Sentences with phrase «way to the big leagues»

He wears his uniform socks high with the stripes showing, as did his heroes in the Negro leagues, and whenever he has an opportunity to meet an icon like Max Manning, Buck O'Neil or Ted (Double Duty) Radcliffe he thanks him for paving the way to the big leagues for players like himself.

Start slow with a lower intense workout and gradually make your way to the big leagues.

In the all - new Career Mode, players rise in rank as they start as a no - name fighter making their way to the big leagues and attaining fans, followers, and lots of money along the way.

In the all - new Career Mode, players rise in rank as they start as a no - name fighter making their way to the big leagues and attaining fans, followers, and lots of money along the way.

Of the game modes MLB 14 has, my favorite has to be RTTS (Road to the Show) Mode, in which you play as your own person making their way to the big leagues.

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Whether such big - money signings are necessary is up for debate given the level that Ernesto Valverde has his side playing at right now, as they lead the way in La Liga with a four - point gap to their nearest rivals and they sit top of their Champions League group.

Many of the world's best players and top young talents could be making their ways to the Premier League this January if reports are to be believed, while some big names could also be on their way out as elite foreign clubs come calling and managers perhaps try to shift some unfancied members of their squads to make room for other purchases.

We may all as well Get used to falling down the table The owner doesn't care, if he doesn't give a shot about clubs in his own country he won't give a sh # t about Arsenal There's only 3 ways of attracting BIG players to your club Champions League NO offer them silly money Nope that's not happening Or a Top manage errr

Most of the papers and sports websites have focused on his comments about the Gunners not being able to beat our big Premier League rivals when it comes to spending power and his suggestions that the club's youth policy combined with an ultra careful and disciplined transfer policy will continue to be the Arsenal way.

And although it is still way too early to form a proper picture of the way our big Premier League rivals will perform over the course of the season, the early indications are pretty promising for the Gunners and Arsene Wenger.

With Williams, they would have a veteran presence to allow Burke to earn his way into a bigger role in the league.

Los Merengues need to step things up in a big way soon, or their form will continue to deteriorate to the point where they'll have to fight just to make the Champions League next season — and with just a one - point cushion on fifth place coming into this match, their fight for that relevance may be coming sooner rather than later.

But the only way for the boss and the Arsenal players to really silence the critics is for the Gunners to win a really big trophy like the Premier League or Champions League.

Giannis Antetokounmpo brought the NBA Jam video game to life in the 2016 - 17 season and leaped and dunked his way into the everyday talks of the league's biggest and brightest in ways nobody saw coming.

Yeah, Guardiola has his troops marching but look around, no one has performed sch in a steady way with big 6 opponents and laim so called teams we get beat up by, won't name, useless... Man U is building slower because coming from way behind pas season transition from Fergie, Chelsea slipped before to be Champions as CL nor any European football... Leicester Champions before that... To win this league, you have to win with against all teams bellow BIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for titbig 6 opponents and laim so called teams we get beat up by, won't name, useless... Man U is building slower because coming from way behind pas season transition from Fergie, Chelsea slipped before to be Champions as CL nor any European football... Leicester Champions before that... To win this league, you have to win with against all teams bellow BIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for titlto be Champions as CL nor any European football... Leicester Champions before that... To win this league, you have to win with against all teams bellow BIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for titlTo win this league, you have to win with against all teams bellow BIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for titlto win with against all teams bellow BIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for titBIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for title.

On the eve of the biggest match of the season, Liverpool found a way to beat the rumours and talk away with a stick and defeat Real Madrid in a massive away match that could go a long way to deciding Liverpool's fate in the Champions League.

Messi played a big part in Barca taking the first leg and if City can't find a way to keep him contained, they'll probably find themselves out of the Champions League completely.

Big - haired Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 24, could be on his way out of Goodison Park after admitting: «I want to play in the Champions League or in the Europa League.

But we should have beaten Liverpool in the second leg.There was also no justification of that.We might as well lose all our matches against the big teams and justify on the basis of it being a match against a big team.I mean home and away defeats is just unacceptable.Champions must also find ways to possibly win all their matches against the big teams no matter which ever way it goes.This is because that can make all the difference in winning the league.

So in a way you could say that Arsenal's chances of completing this big name signing are looking brighter, while on the other hand we have to ask whether the notoriously careful Arsene Wenger would be willing to pay around # 70 million for a player who did not even make Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid bench for the Champions League final win over Juventus?

Then, after the»79 season, they got Tom Underwood and Rudy May, both lefties, and I thought, «What a dope I am for trying to backdoor my way into the big leagues.»»

Arsenal's failure to participate in this season's Champions League could be about to come back to haunt them in a big way.

This season has been a mirror of the last 12 seasons and I'm sorry but if we claim to be a big club not only capable of competing as well as capable of actually winning the league then the fans have every right to be absolutely livid if the title challenge went exactly the same way it has as the last 12.

Having fought his way into Didier Deschamps» 2014 World Cup finals squad Schneiderlin feels it's imperative he secures a «big» move and wants to join a club that can offer him a first taste of Champions League football and is said to be hopeful of making a move to Arsenal to work under Arsene Wenger.

A lot of Arsenal fans would gladly take a bit of the trophy success that Chelsea have enjoyed over the last decade or so, with Premier League titles, domestic cups and both the Champions League and Europa League to celebrate, but I am not so sure about the way that their big spending billionaire owner Roman Abramovich gets through managers.

There should be plenty of fireworks when the Patriots take on the Falcons in Super Bowl LI, but if two of the league's best quarterbacks aren't enough to keep your attention, there are always other ways to spice up the big game.

Also jimmy jazz again great name by the way i think the fact were 6th in ayer purchases and i agree without kane spurs would be below without kaneuckeu them for now but i see laca will be better next year and auba will have had a taste of the rigorous epl and because its a world cup year we need stability with wenger for atleast another year i think were vying for that spot and wi th cazorla coming back and hopfully Jack signs with a couple good signings if we splash some cash and ozil already signed we could surprise the league next year with a very strong season and Leicester surprised apparently everybody but us cause we handled them well that year but no one else dod and we finished second but i think its not so good for a big club like us with internationals in a world cup year to change managers do it in a non world cup year cause you only have a couple weeks with your players maybe less with some before season starts

Whether you believe the lack of big spending on transfers like we see all the time from our big rivals in the Premier League is down to the cautious approach of Arsene Wenger, the policy of the Arsenal board or because the man at the top silent Stan Kroenke wants it that way, the results are generally the same.

If the Premier League season finishes in the way that most of the football experts think it will then the current top three in the table will occupy the same positions as we do now, with Arsenal finishing third behind Tottenham in the runners - up spot and Leicester City completing the biggest upset since Brian Clough took newly promoted Nottingham Forest to the title back in the late 1970s.

Says Coleman of the pattern he found in baseball suicides, «They get to the big leagues, something happens — an injury or a bad season — their career ends, and they have no safety net, no way of coping.»

The Arsenal and France international star Olivier Giroud may have been something of a bit part player for the Gunners so far this season, with just three Premier League starts up until now, but he has been having a big impact from the subs bench and seems now to have forced his way back into first team contention.

The league cup is good for small clubs to generate revenue but a bit of a pain in some ways for bigger clubs.

The forward really came back with a bang after his frustrating spell on the sidelines and Coquelin was quick to point out that Giroud has always proven his many doubters wrong since coming to the club and the English Premier League a few years ago, but in a way these comments could be taken as a proof that perhaps the big man is the perfect player to have on the bench as he will want to come on and prove himself once again.

(unfortunately banks do nt buy in to we will win the league for the next decade to give out money) from the cub before they lend then shed lots of cash, and this unfortunately leads to clubs putting up there ticket prices to reflect the cost of big progress, so people sometimes have to realize that the club has to find a way to make club grow, and if they do nt have deep pocketed owners then they have to pitch to the banks for a loan, like we did all those years ago an we are just over the worst of it now we have paid our dues and are now getting back among the big boys again.

The Dutchman would be very much at home with one of the big clubs in the Premier League and could be on his way to England this winter or in the summer transfer window.

Between winning a big game and winning the Premier League is a long way to go.

With mourinho you get a big tantrum and him saying oh we wont win the league as I need a blank cheque book, and by the way the refs are all out to get me..

thus they would be fit.New signings don't guarantee injury free trophy laden seasons but they guarantee squad depth that goes a long way in determining success.Correct me if I'm wrong but whenever we fail short of winning the league, wenger's first excuse is always injuries, so why not build a squad big enough to cope with the injuries like mancity who are coping just fine without silva and aguero?

Was Sanchez nt in team dat got thrash by Munich, was Sanchez nt in team dat drop out of the top 4, was Sanchez not in d team wen the likes of Leicester won the league so wat makes u so sure dat without him, arsenal won't finish well... no Player is bigger than the club, even on his best form, d guy can't boss the likes of Barcelona n Co, d way he bosses arsenal around, if he want to leave den arsenal should just let him go after all wen the likes of Vieira, Henry, fabregas, Nasir, Van Persie left we didn't went into oblivion, we still standing and one of the biggest club in Europe.

And it looks as though keeping Louis van Gaal and his United team out of the Champions League competition could be the only way that Arsenal can beat them to a couple of our big transfer targets this summer.

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theleague??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theleague the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague until we are no longer in the race.

Plus in general I think the league as a whole is a copycat league and while everyone is looking for big / fast athletic freaks there is more way than one to get open.

Perhaps the Europa League is so maligned because of the disparity in the way that teams approach it — just looking at those from the Premier League, Liverpool have suddenly fallen into it because of their incompetence in a bigger competition, Everton have approached a return to continental action with a swagger and a verve that is befitting of their ambitious young manager, whilst Tottenham Hotspur have tediously and haplessly fumbled through a mediocre group without ever really looking like they wanted to be there.

But somewhere along the way, when the big decision came up — whether or not to live like a Trappist monk and supplant Ruth and Cobb in the record books and earn $ 200,000 a year — Mickey decided to enjoy life and earn only $ 80,000 a year and be content with being merely the most colorful and exciting and best ballplayer in his league during his own time.

United would surely rather see the England international move abroad if possible, as they may have reason to be wary of the player improving elsewhere in the Premier League and coming back to haunt them in a big way by strengthening one of their top four rivals.

With Real Madrid having purchased some of the biggest names on the planet this summer in the form of Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, they were expecting to catch up to all conquering Barcelona this term and have appeared to do just that as they lead the way in the Spanish league.

The proviso is that the boss and the board change their ways and drag the Gunners back up among the Premier League big hitters and at first it looked like it was going to happen.

Well one big way is to convince the mercurial magician that his talents will be rewarded with a Premier League winners medal and possibly even with a Champions League triumph as well.

The Europa league and Carabao cup can offer Wenger the perfect way to retire as he won't win a trophy bigger than the FA cup anymore.

i would love nothing more than we get a forward thinking manager in at the end of season pep klopp etc or however can take us to the next level, i just realistically accept the present problem at the moment and just hope we can maneuver our way around it until end of season, i want nothing more than that we not just compete but run the league for years to come and am fully aware this may or may not happen under wenger as long as we win something big and take our place among the big 4 European clubs with a manager that wants to make a name for himself with us.