Sentences with phrase «than the previous seasons as»

He needs time to adapt to the premier league (the toughest league in world) more importantly his performances have been much better than previous season as compared to this season.

Not exact matches

But it was a much more resilient and organised peformance from the Gunners than we have seen in the two previous away gamesd this season, and it paid off as the home team were frustrated as they struggled to make much headway or even enjoy more of the ball.

It was even better than the first half of the previous season when the Gunners raced to the top of the table and stayed there until the mounting injury crisis saw it all fall apart as the manager had to cope without the likes of Ramsey, Walcott and Ozil.

In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)

It's that thing where previous observed performance is not the same as true talent (our true talent was higher than our late - season swoon), and true talent is not the same as future performance (this team is not, over the long term, as good as it's playing right now.

Also I haven't seen figures on Leicesters spending in 2015 buy my guess is that it was quite a bit higher than previous seasons give the number of players they brought in... some at bargain rates with hindsight... Wenger should be investing relative to clubs position as 7th richest club on planet and competing for top european honour..

He had a good season there and whilst had minimal final ball assists, started many successful moves from farther back as was playing deeper than previous.

Since teams generally have a similar roster makeup and coaching staff as they did in the previous season, the playing field is on more of an even plane than one would imagine.

Just look at how Gazidis spent less than 1/3 of the previous season in Gazidis 1st full season as CEO, how Nasri spoke out to the media about how the board sold him after Wenger had said he was staying, how RvP spoke out against the board in his transfer...

You might think that this makes Roma more likely to challenge for the title than Arsenal next season, but when you see that they were a massive 17 points off Juventus in the table and that this was the same situation and same points tally as the previous season, you can see why Arsenal might be tempting to the defender.

Giroud isn't worried about Lucas perez because he probably knows that Wenger will be playing Lucas on the wing, more often than not, since he is officially an attacking midfielder And when you add that to Wenger's previous statements of Sanchez being moved into the strikers position for this season, aswell as keeping Walcott in that role too, it brings sense to Giroud's comments.

In summary I think the «what ifs» this season have been a lot more marginal than the previous season — more about attitude and tweaking as opposed to wholesale upheaval / rethink back to the drawing board stuff.

History suggests that they'll do better in the second half of the season, as all five previous super teams I examined did better against the spread in the second half than they did in the first half.

All 20 Premier League clubs who will be playing in 2015 - 16 season got a massive boost as the new 3 year domestic tv rights deal from 2016 to 2019 was sold for staggering # 5.136 billion which is almost double than the previous domestic deal.

Lambert took charge in November but was unable to mount a promotion challenge as Wolves finished 15th in the Championship, one place lower than the previous season.

That is not to say he isn't working as hard — he is — but he is influencing the team in a different way than what we have seen in the previous couple of seasons.

With John Terry likely to have a smaller role than in previous seasons, Zouma has the potential to assert himself as Chelsea's first choice central defender.

The away performances so far this season from City looks like they are going to open up on their travels more than in previous campaigns as they have netted eight goals in their three away games.

I also don't remember a previous Bolton side racking up as many goals at this time in the season, with Coyle's fine - tuning of the Bolton attack working wonders with immediate affect as the Reebok outfit have amassed 28 goals in the league this season; more than Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.

They are incredibly strong at home, just two league defeats at St Andrews all season, which is more than can be said for their opponent's who have lost seven of their ten away encounters in the league this season, as well as three of their last four and five of their previous seven, the majority of those without even finding the back of the net.

No team has drawn more matches than Mark Hughes» men all season, so in the knowledge that they boast the second strongest away defence in the league, but also one of the weakest away offence, it wouldn't be at all surprising to hear that the draw is a popular betting choice this weekend, particularly as the previous four encounters with Wigan at the DW have ended all - square.

Maryland ran for more yards than it had in the previous two weeks combined and involved as many weapons in the passing game as it had all season.

What follows is a stylishly decadent voyeur's delight: As if paying retribution for the understated tone of his previous films, director John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, Normal Life) fills Wild Things with group sex, gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, an abundance of authentically sweaty Florida atmosphere, and more plot twists than a season's worth of Melrose Place.

As promised in the previous episode «Repilot,» Season 5 of Community is working as more of a reboot than a continuatioAs promised in the previous episode «Repilot,» Season 5 of Community is working as more of a reboot than a continuatioas more of a reboot than a continuation.

There's nothing better than a little vampire ass - kicking to light up the holiday season, but unfortunately for fans of the «Blade» franchise, the third (and hopefully final) installment of the heroic bloodsucker just doesn't have the same bite as its previous chapters.

Call of Duty: ELITE is a disgustingly overpriced service for anything other than acting as a season pass for future DLC, and it would be nice to see Infinity Ward and Treyarch touch up their previous games by actually dealing with the hackers that populate them.

Overall, The Walking Dead: Michonne is just as amazing and original with its superb narrative drawing just as much emotion than the previous seasons.