Sentences with phrase «top teams in the game»

If he pitches up to his pre-TJS level, the Cubs will be one of the top teams in the game.
James and his friends had devoted countless hours, and become one of the top teams in the game.

Not exact matches

Whether on a sales team or anywhere else in an organization, reward programs and contests are supposed to motivate each member of a team to perform at the top of his or her game.
They are members of EDG, one of China «s top electronic sports teams, who spend six days a week in a military - style training compound to become world beaters in video games.
Operating in a competitive space, Drop needs a team that's on top of its game.
Compared to China's strengths in various events during the summer Olympics, the only time Team China entered the top ten medal count in any winter games was during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
On top of that, Monday was full of nervous energy, as my Michigan basketball boys were about to take on the best offensive team in the entire NCAA after knocking game - after - game out of the park.
And we either lead the league in games the team strikes out 10 or more times or are in the top 3.
I see lot of coments about how we can sign Reus «cuz he's a world class player.Yes, he is a great player BUT did you see how mutch this season was he injuried?The period when Dortmund win some games and comme forward in the table was the period when Reus was available, rest of the season he was injuried.This is one thing, the other think is that Klopp say he will leave Dortmund in the end of the season and looking for a new chalange.I'm pretty sure that he will leave to a big team and will take Reus after him.Sterling is exactly the same type of player as Sanchez, just doesn't have the same experience, he's not fully developed.I think he can be a first XI player for us and I think will be great alongside Sanchez, replacing Cazorla when he will leave.Sterling is an English player, will be great to see him at nationat team too, and we need as mutch as rest of the big teams from EPL home grown players.The coments who say that we have Gnabry and Wellington make me laugh, really?Do you want trophies?Or do you want to see more young players and waiting year after year to confirm or just see how they doesn't play anything?We are a top team, and need performance in UCL too, not just participaiting.Sterling is a young CONFIRMED player who will definetly help us.Agree that he's not fully grown but he will be a great player.
As Blogging the Boys points out, the Packers are 0 - 5 against teams ranked in the league's top half when it comes to points per game.
That s right Ramsey xhaka iwobi is one if the worst midfields in recent arsenal history... Not one is a top EPL team standard... Wenger has learnt nothing from last 2 games... 25 minutes in and not a shot on goal
If we win both games but it is not enough to finish in the top four, the form will be there but the team may find it hard to get over the disappointment and the final will probably be tough for us, so do Arsenal need to seal another UCL place in order to win the FA cup?
Last season Arsenal came close to becoming the best defense in the entire league with good defensive stats, but this good news was smashed by the conceding 22 horrible goals against the teams in the top five, 20 of those on away games to those same top teams (Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Everton).
Wilshere should have been brought in to create and add danger, speed to our game, Walcot some more and Giroud if needed... Ozil being supposed to sit apparently... So, it is no referee, but a team as reflecting manager... If owners and Wenger himself do not get a huge container of coffee, we will finish 12 and he will be doing the walk of shame, leave himself remembered as a loser... What they need to do NOW is bring Henry to assist him and do the job, boost, get players focused with winning spirit he has in him... Then wenger can sit all season long, bench himself as he does and watch henry do the running and screaming as other manager dio... Then we will be in top 3, meaning third; there's now way to ctach up the Manchesters and if we do nt wake up now, we will fight for fourth place; the spurs will distance us and fight for second or third.
As a team we look very weak, Our midfield have no bite to them as we keep buying little fancy players but they are no good at tackling and getting stuck in, Santi for me this year do nt want to play maybe he is looking for a move!!!! Jack in in and out of games he is so inconsistanat, Arteta past his best and needs to be replaced, Wenger needs to look at the time and improve it, Last year we got Ozil this year we got Alexis but we are not using them to there full potental, Ransey is class but we can keep hoping for is magic to get us out of shit, Giroud for me is a waste of time we need a top top forward he battles away but he is far below the class we need,
However, if the Tigers can knock off the Crimson Tide and then win the SEC Championship Game — possibly against a top - five Missouri team — there seems to be a real chance they could pass Ohio State and get in position to play for a BCS title.
Oklahoma — a team that won 11 games a year ago — suddenly found itself ranked in the top five.
If Wenger can't be motivated enough to take some revenge on Mourinho, not even for the sake of the fans, after 12 losses... If his can ship 17 goals in 3 games against top level opposition and still continue with a similar approach to games, then I don't know what will ever really drive this guy to overhaul his tactical approach to compete more fiercely against big teams...
But he has been improving and Lacazette scored 28 goals in 30 Ligue 1 games last season, including scoring at least once against ALL the Top 5 teams.
These two teams have a long history in the postseason, and although it's not the Rose Bowl or Fiesta Bowl, it's sure to be a close game with two top - 10 teams trying to prove a point.
I have said before yesterdays game that we need a top class forward and dm to challenge having watched yesterdays diabolical performance i feel we need to ad a out and out winger to the team playing ozil or carzola out left is not working pedro would have been a fantastic signing but looks like he is going to man u. I thought coq passing yesterday was terrible we need someone who can do both jobs sit in front of back 4 but when in possession have the quality to make things happen coq lacks the 2nd part by a long way.
That night Tech's boys, who aren't supposed to be built that way, wrecked mighty Kentucky, top college team in the nation, 65 - 59 for an incredible repeat of the miracle of early January, when lowly Tech beat Kentucky at Lexington to end a 32 - game Kentucky winning streak.
We can afford to lose a big earner at the top end who don't get a game for someone that will bring more to the team in my opinion.
The Method: The current bowls are maintained with their automatic bids and allocations (sans the BCS national championship game), and after all bowls are played, the top two teams (according to, presumably, the BCS rankings) would play in the title game.
We should try to win as many as games at home and atleast draw against top 4 - 5 teams in away fixture.
The Orange pairs the top non-Playoff ACC team against the top Big Ten or SEC team not in any of the above games.
Typical Arsenal fan article... a win against an average in a cup game and suddenly Arteta and Flamini are top dogs deserving of a squad number... and when we come across a half decent team and their limitations are exposed the same clueless fan like the writer of this article will scream blue murder.....
All three of those teams are in the top four in defensive points per game.
obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end
His goal undoubtedly gave Milan the lift that they needed in such an important game, as having struggled against all the top teams so far this season, they were finally able to end their barren run.
Kirk Herbstreit shared his top 4 teams in the country while broadcasting a game on Saturday night.
Last year's midseason funk landed Stanford at 23rd in year - end S&P +, but if the defensive line holds up and the run game gets going, this is easily a top - 15 team.
(Like playing two DMs in away games against top teams Vidal + Coq)
They complain when we drop out the top 4 but they want us to lose games that could potentially get us back in the top 4 providing other teams drop points.
One factor that has mitigated against Rosicky getting much game time is, there are many top quality younger Gunners in the Arsenal starting team and on their bench who are considered to be ahead of Rosicky in the selection order of the team of the day to play a game.
2 / If Le Coq really is the number one DM in the team, then we expect him to play at least 70 % of the first team fixtures, and at least 65 % at the very top of his game.
The season is far from over and the fight for the top three or four places still on, i do not believe that any of the teams occupying the positions above us will be faultless throughout the remaining games and we should be fearful of all our competitors in the league or we will surely finish outside the top four.
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.
Two Games went to Overtime, a buzzer - beating Game Winner, two Teams broke the 110 - pt mark, 8 of the 9 Top Teams in the Standings earned Wins and Greater Than stopped by...
Betting against the public in heavily bet college games has always been profitable and betting against a top - 3 team in particular has also been quite lucrative, hitting at nearly a 55 % ATS rate when getting 25 % or less.
Iowa State -LRB--9.5) at Baylor: This game features two teams in the top - 25 in pass attempts in the nation.
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.
Though these games were close, we all know that Rhum is a dominant team in this league and will stick around the top of the leaderboards for the rest of the season.
Let's chalk up a short - handed, come from behind, OT Win in the c0 - Accelerated Game of the Week against top - flight squad Team Harris to the unbelievable Regular Season Resume # 1 Team Maione has put together.
Regarded as one of the top defensive linemen in the region, he committed to Boise State in the offseason and requires that teams commit attention to him when game planning.
This was essentially a quarter - final Game with two of the Top - 4 Teams in the League just 3 Wins away (if consecutive) from the Crown.
She averaged 18.3 points and 13.1 rebounds per game, and added 2.2 assists, 2.9 steals and 2.1 blocks a game for one of the top teams not only in California, but in the nation.
Team Nolan will take on Team Wolter (who sits a Game Back of them) in Week 7 while Team Murphy will play Team Schwartz who have lost two straight and currently hold one of the Top - 6 spots..
The final 8:30 game was between 2 of the Top 5 teams in the Standings coming into Week 7.
They were cool, calm and collected in the game's closing moments and were able to secure a victory that kept them on pace with the other top teams in the Standings who all drew victories in Week 5.
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