Sentences with phrase «season at both ends of the table»

There are several «six pointers» left in the season at both ends of the table and this is certainly one of them, as both teams will be confident they can secure three points this weekend.

Not exact matches

I see lot of coments about how we can sign Reus «cuz he's a world class player.Yes, he is a great player BUT did you see how mutch this season was he injuried?The period when Dortmund win some games and comme forward in the table was the period when Reus was available, rest of the season he was injuried.This is one thing, the other think is that Klopp say he will leave Dortmund in the end of the season and looking for a new chalange.I'm pretty sure that he will leave to a big team and will take Reus after him.Sterling is exactly the same type of player as Sanchez, just doesn't have the same experience, he's not fully developed.I think he can be a first XI player for us and I think will be great alongside Sanchez, replacing Cazorla when he will leave.Sterling is an English player, will be great to see him at nationat team too, and we need as mutch as rest of the big teams from EPL home grown players.The coments who say that we have Gnabry and Wellington make me laugh, really?Do you want trophies?Or do you want to see more young players and waiting year after year to confirm or just see how they doesn't play anything?We are a top team, and need performance in UCL too, not just participaiting.Sterling is a young CONFIRMED player who will definetly help us.Agree that he's not fully grown but he will be a great player.

we might but not the point... we are struggling again against a third tier european team while kidding ourselves that this is the season when we finally put aside the decade of failure... giroud ramsey jenks gibbs at the end of the day are mid table quality

you can not rely on those time table injuries then flopped and come at the end of the season with the same LAME excuse as every single year for 12 NOW.If we do not show AMBITION..

They all have a generous offer on the table right now at the end of a season where they performed absolutely under their strengths except Alexis, of course.

Who knows... Could click and given that watford are a below average EPL team we could run away with it... Or the opposite... But that's the point we are simply a mid table outfit where any result is possible... That's wenger's legacy and why he needs to go preferably now but for sure at end of season...

Albeit he's only managed to keep two clean sheets in nine games this season, conceding 12, given that they're struggling at the wrong end of the table, it was always going to be difficult for him to rack up impressive statistics.

Time will tell as to which clubs are involved in the dreaded relegation fight with the likes of Sampdoria, Palermo and Udinese flirting with the drop last season, but there is undoubtedly a guarantee of tension and entertainment at both ends of the table.

Rafael Benitez's Newcastle side are just four points above the relegation zone right now, and as usual it is going to be a dogfight right until the end of the season with just 5 points separating 13th and 19th in the table at the moment, with just 8 games to go.

A potential matchup against Miami FL would make for huge drama at the end of the season, especially if the Hurricanes can run the table — Miami has the sixth - best playoff odds at +260.

As at the end of last season Arsenal were 18th in PL league table showing net spend for the five years previous.

Alexis was joined by Romelu Lukaku at the top of the table, thanks to five goals in his last three matches, but his Everton side have tough trips to Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United and Arsenal left in the fixture list, and I can't see him being amongst the top two come the end of the season.

This week it could be that while one end of the Premiership table is decided, at least West ham and Sheffield United are keeping things interesting, that we know exactly what Jose Mourinho will say if Liverpool beat them in the Champions League but we're dying to hear what he'll say upon losing his first Premier League title, that Tottenham have the most shockingly organised defense, that maybe Chris Coleman really wasn't the problem at Fulham, that Mark Hughes and Roy Keane will make for a fantastic battle of the Ferguson successors next season, or that we're excited to see whether Fat Sam can do it again.

The Premier League is back this weekend with a number of fixtures that could be season defining at both ends of the table.

While we don't expect much in the way of managerial changes at the top end of the table between now and the end of the season, it's worth considering whose job might come under threat if the desired climax to the campaign is not secured — be that a top four finish, a trophy, or just to remain respectable.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Bernardeschi is likely to have three options on the table at the end of the season, as he has already ruled out swapping Fiorentina for bitter rivals Juventus.

The Gunners didn't start the 2001 - 02 season at such great heights as anticipated but managed to turn the tables later in December, as since then the club didn't lose any of their last 21 games to end up beating Manchester United to the title.

According to Sky Sports, there are five Premier League clubs eager to sign the free agent at the end of the season: Aston Villa, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, and Arsenal are all debating tabling an offer.

Hiddink remains unbeaten since taking the job at Stamford Bridge on an interim basis until the end of the season, and the Dutch tactician will hope Costa can continue to fire them up the table as they currently remain in the bottom half with 28 points from their 23 games so far this season.

I view Sir Keswick statement on the debate of Le Prof leaving Arsenal at the end of this season as a conditional statement to appease the Wenger Out Arsenal fans to be calm as the Arsenal board who for his prudent financial management skill in managing the club finances doesn't want him to go now to try to buy time for him to use Arsenal success of a win of the FA Cup and a 4th place table finish this season as a ploy to convince the Wenger Out Arsenal fans he can still be kept at the club as manager for another 2 — 3 years to achieve the titles they've been craving after in the next 2 — 3 season..

Start searching for justification right now because at the end of season with this team we are a mid table team because Wenger can not motivate his team anymore.

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

Arsene Wenger has yet to announce his intentions at the end of the season when his contract expires, and the worst case scenario for those who wish to see him leave is that he signs this well - publicised two - year deal that is supposedly on the table.

However, after heavy investment in the summer, Leicester failed to replicate their performances from the 2015/16 season, and found themselves back at the tail end of the table.

You sound like the Spurs fans who are ecstatic at beating us and going above us in the table, as if that's how the table will look at the end of the season.

It's not quite «squeaky bum time» yet, in the immortal words of Sir Alex Ferguson, but Arsenal's game at Old Trafford this weekend could certainly be a big boost for either sides ambitions to be doing battle at the top of the table come the end of the season.

I genuinely believe that Wenger is under more pressure than ever before, he knows it so obviously looses it when bad decisions go against us but these decisions don't happen every game and the table won't lie at the end of the season

Tomorrow they face bottom of the table Glyndwr 1s at Sugden Sports Centre, they will hope to repeat the November cup win against them and push for a good finish at the end of the season!

It's claimed in the report that the club prefer to offer him a one - year deal while he is chasing two years, and with Chelsea, Paris Saint - Germain and offers from China potentially on the table at the end of the season, a difficult decision is going to have to be made.

Typically these periods in past few seasons has seen us chasing the top table team with average of 10 points, then comes our end of season charge which has seen us gaining more points than any other EPL team in the final two months of the season, over the past few years at least.

Arsenal face the long haul up to Newcastle to face a team without a League win so far this season, but the Gunners are still under pressure to come away with all three points to try and keep in touch at the top end of the table.

Our back four was very table with him at left back towards the end of last season.

Benitez, who replaced Carlo Ancelotti as Los Blancos manager earlier in the summer, snubbed the chance to take over at the helm with the Liga BBVA giants six years ago in order to remain on Merseyside, but was sacked by the Reds at the end of that season, following a disappointing campaign in which they finished seventh in the table.

They might be seven points adrift of the top of the Premier League table, but former Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires believes that the Gunners — not leaders Chelsea — deserve to be celebrating a title win at the end of the season.

Perhaps you are looking for us to end the season in the middle of the table or fighting for relegation to actually wake up and smell the coffee, at what cost then?

Remember that we were once top of the league in January and still ended up stuttering some few seasons ago, I say let's us just forget about looking at the table and focus on our own game.

Middlesborough could be the perfect fit for Chambers given that although they could be relegation candidates at the end of the season and it'll be a tough fight, that Chambers will have it in his hands to ensure that they don't slip down the bottom half of the table.

If it means having to suffer an extraordinary humiliating season and finishing mid — table and Wenger gone at the end of it, then so be it!

Table at the end of the season: 1.

The problem all these players have is that they are aiming to come back to an Arsenal side that is in a perfect run at the moment, and with the club moving up to second in the table, will be aiming to carry on their winning streak right until the end of the season.

The best we can hope for is wenger to leave at the end of this season and be replaced by a top, modern manager and for some of our younger players to come through to the first team and a top half of the table finish.

After defending the FA Cup at the end of last season, Arsene Wenger's side currently sit on top of the table at the halfway point of the season.

and chelski Losing at the start, middle and end of the season to both top and bottom table teams will be the sweetest thing!

«Unfortunately results have not gone our way this season and we are at the wrong end of the table,» chairman Peter Johnson told the club website.

If they had any desire to move him this offseason (I doubt they did), his concussions during the season and knee injury at the end of the season took that option off the table.

We are currently sitting in 14th place in the BUCS overall points league table, down from the 11th place we finished at the end of last season.

«This season is about me progressing as an individual and the team moving up the table and winning promotion at the end of the season.»

but that does nt mean i do nt rate them.if u ask me now how the table will look like at the end of the season now i would say.chelsea mancity arsenal manu so am not deluding myself.back to united i know they have made some good signins and stiil more but a few will have to go as well and having too many players come in one window can affect team cohesion or balance depending on how they all adapt..

The Gunners are now four points from the top of the table, and if their bums start squeaking then Arsenal are poised to make them suffer at the end of the season.

I think it is safe to say that most Arsenal fans, if asked before the start of the Premier League weekend of matches what result they would like to see from the top of the table clash earlier, would have said that a draw between Man City and Leicester City at the Etihad was the ideal result for the Gunners and our hopes of securing the title at the end of the season.