Sentences with phrase «played in a number of years»

Overall, I have found this game to be one of the best adventure games I have personally played in a number of years.

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Playing as confidently as ever to the strength of its balance sheet, Deutsche Bank retained its number - one position in Western Europe's bond market, where it raised $ 126.3 billion in 534 bond deals for a 7.2 % market share last year.

For 16 years Bob played a number of roles in partisan politics and policy formation at the municipal and federal levels.

However, such esoteric hipster knowledge (esoteric, if only because it played on inside knowledge that was common knowledge and what everyone knew merely 15 years ago or so) comes across as mere pandering to an electorate of Gen Xers who in their indecisiveness are at best a vote on the margins — at least in terms of their actual numbers.

My wife and I saw this same dynamic play out a number of years ago in several social clubs we were part of.

In 1984, after Farrah Fawcett played in The Burning Bed, a TV drama that told the true story of a battered wife who ended thirteen years of marital torment by setting fire to the gasoline - soaked bed of her sleeping husband, a number of copy - cat assaults occurred across the natioIn 1984, after Farrah Fawcett played in The Burning Bed, a TV drama that told the true story of a battered wife who ended thirteen years of marital torment by setting fire to the gasoline - soaked bed of her sleeping husband, a number of copy - cat assaults occurred across the natioin The Burning Bed, a TV drama that told the true story of a battered wife who ended thirteen years of marital torment by setting fire to the gasoline - soaked bed of her sleeping husband, a number of copy - cat assaults occurred across the nation.

The Ox enjoyed his best year of football during the previous campaign, despite being used in a number of different roles, and has spent much of 2017 playing as a wing - back in our new 3 -4-2-1 formation.

Maybe I'm going off of outdated information, but my understanding was that as long as you played in a certain number of games for the season then it counted as a year towards free agency.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

Over the past three years just here in Northern California, the youth playing community (Under 8s through High School) has grown 24 percent to a solid number of right around 5,000 registered players in 2014.

Ahead of Thursday's start of his first competition in 301 days, Woods was a 66 - 1 (sidenote: That is an INSANE number for a guy who hasn't played in 300 days and hardly at all in the last four years) to earn his fifth green jacket.

The 28 year - old suffered with a number of injuries along the way, somewhat denying him the career he appeared destined for when smashing it onto the scene at Southampton, and was even a shock inclusion in the playing squad for England for the World Cup in 2006.

In last year's Cincinnati preview, I said, «With the bounces that went against UC in 2015, the rough - draft talent that will show up in uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquIn last year's Cincinnati preview, I said, «With the bounces that went against UC in 2015, the rough - draft talent that will show up in uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquin 2015, the rough - draft talent that will show up in uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquin uniform in 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquin 2016, and the massive number of tossup games that the Bearcats will play this fall, this might be the biggest wildcard team in the country.&raquin the country.»

Antonio Valencia has played an astonishing number of games in defence over the last few years, with none of the options the club have bought since then able to show they are much of an upgrade.

The 36 year - old has inspired Portsmouth to a number of impressive results this season with 9 clean sheets and will play a major part in their pursuit of European football.

The probe uncovered 13 recruiting and six eligibility violations in a number of sports, but it especially rocked the hockey program: The Black Bears were forbidden to play in the»96 and»97 NCAA playoffs, and lost six scholarships over two years; coach Shawn Walsh was suspended for a year; and five regulars, including two All - Americas, bolted Maine.

Chiesa is just 20 - years - old but is a highly - rated talent amongst Europe and can play in a number of positions.

The 29 - year - old is also experienced, having played for a number of years in Serie A, winning titles with Juventus and playing with Lazio, and he is also a full Switzerland international, with 56 caps for the national side.

The Spaniard has shown himself to be a big game player, and with the host of top managers having moved to England in recent years, there will be a number of big games to be played next season.

The same people who say how great Van Persie was for us because of his goals berate Walcott who is in the Arsenal's 5th highest premier league scorer ahead of players like Pires and Ljungberg (let no one tell me number of years he's played.

The four teams in front of us have better number 10's, even Sigurdsson had more of an impact playing for Swansea this year.

Sure, there have been fine examples of it happening over the years; David Beckham, Paul Gascoigne, Kevin Keegan, Paul Ince, Steve McManaman and Gary Lineker all spent time abroad in the peak years of their career, but ultimately the number of English players abroad is very small in comparison to the number of Spaniards playing outside of Spain or the number of Frenchmen leaving Ligue 1.

His opposite number in the Arsenal back line, Nacho Monreal, who will be 30 in February, believes that the his 20 year - old Spanish compatriot plays with as much maturity as a player of Nacho's age, and will one day be playing for the senior international side.

The striker ended up signing for Manchester City after Madrid boss Jose Mourinho failed to make the offer he so desired, but this admission hints at the fact he would still love to turn out for the club he so admires after playing against them for a number of years for Atletico in El Derbi madrileno.

Clark, 33, played so lifelessly in Games 3 and 4 that he seemed to be aging more quickly than a portrait in the attic; Samuelsson, 35, sustained what the Red Wings were calling a groin injury in the first period on Sunday and didn't return to the game; and either the 37 - year - old Chelios had suddenly lost a lot of muscle mass or he was taking an inordinate number of dives throughout the series.

I realise this is a crude numerical perspective and the figures can be misconstrued but my instincts are to conclude that a decline in performance this season is down to our away performances and the most bleedin obvious explanation for this is the decline in our inability to score goals away from home — with the exception of the 5 away games played so far this year — where we see it is the number of goals conceded away from home that is the main problem.

All of you haters rever Freddie Ljungberg who played similar position but scored much less goals for similar number of years (71 in eight years).

The Welshman has shown on a number of occasions that he has the ability to play at the highest level, but numerous injuries have stunted and slowed his progression over the years, and there are always worries that we could lose him to injury at any point in the season.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

I believe, a good exercise would be to take a sufficiently large sample size of players who played for Arsenal and some other club for a long period, say at least 3 - 4 years and compare their injury records in the two phases (number, frequency and nature of injuries incurred).

For a number of years (the building of new stadium) we have had to be financially prudent which started the process of Arsenal becoming under invested in their playing squad relative to others.

The 29 - year - old, formerly of Napoli, has not quite settled into life in the French top flight and may be offloaded as the club look to adhere to Uefa's Financial Fair Play regulations, meaning a number of sides could do well to snap him up ahead of next season.

Injuries clearly played their part in our downfall this term, but for me, Arsene Wenger should be well aware that we ALWAYS lose a number of players during the season, and should have used the summer window last year to bring in two or three outfield players (instead of 0).

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

From winning the EPL every other year and playing in the CL Final to a perennial number 4 with not even a whiff of the quarter finals.

That increase in the number of years out of high school to be allowed to play in the NBA should shape players to have more well - rounded games.

However, the numbers that count, as hockey continues the battle to establish itself as something more than NASCAR of the North, will be the ones that emerge over the next 20 years, when kids who watched the gold medal game start playing and become involved in the sport.

At 25 years a pop with presumably a 10 - year playing career in between, that's 105 years of a number being in on - and - off usage.

Still only 20 years old, the Croatian has made 12 starts in Serie A this season, contributing two goals and one assist, showing himself capable of playing in a number of different midfield roles, either as a deep - lying playmaker or a more advanced role, and even wide on the left hand side.

South Korean has proved a big hit at Parkhead and the 22 year old can play in a number of positions and wouldn't break the bank.

Even early in the year, during tight wins over teams like UTSA and Cal, the defense was giving up a scary number of big plays.

«Last year we went into the season with some players having a deficit in minutes played because there were only two or three players with the number of games after the European Championship.

Ingram has spent the past 10 years playing in the NBA's developmental league for a number of teams, including the South Bay Lakers this season.

Throughout her time at Oxford she was an active member of the university Netball Club, playing on a number of occasions, in particularly being awarded Player of the Match in last year's Varsity win in Cambridge.

He is a central midfielder and a very very good one yet the manager is playing the same game with him as he has done with quite a number of players over the years in playing him out of his preferred natural position.

Perhaps not the most consistently effective performer, but Christian Eriksen has been one of Europe's most talented playmakers for a number of years now and could certainly be playing for a club in the Champions League.

The draw for the third round of this year's FA Cup has been made in Hull, with a number of eye - catching ties having been pulled out of the hat for the ties that will be played in the first weekend of January.

Cris Romero has been at Lafayette Tennis Club since July of 2007... He has been playing tennis since 1987... He played number 1 and 2 singles and number 1 doubles during a two year stint at Napa Valley College where the team was Conference Champions both years... Cris took lessons from Steve Stefanki whose brother Larry Stefanki is currently coaching Fernando Gonzales... Cris has also worked at Green Valley Country Club under Ki Kroll and Meadowood Country Club under Doug King as assistant pro in the 90's..

He won the Scottish Cup in 1902, with contemporary match reports crediting him with a number of important saves, and helped them to their first League title the following year, playing in every game during the campaign and earning rave reviews for his performances.