Sentences with phrase «picking up points»

Pip was outstanding and picking up points until his mouth went off.

Other changes to the English system will remain, including a move towards exams at the end of two years of study instead of pupils picking up points which count towards their final grade through modular exams.

Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain says the most important thing is Arsenal are picking up points after they came from behind to draw 1 - 1 with Tottenham.

Harry Redknapp has played down reports that he is under pressure as Birmingham City boss, telling talkSPORT he is confident his side will start picking up points soon.

It's going to be extremely difficult for Charlton and MK to avoid the drop now with Rotherham, Fulham and Bristol City all picking up points too regularly.

Koeman's Everton are undefeated and will be unspectacularly efficient in picking up points.

Anyway, like Eriksen, he has been key to picking up points this season, and going along with the theme that Mauricio Pochettino will field a strong team, he should start.

In the stands, the home fans roused themselves, well aware that their rivals were all picking up points up and down the country.

However, those were extremely tough opening fixtures and they soon made amends for their poor start by picking up points in their following two home encounters, drawing 0 - 0 with West Ham and defeating Wolves 3 - 1 at the weekend, both at Ewood Park.

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.

But, Norwich are desperate for points, relegation is a real possibility with both their close rivals, Sunderland and Newcastle, picking up points.

These two sides have been in good form over the past few weeks as they have both been picking up points regularly.

But so far this season it is Bolton who is having trouble picking up points at home, having only collected a total of 7 points from a possible 33.

Neither have been clinical in recent weeks, therefore this weekend's match won't be filled with goals, but it will still be an intriguing match to watch as both sides need to start picking up points on a consistent...

We are one of the best teams at picking up points from losing positions, which is a positive.

So after everything we've been through, Arsenal's future now rests on the likelihood of Middlesbrough picking up points at Anfield.

They have not had any problems in picking up points on the road recently and even though they aren't playing particularly well, they can pick off a Burnley side which has just lost its way.

«I'm really pleased with the improvement in performances recently and we are finally feeling as though we are in games and could be picking up points,» Butland told Stoke's official club website.

It is worth noting, however, that the Swans have picked up two good road draws at Southampton and Tottenham, though maybe picking up points at Wembley isn't something worth writing home about?

Chelsea are still the champs and we all know they are usually good at picking up points, a couple of wins for them in the league and things can start changing.

We need to focus on our game, keep winning, keep picking up points and maybe United will lose games at some point.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow's game, Pope said: «I'm really enjoying playing and the team playing so well makes it much better for me, picking up points and wins.

Finding a way of picking up points when they did not play well is not something that has come easy to the Gunners in the past but, after beating Crystal Palace in injury time last week, they have managed to do so in both their Premier League matches so far this season.

David Moyes» men need to start picking up points if they want to avoid being relegated to England's second tier.

We need to be picking up points instead of giving Jack these undeserved starts.

We have seen a few teams down at the bottom picking up points that nobody expected.

Given that big teams tend to win when they play well, what with having all the best players and all, the sight of a big team picking up points where they might not entirely deserve to is a pretty decent suggestion that this team, this season, is going to do well.

Despite major improvement under the stewardship of Marco Silva, Hull remain 19th in the table and need to start picking up points if they are going to keep hold of their Premier League status.

It seems to easy for a lot of players to just turn up and give 80/90 % which is frankly not good enough, everyone seems too comfortable even when we're not picking up points and our rivals are running away.

We will keep doing our job, picking up points and then see what happens.»

As Arsene Wenger said, it was vital that Arsenal returned to winning ways against Everton this weekend, and one of the heros of that game, David Ospina, told the Mail how important it was to keep picking up points in the title race.

Let's just keep picking up points I say.

Or on the other hand, if they lose conclusively i.e. 4 — 0, they could reason that the tie is over and that their best chance of getting a top four position is by picking up points in the league and as a consequence they play a strong team at the Emirates.

The Tigers need to start picking up points if they want to remain in the top tier of English football.

Arsenal are on one of their worst runs of form for many years, with 5 defeats out of their last 8 games, and the only wins have come against low - ranking teams in Lincoln, Sutton and Hull, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to start picking up points again to try and keep pace in the race for the Top Four.

«Since then we've been picking up points and as a team we've settled into the way we want to play.

But I have to admit it's eating me up inside seeing them picking up points knowing how bad they are.

Three points against Bournemouth this weekend is a must but after that we need to start picking up points and moving back up the table because we simply can not let the pace setters get too far ahead.

They are missing key players as well and I do not think they will be banking on getting anything from tonight but they will be confident of picking up points in the games to come.

This is a clash that sees the home side take their share of the spoils with the away team only picking up the points on three occasions since 2005.

Even before this poor run, their performances were pretty bad but while they were picking up points it was always possible that their performances would get better.

In a league that has champions scrapping through games and picking up points even though playing badly, it is difficult to imagine Ozil as a big player.

The Northerners need to begin picking up points quickly if they are to escape from the foot of the table.

We are beginning to look good, some nice football, and strong defending, we are going to get so much better, but we'll still need some luck at times, picking up points when we don't deserve it.

Metz may feel confident of picking up the points following their recent victory over another of the division's battlers, Toulouse.

As Arsenal look to kick off their Champions League campaign by picking up some points away to Paris Saint Germain in the first match of the group phase, there were some concerns about Arsenal's star centre back.

It is important, to pick up the point he made about pragmatism, that we adopt a practical, pragmatic approach to the future, ensuring that we have the relationship we want with the European Union that will be good for the United Kingdom, but also good for the EU27.

The kid didn't disappoint despite not picking up a point.

If they all pick up points then the pressure will really be on us when we face Chelsea at the Emirates on Wednesday evening...

By the time we face Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal could have dropped to third in the table if both Leicester and Man City pick up points, so we really need to make a statement by beating our arch rivals by hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record against them.