Sentences with phrase «in a competitive game for»

Cuadrado was considered a major flip during his Chelsea days, unable to score or provide an assist in a competitive game for the Blues in fourteen games.

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Family helped, not only in the support and love they provided, but also because as my kids grew, they became much more competitive — so there is no room for distraction during family game night.
Nobody wants to wait forever for a game to download, or to experience lag in the middle of a competitive match.
In order to succeed at this game, you have to have enough mind space available to think about the business, leading, innovation, your team — how could you possibly stay competitive if you take on the additional burden of thinking about how hard things are for you or what additional barriers you have to face because you're a woman or have darker skin?
Whether you've just started a business or been in the game for years, building a strong credit profile is essential to stay competitive.
Danilo helped keep Arsenal at bay in the first - leg in what was his first competitive game for Udinese since his summer move from Palmeiras.
Our first league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough game.
Destroyed Georgia 35 - 7 in a game that was at no point competitive or even challenging for the Gamecocks.
You have a chance to prove that because your first competitive game could be against Chelsea... I think the script couldn't have been written in a better way for the fans because this will be one of the days [that is] very exciting and very strange at the same time.
His latest trick is to make one of the best goal keepers in the world look like a novice in his first competitive game for the club!!!
The work ethic and competitive spirit Shelton has developed over the course of his prep basketball career, along with the way he has his hands in every statistical category, earned him the «Russell Westbrook of high school basketball» moniker for his all - around impact on the game.
The 20 - year - old, who made just one appearance as a substitute for Germany during the Euro U21 tournament earlier in the summer, missed the entire 2014 - 15 campaign as he recovered from a serious knee injury sustained in the previous season and it's been well over a year since his last competitive game for the club.
To have any realistic chance of challenging for the title, however, or even to ensure a place in the top four at the end of this very competitive season, the Gunners have to continue to show this killer instinct, because looking at Chelsea and Tottenham's games yesterday it looks like they will not be giving us any help.
If he is an actual option like a replacement for Ox and just offer extra defensive cover in the game then the squad is internally seen as more competitive and isn't just about emergency subs.
Ramsey must play and we must also throw in quite a competitive team for this game as well..
Bottom line for me is that objective in soccer is to score more goals than other team, well two competitive games in row no goals scored, eliminated from champions league.
United's Premier League opener against West Ham will not be their first competitive game of the season as the Red Devils must first battle Real Madrid for the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday August 8 in Skopje, Macedonia.
In this latest encounter the Uruguay international is up against the Indonesia Under - 19s, with Suarez unable to play a competitive game until October 26 due to a four - month band for biting Giorgio Chiellini.
In public Arsene Wenger is not putting any pressure on his players to win the games or lift the trophy, insisting that although he does like the competitive nature of the games, it is much more about preparation for the season ahead than anything else.
The Southampton match gave us one of those opportunities to fully assess the Arsenal players on the fringes and take proper evaluation of their development in a proper competitive environment rather than just in an Under - 21 game which can not be used as real measure or test for a team of Arsenal's pedigree.
The recently turned 22 year - old is labelled one of the best right - backs in Europe, despite lacking any competitive games at international level for the senior side as of yet, and is supposedly being targeted by Manchester City and Barcelona.
So Chelsea away next weekend is nailed on for Coquelin but with two games before that in the same week, Arteta must be in line for a first competitive start since last November.
Jack was desperately hoping to get a run of first team games for Arsenal to get him in competitive mood before the Euros in France this summer, but that dream seems to recede every single time we get another update.
As the Warriors have raced to a 2 - 0 lead in the NBA Finals, anyone hoping for a competitive series has mumbled the only analysis necessary: the Warriors won 73 games and then added Kevin freaking Durant.
Robbed of all momentum despite their competitive spirit, there was nothing left for the Oilers to do in Game 6 but disappoint their fans at home.
The young Brazilian winger, who can also play just behind the main striker, has not yet played a competitive game for the Gunners» first - team since joining from Fluminense all the way back in 2011 as an exciting prospect for the future.
the obvious fact is that the club began to stagnate in football terms a decade ago after the CL semi against man utd and has been in outright retreat over the last 3 years... some fans were calling for wenger to leave in 2011 - 12 as it was clear he could not cope with a more competitive environment others have been more tolerant, hanging on to fa cup glory and hoping that he would somehow self correct his weak and erratic management style but most now realise that is not possible and that the club will deteriorate further under his management so also want him gone, that has left a hard core of wenger loyalists who are either fixated with the past (selecting episodic good and bad times to justify wengers decade long failure) or too frightened of the future to contemplate a change (with selective reference to failed managerial changes by way of justification) or both, to conclude, through a mixture of panglossian fatalism and corporate philosophising, how lucky we are to have such an honourable and educated man in charge... along with their confused references to club loyalty and addiction to computer games these are troubled souls who need our sympathy and concerned medical advice... SO JUST F OFF STOCK UP ON CANNED SOUP AND GO SUPPORT ASTON VILLA ON FIFA!
Crowley may be very talented for an 18 year old but the young Englishman lacks the conviction and strength that is required to perform in a competitive and physically demanding Premier League game.
Phil trying to end this drought, make a Ryder Cup team for the 11th straight time, and stay competitive with all the 20 - something bombers remains one of the most fascinating watches in the game.
Even if he had, I think Le Prof should start him from the bench for our FA Cup match away to Southampton on Saturday to give him a competitive game runout as a substitute in that match.
«I think it will maybe bring back the years where we were so successful» kinda had goosebumps reading that line... i'm not sure if anyone realized this but theo was the last player to score a hattrick for us in a «competitive game» and that was against newcastle dec 2012...
I was injured for long spells last season, and scored only five in 32 competitive games.
Villa fell to defeat in their Championship opener against Sheffield Wednesday at the weekend, as their agonising wait for a win in a competitive game went on.
I very much hate the waiting game to see who is going to blink first and arsenal tends to love to play this game to the end, for me it is a must that you have the players you going to use for the season in pre-season so that they get a feel of the team in a friendly, but competitive circumstances.
I suppose it would be very easy for anyone to pinpoint Alexis Sanchez as Arsenal's most dangerous player this season, but Man United's Angel Di Maria probably knows him better than anyone else after facing him in nine competitive games since 2011 in Spain and internationals between Argentina and Chile.
As close as the game was, it just doesn't seem like a competitive series is in the cards for these two teams, not if the Rockets start making shots.
The increase in the talent of new entrants to the league should not only make for a more competitive league, but generate much more excitement for the game.
Tiger Woods may be demolishing the ball again (per Rickie Fowler) ahead of his much - anticipated return to competitive golf in two weeks at the 18 - player, no - cut Hero World Challenge, and Sergio Garcia believes the Big Cat's comeback will be good for the game.
If he is a player, he's like what Ozil or Monreal has been for us this season, consistently producing competitive performance in every game....
I believe that the qualifying for the CL will again put us in a very competitive frame of mind for the upcoming league games (Chelsea and city on the horizon) and hopefully beat some of our nearest competitors..
The fact that it's still an issue in competitive matches is cause for concern, especially when it's in only 20 or so minutes game time.
... AKBs and their definition for success and why that potato head should continue turning the club to a laughing stock... i get so confused when some people will stay in the most competitive league in the world and still be happy to just compete for top four... even the sick manager is thinking about a «top four» like the whole years of embarrassment has not been enough especially for fans who spend their hard earned money to watch home games as well as buy club apparels...
He obviously won quite a few games and been a real important factor for us in remaining competitive in the playoff race.
That is why young strikers who can not score do not get selected to play competitive games for a top team in a top league.
and sad truth is we only need a couple more real quality signings... but seems wenger is already digging his heals in... i think he still believes that diaby is the man for defensive midfield, that arteta can still run the mid field that grioud will finally come good in epl or that sonogo will bully other defences... none of these assumptions is grounded in reality (that s the problem with having an economist as a football manager)... and there is no excuse for overpaid professional athletes to be exhausted after a couple of competitive games..
Putting him at wingback in his 1st competitive game for the club would put him under unneeded pressure in my opinion.
One concern for Villa is that Vidic is unlikely to be match fit immediately — his last competitive game was against Juventus in May 2015.
So after 4 competitive games we can see the makings of a squad that can't compete for EPL or cl... Bringing in rotation players won't change the equation as we already have too many mediocre performers... if we bring in quality DM and attacker I think we can have a first team to match the best and hope fitness and injuries aren't against us... otherwise it's another underperforming season ahead
For a team of players who had not played a competitive game in over 5weeks, they were not totally terrible, I hold one player completely accountable for our loss and that player is no other than Carl Jenkinson, that boy has no present or future at Arsenal, offers nothing going forward, zero recovery, complicates simple passes, the list is endleFor a team of players who had not played a competitive game in over 5weeks, they were not totally terrible, I hold one player completely accountable for our loss and that player is no other than Carl Jenkinson, that boy has no present or future at Arsenal, offers nothing going forward, zero recovery, complicates simple passes, the list is endlefor our loss and that player is no other than Carl Jenkinson, that boy has no present or future at Arsenal, offers nothing going forward, zero recovery, complicates simple passes, the list is endless.
We should rely on an inexperienced 19 year old RB who has never played a competitive game for Arsenal's first team in his entire career?
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