Sentences with phrase «team a top contender»

Was Steve Spurrier's team a top contender or just a high - end gatekeeper for the real powerhouses?

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John Tavares to sign in Nashville as a UFA next summer??? After all, he probably wants to play for a contender, without having to be the only top guy on his team?

Read what he told the Telegraph in 2009; «Of course I regret leaving Arsenal... I was playing every week for one of the most exciting sides in Europe, a team which was always in the top four in the Premier League and were Champions League contenders.»

Seven of the eight MLB teams in playoff position last weekend were expected, more or less, to be there — they were no worse than cofavorites in their division or a top contender for the wild card when the season began.

Just 1 Game in the Loss column separates the Top 6 Teams in the Standings with the familiar Team Lalez and Team Maione (the first ever Hoops League Championship Contenders) tied for 1st through 11 Weeks.

They met Team Stratton who seems to be a top contender early on in Week 1..

We get two top - 5 Teams together in what should be an even battle among top contenders.

Games between teams likely to finish in the committee's final top 25, regardless of Week 10 result, meaning the winner gains a major quality W. Also, games in which the result can really swing a contender's resume elsewhere.

They are a contender from any spot in the Bracket and as the rest of the Regular Season plays out you will be sure that top seeds will be keeping a watchful eye to where Team Kozin winds up..

A team that is «supposed» to be a contender in football every year that has one 10 win season in the past 13 years and hasn't finished a season ranked in the top 20 in a decade.

The top of DIII (like top 5 teams) would likely be very competitive at the DI level, not Memorial Day weekend contenders, but maybe top - 20.

We were top of the league for longer than any other team last year, we have been buying some really top quality players in recent transfer windows, our team is a few signings away from being real title contenders... Do you forget the unbelievable injury record we have had this year?

It's still so early in the Summer so the Standings may not be a true indication of things to come however I think the experience this team possesses from its many battles in the Men's League gives them a real chance at being a top contender to knocking Team Bartlett off the top of the mountteam possesses from its many battles in the Men's League gives them a real chance at being a top contender to knocking Team Bartlett off the top of the mountTeam Bartlett off the top of the mountain.

We have seen as the concept of need is also very volatile in the NFL: one or two injuries at a position and a solid group is now shallow; you draft to become a contender the sooner, not to field the best team you can for the following season, and if a youngster becomes a top player at a position where you are stacked, you can later trade your veterans, or just have expensive contracts off the book...

Because only one team can ever win the title in the season transfer policy can help improve your team but only relative to the other top contenders who themselves have only a one in 4 chance of winning.

There are doubts over Olivier Giroud against the top teams [Daily Telegraph], while Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck have never played as a central striker on a regular basis and it remains to be seen whether either player could lead the line for potential title contenders.

He said pretty much the same thing about all the top 4 teams and also included Liverpool as contenders

Now the top teams have readjusted or replaced the managers and I've seen nothing different to say we have fixed our weaknesses to be even considered a title contender.

After finishing top four for 18th year running, I hope Wenger reflects on the needs of the team and makes the necessary additions to make us title contenders.

We are definitely title contenders, but so are all the top 4 - 5 teams.

Beating the big teams has been our biggest short - coming in previous seasons and that would really show the other top - 4 contenders we've come a long way and strike a bit of fear back

The statistics against the top teams in England only emphasise an inherent weakness in the team and illustrate why they are never serious contenders.

I'd rather make a contribution of 20 goals and 18 assists in all competitions to be crowned Bundesliga champion, DFB Pokal champions as well as be a strong contender in the UCL than score 24 EPL goals and 10 assists or more and still not make top four at the end of the season... ask Henry who left the club to win the UCL with a Barca... please can u give me ten examples of «other top teams»...

The Nationals aren't too far behind the two World Series favorites at +900, and all three of these NL contenders rank in the top five in the team ERA category.

They would have Top 5 pick could have traded down and have the draft capital to build a real Super Bowl Contender not this fraudulent 9 - 7 wild card at best team.

Wenger was pressed on whether he believed that his team had the easiest run in compared to the other Top Four contenders, but he would not be drawn into the discussion.

We were title contenders for long stretches of the season last year in our 4 -2-3-1, and it was clear that we needed to a powerful / athletic / ball - winning CDM and a big - game consistent 9 to push us over the top; but instead, Wenger changed the system to the 4 -1-4-1 to get both Jack and Aaron in the team, pushed Santi / Mesut out wide, and we struggled our asses off.

None of the top ten teams on the odds list lost this week so there wasn't any major shakeups among the contenders.

For the first time in 2014, the Bruins looked like the top - 10 team and Pac - 12 (or more) contender they were supposed to be.

But is he really the guy to take a team that's already a playoff contender and push it over the top to become a Super Bowl champion?

If your ambition is a league title you have to beat the top teams and so far Arsenal has been unable to beat the expiated title contenders.

The captain has been key in helping the team to a somewhat surprising vault to the top of the CVL standings and into the discussion of potential Sac - Joaquin Section title contenders.

Stanford is a national title contender, and stands at top of the pack of one - loss teams.

Both teams feature strong Heisman contenders at quarterback with Ohio State's J.T. Barrett (+627) and Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield (+4000) listed within the top 12.

It's the offensive centerpieces who are rarely ever available outside the lottery, who drive up bidding wars in free agency making them unattainable for all but the top destinations, who team up to form superteams, and who separate the true contenders from the also - rans.

However, they have some road blocks in their way over the next couple of weeks which Include Top 2 Contender Team Rhum (Dr. Jacob DDS) who still have their sights on that bye to the Elite 8.

The line between contenders and pretenders got a little less hazy after Week 3, with some teams playing themselves out of both national title contention and our top 25.

Team Sammy is looking like a top contender..

While neither team was able to climb as high as they would have liked in the Standings by season's end, both were able to snag a win over one of the top two contenders, Teams Maione and Valvassori.

If he is to leave the Spanish capital this summer, then the team fortunate enough to snap him up will be an immediate contender both domestically and in Europe if they are not already, and ultimately Merson is right, Arsenal should be in that pack pursuing his signature if they want to compete at the top level.

If we win a few games against top teams we will be title contenders.

At this time of the season when some teams are fighting not to be relegated don't be suprised to see a bottom side dominating a top four / title contender side

Using our bracket simulator tool, we also found that Duke was one of the most overvalued teams in the nation while North Carolina is one of the top contenders for the national championship.

If I knew that there was an adequate budget, and somebody trustworthy to sign a top - top - striker, quality replacement for Cazorla, and a quality replacement for Alexis, then use good tactics and sensible team rotation throughout the season & motivate the players ALL SEASON, then top - four and FA Cup isn't important, because I would have real hope that we could be genuine title - contenders in the next league campaign.

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Arsenal fans do not really want Liverpool ti find their top form once again, as the sort of performances they can produce can end up with us on the wrong end of a 4 - 0 hammering and if Jurgen Klopp could get his misfiring team actually firing on a regular basis they would be a strong contender for the Premier League title.

Penn State's Saquon Barkley and LSU's Derrius Guice are Heisman contenders, while second - team selections like Georgia's Nick Chubb and Auburn's Kamryn Pettway rank among the SEC's top returning players.

But Manchester United is just a shirt - sleeve sponsorship away from being the wealthiest team in the world at any given moment, and a crisis for a club that rich, and that big, only means slipping from title contender to «borderline top - 10 club in Europe.»

«I was playing every week for one of the most exciting sides in Europe, a team which was always in the top four in the Premier League and were Champions League contenders.

FC Barcelona is one of the top contender in la Liga as well as one of the two most successful team.