Sentences with phrase «performance of the year came»

For my money, though, one of the best performances of the year came from someone unfamiliar to most American audiences: Doona Bae in Cloud Atlas.

The supporting performance of the year came from Cate Blanchett in «The Talented Mr Ripley».

Not exact matches

Its performance comes following a string of strong tech IPOs this year, including that of Zscaler and Dropbox.

When it came time to reward top executives last year, more leading companies handed out performance - based awards instead of time - vesting stock options, according to a new study from human resources consulting firm Mercer.

Microsoft has come out with a number of great computers over the past few years, and the Microsoft Surface 3 has been hailed for its top - quality performance and its slim and portable design.

HFT has come under fire in recent years because it is a relatively new and complex strategy that is growing fast despite having little to do with the performance of publicly listed companies.

The slide in performance comes as retailers are struggling to utilize the mounds of customer data they've acquired over the past few years and accurately forecast demand.

Potential economic growth is going to slow dramatically over the coming years because of slowing growth in the labor force, due to growing demographic trends, and continued poor productivity performance.

On June 9, MSCI Inc., the New York firm whose MSCI Emerging Markets Index is the most widely tracked benchmark of share - price performance outside the developed world, will disclose whether it plans to add mainland Chinese stocks to the index over the coming year.

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With over 200 years of outstanding performance, and the best years yet to come, it is hard to even contemplate placing a long term bet against those odds.

Each year I put the new chart in a plastic sleeve and when clients came into my office for a portfolio review, I would carefully point out the dramatic differences in performance between this consumer staples stock versus many of the cyclicals on the list, particularly Big Blue.

All of our plants have recycling measures in place, and in the coming year we'll have a complete picture of our recycling performance within the manufacturing space.

Michael Smith The performance of Treasury Wine Estates over the past year has had more than a few shareholders reaching for the bottle so it should not be a huge surprise that an opportunistic private equity firm has as come knocking.

«The increase reflects the recovery in global dairy commodity markets, combined with the continuing strong performance of Arla's global brands, and the benefits from a series of efficiency improvements instigated in the first half of the year coming through.

One of the most sensible comments i have read here, Wenger is hiding from the fans and can't face the fans... Almost every manager has a very good relationship with there fans but not at Arsenal... He will always blame the fans and not himself for poor performances, as for me i have accepted my fate, 2 more years of Agony and unhappiness watching my beloved club but i know Kroenke, Wenger, Gazidis will not be at arsenal forever because like it or not someone will come and save the club from there hands in the NEAREST future and guess what?

And now that the 27 - year old has put in two excellent performances with some top class saves against Tottenham and Hull, we are starting to remember the way he impressed when coming in for the out of form Szczesny in the second half of last season.

Thomas was obviously a key to last year's defense, not only because of his production (15 TFLs, and no, they didn't all come in that masterful performance against UNC) but because of the attention opponents had to give him.

Although not being entirely convinced by Chamber's performances, I must admit when Arsenal signed Rob Holding in the summer I did see a future of Chambers and Holding being that centre back partnership for many years to come.

The news will come as a huge blow to Reds fans, who were hopeful that the youngster would become the club's next great midfielder, after a series of impressive performances over the last couple of years.

Then a whole seasons experience with 30 + year old pros and a manager with over 40 years experience and off the back of a cup performance in which he dueled with the toughest striker around and didn't come off second best, he comes off all that yet he lacks confidence, plus he's second guessing his choices and doesn't look as fit as when we first signed him.

The 26 - year - old was outstanding in Arsenal's 2 - 0 win over Liverpool, most of his best moments coming from powerful runs from deep into the opposition half, and the performance drew comparisons between Diaby and Man City's Yaya Toure.

Capita's founder, Jason Brown, is a big Star Wars fan, and when it comes to performance, this all - terrain board is light - years ahead of its competition.

Talking or debating about the invincibles is almost insulting to those guys and the current players... This a «performance» that will stay in the history of British football for years to come and more.

Given that the 6 - 0 drubbing came on New Year's Day, after one of the biggest drinking nights of the year, and with a squad rumored to be a little less than Neville-esque off the pitch, we're wondering just how literal Yossi is being with his assessment of their performaYear's Day, after one of the biggest drinking nights of the year, and with a squad rumored to be a little less than Neville-esque off the pitch, we're wondering just how literal Yossi is being with his assessment of their performayear, and with a squad rumored to be a little less than Neville-esque off the pitch, we're wondering just how literal Yossi is being with his assessment of their performance.

But perhaps the most impressive performance of them all came from 15 - year - old Katie Ledecky.

No longer a hot young prospect at the age of 28, the highly - rated stopper has resisted a move away from Russia for years, but as he nears the end of his contract this summer, a few good performances could prompt a lucrative offer to come from one of Europe's top leagues.

In fact, some of the best Arsenal performances in the last few years have come on the back of similar situations.

I first watched Arsenal in 1976 and have been following home and away ever since NOT 2006, I also don't use twitter and don't play fifa, for the record I really am bored with the insinuation that if you criticise an Arsenal player, the owner or wenger then you don't support Arsenal, are happy with everything that's been going on since say the move to the grove?do you not ever think things should be done differently?did you never criticise a player?if you say no then I don't believe you.I make no hesitation in saying I'm very much on the side of the wenger out brigade, but never would I come on here and write what you've just done, for a start in might upset my seventy year old dad who is very much a AKB.I think you're just a keyboard warrior some how.Regardless though credit where credits due good performance today, and yes I did go

1) It is a world cup year so players usually put out their best performances 2) If the said players want a big contract somewhere else should they not want to re-sign they will have to put in very convincing performances for suitors or get even better terms should they re-sign 3) We came 5th last year and i'm pretty sure it gave every member of the team a kick up the rear.

whatever the assessment of last five years (It was clear to me back then that his managerial style would not deliver top trophies given the players he was promoting) when excuses about what happened ten years previously and the budget constraint don't apply his performance this year should be enough to see his reign come to an end... Football clubs that rely on past glories have no place in the modern game... ask villa fans

Yet If Arsenal want the best out of him then Wenger must show serious trust in his abilities even after Xhaka's return because part of Elneny's slight turbulence in form this season has been due to the addition of Xhaka who's presence seriously affected Elneny's moral and those who deep into things would've noticed the difference between last years Elneny (prior to Xhaka's acquisition) and this year's Elneny with majority of games Elneny coming off the bench yet the very last few games he started before the AFCON have boosted his confidence back and that very much reflected on his last performances before leaving to an extent that surprised quite a few!!

for me i am jst so shocked that arsenal have a set style to dominate and when they are dominated by munich or barca (games you expect to be chasing shadows) there is just no plan B — they do nt hold there shape they do nt do anythign urgent if anything solidified my want for wenger to go was Wednesdays performance — another year gone and no progress made also the lack of depth — ozil needs to be dropped but who replaces him??? — we cant replace him so we just keep playing him and hope he comes good again

Our best performances in recent years have often come in games we were not fancied for, and conversely some of the worst have been in games we were expected to win at a canter.

The Chelsea loss was not all that unexpected to be honest, but coming after one of our worst performances in recent years that saw Watford take all three points off us at the Emirates, it has really raised the Arsenal fans» anger levels once again.

The 41 - year - old, who came out of retirement last month, criticised the Werder Bremen goalkeeper's performance in the Champions League last September.

It was the 26 - year - old's first goals of the new season and it will surely boost his confidence after he came in for criticism from a selection of Gunners supporters following his performance playing as a centre - forward in the 1 - 0 win over Newcastle United last weekend.

It was a slow start to this year's BUCS Nationals for us, with the only real performance of note was the men's 4 x 100m relay swimming team qualifying for Saturday's finals by coming third in their heat.

I'm sorry but I've heard Merson's opinions of Arsenal for more than 10 years and he comes across to me to be what I consider to be an unintelligent flip - flop reactionary pundit who will within a game judge a team based merely on the score line — rather than the performance in front of him.

De Gea had his critics at the start of the season following poor performances against Liverpool and Blackburn respectively, yet the 21 year old has come on leaps and bounds in the second half of the season, putting in some impressive match winning displays for Sir Alex's side.

Totally agree Chris.He is now well past his sell by date and defeats like have suffered against Bournemouth and Swansea are not only embarrassing but unforgivable.The results were bad enough but the performances are now all too familiar against theses lower ranked clubs.To expect us supporters to be blinded by League Cup Final and only a couple of decent performances so far this season is misjudging our feelings about his position This is a very well educated and intelligent man who can have no doubts about our attitude and utter disgust for him.He has allowed for us to make this personal now and he is deluded if he thinks e can collect another years salary out our expense.He knows his control is slowly being wrestled away from him and that really says it all.Ivan G is taking control and Wenger will be raging inside with this.Did he seriously expect things to continue until he felt it was time to just walk off into the sunset?Well he now knows his time at OUR club is fast running out.The day can't come soon enough for me.

Another disgraceful performance came from Wenger and Bould, they just sat there like waxworks dummies they are clueless and both of them should be ashamed for that poor show yesterday.perhaps the biggest disgraceful act was that of the board was to offer Wenger another 2 year contract.

Should Renault start to get close to the performance of the Red Bull team in the coming years then there's a chance that it - and not Red Bull - will be the team that gets the first upgrades and be the focus of the engine people.

So let me see... the guy who had 6 + mediocre / injury plagued years with the exception of a couple of decent performances all of which came towards the end of the last season needs convincing to stay on $ 125k per week?

I was hoping to get back out here,» said Woods, who, in the midst of another swing change after coming back from last year's back woes, needs a stellar performance this week (and perhaps next at the Wyndham Championship) to extend his season.

I definitely used to think AI was one of the most over rated chuckers of all time coming into this year, but Mitchell's performance this year has really opened my eyes to the problems of just looking at efficiency in a vacuum.

Whereas Miami isn't as sexy on paper, even with running back Lamar Miller having a breakout year and Ryan Tannehill coming off the best performance of his young career.

The projections come together using what are basically three factors: recent performance, returning talent and, as a hint of what will be replacing the departed talent, these two - year recruiting rankings.

Despite a solid weekend in Sochi which saw him come close to pole and then score his first podium of the year, Kimi Raikkonen has come under fire this year for his apparent lack of performance relative to his Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel.

Alexis in his second season after a freakishly brilliant start, Ozil coming in to consistent form at the end of his second season, Coq now with a proper body of work under his belt and a whole summer to work on it, Bellerin with his first season jitters out of his system, Giroud finally realising he might be a pretty decent striker, Gab with some solid performances and the close - season to bond further, Monreal maturing in to an unspectacular but tremendously solid FB, Ospina settled — it is my opinion that these and others will be what will bring the bigger improvements and the consistency needed next year rather than any wholesale changes.