True, but we could also say the same thing about our premier
league performances over the last decade or so, yet no one is saying what's the point in playing in this league since we keep on bottling it every time we are in with a shout.?
Not exact matches
The Switzerland - based institute analysed
performance data
over the last three months from Europe's «big five» football
leagues — England's Premier
League, Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A, Germany's Bundesliga, and France's Ligue 1.
Back in November, then - CEO Schnatter blamed the National Football
League's leadership for hurting the company's
performance because it had not resolved the ongoing controversy
over players kneeling in protest during the National Anthem.
This wasn't our best
performance by a long shot, but the festive period is famous for throwing up shocks, such as a small club like Tottenham managing to gain only their fifth ever
league win
over the
league leaders Chelsea.
The Champions
League group stage is now
over, and with the competition taking a pause for the next two months we can see who has been putting in the best
performances so far.
The
over / under was set at 2 minutes, 1 second, following Idina Menzel's 2:01
performance in the Major
League Baseball All Star Game this past summer.
Since the Texans are salivating
over Watson's
performance, it got me thinking about preseason star Chase Daniel, is he better than any week 1 starting QB in the
league?
The Premier
League leaders are considering a summer bid for the stopper and sent
over scouts to report back on the player's
performance.
Indeed, if Sissoko's
performance for Newcastle continue, he could well become one of the figures to define the transfer window — a player who the Premier
League's top clubs should be falling
over each other to try and secure.
Man City winger Leroy Sane was showered with praise following his
performance in his side's 3 - 1 win
over Newcastle in the Premier
League this evening
It was a bad midweek
performance but lets get
over it and look forward in the
league.
The 35 - year - old was superb in Juve's first - leg victory
over Spanish giants Real Madrid in the Champions
League semi-final last week, and his
performance has proven his ability to continue to play at the highest level.
Just
over a year ago, Arsenal visted the Etihad stadium to face Manchester City in a hugely important Premier
League game and were in need of an excellent defensive
performance to keep out the star - studded City attack.
Going simply on current form and the
performance of each player in the Premier
League win
over Sunderland last weekend, you would assume that Wenger would go for the Costa Rican, even though the Ox was clearly a bit rusty after a spell out of the team with injury and should be sharper now.
All that matters is the
performance over the first 9
League games (W3D5L1)-- suddenly the world is in crisis — hysteria and mob rule breaks out — the man is too old (only 65) and has lost it — he is a failure and should be sacked... some fall
over themselves to proffer the criteria that should be put up to decide whether he keeps his job or not this season?
Sunderland's only win of the season came on the road back in August, with a resounding victory
over Norwich and Simon Grayson will be hoping his side can reproduce that kind of
performance to push the North East side up the
league.
Our Champions
League performance has been consistent
over the past 13 years Group stage or losing in next round
Premier
league will resume next week, the window will probably be
over and the fans will suffer for bad
performances, and Arsene will say they tried to sign a player!
Arsenal could well have found ourselves on top of the Premier
League table
over the current international break but due to the good
performances and results of Chelsea and Liverpool combined with us being held to a draw we have actually slipped back into fourth place, and in fact we are fourth favourites at 13/2 in the Football Betting Odds as well.
The other striker is a little closer to home and the young French forward Moussa Dembele has been grabbing the headlines of late with some great
performances for Scottish champions Celtic, including a brace in their 3 - 3 champions
League draw with Man City and a hat - trick in the old firm win
over Rangers.
This win for Arsenal
over Premier
League rivals Manchester United saw a great all round
performance from the Gunners, both in attack and defence and there were lots of candidates for the Man of the Match, such as Petr Cech who made three crucial saves, Alexis Sanchez for his two great goals and Theo Walcott for his best game at centre forward, but for me it was Mesut Ozil who stood out with his sublime passing, movement, vision and work rate.
Those
performances over the last two years have led him to be called into the England U-21 national team, where he's made two appearances and got back on the radar for Premier
League teams.
Still, if it's a little early to get heated up
over a
league table, there are the questions of style and
performance to consider.
Tottenham's 3 - 1 win
over Real Madrid last night is sure to go down in history as one of the biggest results and best
performances by an English club in the Champions
League.
Knicks fans were less than thrilled with the
performance — much like Lakers fans last week — since it leaves New York with just a half game advantage
over the Timberwolves (who play later Saturday night) in the race for the worst record in the
league.
Was it not the same Crystal Palace which beat Chelsea who wanted to win the EPL than anything else?What he said told me we had still not changed.Season after season we see those kind of
performances from Arsenal against smaller teams.They were also better than us on that day.Character and strong mentality is one area where Arsenal have failed
over and
over again.We find it hard to win when we're not playing well or a man down.Liverpool don't even have many world class players yet they play their hearts out to the extent that you think they're very good.If Arsenal overcome this barrier we will win the
league this season and would've won the
league some seasons back.
if besiktas had scored in last few minutes no one would have said it was undeserved as they matched us
over both legs... the two
league performances resulted in four points could have easily been 1....
Let's not go overboard
over one performance.Elneney is bang average in his Premier
League outings and nothing more.Agaist the Spuds at Wembley he was given the job to protect the defence and in the Second Half he was anonymous as they completely
over ran us.He is a squad player and nothing more.If Wenger felt differently he would have used him more and when you think of the second rate
performances of both Xhaka and Wilshere this season that really does sum it up.
I was hoping that Arsenal would produce a convincing
performance in the Premier
League yesterday and record a big win
over Southampton, As we all know that did not happen and you could argue that the Gunners were lucky to get any win at all, but thanks toa late goal from Danny Welbeck all the points did go to Arsenal.
The
league's leading scorer, Dylan Kremer, was absolutely on fire on Sunday night as he put up a massive 42 - point
performance to help carry his squad to a 94 - 84 victory
over Team Dean.
They will have had
over a week to rest and prepare after the Champions
League exit at the hands of Atletico Madrid and even though their recent upturn in fortune has removed the threat of relegation, I think Arsenal have to expect a committed
performance from them, which is why I feel that Wenger should be looking to rotate his team as much as possible.
Being deployed on the wing instead of his more preferred position up front, Theo has put in some excellent
performances for Arsenal, with the North London club having won all four games since his return, including crucial victories
over Manchester City and Olympiakos in the Champions
League.
His
performance at Monaco was a little
over average, scoring just
over one goal every two games in a star studded team playing in a weak French
league.
Since making his debut about a month ago in the Premier
League win
over Southampton though, Mustafi has been an ever present and has nailed his place down with some fine
performances and a growing understanding with our French international centre back Laurent Koscielny.
But following an unconvincing victory
over Anderlecht in the Champions
League in October, reports emerged suggesting Sanchez was frustrated with the wavering
performance levels of his teammates, with some even suggesting a problem with Mesut Ozil had developed.
Liverpool outclassed Norwich City in a
performance that was worthy of the club's stature, thereby completing an emphatic double
over the hapless Canaries who have now conceded 10 (25 %) of the Reds» 40
league goals this season.
Tonights encounter with Reading Women, will be the first opportunity for Yeovil to show another solid
performance, with their last
league game against Chelsea, which saw the Glovers hold out the
league leaders until
over 60 minutes played.
Arsenal fans were
over the moon with Jack Wilshere's first half
performance against Doncaster Rovers in the
League Cup on Wednesday night.
Now, Toral's exploits have been rewarded with a place in the official Football
League team of the week, which recognises the very best
performances over the past seven days - and Toral's surprise hat - trick made the cut.
Antonio Conte conceded after Saturday's defeat at West Ham that Chelsea's Premier
League title hopes are
over; he may prefer to concentrate resources on this tie and can draw plenty of encouragement from their two group stage
performances against Atletico Madrid.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has hailed the
performances of club graduates Marcus Rashford and Scott McTominay following his side's 2 - 1 triumph
over Liverpool in the Premier
League on Saturday.
Arsenal are set to kick start their
league season campaign in high after thrashing last season's
league champions Manchester City 3 - 0 at Wembley
over the weekend to clinch the Community Shield trophy in what was a scintillating
performance from Arsene Wenger's men.
Interestingly, Hummels has been linked with a # 20 milllion move to United this summer, thanks to his impressive
performances for Dortmund both in the Bundesliga and in the Champions
League over the past two or so years.
With the
league experiencing a hiatus due to the international break, it's time to look back on
performances over the course of the...
Head to Head is a format where all the teams in a
league are ranked on points earned in their Head to Head
performance against other
league teams
over the course of the Regular Season.
Joe Gomez was Liverpool's youngest player during their Super Sunday victory
over Stoke City and his
performance has earned some positive remarks on what was his Premier
League debut for the club.
Given Morata's
performances in the Champions
League over the past two seasons, this is a tough pill to swallow for the Juventus management.
And while the bubble burst away to Millwall and Cardiff City, the team still put out a few good
performances, including a win
over Premier
League club Burnley and a famous win
over Middlesbrough at Elland Road.
As we have discussed before, the Frenchman's
performances have improved
over the last few months, but we have little evidence that the midfielder will be able to show this kind of form on a consistent basis or for the whole Premier
League season.
The Swede, after a number of confident
performances, was awarded the Man of the Match award after the 1 - 0 victory
over Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier
League, before he really got stuck in when Mourinho changed the formation with three defenders against both Watford and Arsenal.