Sentences with phrase «seventh place finish»

I predicted a seventh place finish for us before the season started and I'll stick with that although we've not really justified it yet.

West Ham will also be returning to Europa League action next season, as despite a seventh place finish in the Premier League, Crystal Palace's failure to beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final means they will enter the competition again next year.

After partnering with Ben Saxton in September 2014, the pair saw immediate success in the Nacra 17 class with a seventh place finish at the 2014 Sailing World Cup Finals in Abu Dhabi.

We are nowhere near the top teams, and the best we can hope for is to play for a place in the top half, and even try to emulate last season's seventh place finish.

After partnering with Nicola Groves in September 2014, the pair saw immediate success in the Nacra 17 class with a seventh place finish at the 2014 Sailing World Cup Finals in Abu Dhabi.

Spearheaded by Sadio Mane, Koeman's exciting Southampton side picked up two 1 - 1 draws against a Chelsea side that would go on to win the title comfortably in 2015 while a seventh place finish and European football was just reward for the Saints.

Last time I predicted a seventh place finish for West Ham to match the successful season that preceded it.

Then again had you asked me that question at the same time last year I would no doubt have answered in the same way; basking as I was in the afterglow of a creditable seventh place finish, expecting more of the same from a happy Payet and without the knowledge of how bad our player recruitment would turn out.

There was a feeling of optimism back in August, not only that we would enjoy a good campaign on the back of a seventh place finish but that there were, at last, a crop of new youngsters coming through the system.

Rafa Benitez may have guaranteed a top four finish but his Anfield side had to settle for a seventh place finish which ironically only achieved a Europa League spot because Manchester United won the League Cup.

It would take an owner both short of sight and remarkably itchy of trigger - finger to judge a sixth or seventh place finish as failure.

Chief executive Ed Woodward has been tasked with the job of bringing in big name signings as Man United look to erase the memory of last term's disastrous seventh place finish.

Champions League football is on offer for the Gunners if they can win the Europa League, with a sixth or even seventh place finish their likely fate in the Premier League after a poor domestic campaign, with a defeat Newcastle last weekend the most recent setback.

Indeed De Rossi has collected five Serie A title runners - up medals and of late has seen the club even secure Champions League football, last term's seventh place finish cost Luis Enrique his job, and arguably this could be the right time for the tough tackling midfielder to consider a new challenge.

PSG had also been pursuing di Maria but by all accounts the World Cup star was more interested by Man United's approach and will hand the club the chance of completing the «Marquee» signing that helps to erase the memory of last season's disastrous seventh place finish.

The Saints have emerged as favourites to sign Song and are in a position to offer the midfield enforcer Europa League football next season after being rewarded for their seventh placed finish in the Barclays Premier League.

Schneiderlin was in brilliant form for the Saints this season as he played extremely well in his 26 league appearances and helped the club to a seventh placed finish and a Europa League spot.

A defeat in the Coppa Italia final against Juventus on May 21, coupled with a seventh placed finish in Serie A would see them miss out on the Europa League.

In 2014 - 15 the gap was 13 points with their seventh placed finish five places in front of us (12th).

A seventh placed finish at the end of the season exceeds West Ham's usual position in the Premier League.

La Viola are sitting in ninth in Serie A, but a seventh placed finish will be enough for a Europa League place if Milan finish in the top six.

A short while after this defeat, Klopp announced that he would leave Dortmund at the end of the season, guiding the club to an eventual seventh placed finish in the league, while Guardiola secured his second straight Bundesliga title.

The Belgian is confident that the Blues have what it takes to get back towards the top end of the table and that the new man in the dugout, who took Juventus back to the top of Serie A after successive seventh place finishes, is the man to help them progress.

The only newcomer to crack this week's top 10 is seventh place finisher, «All the Money in the World.»

Not exact matches

A seventh - placed finish in Serie A coupled with defeat in the Coppa Italia final against Juventus on May 21 would see the Italian giants miss out on a place in the Europa League next season.

One bad shot led to another, and he finished the year without a tour win and five places lower on the money list, dropping from seventh to 12th.

The 1920 season was followed by nearly 20 years of unalloyed mediocrity: two seventh - place finishes (in an eight - team league) and 10 sixth places, including five in succession from 1925 through 1929.

Jones was leading the race when she tripped on the ninth hurdle causing her to stumble and finish in seventh place.

Lee Petty, 42, of Randleman, N.C., despite his seventh - place finish in the Martinsville, Va. 200 - mile NASCAR sweepstakes, earned enough points to win Grand National driver's championship for the second time.

In the final event of the competition, the 1500m, Eaton placed seventh, finishing in a time of 4 minutes, 33:59 seconds.

His teammate, seventh - place finisher Busch, was among those who had problem on Sunday.

Manchester United look well placed to regain their Champions League spot, following a vital 2 - 1 away win at nearest challengers Liverpool, widening the gap to five points, after last year finishing a disappointing seventh under David Moyes.

IF CLINT BOWYER wins his first Nextel Cup race this season, which many in the Cup garage believe will happen, then he may feel better about his seventh - place finish in last Saturday night's Pepsi 400 at Daytona than he did at the time.

He finished 15th in the standings thanks to a seventh in Azerbaijan and second place at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.

That in turn resulted in a seventh - placed finish, thus piling the pressure on them to defeat Juventus in the Coppa Italia final this weekend in order to earn a place in the Europa League next season.

The shock with this relegation was huge slide which had taken place with striker Kevin Phillips bagging the European Golden Shoe after scoring 30 goals in the 1999 - 00 season, also Sunderland finishing an impressive seventh in both that season and the following one.

It's like he's been sentenced to a lifetime of stockpiling Kyle Lowrys and Luis Scolas and seventh - place finishes in the West, just to teach the rest of us a lesson.

Though 13 horses went to the post, it was expected to be a three - way race among Slavic, an impressive Gulfstream allowance - race winner; Rhythm, last year's juvenile champion, whose 3 - year - old debut was a dismal seventh - place finish in the Feb. 10 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream; and a son of Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew named Yonder, who made a strong stretch run in the Hutcheson to finish second.

That's the gold medalist in the 200m (Felix), the gold medalist in the 400m (Richards - Ross), the bronze medalist in the 400m (Trotter), and the seventh - place finisher in the 400m (McCrory).

Let's not forget that, even if they did finish a dreadful seventh place last season, they were champions just the previous year with many of these same players.

Coupled with Sassuolo's win over Verona, the Rossoneri have now slipped down to seventh place and no longer have their Serie A finish in their own hands.

Man United's finances have been buoyed by a lucrative ten year deal signed with kit suppliers Adidas, a deal to the tune of # 750m, which will aid in the club's pursuit of erasing the memory of last season's dreadful seventh place Premier League finish.

During his spell with the St Mary's outfit, Alderweireld forged a good partnership with Jose Fonte and that helped the Saints achieve a respectable seventh - placed finish and qualify for this season's Europa League competition.

At 17 he had been a callow also - ran in the»76 Olympics (finishing seventh in the 1,500 and 19th in the 5,000) although he went on to place a creditable fifth in the overall world championship two weeks later.

It appears that Man United's money - men are happy to back van Gaal financially, having handed the Dutchman over # 150m to invest in his squad over the summer, and clearly realise that investment in the club's playing staff is key to their recovering following last term's shocking seventh place Premier League finish.

Of course we improved still further in the second half of last season, with 33 points in the final 19 games to finish on 62 in seventh place.

Four years ago, Juventus was coming off its second straight seventh - place finish.

Koeman had led Everton to a seventh - place finish last season, securing Europa League football, but has paid the price for their disastrous start.

The capital club finished in seventh place, meaning the road to the Europa League will begin with qualifying in late July.

Arsenal could finish as low as seventh place in the Premier League table this season given Sean Dyche's Burnley side are on the Gunners» coattails with a place in the Europa League up for grabs.