Sentences with phrase «talking points in this game»

Concussions have become a talking point in the game after several occurrences on the pitch, and numerous warnings from medical professionals.

VAR was also a controversial talking point in this game in Juan Mata's disallowed goal, with wonky lines appearing on the screen during its decision.

Outside of that, there are some talking points in this game.

Of course, the other major talking point in the games industry right now is the recent reveal of the Nintendo Switch console.

Not exact matches

Talking Points Arsenal simply got to start scoring goals and average 2 goals - per - game at best, to revive their position in the Barclays Premier League table.

Recap culture bends toward the same talking points, and a critique of this season will certainly be «fan service» — i.e., by delivering what viewers want (Jon resurrected, Ramsay Bolton and Walder Frey killed, etc.), George R.R. Martin and the showrunners have moved away from the ruthless plot turns that made Game of Thrones stand out in the first place.

It is all very good talking about the romance of the Cup and the 4250 home fans that could go to the game, but looking at it from a financial point of view, a move to the Emirates would give them money beyond their wildest dreams and surely sense will prevail in the end?

What has made him believe that we possess the physical midfielder which cost us in so many of the big games to the point he wouldn't take Alex Song on loan or talk to Newcastle about Tiote?

In fact the biggest talking point has come from Mohamed Elneny getting himself booked for a late challenge on Joe Allen, and you would have to hope that this will certainly be a game of two (very different) halves!

The declining glamour and pull of the international game has been a talking point for years, as the swelling money in the club game drags all the attention towards domestic matters.

There has been and will continue to be an awful lot of talk among Arsenal fans and in the football press about various behind the scenes goings on at our club, but right now the manager and the players need to focus on the next match and taking all three Premier League points from our home game against Manchester City.

Because you talk nonsense anything can happen in cup games as for our defence it's one of if not best in league and we were never in this position last year of being 5 points clear and playing so well

Every sport book today is computerized, Back in my day money always moved the line if a player was respected, and if the squares tossed enough money on a game most books would move the line a little, However the big books would just sit and even take layoffs from the small stores, They knew even if the squares got hot in the end the juice would eat em up.Gone are the days when Billy Walters and his crew would move the line 3 and 4 points, I'm talking sides not totals, Forget about what they did to the horseshoe with totals in the NBA, Back then you could catch small non computerized stores with bad lines to begin with, imagine a three point move and the small store or corner bookie is off on the line a few points to begin with, I could catch some game with 6 and seven point advantages, with computers today if you can catch a half or one point advantage your lucky.Even if you know the group moving the line most of these store move the lines on air, when I say air they just watch the screen from D.B. And move the line before they even get hit, Hell even the big stores have the sharps on small limits per call.

«You can talk about maybe needing 95 points which was Chelsea [in 2004 - 05] or 92, maybe 87, so you can not lose too many games,» he said.

In a Celtic XI vs a Petrov XI, the game was awash with a number of stars past and present, and though the game yielded eight goals, the big talking point was undoubtedly Agbonlahor's 53rd minute challenge, which left the One Direction member in a crumpled heap on the flooIn a Celtic XI vs a Petrov XI, the game was awash with a number of stars past and present, and though the game yielded eight goals, the big talking point was undoubtedly Agbonlahor's 53rd minute challenge, which left the One Direction member in a crumpled heap on the flooin a crumpled heap on the floor.

Anyway though, talking about the Watford game, when we couldn't beat them when it actually mattered in the FA cup, feels like going over and over again on problems I've pointed out here so many times.

I can tell by your comment you haven't watched the game today because you talk gibberish and throw in generalisations, not factual points.

In Atlanta they still talk about the game Mutombo had against O'Neal last season, limiting him to nine points in a 99 - 85 Hawks losIn Atlanta they still talk about the game Mutombo had against O'Neal last season, limiting him to nine points in a 99 - 85 Hawks losin a 99 - 85 Hawks loss.

To me, the best point in this discussion is made by Stewart Mandel: whether we like it or not, the current system is designed so that any talk of resumes is meant to determine who plays in the national title game.

Nothing like some irrelevant stats to try and bolster a point of view, how does 13 goals conceded in 19 games get a mention when talking about his ability to play the ball and dictate the tempo of the match?

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

It therefore comes as little surprise that one of the game's biggest talking points will be Harry Kane, a 21 - year - old centre forward who before this season had only played in 14 Premier League matches, scoring just three goals.

They have a shelf life of 8/10 years at the very top if they are lucky so who can begrudge them the opportunity to make hay whilst the sun is shining... am not saying Sanchez is not money driven but the way the guy plays i can mortgage my life he actually enjoys the game, enjoys wining first and foremost then money comes 2nd... like the author of the article rightly pointed out, he was in Messi's shadow at Barca and could not express himself fully, now he is at a club where he is the main man and given a free role and license to express himself and i very much doubt if he will want to go to a club like Madrid (as been rumoured in the dailies today) to relieve the bad experience he suffered at Barca because let us face facts, he is never going to displace CR7 as the main man, so even if Madrid sells Benzema or Bale to make room for him he will be back to the same position he was at Barca, this time he will be playing 2nd fiddle to CR7 so my guess is all the Madrid talks is been fed the press by his agents to drive a hard bargain when contract extension talks resumes.....

I wouldn't want to talk of Silva and Dzeko's goals, which saw City win that game 2 - 0; but there was this under - fire midfielder in Javi Garcia, who filled in for his skipper at the heart of Man City's defence, and played a significant part in his team securing all 3 points, in addition to keeping a clean sheet.

He talks and he backs it up (I mean he called Wenger a specialist in failure after Wenger ran his mouth initially and on Wenger's big 1000th game he pummels him 6 - 0 and proves his point).

why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield

In talking to Blalock over the years, he has that same passion for the game that Stevenson had — and which Anderson still has (he's now helping coach teams at Capital Christian - Sacramento)-- but it's likely he'll retire at some point.

Everyone is talking about «If Chelsea drop points in games x, y and z then we're in.»

There has been so much talk about the reason for Arsenal dropping off from that pinnacle point of the Premier League, when Arsene Wenger steered our team of stars to lift the trophy in 2004 without a single mark in the games lost column.

You have a valid point about Walcott, If you watched their comments after the game you'd hear Walcott explaining that the players talk among themselves and agreed that they should win in style FOR THE FANS.

No one from Spurs are talking remotely close to having 3 points in the bag, the are just trying to look beyond it as you would if you were are 4 points off Chelsea with 5 games to go & want to put mental pressure on them.

The main talking point after the game was however, Edison Cavani who extended his scoring run to 16 goals in 12 games.

I think Wenger is talking about the chance when we broke from the spuds corner, we broke with Ozil on the ball and had a 2 on 1 counter, the ball from Ozil should have been better and with there 1 defender out of the game we would have had 2 players against the keeper, if the opportunity was taken we would have gone in at half time 1 up.Lots of ifs and buts and no guarantee the game would have been won at that point.

Lopoz, in his 10th season coaching De La Salle, talks highly of Pagila's well - rounded game but marvels even more at his decision to attend West Point.

Jack's return was probably the biggest talking point of our Carabao Cup tie but Arsene Wenger was quick to play down the importance of it, suggesting that it is early days yet and reminding us that this was not a game with the intensity and quality you expect in the Premier League every week, Arsenal.com reports.

AGAIN he talks about the lack of finishing in his post game comments... doesn't he have no shame at one point when he says that?!

To go back to that Koskie tweet from the eighth inning for a moment, let's just point out how hilarious it would be if MLB went back to the pre-World Series baseballs for a night just to get people to stop talking about how slick the balls are in the World Series, and the result is a 3 - 1 game where suddenly all of the awful pitchers can go back to being good enough.

His strength is the obvious talking point of Arsenal fans wishing to see him arrive, but he is evidently capable of adding to his passing game at Emirates being far more than just «a destroyer in the centre of pitch» — «a similarity he shares with Matic».

Massimiliano Allegri may have talked a big game about Wednesday's game being more important than Sunday's top - of - the - table clash with the Partenopei, but he still saw fit to rotate his squad against a team that went into the day a point away from safety in 18th place.

A lot of the talk before this game against Chelsea has been about Cech, let's hope he can deliver in Arsenal colours and help us get that three points that we vitally need.

Chelsea have of course been all the talk so far this season, as their fantastic performances have already brought them an 8 point lead at the top of the table with 16 games to go and the fact they have conceded only 15 goals in 22 matches certainly says a lot about their season.

In the game preview, we talked about his three point shooting cooling off.

In a game with with an array of talking points, Liverpool managed to hold on for a precious three points and stopped the rot of winless results.

The conversation is as fluid as ever, taking in topics as diverse as goal celebrations and the moral etiquette around showboating whilst still faithfully focussing on the individual performances of Jürgen Klopp's men and the major talking points of the game.

Talking point: Northern Ireland showed more attacking intent than against Poland after manager Michael O'Neill made a number of changes from the opening game against Poland, including dropping striker Kyle Lafferty to the bench, Conor Washington came in and worked hard to close down Ukraine's defenders, while his team - mates closely marshalled Ukraine's wide man, Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka.

Yesterday at 09:56 pm - As Wanderers prepare to host already - promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers in their penultimate home game of the season, highlights five talking points ahead of the match...

Thibaut Courtois and N'Golo Kante have been talking about maintaining a strong chase of the league leaders with many points available to be won in the coming weeks, including from tonight's game at Stamford Bridge.

West Bromwich Albion hadn't won at Villa Park in the Premier League in 32 years but it wasn't the score line that was the talking point surrounding the game.

The major talking point of the game came at the end of the first half when Gabriel and Diego Costa were both booked after clashing in the area.

Both sides earned a point each but the actual talking point of the game was just before half time as Valencia was taken down in the box by Nacho Monreal.