Sentences with phrase «strong start to the season»

The lay - off of influential playmaking midfielder Luca Modric, who broke his leg during Tottenham Hotspur's clash with Birmingham City and is not expected to be fit until late October, is less likely to diminish the club's strong start to the season as Niko Kranjcar — a near like - for - like replacement — edges closer to a permanent move to White Hart Lane following a successful medical.

Despite Everton's strong start to the season Ferguson believes he can lure Belgian midfielder away from Goodison Park as he looks to bring in extra strength to the centre of the Man United midfield.

Okay, Arsenal do need to start winning games, but if we are still unbeaten on the way home from Germany, it will have been a pretty strong start to the season in difficult circumstances.

Newman continued Richard Childress Racing's strong start to the season by clocking - in the second - fastest speed (184.419 mph), a week after teammate Austin Dillon won the season - opening Daytona 500.

An extremely strong start to the season had pundits and fans across the country lauding Jürgen Klopp and his team; Liverpool were heading in the right direction, FSG had made the right call, appointing Klopp, the summer transfer policy was good, and...

Spurs host the Spanish giants at Wembley on Wednesday evening and will be looking to maintain their strong start to this season's competition, which has seen them beat Borussia Dortmund and Apoel Nicosia before earning a hard - fought draw against Real at the Bernabeu.

According to Don Balon, Perez believes his club may need to replace the under - performing star Toni Kroos, who has not made a strong start to the season despite being a key player since his arrival at the Bernabeu in 2014.

With Wilfried Bony likely heading to Manchester City, this departure would represent another major blow for Garry Monk's side after such a strong start to the season.

The important thing is to get these deals done, give the players time to form an understanding so that we have a strong start to the season.

After a strong start to the season from Arsenal and in particular for Theo Walcott, the winger has managed to edge his way back into the national team squad with England.

Salomon Levy had a nice night chipping in 9 points while Ben Bizar continued his strong start to the season, scoring 8.

Such results go against what had previously been such a strong start to the season.

Junior Justin Hansz has had a strong start to the season with runner - up finishes at both the Bronzan and Joe Rios and a fifth - place showing at the Tim Brown and Chappel mentioned Cole Zanarini as one underclassman who has taken also taken a big step forward.

Liverpool's strong start to the season is on the verge of being put to the back burner once again as contract talks continue to take away from the play on the pitch.

Southampton striker Graziano Pelle, 29, is targeting an Italy call - up after a strong start to the season --(Southern Daily Echo)

After a strong start to the season, Nottingham Forest have dropped off the pace, and are lying in 12th in the Championship, 13 points off the play off places.

«They had a strong start to the season, they were consistent and are the team who have lost fewer games than everybody else,» he added.

Finally, despite a strong start to this season, Romelu Lukaku has shown in recent games that he's going to struggle to be the striker Mourinho wants him to be.

The Bucks have been on a skid of their own, though, dropping three straight games after a strong start to the season.

It's unsure what Batum's status will be going forward but if he misses time it will be a blow to a Charlotte team that has fallen out of the Eastern Conference playoff race after a strong start to the season.

Our women's tennis team are another team who have enjoyed a strong start to the season.

Middlesbrough, meanwhile, enjoyed a strong start to the season with a thumping win over Birmingham City last weekend, that saw new striker Kike get off the mark for the club.

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We need to win this match because we should have a strong start to the season if we want to be in the Title race.

Theo Walcott on form may be a rare sight given his last few campaigns, but after a strong start to this season, the media hasn't given him so much attention and his critics are very much off his back.

After that terrible thumping in the Champions League group game away to Bayern Munich, the doubts were already beginning to creep in about our ability to keep going after the strong start to the season and they will not have been eased by the derby game on Sunday.

Boxall has struggled with a lack of opportunity this season as the Phoenix's strong start to the season has left the former Auckland City on the bench for a majority of the A-League season.

Something in between still won't be good enough, and so Di Matteo faces an important few weeks of his tenure as a strong start to the season is imperative for the confidence and belief within the group.

So lets pray for an injury free pre-season and a strong start to the season.

It's been a strong start to the season for our women's basketball 1s, as last week saw them secure their spot in the next round of the Northern Conference Cup after an impressive 102 — 28 victory over Liverpool 2s.

Teams like Michigan, Penn State and Washington have had strong starts to their seasons, but they also haven't been truly tested yet.

Gago has been a key player in his side's strong start to the season, and not having him for the remaining Copa Libertadores group games will be a huge blow.

Coquelin has already made a strong start to the season at club level.

Despite being amongst the bookie's early favorites for promotion after a strong start to the season, Stuart «Psycho» Pearce paid the price for just 3 victories in 21 games as his emotional return to Forest ended abruptly after chairman Fawaz Al - Hasawi terminated Pearce's contract following a dreadful run of results.

Following a strong start to the season, Manchester City have struggled a bit in recent times and are no longer favourites to claim the Premier League title.

The Scottish record - holder is keen to build on her strong start to the season and returns to the track to run the 1500m at the British Championships this weekend

-LSB-...] A fortnight ago, I wrote effusively of Oxford United's strong start to the season; Chris Wilder's charges having reached the summit of the League 2 table with a win over Plymouth.

Arsenal inflicted a 5 - 2 on Claudio Ranieri's team, a result that was mistakenly assumed to mark the beginning of the end of Leicester's strong start to the season.

It did look like Arsenal could potentially challenge for the title following a strong start to the season and club legend Robert Pires has explained that the North London side's struggles have been down to the absence of injured star midfielder Santi Cazorla.

Meunier, formerly a forward in his youth career, has the ability to contribute valuable goals for his side in crunch situations, and he has already made a strong start to the season with three goals in just six appearances for Paris Saint - Germain.

The Spanish coach led Saint - Etienne to a strong start to the season but they have won just one of their last seven games and were thrashed 5 - 0 in the local derby against Lyon on November 5.

So the Merseyside crew are struggling a bit at the moment after their strong start to the season.

Both Lazio and Roma have had strong starts to the season and sit fourth and fifth, respectively, in the standings with only one point separating them.

Norwich City were one of the favorites to make an immediate return to the Premier League last year, but despite their strong start to the season, they drifted down in the table and ultimately did not come close to making the playoffs.

«We've had a strong start to the season, which as been nice, but we'll have a big challenge this weekend because Lime Rock is tricky,» said Segal.