Sentences with phrase «in midway through the season»

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«Elmohamady was our Player of the Year last season, so the first piece of important business was to get his transfer over the line and we did that, in the same way that we secured [Robbie] Brady and [David] Meyler midway through last season.

Changing manager midway through the season is already problematic, not to mention you are changing a manager who is in charge for 20 years.

I find it highly unlikely that Cavani would move midway through the season, especially given PSG's hopes of glory in comparison to Arsenal's.

Until midway through the 2017 season, no one in Tallahassee dreamed a Florida State coach would ever leave for another college job.

The 22 - year - old has risen to become one of the finest full - backs in Europe in his time at the Emirates Stadium, having broken into the side midway through the 2014/15 season.

Smith lost his starting job in San Francisco to Colin Kaepernick midway through the 2012 season.

How can you look into Chelsea's loss in their first game as a reason to say we have an edge on them... of course they will be rusty against a side that is midway through their season.

We've also had the DM problem for years, which was only solved midway through last season by pure luck of the injuries, NOT because Wenger suddenly had the ability to see he had no balance in his team.

They got Ws in each of the first few weeks of the season and before long were sitting at # 1 in the Power Rankings and the Standings before a little dip midway through the Seseason and before long were sitting at # 1 in the Power Rankings and the Standings before a little dip midway through the SeasonSeason..

Team Kaplan has struggled at times during the season, like any Rookie Team will, but showed their mettle in their shutout football win midway through the season.

The new HPHS alumni started to gain some steam midway through the season and clearly did enough to get in the Playoffs.

However, Suarez has not enjoyed as much first team football as he would have liked during his time in Serie A so far, and could now look to make a quick getaway midway through the season (via Metro).

# 26 Bill Bridges HOBBS Was leading scorer in ABL (29.8 ppg) when it folded midway through 1962 - 63 season; played with Hawks, 76ers, Lakers and Warriors; scored more than 11,000 points.

Ernesto Valverde's men were in danger of falling to their first league defeat of the season when Gerard Moreno nodded the hosts ahead midway through the second half, but centre - back Pique met a Lionel Messi corner in the 82nd minute to snatch a point.

Mourinho was sacked midway through the 2015 - 2016 season and given Abramovich's historical intolerance of perceived failure, it's remarkable that Conte is still in a job.

That point total is the lowest through 18 matches since 2005 - 06, when they had 30 points, and president Florentino Perez resigned from his first stint in charge midway through the season.

They were well in the running for a European spot midway through the season, but faded away towards the end.

He was removed from his position in Shanghai at the end of last season despite a fourth - place finish but returned to China midway through the just - completed season to take charge at Guizhou.

Despite a significant dip midway through the season, David Villa ultimately enjoyed a successful first campaign — ending with a wonderful goal in the Champions League Final.

The Blues left Wembley with more questions than answers and it will not have escaped Antonio Conte's attention that the last two managers to win the Premier League (Ranieri with Leicester in 2015/16 and Mourinho with Chelsea in 2014/15) both lost the Community Shield at Wembley and were sacked midway through the next season.

I say that because Sanchez will have a difficult choice to make: If no one improves our offer (assuming there is one) before the window closes and he chooses to play his contract out he runs the risk of having a serious injury midway through the season which will reduce his ability to get the kind of five year contract I am sure he is hoping for, where as if he accepts ours he is safe for the next, extremely important and perhaps the last five years of his playing career but one thing is sure and I say it again only a fool would sign before exploring all the possibilities and that in itself made and makes it impossible for the club to have «made» him sign earlier.

It makes sense to have the option of refreshing the squad midway through the season, so long as the new player is not cup tied as in the case of Arshavin.

Yet to really establish himself internationally, Shani Tarashaj was set to start plying his trade in the Premier League with Everton this term, after agreeing to join the Toffees midway through last season from Grasshoppers, but he's since gone on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt.

We're just lucky Mark Hughes is still in charge at City, that should cripple their chances — at least until they sack him midway through the season.

Along the way, Warnock points the finger of blame at: Gareth Southgate, Rafa Benàtez and Alex Ferguson, for all playing weakened teams in their respective clubs» matches against United's relegation rivals; the officials who allowed West Ham to win at Blackburn with a «goal» that didn't cross the line; Times journalist Pete Lansley, for upsetting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny by asking about his troubled personal life in an interview; the FA («rank amateurs»), for not punishing West Ham for fielding two ineligible players, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano; and finally David Unsworth, for contriving a costly penalty miss for United against Blackburn midway through the season but then scoring from the spot at Bramall Lane for Wigan in the game that sent the Blades down at the Latics» expense.

Madrid went on to win the league with a record 100 point tally, but failure once again in the Champions League, on penalties to Bayern Munich brought on much anguish and midway through that same season speculation was rife that Mourinho would be seeking a change of environment.

Antonio Conte's men have been off the boil so far in the league with the Italian tactician already admitting defeat in their title defense in a recent presser despite being only midway through the season.

Buying players midway through the season doesn't give them that bedding in time in pre-season to gel with their new teammates, and this could be what determines whether a player is a success or a flop at a certain club.

However, the time came in abrupt circumstances when Rafa Benitez was sacked midway through last season.

Gyan joined Simba FC midway through last season from Ghana Premier League side Ebusua Dwarfs and quickly cemented his place in the team with impressive performances.

They have an easy chemistry with one another that resembles that sort of lived - in friendship that usually only comes across midway through the first season of a sitcom.

Following his unexpected death midway through season 8, Riggs announced he would be pursuing a career in music in addition to exploring new acting roles.

Not only is Elliot an incredibly unreliable protagonist, giving the writers free reign to do whatever they want with little consequences, but the drastic change in direction midway through the season is so sudden that it feels like creator Sam Esmail got impatient allowing the story to develop organically.