Sentences with phrase «over their opponents on»

When Rudy Giuliani and Bloomberg were both first elected mayor, in 1993 and 2001 respectively, they each won the general contest as fusion Republicans with key margins over their opponents on Staten Island.

Not exact matches

And there is, in fact, very little evidence that champions of ecclesial pluralism have bent over backwards to insure that their opponents are given a fair hearing on occasions of public debate, nor are they conspicuously tolerant or open - minded when they happen themselves to be in positions of extra-ecclesial authority — as journal editors, perhaps, or as deans of theology faculties.

Thou shalt not fight for Jesus Aggressive argument bent on winning and humiliating the opponent rather than bringing them over to your side is so unappealing.

Every time there was some ridiculous little quibble over theology or doctrine (like how many angels could dance on the head of a pin), there'd be a schism, and 2 different groups would go their separate ways, each one convinced it had a lock on God's absolute truth and that their opponents with heathen heretic apostate sinners doomed (DOOMED, I tell you!)

Thankfully, he will not play on the national level - Obama's team is just drooling over the thought of Perry being his opponent.

«Over a number of decades we were political opponents and held very different views on many, many issues but the one thing we were absolutely united on was the principle that our people were better able to govern themselves than any British government.

Gameplan (Wenger): Underestimates opponents, over dependent on players» form and talent and his substitutions are like FIFA.

If they Win, they will jump Team Sternberg (their Week 7 opponent) for sure and then could leap over Team Lake as well, if Team Lake loses on Monday..

Team Purimetla got a big time Win over Team Jones on Sunday Night and jumped over their opponent Team Jones in the Power Rankings as a result.

Song was that guy who could take on Yaya toure but also deliver the world class passes over the opponents defense right into Van Persies foot.

Theo is fine as a CF.. He has been playing on the left and I think we can all say that Theo is not as effective on the left compared to the right or as a CF.. It will be good to leave Theo to focus solely on the CF role as it will give Giroud a tougher competition for the starting spot and that will only benefit us fans when we have 2 different style CF to fcuk over opponents with We have a Plan B with Theo and I think that is very important.

I have it on good authority that many of these guys will be familiar with the 16 ″ as well so Team Witt could be a tough opponent over the final stretch of the Regular Season and into the Playoffs.

If these rankings happen to be right, LSU's win over Auburn will be one of the 10 best wins of the year, based only on opponent.

Team Deutsch was not able to come away with the Win over Team Purimetla on Sunday Night but they did play a really solid Game against a very formidable opponent and was in it until the very end.

On the other side of things, Portland State is probably wishing the entire year consisted of non-conference opponents as they've managed to cover in 10 straight games including straight up wins over California, Stanford and Utah State.

They posted a 57 - percent 5 - on - 5 Corsi and outscored opponents, 13 - 3, in over 180 minutes together, per Natural Stat Trick.

Despite a big advantage off the tee over his opponent, McIlroy quickly dug himself a hole when he bogeyed two holes on the front while Spieth made the turn at 1 - under 35.

The ex-Reds centre - back feels the Dutchman was wrong to congratulate opponent Jermain Defoe on his goal before the game was over, with Krul clearly seen in the tunnel patting the striker on the back and joking with him.

As high - major heavyweights bowed out left and right over the first four days of the NCAAs, Villanova made quick work of its first two opponents to move on to the second weekend.

or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?

When he came he said he would restore the Barca way and give it his own touch (which in my opinion is defensive stability and adapting reasonably to opponents style, I.e he won't compromise the style but he would improve on its limitations relative to the opponent's) lately ev has over adapted to our opponents, hence the ugly football this in my opinion is largely down to the midfield which we all know can do very little of what it actually should.

Their opponents simply seemed to be taken over by some sort of fear factor because they froze on the day as if totally overawed by a few big names (as you seem to be) and did not play to their normal standards.

To be honest jack slows down the midfield by over holding on to the ball and in most cases loosing it to the opponents, giving them time to rebuild there defense, being fouled and no response from the referee or some times we are awarded free kicks which we hardly any thing good from.

The Gunners do normally have the superiority over opponents in terms of technical ability and class so maybe it makes sense to play the way we do on a regular basis.

After seeing a couple of games where he featured and also the one for england he's got it all for me... 1) He has the physical ability to offer the kind of game that our Giroud offers (back to the net: deflecting, relaying passes and 1 - 2 touches) but also 2) Pace, mobility and technical agility to offer so much more: dribbling past opponents (creating space), running / turning over defences either to lay down the killing pass to a better placed player or finishing a through ball from our over talented midfield and all that with speed and 3) Tactical awareness, willingness to defend players if asked (like the game Man U-Real Madrid in the CL) and could provide support not only in the air on corners!!

Over these last seven games Minnesota has a 30.4 power - play percentage (7 - for - 23) and has allowed opponents to score on only 9.5 percent of their power plays (2 - for - 21).

Count on future opponents to use this to their advantage and it is over.

We went into more detail on this here, but it certainly feels like yesterday's match - winner Alvaro Morata earned a major win over his opponent Romelu Lukaku.

On the face of it, Arsenal should have no problem recording a home win over our Premier League opponents Aston Villa on SundaOn the face of it, Arsenal should have no problem recording a home win over our Premier League opponents Aston Villa on Sundaon Sunday.

The sending off of Dani Carvajal midway through the second half went a fair way to helping Barca see out the win, but it was Valverde's decision making and brilliance that took Barca over the line and helped them embarrass their long - time opponents on their own turf once again.

But, as was obvious, the game was as good as over, so it was only polite to put the handbrake on, conserve your energy and don't embarrass your opponents.

I love this confident mood among the gooners after a huge sin over our arch enemies, especially with international break on, which means two weeks of party mood, hopefully we can consolidate united win by defeating Watford otherwise it will be back to square one, so the boys and the management should be as motivated as they were against united, we have seen in past they getting over confident against the so called small teams and dropping unnecessary points, 3 pts are 3 pts regardless of the opponents.

pls do well to go through the rules and watch more games from all over Europe a foul in a counterattacking situation on an opponent who is miles away from goal (in this case not even past the half - line) with one or more players still left to beat is a Yellow Card offense, Never a red card.

You'd have more of a point if Arsenal played defensively but we do nt, so we do rely more on outscoring opponents over keeping clean sheets.

If Iowa got a boost for having wins over two top - 25 teams, it bears mentioning that Baylor has three top - 15 opponents remaining on the slate.

And they were playing an opponent that closely resembled literal hell on wheels, which ran them over.

But the FA who normally charged erring player on the field of play not capture by the match referee during the game are yet to say anything over this very serious issue of deliberate pushing by the opponent player to a dangerous fittings outside the field of play to cause serious body harm.

Arsenal looked to be cruising in first gear when 1 - 0 up over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, but an unlikely turn of events saw the Gunners denied a certain penalty when Olivier Giroud was dragged backwards in the Sunderland box, but just a minute later our opponents were on the counter-attack and got given a penalty of their own when Cech made sure they couldn't score.

In fact, of the Wildcats» 28 nonconference opponents over the last eight regular seasons, only two went on to have winning records for the season in which they played Kansas State.

Nonetheless, coach Nick Saban has this team running on all cylinders — averaging over 40 points per game and holding opponents to a NCAA - best 7.0 ppg.

Arsenal are sitting pretty in third place in the Premier League with 8 games to go, and now that we have finally got over our losing streak we just need to carry on making sure that we win all of our games and not worry about our opponents, according to our new Number 9 Danny Welbeck, who opened the scoring against Everton yesterday.

And when you factor in that they are heavy favorites over each of their two remaining conference opponents (Maryland, Virginia), you find it will be pretty difficult for them to miss out on a trip to Charlotte.

The Huskies» first win over a sure quality opponent of the entire year, and on the road, too.

Once Davis was on campus, coaches found him to be a ferocious and technically sound tackler — traits Davis attributes to his penchant for «running over opponents instead of around them» in his tailback days at Randolph - Clay.

But Kaepernick, sprinting onto the field on a cold November night after Anthony Martinez hit a game - winning field goal in overtime to give the Wolfpack their first win over a top - 10 opponent in school history, sealed that game.

They can dominate in the paint and when they focus on just getting ball under the basket, it really is game over for their opponent.

Over on the left, both Gibbs and Monreal start deep, Monreal stays there and waits for his opponent to make the wrong move.

While the heralded quarterback prospects in this year's draft faced similar pressures over the course of the 2017 season — prime - time games against marquee opponents, an intense spotlight, minute criticisms — Darnold had a different kind of obstacle ahead of him on this fall afternoon.

Bournemouth went through a gauntlet of opponents and poor results before turning it on over the last few weeks.

The event will mark four years since Roy Hodgson took over as England boss, when we missed out on a place in the semi-finals after a penalty shoot - out defeat to Italy — our opponents for a friendly game on Tuesday.