Sentences with phrase «of us last season though»

They took 4 points off of us last season though and they are better this year.

He's made me real nervous at the end of last season though but hopefully that's out of his system for this new season.

The likes of Matt Phillips and Chris Brunt have yet to find their form of last season though.

Not exact matches

And Prince Fielder, formerly of the Texas Rangers, will make $ 24 million this season even though he was forced to retire due to a neck injury last year.

Cable ratings for Sunday have yet to be released, so it remains to be seen if HBO's massively popular series Game of Thrones was able to stand up against the NBA's season - ender, though it is also possible that last night's very poorly - timed outage for HBO Now — the premium cable channel's paid streaming service — could have sent at least some viewers over to ABC for the end of the Cavaliers - Warriors match - up.

Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) kicked off retail earnings season last week, though its strong quarterly earnings were overshadowed by news of its wage hike.

I thought last season was an excellent, though perhaps unintended, cultural acknowledgement that along with sexual «liberation» come unintended consequences — particularly regret of voluntary sterility.

Even though the winter offers less of a variety of fruit than other seasons, it still provides some wonderful jewels to enjoy as long as they last.

I made a version of this last night — I sauteed the tofu, though, after tossing it in rice flour that I seasoned with salt and Japanese chili powder, and cooked the sauce down a bit before pouring it over the tofu.

There was a distinct lack of talent 2015 - 2017 that can explain those years away, and this season is veeeeery young still, but we're already getting some of the same flashes of the last few years even though we now have talented hitters.

Even though we have only seen him for 45 NHL games and a handful of World Cup games this fall, McDavid already looks like a player that is ready to completely take over the NHL and give us what we were anticipating going into last season.

Sakho has had his disciplinary issues over the last 12 months while spending the second half of last season out on loan at Crystal Palace as it doesn't appear as though he will change Klopp's thinking and is set to be axed, providing a club is willing to meet his asking price.

«He is ignoring them though because he was given guarantees about his position at the end of last season.

Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the Premier League champions Leicester City last season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this season, while Chelsea had such a poor campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.

Remember that Bautista is going to be 36 and is looking for an expensive, multi-year deal, even though he looked like he was slowing down at the end of last season.

Ince spent the final months of last season on loan at Crystal Palace, impressing sufficiently under Tony Pulis for Palace to be linked strongly with a permanent move for Ince, but it looks as though Steve Bruce has won the race and will be bringing him to Hull City for next season.

It was also the jumping off point of Novak Djokovic's spectacular season last year, and he'll look to defend his title as the No. 1 seed, though he won't be in action on Monday.

With Daniel Sturridge having missed much of the season through injury Rodgers opted to convert Raheem Sterling into a central striking role, with encouraging results, though Liverpool are certainly not anywhere as near as dynamic in the final third as they were last term.

And though it hasn't been the dream season he anticipated last summer — during his plane ride to L.A. for his introductory press conference, Malone shed tears of joy at the prospect of a championship — he says he'll play only if he's in a Lakers uniform.

We need better though but I'm in full 100 % support of the purchase of Shkrodan Mustafi and Lucas Perez.Mustafi can help Koscielny now.I've been saying it here time and time again that it's not a world clsss striker we have needed but a clinical finisher which we have lacked for several seasons and counting.Hopefully this guy puts Giroud where he belongs which is on the bench.Though a world class striker is good what we have lacked is someone who puts the game to bed in clinical fashion but Arsene Wenger has listened to many people to the extent that if he can't get a world class striker then he can get anyone.If Arsenal had a clinical finisher for some five seasons or so we coulda won the EPL then.Giroud has cost us matches and will continue to cost us matches.Giroud is half decent as someone said here the last time.I expect Perez to be much better if he can take on his man and be clinical in front of goal.

Comparing it to last season though where he had 22 goals and 13 assists in 50 outings, he's got a way to go to replicate that level of form.

If you're looking for reason for optimism heading into John Bonamego's fourth season, though, the last month or so of the regular season provides some.

The 23 - year - old managed to secure an England call - up after a fine run of form for the Saints this season, though that has also attracted potential suitors, including the club who poached Luke Shaw from the the St Mary's side last season.

There were some positives for the Arsenal man though, as he started the game and looked dangerous for about half an hour, including a sublime lofted pass to get Vardy in and we have to bear in mind his lack of game time in the last two seasons.

What's more important though, is they've continued to look better over their last 5 Games than they did in the early parts of the season and no matter what their record is come Playoff time, as long as they are playing this way, they'll exceed all expectations that their seed will provide.

His bad games are few and far between though his mistakes last season were in a couple of important games so were very memorable.

I think generally speaking though, we have seen undeniable improvement since last season, particularly in the second half of the season.

Arsenal already have Nacho Monreal and Kieran Gibbs as options at left - back, though the latter lost his place in Arsene Wenger's side this season, while Monreal's improved form has attracted some whispers of interest from La Liga duo Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, according to claims by the Daily Express in the last few days.

This time around though we'll have a fully fit squad, coming off the back of a good end to the last season, so I expect a different start than last year where we didn't manage 2 wins in a row till November or December was it?

While the Spurs play 16 of their last 24 games at home, they'll have to endure four back - to - backs in the latter stretch of the season (though three of their four opponents on the second of those back - to - back games are the Lakers, Timberwolves, and Kings).

Arsenal suffered one of their worst seasons of the Frenchman's reign last term as they missed out on a top four spot for the first time, though they did beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final as a consolation.

Truex is facing an inconsequential 15 - point deduction, while crew chief Cole Pearn could be fined a minimum of $ 22,000 — though the penalties could be increased as Pearn was also sanctioned following last week's regular season finale at Richmond International Raceway.

With 70 minutes on the clock at Vicarage Road last Saturday, it appeared as though Chelsea's season was in danger of hitting a new slump.

Even though not everything has gone right for the Orioles, they're still contending, and that's the recurring motif of their last few seasons.

Then having failed to make the breakthrough with the Toffees, Ruddy decided to move to Norwich in July of 2010 where he has been one of the Premier League's most eye catching «keepers, even though he missed out on parts of last season through injury.

It seems at the moment as though last season's Bundesliga runners up will keep faith with their struggling manager however, and give him the second half of the campaign to rescue the club.

One of the best young strikers in the world, Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette had an excellent season in Ligue 1 last term and is sure to move to a bigger club, though the # 35m - rated Frenchman is also wanted by Arsenal and Chelsea.

Aside from the goal though, he's been one of, if not the best, players on the pitch in the last two games, as his all - round technical quality on the ball is making a huge different for Fernando Santos and his men, and he looks like he is going to relish playing a pivotal role in Guardiola's side next season and beyond.

Szczesny found himself dropped from the Arsenal team for much of last season, with Colombian shot - stopper David Ospina playing in his place in the Premier League, though he did still manage to start in goal in the FA Cup final win over Aston Villa.

He is a first baseman and designated hitter, though, so the 103 OPS + he's put up over the last four seasons really isn't cutting it, especially not at an average of $ 23 million per year.

To kick start their campaign, though, they will face Crystal Palace, who finished 11th last season, and will be buoyed by the prospect of extending their 2 - year stay in the top flight.

With Michy Batshuayi not getting the nod from Conte on a regular basis, it appears as though they'll look outside of the club for a solution, and Dzeko, last season's top goalscorer in Serie A as well as bagging 39 goals in 51 appearances in all competitions, is now seemingly going to arrive to add more firepower.

Grubi was playing better down the stretch, though I do think Holtby's play had clearly taken a turn for the better in the last month of the season.

It's a continuation of last season's problems for both teams, though one has a better chance of fixing it

«Though they can not formally make an offer until Wednesday, sources say that the Cavs for months have planned to extend a five - year, maximum contract for Love in excess of $ 110 million despite his shoulder and back injuries last season.»

Hopefully the fact that we suffered a surprise defeat at home to Swansea City last season, a match that Wenger has suggested ended our hopes of winning the title, will ensure that the players do not take this match for granted, even though the Welsh club have only taken a single point since the opening day.

Bellerin will be heading off to Poland to compete in the under 21 championships with Spain but I would have expected him to have been moved up by now, even though his form suffered a dip in the second half of last season.

«The last few seasons we've struggled in the first game of the season and we nearly did again today, but it was important to keep on trying even though it wasn't quite happening for the team today.

Look at the Liverpool signings, Luke Shaw was a shadow of himself last season and even Chambers (though a potential CB star) didn't really make the kind of consistent displays he did for Southampton the season before.

Just because the Gunners owned our north London rivals last season, with three wins out of three including one on the way to an FA cup trophy, does not mean we should expect it to be easy on Saturday, even though we have the advantage of playing at home.