Sentences with phrase «strong at last season»

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The manufacturing sector and services sector are doing quite well, sentiment is actually quite strong, and, in fact, we are right now moving into Q1 earnings season, and with the tax cuts that were enacted at the end of last year, corporations are expected to increase their earnings by 17 %.

In the last 16 seasons, they've won at least 88 games in 11 of them, and this is as strong of a team on paper as most of those teams.

The strong and pacey striker, often compared to Chelsea legend Didier Drogba, arrived at the club last season as one of the biggest prospects in European football, joining from Belgian side Anderlecht for around # 17million, but failed to break into the first team under either Andre Villas - Boas or Roberto Di Matteo.

We've won eight of the last nine and we are stronger today than we were at the start of the season.

It was a classic smash and grab win by Swansea last night, one chance, one goal... All teams have nights like this, we deserved to win but sometimes it just doesn't go your way, that's just sport, I can think of countless examples this season of this happening, man city vs burnley, man utd vs west brom etc... Heads up gunners, we will come back strong and beat utd at old trafford...

«Manchester United are traditionally one of the strongest teams in the league and, although we beat them convincingly last season at home, the away game was maybe the one in which we faded.

Carle, who played 20 times for Bristol City last season, including the playoff final, was happy to stay at Ashton Gate, but the lure of a bigger club was too strong for the 26 - year - old:

Dzeko has not been at his best this season despite a strong campaign last year, and it could be that he will be allowed to leave for the right price.

If Gausman and Bundy can be reliable pitchers, if Cashner doesn't regress, if Cobb can pitch a sub - 4.00 ERA with half his games in hitter - friendly Camden Yards, if Tillman can have a huge comeback year, if the bullpen continues to be strong, if Brach can be a solid closer until Britton's return, if Davis and Trumbo can find their batting stroke again, if Mancini and Schoop replicate last season, if Manny continues to be Manny at short and with his improved swing, if Adam is still Adam, if Beckham can learn to play defense at 3rd and be August - Beckham instead of September - Beckham at the plate, if the catchers can somehow do their part, and if the O's figure out their right field situation (and all of that put together is one big IF).....

Lasting just one season before being replaced by Ashley Cole, Asier Del Horno was one of Jose Mourinho's worse buys at Chelsea, but he's another who benefitted from being in an otherwise strong squad.

something new for sure will happen at the very least we will be getting new players the question being who...... a striker with 30 goals abomyang a central defender a midfielder new maneger who diago simone will do well with atlatico or lazio he is connected to them arsenal needs some one within its ranks some one connected to them But today we seen an ugly encounter were certain players should have had the red i think technology should come in to it and players should be disciplined after The premier league is a physical strong competition to win it you got to be very strong very accurate and very demanding and if you do not have the team to do it you do not win our team didn't live to exceptions of last season so there for changes will have to happen

Hold, who came on strong at the end of last season, won the starting nod after a strong spring practice.

They have a stronger squad than last season and at the moment are full of confidence.

When Arsenal finished off a very strong second part of last season in style with our demolition of Aston Villa at Wembley.

Suarez, who missed last year's event due to suspension, scored 59 goals in all competitions for Luis Enrique's side this term, and will have been desperate to end his magnificent season with a strong showing at this summer's showpiece.

The latest graduate of the south - coast side's strong academy set - up, the teenage left - back won the club's Young Player of the Year award last season and already capped at Under - 21 level by England.

Chambers had a very strong season at Middlesbrough (look at the results with and without him on the team last year) and also for the England U21 team, and he will be on the first team.

SOTON is looking strong hope they will vanish at the end of the season as Everton did last year, it will be challenging to reach that 4th place

When he showed up at spring training strong and finely tuned after a full season of Puerto Rican winter ball last year, Martinez found himself on the trading block.

«For us, it's where we thought we would be at the start of the season after a strong end of the season last year.

simple, we were top of table more than any other team last year, only loss in back that started was sagna, we managed last year w arteta & flamini, of course I want to strengthen there, but the glaring issue to me is at striker, we have a full complement of good to mediocre strikers, adequate but not going to compete season long against city and chelsea, in my opinion, back line fine, DM needs upgrading, attacking midfield strongest in EPL, central striker??? put a thierry henri on this squad in his prime, we win the league,

I too also know that we look weak at the back but i also believe they have learnt from there mistakes last season and have a stronger unity this season going into the 3rd season with the team wenger has put together without losing key players and adding real Quality and world class that i havent seen before because none of our history says we bought our trophies we won them with all the unexpected beliefs and never bought into the society and modern game we seen before us not one of our legends were already labelled for they are today before they came to us The made a name for themselfs in our Jersey and build a foundation of what we represent today Before Arsene Wenger and with him We are a club that overachieve and under promise Everything we've done has be our very own unique way of doing it not the way other clubs are ahiceving i for one will not Follow the Man City's ambitions Chelseas Manchester united or anyone elses

When you consider that we beat what most would say was better Turkish opposition at the same time last season, as well as the fact that we are stronger and more confident this time around, then Besiktas should hold no real fears for us.

Was not analyzing the Manchester ss and don't really care much there but from a footballing point of view and from the words of MR wenger I understand the logic I do nt read what the media thinks neither My comment above addresses the issues we face in comparison to the two previous seasons adding in our re enforcements The 22 million question «Are the Arsenal capable of achieving 85 point come next May???» I believed we were strong last year and said it here that the team was strong and together and used the very words that MR wenger used cohesion but as the season unfolded the cracks showed up at the very beginning when we lost to west ham and it got worse as we lost pole position and every thing around us came tumbling down by February last season here comes another important question did they know and understand what happened do they know what to do this term to avoid the very same faith well we wait and see Irregardless of what happens I will support Arsenal and will keep analyzing every match my way until May so Good luck Arsenal with your endeavors and hope you do well against Liverpool keep the fight on keep the heads up and give them a good beating

Kennedy Estelle, a former offensive tackle at Texas, was dismissed by Charlie Strong last season after violating team rules on multiple occasions.

So it is what it is we have to hope now to win and win by 6 goals on our last 2 and hope that Beyan win there 2 if we don't let's enjoy the season that's left and in the summer, let's hope he gets at least 3 top and strong players to add.

Disciplined in his role, he is very rarely caught out of position, he is strong in a tackle and seems to relish a physical battle His technical ability also developed over the course of the first few months of this season, and his passing improved along with his ability to twist and turn out of trouble, but of course what we had all been dreading came to pass..., Coquelin was injured vs West Brom, and has missed the last month, and is going to miss at least two more, I am of the opinion that we would be in a much better position than we are now if Coquelin had stayed fit.

Detroit also signed two players at the top of its free - agent wish list — tight end Stephen Alexander, a strong blocker from the Chargers, and guard - center Damien Woody, who started on two Super Bowl winners with the Patriots — plus wideout Tai Streets, who caught 119 passes opposite Terrell Owens with the 49ers over the last two seasons.

Thompson is enjoying a strong season, with one win, at last month's Kingsmill Championship, and four top - two finishes.

Further, after featuring in 21 games in all competitions in his first season at White Hart Lane, he managed just eight appearances last year as he was crowded out by the strong competition.

Further, with a number of individuals who disappointed last year gradually being pushed out the exit door, Villa will be confident that they're in a strong position moving forward to compete at the top of the table this season.

With Pedro's future at the Nou Camp uncertain at the minute following strong links with a move to the Barclays Premier League [via Sky Sports], last season's Champions League winners have a plan in place in case the forward decides to join the Red Devils during the current transfer window.

Manolas, an impressive Greek international enjoying a strong first season in Serie A since moving to the Stadio Olimpico last summer, could be available for a relatively cheap # 15m at the end of this season, with the player's agent not ruling out the possibility of an exit.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

In Fenestraz, the team has captured a relatively new member of the Renault academy who has already shown a strong turn of pace in F3 machinery, with a cameo at the Nurburgring last season clearly giving Carlin enough reason to promote the 18 - year old.

Despite some strong form for City last season, the 29 - year - old has quickly returned to La Liga after falling behind Stevan Jovetic in the pecking order at the Etihad Stadium.

I think now MR wenger is not interested into obtaining another striker else he would have singed one by now there were many out field players out there that have moved clubs or in his mind there are not good enough for Arsenal In two weeks we begin our season and liverpool looking strong and have had good few games under there shoulder so they will be ready to give us a thumping at home watched them play last night they did nt give space to milan and made them look really bad Mr wenger is becoming very complacent full of himself

at a back of a great and strong finish last season we were one of the favorites for the title this season,

Cech spent 11 years at Stamford Bridge and you could say that Chelsea are a fairly strong and together outfit, especially last season when they only added a couple of players to an already strong squad, but the keeper has clearly been struck by the strength of the team spirit in the Arsenal dressing room.

At least we ended the season with a strong finish......... it was the same thing last year......... the same the year before that......... Wenger needs to be honest with himself.......

He looks stronger than last season, is a world class player who simply needs fast runners (who can hopefully finish) around him and he can pull that wonder pass out of the bag at any time, of course he should play.

But will Arsenal grab the chance to finish the season in a strong way and at least take the positive of not finishing lower than last time and earning an automatic place in the Champions League group stage?

Arsene Wenger was clearly delighted by the strong performance of his Arsenal players last night, but he was just as clearly devastated and almost at a loss for words that the victory over Borussia Dortmund exacted the heavy price of two more Gunners joining the ever growing and continued injury list that is in danger of destroying a second season in a row for Arsenal.

Arsenal are a successful club and will always be seriously last season was not that bad for the past 21 years we remind a the top four no club in England had achieved that 21 years on the trot I believe we needed a new look at ourselves and the reason why we have not won it we have not won the premier league in the past 12 years while clubs such Leicester have won it having said that we were the only team to have won them home and away we seem to be a little short at every term in one stage opponents literally broke our players and some were very viciously broken every one ganged against us and we crumbled to the pressure we need to assert our self by winning lower tear competitions and grow to be strong and fight it hard and give other teams what we were giving Firstly we need to unite and create a fortress at the emirate stadium become the twelfth team player once we get the fundamentals right I know and guarantee we will win it all we need to plant our feet in the ground we need unite become one strong unit

After a strong season at Swindon last season, there were thoughts that our young midfielder Alex Pritchard may be given a chance to impress in the Tottenham first team in 2014 - 15.

Vertonghen and Alderweireld formed a strong partnership at the heart of the Spurs defence last season and managed to maintain the best defensive record in the league.

Sanchez at Arsenal will be key in bringing out the best of Mesut Ozil, and the arrivals of Khedira and Benzema at the Emirates Stadium will make Arsene Wenger's squad very strong and capable of coping with injuries that they failed to last season.

The case is made stronger if you look at Arsenal's summer last season.

«If you look at the end of last season Wenger said he thought the team was strong enough to challenge for the title.

But Manchester United began last season well with three straight wins, and every indication is that they might be even stronger contenders to finish at the top this time around.