Sentences with phrase «largely due»

That's largely due to the struggles of Chicago, who remained popular among bettors despite their 36 - 46 ATS record this past season.

This is largely due to the assumption that every player will remain healthy all season, while oddsmakers are typically better about accounting for risk.

This unrest in the West is largely due to the resurgent Western Athletic Conference.

Last year we heard so much about Cobb's Creek and the setup at Merion, a most - exclusive venue that reportedly landed the U.S. Open largely due to the lobbying of one powerful individual, David Fay, and then never heard, uttered, or thought about that particular body of water again.

He said his decision to come to Clemson over VT was largely due to us running a pro style scheme under Billy Napier as opposed to a spread like system at VT..

The 23 - year - old lost his way at AC Milan — largely due to injury — and was loaned to AS Monaco at the beginning of the season, potentially with a view to re-establishing himself as a potential candidate for Italy ahead of the 2016 European Championships this summer.

This was largely due to a comment from Bills GM Doug Whaley who said that Taylor has «everything you're looking for.»

The France international only joined Barca from Borussia Dortmund last summer, but has encountered a difficult first season at the Nou Camp, largely due to injuries.

That move seems largely due to public money, as many movie - goers have recently seen «The Big Short» and could be suffering from a recency bias.

I think this is largely due to the lack of faith in the defence and for fear of losing possession and conceding through a counter attack.

Our Bet Signals data has remained quiet regarding this game, indicating the movement is largely due to steady, one - sided action, as opposed to quick hits from professional money.

This is largely due to Miami of Ohio's shocking 26 - 21 victory over Northern Illinois in 2010 — a game in which the RedHawks closed as +800 moneyline dogs.

Aside from the hot bats of catcher Joe Mauer (a league - leading.378 average at week's end) and his roommate, first baseman Justin Morneau (73RBIs), the Twins» surge is largely due to the organization's much belatedcommitment to youth.

Walcott's dip in form last season was largely due to his ambition to play as a centre forward.

Love has scored 21 or more points in each of his last five games, including 29 points on 9 - for - 17 shooting in Cleveland's Tuesday win over a Memphis Grizzlies team riding a six - game winning streak largely due to its defense.

Yesterday we controlled and dominated the MF largely due to City playing 2 up front, also City never really sprang into pacey action within their MF.

The payroll has been decreasing in recent years, largely due to two players.

Why it makes sense: The defense has led the way in recent years for the Broncos, and while the team allowed way more points than usual in 2017, that was largely due to 34 turnovers by the Denver offense.

Many expected the Panthers to regress this season largely due to a lackluster receiving corps but the Carolina defense looks to be able to overcome any offensive shortcomings this team may have.

This action appears largely due to public perception since the Clippers are currently receiving 40 % of spread bets.

However, Dembele has had a difficult start at the Nou Camp, largely due to injuries, and it seems he could already be on his way out as a makeweight in any deal for Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann.

He won largely due to his excellent 1st half.

Mayweather landed nearly twice as many punches as Pacquiao — 148 - 81 — but that was largely due to a superb defensive effort from Mayweather.

Things haven't quite worked out for the 20 - year - old at Barcelona, but that has been largely due to injuries hampering his progress and seeing him fall out of the thinking of manager Ernesto Valverde.

However Wilshere is also not a first team favourite at Arsenal, despite his previous promising envisions as a youngster, largely due to the high amount of competition in midfield.

Gabriel however didn't maintain his place in the side, largely due to a bit of recklessness on the pitch, as well as the fact communication errors were made as he didn't speak very good English.

Evan Turner is by far having his best season as a pro this year, largely due to the fact that he's the only real scoring threat on the 76ers other than Michael Carter - Williams.

Arsenal came close to turning things around again against Liverpool, but failed in being their most effective largely due to a lack of tactical direction.

However despite this, I'm still confident that this is the strongest defence we've had for quite some time and I think that's largely due to the experience and calibre of players and depth in the Arsenal squad.

Another video that's here largely due to the engine sound... Mika Salo's Toyota wasn't particularly quick in 2002 but it does show how, apart from the penultimate corner and the hairpin at the end of the long straight, the Barcelona track has barely changed in over 15 years.

Although many Arsenal fans are no longer calling for Arsene Wenger to sign another striker in the summer, largely due to the excellent form of Olivier Giroud since the France international returned from injury, there are many, including the former Gunner Thierry Henry, who want the manager to bring in more firepower.

The Gunners ace hasn't live up to the high expectations place on his shoulders when he first stepped out for the first - team, largely due to injury nightmares and off the field troubles, which could lead the Arsenal bad - boy to look elsewhere.

The Frenchman is unable to inspire his team from the sidelines and this is largely due to his inactivity on the bench.

Carlo Ancelotti's apparent preference to play Sergio Ramos and Pepe at centre - back has seen the talented Frenchman's performances limited to 20 starts in La Liga this season, with another five games coming from the bench, largely due to the other two spending time out of the side injured.

The funding was successful largely due to Roxanne support.

The Japanese are one of the World Cup's most entertaining nations to watch, largely due to the creative talents of players such as Kagawa and Keisuke Honda.

However in some of the other Premier League matches, especially in that game vs Liverpool, Alexis was seen to be very much out of the game, largely due to the fact that his presence wasn't physically dominating against the Liverpool back line.

This game is often overhyped as Anfield's greatest ever Euro night — largely due to what happened later that season, but also as a consequence of Sky Sports using Steven Gerrard's decisive goal, paired with Andy Gray's screechy commentary, as powerful propaganda for many years.

His demise in Minnesota was largely due to having absolutely no OL.

His lack of playing time is largely due to injury problems though, as he has only played four games for the under 21s, but now that Danny Welbeck has recovered from his own injury and with Theo Walcott set to return and joing the likes of Giroud, Alexis, Iwobi, Lucas Perez and the Ox in fighting for a place in the forward line, I do not rate Akpom's chances of playing a lot of football for the rest of the season very highly.

Arsenal then saw the effects of a small strain on fitness for Alexis, largely due to exhaustion, in which firstly saw him injured for a large part of the campaign and then a drop in form as he failed to hit the high energetic heights that he usually meets in matches.

The Browns released Manziel on Friday, just a couple days after the start of the new league year, largely due to his antics away from the football field.

Arsenal is one of the wealthiest clubs IN THE WORLD, something like 6th wealthiest according to Forbes, largely due to the relentless support from the fans.

There have been various reasons behind his lack of impact at Arsenal, largely due to inconsistency as well as injury problems.

Henry has shown to be a promising and much favoured coach at Arsenal, largely due to the admiration and experience that young players see in him, as well as the fact that he has a wealth of practical footballing skill and knowledge.

The losses were largely due to injuries — at one time or other last season 13 starters were out — but bothering Royal more than the injuries was his concern over what losing was doing to the team's attitude.

One of the managing editors questioned by the A.P. on its own coverage replied that «our own sports editor comments cynically that the A.P. is improving on this front largely due to rewriting SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's excellent behind - the - scenes coverage.»

While the entire game was clicking, Castro finished with the 63 largely due to his iron play.

So» ton haven't been great largely due to him.

Having not watched the game, I don't know for sure if that happened, but it's the type of thing I've witnessed in the past (and the box score seems to indicate some different line - ups — largely due to injury, I'm sure).