Sentences with phrase «than his football career»

People say that he is more interested in his horses than his football career.

Not exact matches

A snapshot is not a movie any more than a misdirected throw is an entire football game or the sum total of a quarterback's career.

A broken nose led this former college offensive lineman to a career in academia rather than football.

The «Mooch» — as he is apparently called — was fired shortly thereafter, capping off a career in politics shorter than some football games.

Diaby; how long can we wait for him to arrive?the only way he should stay is on a reserve team wage less than 10k and bonus on game time, but unfortunately for him I think it's the end of his arsenal career and maybe even top level football.

In fairness, Guardiola has looked like doing Wengerball better than Wenger ever since he started his managerial career with Barcelona in the 2008/09 season, but it's particularly humiliating for the Arsenal manager to now come up against it here in England, which has so long been his turf for stylish attacking football.

To answer your snide question; Emile Heskey an honest, well respected England international who never caused any other than football headlines in his fine career.

«He genuinely speaks about the importance of his teammates and coaches and is sincere when he says that the friendships and memories from his football career are more important than any numbers.»

Busenbark had to do more blocking out than he had done in all his football career.

For a footballer it is important as you are closer to the end of your career than you are to the start.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

And in this cutthroat world that modern football has become when commercial deals and TV revenue seem to be a lot more important than the fans and where players staying loyal to clubs throughout their careers is now something of an anomaly, any kind of values should be welcomed.

LP is more interested in social media than playing football — great talent but nearing end of career, useful as 10 - 20 minute impact player, nothing more.

Especially when you consider a footballer's career never lasts more than 15 years.

For your information frustrated gunner Diaby was unlucky with his injuries if he wasn't so injury prone he would have been a better player than either granit or Ramsey, if you ever saw him play or the few times he did he was vieraesque, hope I'm allowed to make up my own word, but injuries destroyed his career so to me you are just someone who is clueless about football... to all you guys asking for dm and Maherz basically you are saying we need to spend another 85 mil min to get those two, we also need to swich to four at the back, ok yeah let's regress we found that 3 at the back Suits our team we have been more solid defensively but no let's revert to the old system that hasn't won us anything major in a decade even tough we won a trophy beating the pl champions with the new system, a system that Many top teams are using for your information!!

For Colin Kaepernick, who will turn 30 on Nov. 3, having already passed for more than 12,000 yards and run for more than 2,300 yards since arriving in the NFL in 2011, the story of his football career seems to have veered into one about what athletes can say, or not say, or do, or not do.

Four games later, in his seventh game of the season, he breezed past 1,000 yards, reaching that milestone earlier in his career than any other runner in college football history.

COLLEGE: At Florida, Smith ran for more than 100 yards in six of his first seven games to reach 1,000 career yards earlier than any other player in college football history.

He had a better chance at a pro football career than he had to be a world - class wrestler.

There are more than just the two Arsenal players out on loan at the moment and you can check out how the likes of Wojciech Szczesny, Glen Kamara and all are doing on the Arsenal website, but for now I want to focus on the Gunners that have gone on loan but stayed in the English Premier League, as Jack Wilshere and Calum Chambers are the two most likely to come back and have good football careers with Arsenal.

«My dad was an offensive guard, so he's coached Will more than me my whole football career,» Evan admitted with a laugh.

Tim Poole is a sports journalist for HITC with a love of football, tennis and snooker in particular.His career to date has seen him speak to former Manchester United boss David Moyes, interview snooker world champion Mark Selby and be snubbed by Premier League managers and players in more than one language!He is a massive Roger Federer fan and lives by the motto that «sport is life.»

Among the youngest age groups, we find numerous footballers whose experience accumulated during career is greater than that of most of their contemporaries playing in big - 5 league clubs.

Betting on the football can provide more drama than Joey Barton's career.

Indeed, even when factoring in the non-European sides, whose players will almost invariably have begun their careers with Champions League football a distant dream, only Chile (128 total appearances and 5.33 per player) have less experience in Europe's premier club competition than England.

Generally speaking, forwards start their professional career earlier than footballers in other positions.

Vidmar, with a professional footballer career of more than 20 years, including a decade with the Socceroos says he was fortunate to «do something I loved, never a chore.»

He has to be patient, not lose determination as a keeper's career is longer than most footballers.

«I'm not a teenager anymore, I've played more than 100 first - team games and this year is crucial to develop my football career.

There is nothing more satisfying than a young gifted footballer opting to choose defending as their chosen career path — while the strikers still earn more praise — it's these guys who deserve the plaudits.

Since returning to Russia for his second stint with Anzhi Makhachkala in the summer of 2013, Christopher Samba has experienced more chaos than most footballers face during their entire careers.

Phil Neville says coaching England at last month's SheBelieves Cup was better than anything else he has experienced in his football career.

«I will be more than glad to go back to Obuasi where I started my football career, to play for Ashgold.

College football players tend to have stiffer arteries than other college students, even before their college athletic careers have started, cardiology researchers have found.

In terms of professional football careers, perhaps Papale's doesn't quite merit making a movie of, as he never did much more than play special teams and catch one pass as a wide receiver.

Football Foundation pitches are more than just spaces for people to play football — they can help to transition a student into aFootball Foundation pitches are more than just spaces for people to play football — they can help to transition a student into afootball — they can help to transition a student into a career.

You don't need to follow a specific career path, other than accounting, if you want to work in the finance department of a football club.