Sentences with phrase «gave early performances»

Still, I tend to believe that Durant should actually have slightly better odds given his early performance.

Not exact matches

Early in 2018, we will issue an iOS software update with new features that give users more visibility into the health of their iPhone's battery, so they can see for themselves if its condition is affecting performance.

Apple says an early 2018 update will offer «new features that give users more visibility into the health of their iPhone's battery, so they can see for themselves if its condition is affecting performance.»

However, given the massive energy - boosting effect of this superfood, you can always enjoy it as part of a pre-workout smoothie to amp up your gym performance or an early morning snack to get your day off to a good start.

After last weeks majestic 4 - 1 demolition of Liverpool at the Emirates, it was always going to be hard to emulate the performance at relegation - threatened Burnley yesterday, but Aaron Ramsey's early slice gave the Gunners a lead to defend.

Given the Cowboys» performance against the Eagles and the Chargers» dismantling of the Bills, the line for this game is way off from Westgate's early line last week.

When Bellerin first came into the side he not only defended well but was always so dangerous going forward.His pace and ability to go outside his marker gave us an attacking outlet that allowed us to play without a recognised right sided attacker which coincided with Walcott getting less and less game time.We all thought this boy was going to turn into someone very special and so obviously did the management who apparently renewed his contract on a reputed # 100k per week.What have we seen since then?A player that seems as indecisive and under coached as the rest of the defenders at the club.A player that has rarely delivered a performance that reflected his initial early form.A player whose body language seems to display his displeasure at being at our club when Barcelona reputedly offered # 40m for him in the close season.

We know that Arsene Wenger was angry after the poor defensive performance, but how did Petr Cech feel when his two best defenders gave away the two early goals and he had to pick the ball out of the net?

Ramsey's performances this season, prior to injuring his hamstring in the first North London derby of this season, have been decent; but, given Ramsey's rise in stature and the expectations he has to live up to, as a result of his good performances in the last couple of campaigns, he wouldn't be satisfied with his displays — which included 2 goals and 1 assist — during the early phase of the ongoing season.

In it, Owen was asked about current Reds star Roberto Firmino and his response was surprising; he said he was split on him and claimed that he'd played well against Manchester City and Chelsea earlier in the season, but didn't do it enough and was only giving one good performance in five or six games.

However, despite his performances of late not quite matching up to his early season form, he still has the talent and ability to secure three points single - handedly, and his understanding with Eden Hazard — as demonstrated in the 1 - 0 victory over QPR — gives the Blues a threat that the Gunners currently lack.

Rooney's performance levels were so bad United fans would have liked to see him dropped weeks earlier, but Mourinho kept him in the team, giving him just enough rope.

An alternative to that setup could see Eboue start on the left and Arshavin be given a rest after his midweek performance, however my advice to the manager would be to play the in - form Russian and sub him off early if the job gets done.

Both results can be viewed as great road performances given the strength of Arsenal and the early season promise shown from Swansea.

Blackburn haven't won a home fixture since the opening day, when beating Everton 1 - 0, but a battling effort against Chelsea last weekend, losing 2 - 1 in spite of taking an early lead through Benjani's first goal for the club, should give Sam Allardyce's player the confidence to repeat the effort levels as another workmanlike performance on Saturday would make them difficult to oppose.

nice tribute andy and no doubts he has been the player of the year, although i cant understand him being criticised early on because hes been an international from an early age and a regular with cameroon and i distinctly remember him putting in strong performances when on loan at a struggling charlton a few seasons ago... i guess he has become the example of why we shud be patient with the younger players and give them the time that has no doubt benfited him i remember reading an article from him after the city game when adebayour had his little outburst and i cudnt believe how dedicated to the club and fans he was when questioned bout his «friend» adebayour saying arsenal and the fans are his priority and dat is all i cant understand people wanting cameroon to fail just so we can get him back early after the commitment he has shown to us but if he maintains his form we wont see anytime soon!goodluck song and cameroon

Iwobi gave an impressive, disciplined performance when starting away at Chelsea earlier in the season.

Correction: those figures are for welfare state performance from the early 1970s to the late 1990s from Moller et all (2003), given in Horton (2010), «Whose Middle is it anyway» public policy review.

Mr Blair gave a polished performance at his appearance before the committee earlier this year, insisting that his decisions in the lead - up to the 2003 invasion was based on the soundest intelligence possible that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.

In my earlier post about Gordon Brown's performance at his press conference on CentreRight, I also mentioned that the Prime Minister failed to answer Ben Brogan's question about whether or not he would honour Tony Blair's previous promise to give David Cameron and the shadow cabinet access to the civil service as of the New Year.

3) Given our strong performance, we believe we can receive national support much earlier in 2012 if we start now

Also, given my earlier analysis of arousal phenotypes of DopR mutants, we have tested their performance in the visual arena, and these mutant animals are indeed compromised in their ability to perform visual tasks.

Given that these protein biomarkers have not, in general, proved useful for early detection, if their contribution to the performance of this test is substantial, it would question the likely utility of the test in clinical practice.

Ancient Greeks even gave garlic to the original Olympic athletes to ensure their optimal performance, which makes garlic one of the earliest performance - enhancing agents.

The project's overall haplessness is given away early with the tiresome, over-the-top performance of Ignazio Oliva as a buffoonish manservant Harlequin, who represents everything that one dreads about «classical» theatre.

Viggo Mortensen gives an excellent early performance.

Shameless in its appropriation of incidents and atmosphere from earlier horror movies, with De Niro giving one of the emptier performances of his latter - day career.

Keri Russell gives the early scenes a kick in a great casting - against - type performance.

One of the most memorable performances that Sutherland gave in the early part of his career was as Attila Mellanchini, the sadistic Italian fascist who ends up imprisoned in a pig sty in Bernardo Bertolucci's sprawling 1976 epic, 1900.

Stone gives a much more compelling and subtle performance here than she did in «La La Land,» for which she won the Best Actress Oscar earlier this year.

«Casey was someone that Scott focused on really early on, and he gives a performance that's really fresh and interesting and exciting.»

by Bill Chambers The Golden Razzies are the worst: Earlier this year, they (dis) honoured Keanu Reeves for one of the only decent performances he's ever given, in Sam Raimi's The Gift.

Nicholson and Lange fans will enjoy their performances enough to forgive the lackadaisical nature of some scenes, and those looking for early Mamet scripted flicks might want to give this well - written adaptation a shot.

You also fully believe the BFG's friendship with the little girl, Sophie, played by Ruby Barnhill, who early in the film threatens to be annoyingly bossy and stampy, but whose performance gives way to something more sweet and vulnerable — steering well clear of cute.

Julianne Moore gives a graceful yet powerful performance as a brilliant linguistics professor suffering from early - onset Alzheimer's disease in «Still Alice.»

Certainly, his latest film exhibits many of his most characteristic features: an early static shot of a concert audience once again emphasises spectatorship as a primary concern; we meet, as so often, a bourgeois family about to experience severe suffering; Emmanuelle Riva follows Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche and Naomi Watts in giving an extraordinary performance in response to psychological terror; and violence, with its attendant guilt, comes as a shocking intrusion into this world.

With a lead actor performance (from Gary Oldman) that's not only a lock for a nomination but an early and sole frontrunner to win, Scott Thomas is given a healthy headstart, playing the wife of the world's most well - known prime minister.

In the end, an early campaign made all the difference for one indie contender, while another young hopeful managed to keep her grip in the supporting ranks despite giving a lead performance.

Sandra Bullock plays Harper Lee (memorably portrayed by Catherine Keener earlier), and she gives a pleasingly downbeat turn, but she often appears to be more focused on keeping her thick southern accent in check above all else and her performance seems a little rudderless.

Perhaps it is hard to appreciate the humor given the stiff Elizabethan language, or it might be that (despite early reviews praising his performance in a feat of stunt casting gone awry) it is disconcerting to see Russell Brand playing Russell Brand as drunken dandy Trinculo.

Leading an outstanding ensemble cast, Bruhl and Pike both give terrific performances, letting us glimpse the early commitment of their characters and a growing disillusionment when the ordeal drags on.

Stephan James (in his first starring role following appearances in «Selma» and «When the Game Stands Tall») gives a breakout performance as Owens, who attended The Ohio State University in the early 1930s and became a champion under demanding coach Larry Snyder (a rare «dramatic» role for «SNL» vet Jason Sudeikis).

A dazzlingly original, heartbreaking musical pulsing with the spirit of the immortal Jacques Demy, Damien Chazelle's swirling masterpiece gave us a career - best performance from Emma Stone — and the soundtrack of early 2017.

If the film's goal was to make Lara a more interesting character by exploring her early life, it fails quite miserably, despite a generally good performance by Vikander in a role that gives her precious little with which to work.

That's because the studios wait until the Holiday Season to release their best films in theaters, given how Academy voters tend to forget pictures and performances from earlier in the year.

He led an unexpected box office hit earlier this year with «The Lincoln Lawyer,» gives a memorable turn in Richard Linklater «s upcoming «Bernie» and he will truly astonish everybody with his perverse performance in William Friedkin «s amazingly wicked B - movie, «Killer Joe.»

The latter is summarized in an early analysis by Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo, giving a performance that encapsulates the spirit of that great man), tying together the lack of justice for African Americans in the courts with the Constitutional right to vote, hindered by Jim Crow laws.

Early 2012 also gave way to a couple of buzzworthy performances in foreign films.

And young Ruby Barnhill, who early in the film threatens to be annoyingly bossy and stompy, delivers a performance that gives way to something more sweet and vulnerable, steering well clear of cute.

During his career, he gave us lots of astonishing performances, but he's at his coolest in this early role.