Sentences with phrase «rather than supporters»

It seems that media is quick to jump on climate change critics rather than supporters.

It sadly is Sue, we have a divided fan base, an majority shareholder who is (in my opinion) using our clubs assets to secure lending on his other sporting investments, a board who quite frankly see us fans as customers rather than supporters as shown by the chairman's AGMs performance, players who aren't signing new contracts, if you cut Ian Wright and others open you'd see cannons in their blood with some of our players now you'd find image rights and pound signs.

Not exact matches

So, rather than shock supporters of the deal into opposing it, which may have been among Netanyahu's aims, the presentation has left the JCPOA's fate largely unchanged.

In royal weddings, grooms pick a «supporter» rather than a best man.

President Donald Trump spent the weekend in Washington, rather than at his Palm Beach estate, where he had planned to celebrate the anniversary first year in office with friends and supporters.

Managing China: Rather than checking China's ambitions, Trump's tariff move will allow Beijing to claim the moral high ground as a supporter of multilateral and open trade.

The tariffs, rather than checking the country's ambitions, will likely increase its confidence on the global stage, allowing Beijing to claim the moral high ground as a supporter of multilateral, open trade.

Indeed, they are generally inclined toward trade agreements with TPP countries, and their views tend to be closer to supporters of TPP, rather than opponents.

The unusual step was taken by the responsible parliamentary committee of asking those who were opposed to the innovation to prove that it was wrong rather than expecting the supporters of change to justify the change [8].

Since pastors are free to make political endorsements as individual citizens, just not in their official capacities as leaders of the church, supporters of the Johnson Amendment contend that rather than restricting political speech, the rules protect nonprofits from lobbying interests.

«Two - thirds of churchgoing evangelical Obama supporters described their vote as «for Obama» rather than «against Romney,» but the proportions are exactly flipped for Clinton.»

Rather than looking down with scorn on evangelical Trump supporters, perhaps we should sit down with them, listen to them, and hear their concerns.

I realise that many rabbis, Jews as well as the Israeli politicians will castigate me for trying to start a religious war for being so verbal, since our greatest adversary (those who wants to destroy us by converting us rather than killing us) are also our most fervent supporters.

Having come through the youth ranks at Old Trafford, supporters will always be pleased to see him develop and improve into key parts of the senior squad, and it looks as though provided United reciprocate the feeling, Lingard will likely commit his long - term future to the club sooner rather than later.

If more supporters took this approach rather than boycotting games and protesting inside / outside the ground then the board would soon get the message when sponsors, retailers, concessionaires etc see a lack of income.

Rather than get behind his struggling team - mates in a show of unity and support, the Villa forward decided to get a bit of his shopping done, which has angered many supporters.

If only there was more like us Jon then maybe we wouldn't be in the mess we are today, unfortunately there's still fans that just can't contemplate change they would rather turn on their fellow supporter than open their eyes!

I'm absolutely gutted that Arsenal are currently owned by a tycoon that employs a manager that I wouldn't employ as my cleaner, but I am more gutted that we have so called supporters and fans that would praise our rivals, rather than get behind their own club.

Tottenham seemingly didn't miss him too much as they secured a 3 - 2 win over the Hammers, although supporters will undoubtedly be keen to get him back sooner rather than later in order to replace Moussa Sissoko in the line - up moving forward.

Man Utd supporters will undoubtedly be desperate for this to become a reality, although naturally they'll hope that it's with a view of keeping De Gea for years to come rather than strengthening their position to command a massive fee from Real Madrid.

Xia has already insisted that the transfer budget and future decisions will be made in conjunction with the new manager, and so Villa supporters will be hoping that an appointment can be made sooner rather than later in order to get a better idea of how much ambition and desire the new owner will show.

The club should be controlled by its supporters, for its supporters, with its central mission of being a successful football team, rather than making wealthy foreign businessmen even richer.

As a Fan I know that a fraction of the money I spend as a supporter goes to buy players, unfortunately it seems a very small fraction, so I will continue with my own little contribution, as I know the owner will rather see us in the relegation battle than dig into his pockets to reinforce the squad, but also would like to see a gesture from WENGER, whom we all know is going nowhere, as a Man of principles that he claims to be and that he will HONOR his Contract till the end, as the ARSENAL lover he claims to be cut your wages give back some of that money that you did not earn and contribute to the future glory of the Team, like each one of us Fans do when we spend our well and hard earned money, do this buy players.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

Supporters moaned about players constantly being offered new contracts when they hadn't earned it and look at the volume of players in the last 18 months of contract with rumors of a rebuild which would mean they could be for sale rather than new contracts.

Ask yourself why Ferguson was happy to allow the likes of David Beckham, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Jaap Stam and Cristiano Ronaldo to leave the club, when seemingly their intentions to do so were not motivated by greed, yet a young upstart tells the club «I want an obscene wage like the players at Man City, if you don't give it to me then I am off» and for some reason rather than choosing to cash in on a player who appears to not know the meaning of the word «loyalty» (just ask Everton supporters), instead hands the player the biggest deal in the club's rich history.

After being booed by some away supporters during the 3 - 0 loss at Crystal Palace last week, Wenger has conceded that the Spaniard isn't at his best but believes that the fans have been overly harsh with him and wants them to get behind the team rather than criticise them.

To me he would rather fail than please us supporters.

Private money and TV deals predominate rather than the number of supporters most of whom are internet fans.

Wenger is the type of manager that educates his players rather than drill them, any true Arsenal supporter knows this and as such they know that players with intelligence benefits from this style of development.

Totally agree with you mate, but we have too meny wengers love childs in this club as a supporter, they rather see Arsenal not win anything than wenger losing his job.theres only hand full of few of us who care abt our great club, wants to see reach its full potential.but them akb ass licker wont let it be.

i would rather him but no one than Zigic and here is why if he buys no one and says he has faith in the other forwards thats his opinion if he signs Zigic it shows Aresanal and Wenger will never sign top players and its all about the buisnees, we as supporters have been fooled again, please WENGER supporters do nt come up with the usual trust in wenger as hes had enough time to strengthen and at the moment weve bought 1 player

Meanwhile, it appears as though Tottenham supporters are also pleased with the progression that they're seeing from their young starlet, although they'll hope that it's still with a view of coming back to the club rather than Villa being able to prise him away on a permanent basis at the end of his loan spell.

Inevitably, this has led to Rodgers trusting and playing his favourites despite performances which endear them to opposition supporters rather than the Kop.

Liverpool Football Club has welcomed a decision to stage our away fixture at Arsenal on Friday December 22 rather than on Christmas Eve, and is now considering a range of options with a view to providing assistance to our supporters who plan to attend the game.

Football is now more about the armchair fan rather than the ground attending supporter.

I can't help thinking that if that had been Arsenal supporters rather than the ever suffering salt of the earth pool fans, we'd receive heavy sanctions.

His reputation among supporters of the Spanish champions was at it's lowest ebb, with some calling for him to be sacked straight away rather than wait until the end of the season.

The Welsh believing that they would win more FA cups; an improved rendition of «Abide with me» at the cup final; operatic singing of the National Anthem at Wembley finals; and increased respect at Wembley with England supporters not booing foreign anthems and England players, especially John Terry, actually singing rather than miming «God Save the Queen».

Almost half of the away seats were still empty when the match kicked off, many supporters were allegedly turned away, or let in and told to sit in any seat rather than the one they had been allocated.

In fact it was February before Town won again by which time the supporters were looking at the bottom of the table rather than the top.

Overreacting is a word that I would use to describe these supporters, most of whom watch the games from their armchairs rather than getting down to Villa Park to support the team and to help fill the empty seats.

His more obviously calculated and tactical approach may lead to dissent from supporters who expect Spain to set the agenda rather than create a game - plan that seeks to react to initiative of their opponents.

Speaking to the Evening Standard, Iwobi revealed that during an international match, supporters were shouting out his team's name — rather than his!

It seems that the manager and his supporters are at a loss to explain why - describing the permanence rather than explaining the reasons for it - yet no - one was surprised by this performance.

Most supporters appeared furious with the nature of the loss rather than the loss itself...

Rather than facilitate the work of a promising young British manager, the transfer committee shackled the Brendan Rodgers, his supporters argue.

People are quick to moan about a lack of improvement — these so - called supporters are likely the ones who look at a result rather than actually watching the match, depicting that no improvement has been made because their expectations from that game were much higher.

For every naysayer when it comes to formula feeding your baby, you've got a few supporters sprinkled in there, but when you're pregnant or a new mom, people are much more likely to want to give you their thoughts and opinions on what you should be doing, rather than praise you for anything you're currently doing right.

Few people feel driven to provide the best, to «be far above normal,» she pointed out, but most people «certainly don't want to be below normal»... [B] y using words like «best» and «benefits of breastfeeding» rather than «normal» and «risks of formula feeding,» breastfeeding supporters are depriving «mothers of crucial decision - making information»...