Sentences with phrase «turned over last season»

They are a very good team and will still be high in confidence from the way they turned us over last season.

Not exact matches

I keep turning around a corner and thinking, «OK, surely this is going to be over,» but that's just not the season that I've been in, and some seasons last longer.

So when a 6» 6 high school basketball star has 14 TDs over his last two seasons in the Big Ten, then posts a 4.54 40, 4.1 - second shuttle, and 41.5 - inch vertical leap, it turns some heads.

As it turned out, Garner, who missed two practices in a short week, needed every last bit of rest to help the Raiders play with an energy they had sorely lacked over the last six weeks of the season, when they had gone 2 - 4.

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

Though he got a big - league start on the last day of the 1980 season, beating the Tigers 2 - 1 on two hits over six innings, matters took another unfortunate turn that winter.

I've always tried to remain positive over the last 10 years, Wenger did amazingly well to keep us competitive when the money wasn't there and the big names were leaving every season, but now the corner has been turned I fear Wenger will only ever lead us to fourth now.

The Spaniard is out of contract at the end of the season, and having turned 32 last month his injury problems over the past couple of seasons are hard to overlook.

The Giants have been a much more hateable foil — even though the Eagles have regular season ownership over them in the the last decade they've won two Super Bowls because their awful quarterback suddenly turns into Joe Montana in the playoffs and their practice squad receivers start catching footballs with their god damn heads and it's absolutely infuriating!

Okay Arsenal fans, the season is over for another year and it actually turned out to be a reasonably happy ending, with the last day disaster of Tottenham handing us our highest finish since we won the Premier League with the invincibles in 2004, although the real goal of the EPL title could not be grasped once again.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

I think there is certainly scope to criticise Wenger and how the results have been over the last few seasons but in turn you have to look at the personnel that turn out for us.

Ronaldo turns 33 next month, Benzema is 31 in December while Bale has struggled with injuries over the last two seasons.

In turn, that means the 27 - year - old could earn # 41.6 m over the course of the deal, as he becomes one of the highest paid players at Man Utd having proven his importance last season after establishing himself as a key figure for Mourinho.

We can't wait to see how Hue Jackson manages to turn this into a 4 - 12 season (which would at least be an improvement over last year).

Disciplined in his role, he is very rarely caught out of position, he is strong in a tackle and seems to relish a physical battle His technical ability also developed over the course of the first few months of this season, and his passing improved along with his ability to twist and turn out of trouble, but of course what we had all been dreading came to pass..., Coquelin was injured vs West Brom, and has missed the last month, and is going to miss at least two more, I am of the opinion that we would be in a much better position than we are now if Coquelin had stayed fit.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

These players include Lucas Perez (who doesn't want to return from Spain), Mathieu Debuchy (who has been surplus for too long already) and Joel Campbell (who is injured and unsellable), Carl Jenkinson (who turned down a move at Xmas over his wage demands) and perhaps Calum Chambers who spent last season on loan.

The forward managed 16 goals and eight assists in the Premier League last season, while he also delivered a star turn in the FA Cup — scoring a wondergoal in the victory over Aston Villa.

In turn, the FA Cup remains their only hope of a trophy this season, and having spent big on key players over the last two years including the likes of Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku, coupled with the general expectations at a club like Man Utd, more would arguably have been expected of Jose Mourinho and his players.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

Last season the opening home GAME AGAINST LIVERPOOL WHICH ULTIMATELY COST US A TOP FOUR PLACE AND GAVE IT INSTEADTO LIVERPOOL, was caused entirely by Wenger over resting key defenders after the summer competitions and leaving us with a rookie CB pairing and thus we lost 3 - 4, making a 6 pont turn round.

The Polish international impressed during his loan spell with Empoli last season, which in turn has led to significant speculation over his future.

The front - office logic of turning over the squad seems clear, but two players who started 30 - plus games last season have already been easily discarded.

A crowd of more than 53,000 turned out at Workers» Stadium to see goals from Jonathan Soriano, Yu Yang, Jonathan Viera and Yu Dabao give Guoan a comfortable win over last season's second division runners - up.

Sam Ricketts has been ruled out for the reason of the season, Zak Knight will sit out the next six weeks with an ankle injury he sustained in last weekend's 2 - 0 home win over Everton, while full - back Gretar Steinsson has been bogged down with injury since the turn of the year.

Smalling is one of the many players who have turned a corner under Mourinho this season, transforming into Mr. Consistent at the back over the last two months.

Even so, there was enough to suggest last weekend, and at the end of last season when they went the last four away games unbeaten, that Blackburn could turn over a new away leaf and pick more than the slim 14 points they achieved on their travels last season.

On paper the team put out was very good but the problem not for the first time, Arsene is unable to motivate them to turn over average team, in this case Blackburn, who were crushed 7 - 1 last season.

Setién turned small Las Palmas into one of the best teams in La Liga over the last two seasons, and taking charge of a historic club like Betis will be a big challenge for him as well.

United's youth set up has been worked on over the last twelve months, going from losing twelve U18 Premier League matches in a row during the 2015/16 season, losing coach Paul McGuinness, before the club turning the group around with some great signings to aid the talent already at the club, rampaging in the same league last season, scoring goal after goal, week after week.

Last week's 4 - 3 win over Bolton Wanderers at Bloomfield Road extended their unbeaten run to four matches and if they could somehow ensure they at least finish the season still unbeaten, then who knows, perhaps someone elsewhere will do them a favour and turn a point against the new Premier League champions — I think it's fair to say that not even the Blackpool fans dare dream of victory at Old Trafford, or do they?

During last fall's hunting season, thousands of hunters and other volunteers collected about 8000 brain samples from all over the country, turning up two more cases of infected reindeer near Nordfjella.

I miss the feeling of going back to school, I remember how bitter cold it turned so quickly last year, and I don't look great in oxblood... which seems to be popping up all over fall fashion again this season.

I worried all my reviews would turn to comparison, obsessing too much over the changes between this season and last.

Above all, you wind up with Homeland — a show that privileged commercial considerations over creative logic and kept Marine - turned - POW - turned - Al - Qaeda - terrorist - turned - congressman - turned - CIA - double - agent Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) alive far past his Season 1 expiration date in order to exhaust every last permutation of his love - hate romance with bipolar Langley officer Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes).

The new aluminum frame is 40 percent stiffer than the Corvette C6.R from last season and helps keep the car stable over the considerable bumps and turns around Sebring's 3.7 - mile layout.