Sentences with phrase «odd games in»

Not exact matches

If watching people compete in video - game tournaments sounds a bit odd to you, you're not the only one.
A little odd, and silly, but it was fair game — and it got him featured in several news articles about internships and entry - level jobs.
In addition to pricing, one of the most widespread complaints was the game's odd requirement that users connect to the internet before launching.
A guy who never turns up in big games, and is happy to just coast from game to game, with the odd good performance here, and there, against weak opposition.
With him in our defence arsenal will always lose the odd game especially against teams with pace....
Knowing Wenger though, I wouldn't be surprised if he kept Jenkinson around for a few more years in the hope that he has the odd good game.
We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.
Tim Tebow will be asked to do more in the New York Jets» Week 5 game against the Houston Texans after spending most of the year working odd jobs for the Jets» sputtering offense.
the truth is that arsenal are not a coherent team anymore... not clear what their footballing strategy is... seem to have given up on passing game for counterattack which might work in odd games but wont win us anything unless we have a midfield that can hold on to ball because we will be under the kosh most of game and will eventually buckle... but the problem was clear at half time in this gane and wenger did nt do anything about it... and if he is paid for anything it is to make those kind of critical decisions....
Beat MD soundly to start the season... same for Tulsa... win at home two hard games to USC and TCU (we might lose the TCU game after an excessive high from USC, if we lose to TCU we bounce back and beat K St, if we beat TCU we read or press clipping an get a L handed to us in Manhattan)... we lose to OU, ugh, I hope I am wrong... and then finish strong with close games at Stillwater and Lubbock that are W's... and lay the wood to Baylor, ISU and put up a huge payback whomping on KU Thanksgiving weekend in Lawrence (which seems odd for UT to play outside of Texas that weekend.)
Ideally, I'd bring back Schez he'll learn a lot from Cech, professionalism, calmness and keeping his mouth shut (from talking and smoking at odd times lol) and give him 30 to 40 % of games throughout the season, sell Ospina, relatively short keepers don't last too long in the game [Barthez, Casillas?].
In turn, the game began with both sides showing plenty of determination and the odd half - chance as they threatened to find a breakthrough, but it was Lallana who finally bagged the first goal of the game.
It's a tie game, late in the second period, and it wasn't even an odd man rush.
He does have benefits for the odd game against certain players but out of a long season of many games he not start in many for me.
Still, national pride aside, this should be a magnificent tie for the neutral: the last time they played, at Anfield, Liverpool stole the game from Manchester City with the odd goal in seven.
he might have one or two decent passes in a game, score the odd goal, but for all that money i would have expected a game changer, a dynamic player, not a lazy sulky player with lots of personal problems, including his own poppa suing him for money.
still games them 80 - 85 games each for season (if you include the 20 odd games they will be called to do in Toronto.)
His greatest undoing is that odd momentary lapse in concentration at crucial points of the game.
I don't think he's a feature back (last year proved that), and I'm not advocating that the Cardinals turn him into one — plus the results don't lie with Chris Johnson — but Ellington is such a dangerous weapon on the ground and through the air that it's been a little odd to see him become little more than a player that comes in to spare the starter a few times a game.
He looked like an Alex Song (the one prior to this game), was solid at putting a tackle in but also great at picking out that odd pass.
Welbeck can play in that role if needs... and if we get another CF then Welbz will need gametime to stay sharp so he would always be an option to bring on / play for the odd game out wide.
EVEN POOR FULLTIME PROFESSIONALS CAN LOOK QUITE GOOD IN THE ODD GAME, WHEN PLAYING TOTALLY INFERIOR OPPONENTS.
When Theo has his determined moments (that's all they are, moments) then we see the potential and it is good to watch, he just isn't mentally strong enough to take responsibility and as such tends to be quiet in games apart from the odd flicker.
Some good games but Chris Smalling continues to struggle for consistency and has the odd mistake in him that means he surely can not be considered a long - term solution in defence for United.
This can be taken as both a weakness and a strength, whilst it means he may miss the odd opportunity to create a chance it also means that his game has very few errors in it.
¬ ∂ In squelching what appeared to be a historic Edmonton Oilers comeback, theHurricanes found a wellspring of energy and emotion - and a couple of goals fromthe oddest sources - in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup 3 - In squelching what appeared to be a historic Edmonton Oilers comeback, theHurricanes found a wellspring of energy and emotion - and a couple of goals fromthe oddest sources - in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup 3 - in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup 3 - 1.
Last year Juan Marichal saw this activity, the plate umpire reaching in a special ball bag at his waist to introduce a special ball to the game, and not being aware of the procedure, Marichal felt that he was the victim of some odd plot, that perhaps the ball he would get from the umpire was going to pop in two and emit smoke as he gripped it for his screwball.
As if that wasn't odd enough, Garcia faced Ike Davis — the Athletics» first baseman — who was in the game because it was one Oakland would eventually lose 18 - 2.
So with the former German international set for a long injury lay - off it seemed an odd choice for me and as we reported here at Just Arsenal earlier in the week it has now been almost two years since we started a game with the club captain in the side.
One of the odd little quirks in the game is how most clubs tend to have what we call bogey teams and Arsenal are no different.
i do nt mind schniderlin (as he is primarily a d / m that just has the energy levels to make the odd forward run) he would do a great job for us, either along side le coq protecting the back - line in some games or as a rotation with him.
Walcott has proved nothing in terms of consistency / goal delivery and except the odd flash in the pan game he could never be labelled as a world class player.
Sweet baby Jesus works in odd ways, but we have been given perhaps the greatest game of the year as a result of the aforementioned events.
I like isco, but I like him at Madrid for now... do nt think he has the physicality at the moment to fit into the pl... he'll be the perfect replacement for carzola but for now might be too soon and too much of a luxury to have at arsenal... jack needs to have some time next to le coq and lets see how that works.i guess jack and Ramsey got ta fight it out for that position, though Ramsey always seems to come a across as inconsistent n not as naturally talented as jack... ramsey will always have the odd off game with his passing and decision making.jacks seasons mostly get interrupted by injuries though I thnk he would do well alongside le coq... a backup dm would be great though in transfer window and OT: Get dyabala or watshisname... before Maureen gets his hands on him!!!
not just in the odd game?
People who say we do not need another dm know zero about football while coq has done a fantastic job he will not be able to play every game and of course is bound to pick up the odd injury flamini is simply not good enough to do the same job it is a must we sign another quality dm so we are covered in every position for every occasion for big games we could even play both and sacrifice one of the flair players although i doubt wenger will do that the options will be there sign a gk, dm and cf and we willbe serious tittle challengers next season.
Odd though, that whenever Gooners meet in person at pubs and games, you rarely see anyone who wants him to stay.
As if we're going to beat a unbeaten in 20 odd games Utd team with Bogie man Mo in charge.??
We appear to be in a reverse situation from last season, artificially high after 20 odd games due to the way the fixture list panned out, this season I believe we are artificially lower by a few points.
Who hasn't scored in 14 odd league games....
Also, he seems to always come up with the odd injury every time he manages to puts in a consistent run of games and then he out of a few weeks and then he has to come back again and try to himself back to form and just when he puts in a consistent run of games, he gets injured again.
MSU plays x2 UM, IU, OSU, UMD, PSU, UMD = 12 games MSU plays x1 Wisc (road), (@ even yrs / vs odd yrs): Illini, PU, NW, Neb, Minn, Iowa = 7 games MSU plays allotted «rival» Wisc (Home) = 1 game OR just make the +1 game vs one team in the opposite division to be different every year on a 7 year cycle.
Well paid Debuchy Wilshere Chambers intersperse log term lay offs with the odd cameo against Doncaster Wigan Sutton or a 76th minute sub in a league game already won.
Also Costa played 200 odd extra minutes in PL despite appearing in the same number of games.
With Westphal and new acquisition Rory Sparrow sharing the point, odd man out was Edmond Sherod, who'd been averaging 28.8 minutes a game, third on the team, before the break, but got to play only 21 minutes in the three games last week.
-- Rocchi confesses: «The penalty for Maicon was an odd incident, managed by me in an odd way — it created tension on the pitch... Garcia sent off, you can't tolerate that gesture, I hope this game does not effect my career».
Our playing style suits 4 -2-3-1 most but for playing 4 defenders in every match for 55 odd games a season we needed 1 or 2 more defenders.
Stayed too long and Wenger put too much faith in him but there's no issue with playing him wide for the odd game.
He IS getting on at 38, but, as long as he is fit, not TOO slow, and, can use the ball out of defence, then, as a last resort in case of slight injuries, to come in for the odd game, Cups, then why not.
The team's lone loss was an odd lopsided flop to Monte Vista - Danville in the championship game of the Leo LaRocca Sand Dune Invitational on Dec. 29, 2016, at St. Ignatius - S.F.. The night before, the Bears posted a 53 - 51 win over James Logan - Union City — a team which would play in the Division I state final just two hours after Mission's game wrapped up.
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