Sentences with phrase «team on and off the field»

He communicates regularly with Cotton, whom he considers a mentor and brother, to continue to pick his friend's mind about leading the team both on and off the field.

«I am still working on that aspect of my game, doing my best to lead my team on and off the field.»

Already signed to a baseball scholarship to the University of the Pacific, Robards showed no signs of slowing and led the team on and off the field during a magical season that saw the program win its third section title in four years and 10th overall.

Not exact matches

The forward for the Barcelona and Argentina soccer teams had this to say about being a good person on and off the field:

1928 editorial from the Wall Street Journal, «What America needs today is not Government controls, industrial expansion, or a bumper corn crop; America needs to return to the day when grandpa took the team out of the field in the early afternoon on Wednesday in order to hitch them to the old spring wagon which grandma put all the children after she washed their faces shining clean; and they drove off to prayer meeting in the little white church at the crossroads underneath the oak trees, where everyone believed the Bible, trusted Christ, and loved one another.»

His team Atletico Madrid lost to Real in the Champions League Final last night, but not before he pulled off the slickest move we've seen on a football field — bagging an equaliser and kissing his girlfriend Noemie Happart in celebration.

«We feed off that energy and the helps us to perform better on the field, and hopefully it helps our whole team, too.»

Seniors Deante McCullough (1,046 yards rushing, 14 touchdowns), Kenneth Haney (team - high 78 tackles), and Terrill Johnson (3 interceptions) have led on and off the field while a host of underclassmen give Lancers» supporters hope that success will not be temporary.

Sorry but I'm getting a little tired of the excuses, if we are serious about competing on the field then we have to compete on it by going after the best players and not waiting to see what other teams do so we can bid on the leftovers and cast offs.

The new team is off to a good start on the field, and if they can keep getting results — and maybe even win a cup or two — then I am sure their bandwagon will grow.

I think there is a decent chance that it happens because MLS wants the valuation of the teams to increase and Austin seems better than Columbus on that front, even though Houston and Dallas haven't really be the successes that they should be off the field.

All I know is, Joe played him on the kick off team and I remember watching him fly down the field blowing people up along the way.

On pitch successes coupled with off - field sponsorship deals have driven these clubs» worth through the roof, and according to Forbes, these are the 12 most valuable football teams in the world.

Thanks for all the moments that gave us enjoy, for everything you did for our team, for everything you taught me as a professional and as a partner both on and off the field,» said the emotional message from from the ex-Anfield man.

If this means he drops a little in the draft that's understandable, but I still think barring injury and or him losing his mind off the field, Allen will have an Aaron Donald type impact on whichever team he goes to.

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

Its about what happens between 12pm - 2 pm on Sunday Its about our players showing up and playing their best Its about Wenger putting our best players on the field Its about the fans cheering their behinds off for our team

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

Injuries are of major concern but more importantly when the game is not going how you expect you don't leave it till the final ten minutes to change the dynamic, and you don't field your best 11 against the lesser teams (unless you don't trust the players on the bench, in which case you should sell them) sometimes I wish he was as brave as mourinho who is not afraid to take a player off at half time if he thinks it provides him with a better chance of winning.

The Gunners ace hasn't live up to the high expectations place on his shoulders when he first stepped out for the first - team, largely due to injury nightmares and off the field troubles, which could lead the Arsenal bad - boy to look elsewhere.

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

Because NFL teams most often score in multiples of 3 (field goals) and 7 (touchdowns + extra points), getting on or off these key numbers can have a significant effect on your winning percentage and units won.

talk about skewing the stats to fit your own conclusions... this is like a slap in the face to every real Arsenal fan... have you no shame, have you no dignity, have you no sense of right from wrong... if you think everything was so well orchestrated why is everyone and their brother laughing at the way in which we conduct business both on and off the field... either you're a paid hack or a delusional buffoon... regardless you can't be a genuine Arsenal fan because the difficulties facing this club having been going on for years and this latest episode in our pathetic recent history is but a glaring reminder of how far we have fallen... I'm not going to waste my time discrediting every single ridiculous statement you made in your love letter to Wenger, but if you write another article I will gladly expose you for the fraud you truly are... this club is in desperate need of a serious cleansing and for you to try and package this dog and pony show as a well - oiled machine is a direct insult to anyone who has supported this team during the supposed «lean» years... the deceptive and disrespectful manner in which this organization has treated it's fans is an abomination to supporters everywhere and for you to even try to justify their actions is akin to saying just shut - up and keep filling our pockets... so please crawl back under whatever stone you crawled out from under and think carefully before you spew this type of propaganda ever again

He wants to play for a team that is trying to make it to the top on and off the field, which we definitely are not.

I think welbeck can only get better with the players around him (because he is a team player) and we have already seen his growth progress, Balotelli on the other hand seems only focus on his bad boy image on and off the field, which stifles his football potential.

Chile — despite the off - field antics of their midfield talisman Arturo Vidal, and the on - field ones of defender Gonzalo Jara — have been the most impressive team to watch so far, with the home crowd surely now expecting them to go all the way and lift the trophy for the first time in their history.

While it is not currently the team's primary logo, it is still used in various ways on the field and off of it.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

That team won the 15 & U AAU National Championship and started the run of success on and off the field.

It was all about the Bellerin on the Arsenal website today, after his Arsenal team mate Joel Campbell lavished praise on the young Spaniard who he has formed an off field friendship with as well as a good understanding on the pitch as they have been operating together up and down the right flank.

Roy Hodgson's team haven't lost on their league travels since they were last in north London to take on Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on 5th November, and they will be looking to extend that form at the expense of the Gunners, who have struggled on and off the field since they beat Palace 3 - 2 at Selhurst Park just 23 days before the teams do battle again.

After Davis had concluded his hit parade on Saturday (his eight tackles tied Thurman for the team lead) and morphed into his quiet off - field self, he exchanged knowing grins with VanGorder.

The way that Cutch moped around through slumps and never was overly vocal, coupled with the way that Cole always seemed ticked off at umpires, his defense and the umpires, the team over the last two seasons didn't seem to have a leader on the field.

One discovers that there are teams that prefer to drive the ball deep down the field with a single kick and hope to win the ultimate scramble for it; teams that have super-duper wingers like Stanley Matthews, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, who can carry the ball single - footedly down the sideline before looping a pass to the forwards bunched in front of the goal; teams that specialize in position play, with a fullback bringing the ball up 20 yards, then passing off to a halfback and retaining his position, and so on down the field; teams that pass and pass and pass, cuties in spikes, until one begins to wonder if anyone knows how to shoot.

Players on both teams run off the field, straight for cover, and to their bags for extra clothes.

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...

Daye, the small forward, can pop up anywhere, but Farmer likes to get the ball to him around the free - throw line, where he can shoot the jumper or drive (he has a 55.7 field - goal percentage) or penetrate and dish off (his 13 assists are second on the team to Jackson's 21).

It took an incredibly orchestrated Michigan special teams unit to get on the field and get this attempt off in such little time.

The Arena Football League, which kicks off on April 13, has 19 franchises, a minor league that will field 29 teams and a championship game that has been carried live on ABC the last three years, but you'd hardly know it by reading most of the nation's print publications, including SI, or by looking at TV sports news.

The tour was a great success and the combination of our on - and - off field prowess saw us beating the team 54 - 8 before enjoying what Budapest had to offer.

If Mr wenger built a team who never lost it tells me he can build a team remember a team consists of 11 different characters with different back grounds beliefs and aspirations and problems with another 11 to back them up I remember years ago the press used to talk about arsenal and not having English players on the field never the less I know off our own fatalities as such we were somehow always coming up little short by injuries to such Edwardo vanpercie and even gas diaby ramsy rosiscky carzola and many more and others that did nt seem to gel well I am not blind and I know we are not doing well but to suggest that Mr wenger docent have a clue is totally preposterous and disrespectful

Chelsea and both Manc teams have strengthened on and off the field and will be there about's come the end of the season.

Our academy vision is to produce a first team year - on - year made up of 50 % Academy graduates who are world - class in their technical ability on the field and behaviours off the field competing on the European stage.

Off the field, he's had his share of moments as well; he is the one who came up with the «prawn sandwich brigade» comment, about his own team's fans who show up for a bit of a day out rather than going to the stadium to sing and shout and root on the team.

Among veterans for the Italian national team alongside Bonucci and De Rossi, along with Juventus teammates Buffon, Chiellini and Barzagli, he provides on and off field leadership to new and seasoned players influencing the next generation of leaders.

A natural leader both on and off the field, the current first team captain grew up at Barça's famous Masia academy and along with Leo Messi has won more major trophies, 29, than any other player in club history.

The pressure on Antonio Conte has only grown more intense after that 3 - 0 loss, and it seems like his off field complaints are transferring across to the team.

Perhaps it need not be a single player that makes up for Suarez, but a few: Daniel Sturridge can directly replace the goals that Suarez provided, and also has his individual flair about him, but that magical quality that Suarez had, whilst unique to him, is remarkably alike to a young Brazilian no. 10 with more than a touch of flair playing for Liverpool, a player very similar to Suarez in some ways — his quiet nature off the field, and dazzling on the ball skills when on the pitch — yet also different, a creative player rather than a destroyer of opposition teams.

Both teams have started the new season under underwhelmingly, specially Madrid who have all sorts of problems on and off the field with player attitude and what not.

Even though the team hasn't played particularly awful in at least two of those matches, their inability to score goals and properly organize themselves on the field has led to a surge in frustration — which leads to emotional outbursts like Kelvin Leerdam's on Saturday when VAR encouraged the head referee to send the right - back off for violent conduct.