 away matches this season, but only a -10 goal differential, meaning they're usually in tight games and they don't get blown out on the road.

It's the coach who needs to constantly post on social media, or get his or her team into the bigger tournaments with tougher competition — or like what coach McKim did — schedule your first 14 games on the road.

«As far as the first 14 games on the road, we wanted to put ourselves in other gyms against teams we didn't know to provide us with the same type of challenges we will face in the playoffs.»

They are on an eleven match scoring streak in the Premier League and they have netted in each of their last seven on the road so that does suggest that they are at least going to get on the board in the game.

13 — Watford have now won more points in their seven away Premier League games this season (13) than they did in all 19 on the road last season (12).

The Clarets have done remarkably well in the top flight his season, with eight points from five games and five of those points have come out on the road in fixtures against Chelsea, Spurs and Liverpool.

They are just W1 D2 L2 in their last five games, but the two losses in that sequence did happen out on the road and they are unbeaten in three now at Molineux (W2 D1) since a loss against Notts Forest back in January.

They've improved on the road under Dalglish, but as recent away defeats to West Ham (3 - 1) and West Brom (2 - 1) shown, there is still a lot to be done on Liverpool's away game and it is this reason and this reason alone why I feel the Reds will probably be undone at the Emirates on Sunday.

They're unbeaten in six away trips, but before that they picked up a single point in five league matches on the road, Given that those games included meetings with sides who were all in the top half at that stage, that doesn't bode well for this trip.

Having scored less than a goal per game on the road in the league this term, which doesn't bode well for a clash with Premier League opposition.

The overs intrigues me as I do not see this Toffees team keeping a clean sheet on the road and an early goal will throw this game wide open.

Newcastle have shown a resilience to their game under Alan Pardew and are currently enjoying a decent spell in the league having lost just one of their last eight, but they're up against a resurgent Bolton who are gunning for their fourth consecutive victory in all competitions and did recently end a six - match losing sequence on the road, albeit having still to arrest their current six - match losing streak in the league away from home.

Scoring and winning games go hand - in - hand so it won't surprise you to hear that Blackburn haven't done an awful lot of celebrating on the road this season — Just once in fact.

The Saints have won eight of their last twenty four EPL away games but fully covered a -0.75 line just twice as it seems if they do win on the road it is usually by the odd goal.

As last weekend proved, Bournemouth have a lot of resilience and fight about them and winning games on the road is still a tough thing to do for the Eagles in their situation.

Everton started that game at a blistering pace, storming into an early 2 - 0 lead, and while they did throw away their two goal advantage there were clear signs that Everton are steadily improving with their away performances and that a big victory on the road isn't too far away.