Sentences with phrase «remain a point off»

The Bosnians remain a point off second place and four clear of Cyprus, following the latter's late winner in Gibraltar.

Not exact matches

«Underlying end demand remains strong in the U.S. while improved cement volumes and equipment operating hours point to an emerging recovery off the bottom in Western Europe,» he writes.

A sell - off on Friday left the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 260 points for the week and the blue chip index remains down 7 % on the year, while the tech - heavy Nasdaq composite is now off by almost 13 % this year.

As the economy continues its rocky recovery, policy - makers are quick to point out that core inflation, the key measure upon which the Bank of Canada depends to set monetary policy and stave off destabilizing devaluations of currency, remains in check.

At some point the allocation levels off and remains constant.

The newspaper said Hall has remained bullish on oil throughout the sell - off in crude and in a letter to investors last week, he remained bullish, pointing to factors that suggest a turnaround is coming soon.

The G and G like to cite the effect of the Conservatives» cut of two percentage points off the GST, and certainly that was and remains a costly blunder.

Many of the issues Allergan pointed to when fending off the takeover remained in place when we put VRX in the Danger Zone in February 2016.

At this point a true reckoning remains far off.

To be sure, Selot pointed out «consumer credit quality seems benign,» with charge - offs — or recognized losses — remaining near cyclical lows.

My apologies, i see you did nt say all the things i reference centeredpiece, but my point remains valid to you and BobtheTomato, another off base poster on here.

From start to finish it is not that different from the evolution tree where some branches get cut off to where at some point in time a pure «race» remains standing.

In terms of accuracy and reliability, historians mainly base off of two points: 1) the number of remaining manuscripts in existence.

He gleefully ate everything in sight (alas, without a charming dance), until the day he turned two, at which point he systematically crossed everything off his favorite foods list and has remained a whiny, picky eater to this day, some twenty years later.

those EU citizens who arrived in the UK before a specified cut - off point (yet to be confirmed) and who have been continuously resident in the UK for five years will be allowed to stay indefinitely by obtaining «settled status», which will be akin to permanent residence or indefinite leave to remain;

Manchester United, on the other hand, remain third and are now 11 points away from the summit, but eight points off dropping out of the top four.

Even if we did that and ended up on 82 points, Chelsea could quite easily win their remaining five games as well and that would leave us 10 points off the champions, whereas last season we finished just seven points behind Man City, so let's not get too carried away with ourselves.

With eight games remaining, they currently lie in 19th place and are seven points off Aston Villa who lie in the safety of 17th.

The win takes City up to second in the table, although they remain three points behind leaders Leicester City, who saw off Liverpool.

The remaining back, the lone wingback, who gives the formation its name, positions himself in a three - point stance just off the tight end's outside foot.

But Tech is on 70 of 76 ballots, and WVU is on 74 of 76; even if Texas Tech had gotten four No. 18 votes from those six remaining ballots, instead of none (yes, the No. 18 team got zero 18th - place votes), it would only have shaved about half a point off WVU's edge.

Nevertheless, United remain five points adrift of the Champions League qualification places, and will be desperate to pick up from where they left off in midweek when they face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

The Spanish playmaker scored twice in United's 3 - 1 victory against Villa to move them above neighbours Manchester City into third and keep the pressure on Arsenal in second and remain eight points off league leaders Chelsea, who they face at Stamford Bridge in two weeks.

The Yorkshire club are currently in the play - off positions, six points off automatic promotion with seven games remaining.

is ok, let us be composed nd hope let it nt to be so pertinacious to our footballing arena, although we lost the three points, bt gabriel's sent off is nt as influential for loosing 3pnts as cazorla's, had it been we remain 10men on the pitch we cld hv equalize, let us pray we could punish chelski nxt time.

Best result liverpool v man u would be a draw that way we are 5 clear of scousers and 3 clear of man u then we can finish liverpool off at home win that and go 8 points clear of them then do nt think we will loose 3 of all the remaining games so lets hope for a draw today and same with chelski a hull victory would be amazing but cant see it happening maybe a draw is best we can hope for!

He was brought off the field with a hamstring injury with half an hour of the game remaining, but with a 3 - 1 lead he must have felt he had done enough to ensure the full three points.

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

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

The 2022 World Cup may well be seven years away, and many may wonder why there is such intense discourse with so much time remaining until the tournament must kick off — yet the competition goes well beyond the realms of football, pushing the sport aside as but a minor talking point.

Our aim must be to take 24 points from our remaining games which will include 2 big scalps, we have already one monkey off our backs (beating United) lets get another (Chelsea at home).

The Gunners got back to winning ways on Sunday with a 2 - 0 win over Bournemouth, bringing an end to a run of five winless games, but they still remain five points off leaders Leicester City.

The season before last 14 15 we did better with the points than last season even though we came second from last season we know we conceded many goals from set pieces and were very short on goal scoring the logic of this season was to fix the defensive department and the offensive department by introducing a defender to reduce the amount of goals conceded unless holding is to be the man we havent us of yet fixed the problem on the offensive department we all know the only offensive player is chuba apkom well else we have not addressed the problem so in reality I do not except Arsenal to finish the season with more than 70 points and personally think minimum point required to win the premier league is 85 points have we got that in our squad it will remain to be seen if chuba and holding are enough for a key to unlock the season we will soon find out but I think MR wenger is gambling with the introduction of new manageress which lives us with Liverpool and Leicester and who will take the points off united chelsea and city the next 6 games should give us the indication to what may happen to the long run for the new year

Both Edmonton and Calgary remained unbeaten with two wins apiece in the Smythe Division, as the Oilers» Wayne Gretzky was getting off to a five - point start.

That's especially the case if the Spurs» three - point shooting remains uncharacteristically off and Tony Parker can't find consistency due to his injuries.

Mourinho's men have won the trophy with three games to spare, and will finish the season on 92 points if they win their remaining fixtures — just an agonising three points off the points record of 95 set by themselves in their title - winning 2004 - 05 campaign.

This result falls into the second category, as Alain Casanova's side remain three points off safety with a buoyed Lens side now hot on their heels.

New England opened as a 3 - point favorite at Pinnacle and the line remained at 3 until Brady and Company kicked off against Houston, at which point the game was taken off the board.

Albeit Ajax remain 10 points off the pace behind rivals PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie title race, Kluivert is attracting plenty of attention with his form.

They remain nine points off safety and 17th - place FC Lorient.

The most logical explanation is that not only are bettors accustomed to seeing shocking upsets during March Madness, but also that they consider the remaining teams to all have superior talent and would rather just take the points when two elite teams face off.

On the ensuing possession, he picked off a pass and went in for a dunk, giving Tech a three - point lead with 5.5 seconds remaining.

They were 12 points behind United with few games remaining, but they still pulled it off.

The victory moves United up to sixth, but they remain eight points off Liverpool at the top of the Premier League, while Swansea remain level on points with Sunderland at the bottom of the table.

Whether or not Mihajlovic is able to deal an early blow to his former employers remains to be seen, but it promises to be a competitive and aggressive clash between two teams desperate to start off with all three points.

Rooney's natural tendency to drop off and come deep to find the ball served him fine when playing with a striker partner, but as the team's main focal point up top needs to remain furthest forward in order to get on the end of chances.

Chelsea's title defence never really got off the ground this season and they remain five points off the top four despite beating Burnley on Thursday but Giroud knows the importance of fighting for cup success.

Chelsea remain in fifth place, though, and will fall four points off the Champions League places should Tottenham Hotspur beat Bournemouth on Sunday, but Cahill is refusing to give up the chase for the top four.

Should Liverpool suffer defeat at Goodison Park, Tottenham will have the chance to climb above them into third as they travel to second - from - bottom Stoke City — who remain three - points off safety.

Huddersfield remain just three points off the drop zone, and they face a trip to fellow promoted side Brighton — who are three points better off in 13th place, but victory for The Terriers would drag the Seagulls into trouble.