Sentences with phrase «league point because»

Not exact matches

It's gotten to the point that there is considerable pressure for him to resign (although many doubt it will happen) because of the league's ongoing domestic abuse and discipline problems.

Keller points out that one of the reasons to own a franchise in the first place is because owners almost always make money when they sell; but in the U.S. most teams aren't making profits from attendance and TV revenues are small compared to other leagues, all of which dampens buyer interest.

I don't think its really necessary or feasible at this point in time to have a female wrestling league simply because there aren't enough wrestlers.

We are not league contenders for a number of reasons, and not just because of the point difference.

Arsenal fans will obviously hoping that this is where the coincidence ends as well, because the Gunners got off to the worst possible start last year by losing at home to Liverpool (and when you consider they pipped us to the final Champions League spot by a single point that loss looks even worse).

«Without Petr this season I don't think the club would be champions because he played six important matches in the Premier League and without these points we probably wouldn't be champions.

Not sure how this proves your point, all these world class players came to the PL because it's the hardest league in the world but they came AFTER they had developed in easier leagues with plenty of game time.

As I pointed out at the beginning of the transfer window, it would be worth backing Arsenal at 11/2 to win the League, because when Petr Cech and other marquee signings came in the price would be dropping steadily.

Arsenal have had lots of talented youngsters coming through the Hale End Academy, and the whole point of staying with us is because Arsene wenger had a big reputation for blooding youngsters in the first team, usually via playing in the League Cup.

Because you talk nonsense anything can happen in cup games as for our defence it's one of if not best in league and we were never in this position last year of being 5 points clear and playing so well

Boston took Games 1 and 2 at home because he scored 44 points while putting up only seven threes — one fewer than he attempted per game during the season when he led the league in tries (645) and makes (222).

The other big point the boss made, however, could be good news for Arsenal fans, because the Frenchman suggested that being in the Europa League this season could actually boost our own EPL trophy chances.

The blatant truth is that we will always rely on our rivals to drop points, Simply because we're not good enough to fight our own battles to win the league on our own and the sad part is even when they do drop points, we never seem to capitalise on it....

«No one ever sees that score [in Little League], because no coach lets it get to that point.

When Ramsey and Walcott got injured, Wenger refused to sign a replacement, again to prove a point, we lost the league because he refused to sign a striker in january.

I tell you from a footballing point of view scoring 8 goals you got have players that know where the goal posts are it takes energy and creativity to score 8 yes I agree vikings changed their players because their league is starting i think tomorrow so yes they were not a big team team but to say that Arsenal were not strong thats a bit to much and I say it again you need energy and creativity to score 8 I was very happy they did that Arsenal are well known for creating chances yesterday they converted them chances into Goals this should be the norm and I hope this will give them a lesson on how to win a game as they did nt dwell about with the ball it was goal after goal and that tells me that they went for the goals directly and I hope and wish the young guns all the best and to do well in the next season

Arsenal can go second in the Premier League table, which would be good for the Gunners of course, because yesterday was one of those strange days when nothing went as planned or as the form guide would lead us to believe, with every single one of our main rivals for the title dropping points, or those who played anyway.

I am not going to disagree with some of the points made by Arsene Wenger after Arsene Wenger lost 5 - 1 to Bayern Munich in the Champions League (AGAIN) because the Frenchman was right to pour scorn on some of the decisions made by the Greek referee and his unusually involved team of assistants at the Emirates Stadium.

It's easy to paint a road map to the league's demise — let's say, a critical mass of players leaves the sport because of health concerns, fans likewise lose interest in a sport they know is ruining men, and the game itself becomes a terrible slog to watch — but the end point may be several decades from now, well after the people who could have acted have sold out or died.

It would still take a miracle to be honest, or even two miracles because Chelsea have to hit a wall and drop at least 10 points from their remaining 13 league games and that would still need us to win all of ours.

That is not the only possible cause for concern from an Arsenal point of view either, because Doncaster may be struggling in the league this season but their cup games have been another matter.

Hopefully we will still remain 2nd in the league table and not have much to play for at that point, because the FA cup final will turn out to be very physical and we need everyone rejuvenated for our most important game of the season.

We have a run of very winnable league games for the next 4 weeks, and need to take maximum points from these, because Burnley also have a run of very winnable games coming up.

The three points were absolutely vital as well, because our main rivals for the Champions League group PSG pulled off their own Houdini style escape act with an injury time winner in Basel.

It is the one big, if you like, black mark against Arsène Wenger in these last 10 years: why he hasn't identified an issue with these types of players [points to Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla] because they can not win the league with those types of players.

Beginning of the season is usually when we drop the most points mainly because of injuries and new players adapting to the team and league.

Those 9 points alone make up the Champions league right now and we will not make it through the league with our defensive record, because there are no signs we will fix it.

As Hodgson said: «We have got to keep going because we are still a long long way away from 40 points and we must go into each game knowing it will be another tough Premier League game where we are going to be tested to the limit.

I am fairly sure that a large percentage of Arsenal fans are finding it hard to get enthused about the defence of the FA cup trophy, because two points from the last three Premier League games has left the Gunners down in third place and our challenge for the Premier League title looking a lot less assured than it was a couple of weeks ago.

Because they pointed out that it can not be said that they are better than of us even thought they are ahead of us in the league and are performing with nothing to show for it.

The Blues are currently eight points clear in the league and one of the reasons for the gap is because they haven't been shy on the goalscoring front.

Giroud will never lead us to the title he's not good enough and don't start with injuries Aguero was out for 6weeks and City had to play Milner as a striker but he still has 21 league goals because he's World Class, the truth is we are 13 points behind Chelsea even with his 14 GOALS GALORE we're not even close!

While Arsenal fans should not have given up hope of the Premier League title yet, just because two defeats have left us with a nine point gap to make up on Chelsea, we could really do with someone halting the momentum of Antonio Conte's side as soon as possible.

Because what they were doing was working; they scored the most points in the league.

From our point this is the perfect season for Spurs to finish above us because they thought they were gonna win the league so they can't appreciate it properly whilst we laugh at them and at the same time 2nd and 3rd achieve exactly the same thing with CL qualification.

«It is the one big, if you like black mark, against Arsene Wenger in these last 10 years in terms of why he hasn't identified an issue with these types of players -LCB- points to Coquelin and Cazorla -RCB--- because they can not win the league with them.

«Of course [we have a point to prove]-- you quickly want to gain confidence back, because we play at Brighton and after that, we play straight away in the Europa League.

Portland managed to have one of the best offenses in the league with such a limited supporting cast because the two guards accounted for 46 of the team's 105 points per game.

Arsenal can not go to the top of the Premier League with a home win over Man City this evening, because of that pesky Leicester City side of Claudio Ranieri, but we can open up a four point lead over the club that is likely to be our main rivals for the EPL title.

So even though Man City are direct Premier League rivals to Arsenal, I was glad to see them beat Southampton at St. Mary's today, because it puts the pressure on Jose Mourinho and his players, especially as they could only manage a point against Sunderland.

Because of the fact that Arsenal and Man City are tied at the top on points with just a single point in goal difference keeping us in second, combined with the fixture list that sees us take on Middlesborough on Saturday and City facing Southampton on Sunday, any kind of win for us over the league's 17th placed side would be enough to see us top the table on Saturday night, but to still be there next week means we would have to better Man City's result, in terms of goals if not points.

I'm not quite sure what your point is Jon but I certainly don't feel I'm being conned by Arsenal because the lack of Premier League tital

«For us it a perfect run in our Premier League, and on the other hand also perfect preparation for the Bayern game because we had no injuries and we got the three points.

Even the Champions of the league drop points, our biggest issue with dropping points seems to be that it's like an endless spiral, because when the first points are dropped, the bad run goes on for a few more games.

So basically, despite an offside goal, two deflected goals, and a goal because of a sunday league mistake from an Everton player just subbed in we should praise Chelsea as if they had won 5 - 0, in fact, lets give them an extra three points on top of the 3 points for a win and declare them PL champions without even playing any more matches.

Well wenger you should take notice of the league table from the first game because every game we loose that's yet another freeking 3 points we lose to the likes Chelsea man.c etc..

If we can not as a team beat lesser teams in the league in the absence of Alexis then we may as well admit we are not good enough to be challenging for trophies because the Premier League is long and arduous, and if you are not prepared you will find yourself dropping sure points like league in the absence of Alexis then we may as well admit we are not good enough to be challenging for trophies because the Premier League is long and arduous, and if you are not prepared you will find yourself dropping sure points like League is long and arduous, and if you are not prepared you will find yourself dropping sure points like these.

But no matter the outcome, I don't think we will win the league simply because we'll drop points too...

Maybe it's because we haven't had a league game in two weeks, or because we beat City already (Community Shield I know I know), but I think beating the teams that are top of the table has been a point of emphasis this past preseason.

And they are three points adrift of the top four in the Premier League — a secondary prize that United are only now settling for because they are 13 points off the title race pace.