Sentences with phrase «of elite sides»

Burnley have dug in away at many of the elite sides this season with admirable performances against Chelsea and both Manchester clubs this season.

The 15 - year - old is regarded as one of the finest players for his age in Europe with most of the elite sides keen on him.

Not exact matches

These are blunt comments, and they exemplify the dark side of Silicon Valley: that an elite group of power brokers, exemplified by Arrington, is totally ignorant of the hurdles faced by minority groups.

The credit (or blame) for all of this change will rest on the shoulders of Michael Ferro, the tech investor with a longstanding side interest in newspapers who shocked the Chicago media elite when he bought a 16.6 % stake in the company and, as I reported, quickly began to exercise the power his attendant position (despite the title of non-executive chairman) gave him.

It helps Trump that the other side just doesn't get it: all of our elites preach free trade.

Supporters praise the uprising of popular politics against the shared interests of an entrenched patrician and business elite, while party leaders and pundits on both sides fear the rising tide of populist fervor.

Elites ridiculed pro-lifers as being on the wrong side of history.

On the one side is elite capitalism, in which a few families or individuals own a large percentage of the wealth, there is a consequent absence of a large middle class, and control of the economic system is by the elite.

We may reconstruct the adjectives and phrases used to describe him both at the cocktail parties of the Corinthian elite (if the latter was aware of him at all) and in the pubs where his petit - bourgeois clientele would gather: «fundamentalist,» «simplistic,» «compulsive - neurotic,» «asking too much of sensible people,» «never listening to the other side of an argument,» «perhaps a little crazy» — in sum, some thing of a disagreeable fanatic.

This abandonment of realism by the educated elite has driven a deep wedge between a great deal of theology, on the one side, and the actual piety of the church on the other.

On the one side is the old elite of business enterprise, on the other side a new elite composed of those whose livelihood derives from the manipulation of symbols — intellectuals, educators, media people, members of the «helping professions,» and a miscellany of planners and bureaucrats.

Liberals largely have higher education, the elite newspapers and time mainline churches on their side, as conservatives never tire of pointing out; for angry conservatives, the cultural power of American liberalism is suffocating and immense.

Liverpool fans will certainly hope so, but the Merseyside giants don't exactly have the best recent record of holding on to their star names when elite European sides come calling.

«Something will certainly be done ahead of the second leg on 27 August, but not before Saturday,» said Wenger as his side took a massive step towards the # 20million bonus for being among Europe's elite.

Hazard signed a five year contract at Stamford Bridge in February, meaning his side are in no need to cash in before his current deal expires, but after a sensational season — in which he is being tipped for the PFA Player of the Year award — he is sure to attract envious glances from Europe's elite.

Teams with elite seeds are expected to play elite ball on both sides of the court.

If you are not elite on both sides of the ball, you're going to show up on these lists twice.

In my opinion, the rest of this season will go into rebuilding the side and going into next season as genuine title - contenders and with a squad that can go head - to - head with Europe's elite.

«On the other side of the coin, Messi is a proven elite - level match - winner and he didn't have his most flamboyant, his most exciting game but he did what the best in the world do.»

With the Champions League knockout phase now upon us, the football world has been talking about the clubs still in the competition and in England that talk has obviously been focused upon Arsenal and the other two sides left among the elite of Europe.

What's more, there may even be more to his choice to pass to Javier Hernandez than simply seeing his side reach the semi-finals of the elite European competition.

I'm not talking FA cup, a competition that could be won by a side who had just been relegated, I'm talking about the kind of competition like the Champions League or Premier League that solidifies your stature amongst the most elite in the game, you know the «world class players».

The interest from England's elite clubs stems out of the fact that once again, Danilo has had an outstanding season in Portugal and continues to be a stand - out performer for Nuno's FC Porto side.

The Reds must be increasingly worried about the future of their top scorer, with Salah's sensational form this season meaning it's impossible for elite European sides not to take a strong look at him.

We now have the worst coach in football being embolden to play a selfish and embarrassing brand of football to protect his legacy all because the best coach on the team has his side of the ball playing at an elite level.

Their match against Germany seems to indicate that Bento prefers to sit back and play conservatively against truly elite sides, but perhaps he was just accounting for Germany's style of play.

Petr Cech insists that Arsenal deserve to be in Europe's elite footballing competition, having missed out on entry only once since Arsene Wenger joined the club, but admits that his side have not been good enough on a number of occasions this season.

Coquelin is good at the dirty side of the game, but you need more than that to be considered elite — that's a fact.

But they are benefiting a bit in 2015 from the fact that almost nobody is elite on both sides of the ball.

There are some excellent players there - Ballack, Schweinsteiger and Lahm are / were obviously world - class - but both truly elite talents on that side were being played out of position, with Lahm better suited for right back, Schweinsteiger miscast as a winger and Ballack preferring to sit a little deeper.

But now there are a fair few elite players who have asked why they have to run through the wall, and whether it might not be better to go around the wall, and what's so special about the other side of the wall anyway.

Paul Goldschmidt is one the league's top three hitters and AJ Pollock emerged as an elite player last season, but there are still significant question marks on the left side of the infield.

What the metrics say: Wisconsin is an elite third - down team, ranking in the top 12 in conversion percentage on both sides of the ball.

Caceres may seem like an odd choice of a signing for Premier League - chasing City — it's exceptionally rare that a player takes a step up from the Australian A-League to an elite European side — but Mariners representatives have praised the player's talent ahead of the move being confirmed.

He obviously has faith in Giroud, Coquelin, and Theo as well as a potential striker, so I personally don't think he'll move for a «true CF» or a «true DM,» more an elite player / s who will lift the side capable of challenging in multiple positions.

Arsenal come up against the only English side still in the elite European competition on Sunday, and I'm torn about what exactly I want to come out of tonight's encounter.

He is rated modestly on FIFA 17 but develops into a fine finisher worthy of leading the line for any elite side in Europe.

Griezmann scored as Atletico beat Barcelona in the Champions League quarter - finals and then repeated the trick at the Allianz Arena against Bayern Munich, netting the crucial away goal to send Diego Simeone's side through to the final of Europe's elite competition.

Following a successful 2016/17 campaign which saw City's Women lift the FA Continental Tyres Cup, the FA Women's Super League trophy and the SSE Women's FA Cup, the Toulouse International Ladies Cup will give the club the ideal opportunity to test themselves against several of Europe's elite sides ahead of the new season.

In fact, they're back to where they started before Heynckes took over in 2012: at the fringes of football's elite, capable of beating the very best sides but not among the very front - runners.

The side do have the little matter of the FA Cup final, but even if United claim the historic trophy against Crystal Palace no elite European football next season could spell the end of the former Netherlands boss.

I would rather approach this game from a goal line angle as all of Hull's games against the «non elite» sides, bar the 6 - 1 debacle at Bournemouth, have gone under 2.5 goals.

Pochettino's side failed to make it past the group stage of Europe's elite club competition last season.

But that's exactly how Stan Kroenke is risking his side's downfall, with Arsenal Holdings plc seemingly happy with life on the periphery of the elite when it comes to the team's performance, just as long as it means consistent cash flow.

By the same token, Blackburn haven't beaten a» Big Four» this season, home nor away, and so while avoiding defeat would complete a decent look set of home results against the league's elite teams, they would love a win and could very well get one against an Arsenal side reeling after their last away loss at Wigan Athletic.

Despite losing many top players to elite sides and not having anything like the budget of Europe's superclubs or the newly - moneyed Premier League sides, the man known as «El Cholo» has kept Atléti competing for the top prizes both in Spain and on the continent.

They're seven points above the relegation zone in eighth, are picking up points regularly, have given a good account of themselves in all ten games thus far, including the daunting encounters against the league's elite sides, while their intensity and application has been spot right from day one.

Right now, he's one of the best strikers in Russia and would be the perfect addition to any English side; whether that's as a backup at an elite club or to lead the line for one of the top flight's «lesser» teams.

They are also un-phased when it comes to needing to rough up certain players, and as Bolton Wanderers were under Big Sam, Blackburn Rovers are rapidly becoming one of the league's most awkward teams to face especially for the elite sides which so often come unstuck against teams which get up in their face.

Ikeme played no part in the team's promotion back to the elite division having been diagnosed with an acute Leukemia but was full of praises for Nuno Espirito Santos» side.