Sentences with phrase «last team on the field»

Yet, we now find ourselves as the last team on the field as our commissioners unanimously voted

Not exact matches

Last year Havas CEO David Jones fielded a team dominated by women, while consultant Mary Civiello created a roster based on executives who are excellent communicators.

His team Atletico Madrid lost to Real in the Champions League Final last night, but not before he pulled off the slickest move we've seen on a football field — bagging an equaliser and kissing his girlfriend Noemie Happart in celebration.

Instead of putting its best product on the field, MLS allowed a star to sit while one of the league's top - drawing teams foundered in last place.

-- Last week they were ranked # 3 but they suffered a minor setback at the hands of Team Lewis on the Flag Football field — dropping the game by just 1 point.

Stoops was then very excited by the possibility of a new playoff system last July, saying that it benefited everyone involved to have «the best teams in the country to determine a national champion on the football field.»

David Padgett's team last won a game over a team in this projected field way back on Jan. 13 (Virginia Tech).

Lack of playing time may be due to having such a stellar draft last year, but it seems like a wasted year of development that most guys haven't seen the field except on special teams (which has been awful).

It also makes a shorter field after on - side kicks, giving teams making a desperate last second attempt at the end of the game a fighting chance to pull it off.

Win or lose they can afford to field their strongest team and will want blood on their last home game whether they proceed or get knocked out of Europe.

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

When LSU lost to Notre Dame on a last second field goal on December 30, it marked the first time in 31 games that an SEC West team had lost to a non-conference opponent.

The last four teams in the 2013 NCAA Tournament field — the four teams just barely on the right side of the bubble — are the La Salle Explorers, the Boise St. Broncos, the Middle Tennessee St. Blue Raiders and the St. Mary's Gaels.

I guess 8 - 8 or 7 - 9 are possible, because that's a brutal schedule on paper, but i have a hard time imagining the team is worse on the field than it was last year, even if the record doesn't reflect it

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

you talk non sense the reason arsenal lost was wenger fielded xaka and elnini and he told the team to play defensive and try to nick the game that's a mistake arsenal should of started fast and attack them we would of won that game he auld of started with iwobi or welbeck on lacazette instead of xaka or elnini that is why the game was lost trying to play safe and trying to park a bus not arsenals style big mistake Tottenham are not a come back team go two up fast start and Tottenham would of been done just like that last game we played them

why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield

If an athlete accomplished something on a field, court or track in the Sac - Joaquin Section over the last six months — and it was noteworthy — then there's a greater than likely chance that athlete is being recognized as part of the River Cats All - City Team.

Last season NFL teams used 3 or more WRs on about 3/4 of all offensive plays, so if the defense matches personnel then Bruce would only be strategically taken off of the field for 25 % of the defensive snaps.

Davis's reply made a lasting impression: «Ernest, we evaluate the quarterback on his ability to take the team down the field and into the end zone with a championship on the line.

The last time we made the final of the competition, we lost 2 - 1 in a painful encounter to Birmingham City, although we can have little complaints about the team fielded on that occasion, with even our first - choice goalkeeper at the time featuring.

On a field cozily embraced by fir, juniper and 19,400 fans, San Jose State found itself last Saturday night parked directly in the path of San Diego State, a small - college football team that has been itching to sink its teeth into major college competition.

Roy Hodgson's team haven't lost on their league travels since they were last in north London to take on Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on 5th November, and they will be looking to extend that form at the expense of the Gunners, who have struggled on and off the field since they beat Palace 3 - 2 at Selhurst Park just 23 days before the teams do battle again.

The entire «Color Rush» BS was the brainchild of Nike, which is a suck organization anyways, and was just to try to sell some hideous jerseys to casual, idiot fans; thankfully, that only lasted a few years, but it was memorable for the horrendously bad look almost every single team had to sport on the field.

And then there are more defensive teams with relatively little goal potency elsewhere on the field who rely to a very significant extent on the goal returns from their lone centre forward (think Costa at Chelsea last year, aside from Hazard they could not rely on goals from too many other sources other than the centre forward position, or Atletico in 2014 strangely enough with Costa again, or Martinez at Porto (admittedly not quite so defence minded) in 2013 where no other player got in to double figures).

No more totally killing it every rare chance we actually put you on the field but otherwise sitting around for the bulk of the rest of our matches watching Welbeck and Theo flub chances, not quite having the quality last touch to create a decent chance, and / or very rarely making any type of decent / threatening cross to other players all the while thinking «hey coach, you know I'm on the team also!

Past research has also found that bettors place too much importance on home - field advantage, which continued last week with home teams going just 35 - 42 ATS.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.

The reason why I think he hasn't done much rotations last season was, there aren't adequate quality Gunners in our first team and couple with some Gunners getting injured which can't guarantee us success on the field of play if the Gunners in question were played.

but I think Dallas should replicate some of the trades made before around the league and get rid of him in exchange for a pick, or renegotiate his salary, His 4 sacks doesn't make justice to his play on the field last year, he was hold a lot, could have 8 easily, but his contract isn't fair for the team as well.

Of the six teams on the No. 11 line — the last one in the 2015 NCAA Tournament field not entirely comprised of conference tournament winners granted automatic bids — only BYU can match a win over a No. 2 seed, though the Cougars did get theirs over Gonzaga in Spokane.

The way that Cutch moped around through slumps and never was overly vocal, coupled with the way that Cole always seemed ticked off at umpires, his defense and the umpires, the team over the last two seasons didn't seem to have a leader on the field.

«That (Liberty JV) team won on a last - second field goal,» Walters recalled.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The Arena Football League, which kicks off on April 13, has 19 franchises, a minor league that will field 29 teams and a championship game that has been carried live on ABC the last three years, but you'd hardly know it by reading most of the nation's print publications, including SI, or by looking at TV sports news.

One dropped ball, one missed cone, let alone a bad snap from a long - snapper, a missed field goal or a muffed punt leaves a lasting impression on the scouts and team officials sitting in the stands.

Team Levine took the field as the home team and the # 1 seed, but that would be the last time they were on top, at least for this seaTeam Levine took the field as the home team and the # 1 seed, but that would be the last time they were on top, at least for this seateam and the # 1 seed, but that would be the last time they were on top, at least for this season.

Maybe Alford, who only shot 38.4 % from the field last year, should take up soccer instead of playing for his father on the basketball team.

Team Annenberg (Once Upon a Bagel)-- Currently tied for 16th place with 7 points (Last Week: NR)-- Max «Nimble» Resnick made his presence felt on the football field as he scored a TD and provided solid Defense all day long.

Last Wednesday these guys looked great on the flag football field as they defeeated Team John's Garage 51 - 21..

They got one of the biggest Wins of the Regular Season — for any Team — as they took down Team ATO (who was # 2 last week) in a clash of the titans on the flag football field.

Team Harris (RazorReef.com)- Currently tied for 7th with 12 points (Last Week: NR)-- Captain Adam «Tommie is not rlated to this set of» Harris has an enthusiastic bunch that is just trying to figure out the chemistry on the field right now..

It is the 11th time that the league's top seeds will be matched up in the big game since 1975 (when the NFL's playoff format began basing home field advantage on teams» regular season records), and recent trends favor a Seattle victory: the NFC has won the last six Super Bowls between No. 1 seeds.

You have no QB, the QB you signed was magnified by the kick - ass team that he was on last year and will be exposed this year, your star WRs are over the hill, your running game is mediocre and the veteran you signed last year wishes he never did, your defense isn't what it used to be, you lost Talib, your star LB let his fame get to his head and became soft and unaggressive, your head coach is atrocious, the DC genius who designed your defense in 2015 is in LA, and your GM is a Nucky Thompson looking schmuck coasting on what he did on the field when Clinton was President.

Perhaps the largest storyline this weekend involves players that won't be on the field, as four teams will be starting a different quarterback than last week.

and after great end to there miserable start of last season they ll be very high on confidence so it is prudent that we dunt take them lightly nd we field a team with proper defence

We saw a prime example last night of how important timing can be when betting on a team with the line around a field goal when Minnesota (opened -2, closed -3.5) won by 3.

The dip in form mirrors the last campaign, when Berahino announced his arrival on the first - team scene with a flurry of goals before becoming mired in a series of off - field controversies.

It would be a radical departure to the way Jungwirth has been used this season and last — Stahre made it clear he sees the German as a true number six defensive midfielder — but it might get the best available defenders on the team on the field together.