Sentences with phrase «well against a couple»

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In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.

Given that so many good Protestant couples have accepted the creation, cryopreservation and disposal of early embryos, it may be almost impossible for an argument against ESCR to gain traction.

Churches would be in a stronger legal position if they were to stop conducting weddings altogether: «Churches might indeed better protect themselves against the possibility of any such litigation by deciding not to provide marriage services at all, since there could be no complaint then of discrimination in their provision of services as between same - sex and opposite - sex couples.»

The remarkable resurgence of religious commitment among some American Jews — often the best and the brightest (coupled, alas, with the increasing indifference and assimilation of others)-- can be traced to a stance that runs directly against the relegation of Judaism to the realm of the private.

I ended up having to add a couple beat eggs (i know that probably goes against all the rules) but then they stuck together pretty well!

Wipe the floor with them tonight (3 - 0) A couple of decent new signings 3 points against Leicester Good week

He has had a couple of good games there against schools for the blind (smaller clubs) but against good defences he will at most time one run ok and have 1 in 20 chance of scoring from it.

Then you have the experience gained by young Gunners like Martinez, Holding, Maitland - Niles, Zelalem and Reine - Adelaide coupled with the idea that the good performance of the team against Reading should keep the regular first teamers on their toes.

He has failed us a lot over the years but he done well against the baggies, it can only be beyond people if they are taking his past games into consideration, Ramsey did make a couple mistakes but he done well.

While his playing partner for the first two rounds of the Valspar, Jordan Spieth, gets around Augusta pretty well (one win, in 2015, plus two ties for second and a T11), Woods cautioned against overlooking old - timers like Fred Couples, Bernhard Langer, Phil Mickelson, and himself.

They were up against 2x Champs Team Lalez on Sunday evening, without a couple of their key guys, and it just didn't go well..

They came up against Team Apuli who shed themselves of a bad losing skid a couple weeks ago and are now playing their best ball of the year..

For donkeys years now we have done the approximately same things: 1) We have a poor start 2) We pick up in September and we all think we are going to have a good year 3) Once the weather gets cold we lose games against all sorts and drop like a stone 4) Towards the end of March when the weather gets better we start winning again and we qualify for the Champions League (apart from last year) I have a feeling it will be broadly the same this year except Spuds and Liverpool are better for the last couple of years that they used to be and none of the big money three look vulnerable so we won't finish above them..

Team Harris, sitting at 12 - 3, has two losses by a combined 7 points to last year's Championship Game combatants (Teams Lalez and Maione) as well as an 0ff - night against the surging Team Schwartz a couple weeks ago..

If Sanchez is fit, its a no brainer for him to play however if he's not 100 %, I would rather he's rested against manure.he's a very important player in our tittle chase, so I prefer he's missed in one game rather than miss a couple of weeks, which could happen if he's unduly risked.for the midfield, le coq and boomer.yea carzola's absence has been felt however xhaka had his best game so far against spuds, only problem was the massive physical presence of dembele and wanyama, which fortunately manure can not boast off.so I expect we dominate them with combination of lecoq's tackling and xhaka's intricate passes and his extra physical presence.

He is certain to start on Thursday against CSKA Moscow after getting a couple of run outs under his belt, and now that we have lost Henrik Mhkitaryan to injury as well he will likely be partnered by Danny Welbeck up front.

Jovetic had a good home game against Liverpool, against whom he scored a brace; Aguero, in the two substitute appearances, had bagged a couple of goals for himself but, against Stoke City, he couldn't do another «Aguerooooo» moment to save the blushes for the sky blues.

A 3 - 1 blasting of PSV, coupled with wins against Manchester United and Everton, have Liverpool off to their best start in some time.

All I would say is that every goalkeeper has an off day, Cech had one in our first game against west ham and at the end of the season I recall a couple of low shots he could have done better with.

«We had only a couple of good games — against bad teams.

I would be surprised if it didn't take a couple years to get his bend good enough to be a relevant, and he isn't big / strong enough to manhandle the positions he'd be going against.

Two goals against Liverpool a couple of weeks ago is all well and good but remember that he managed to miss a sitter from about two yards out in the same game, a game we ended up drawing.

You can rest a couple of players here and there, perhaps against Burnley, as well as in the FA and EFL Cups, but you got ta go with the lineup that will most likely get you 3 points.

College football PLAYOFFS, more than a single game, and I acknowledged that's what sold me on him, meaning those few games against the nations best talent put him over the top for me when coupled WITH all his other college film.

With Arsenal playing Liverpool this weekend, here's a look at some memorable Gunners strikes against the Reds, including some absolute beauties from the legendary duo of Thierry Henry and Robert Pires, as well as a couple from flops like Andrey Arshavin and Julio Baptista!

«We were doing really well against Manchester United for 30 minutes and we were doing well against Chelsea, at the beginning, for 15 minutes, and you never know — as I have said before — if you get a couple of chances and then you score goals, and they need to win and they will have a little bit of anxiety, then maybe they will make more mistakes.

«I've played with Mikel for a couple of years now and I played against him [at Everton] when I was at Bolton on loan and he was the best player on the pitch.

I would expect Hernandez to play a part now that he appears to have recovered, and Carroll does have a very good record of scoring against Arsenal as witnessed in the 3 - 3 draw a couple of seasons ago, and even in his Newcastle days.

no need for 4th place junkies on this site to worry... chelsea were only 12 points better than us last season and have strengthened their first XI but we have taken their substitute GK who is class cost us a couple of points but can make that up against lower opposition, man city have strengthened and will probably bring in de bruyne but we cant compete with oil money anyway man utd?

A couple of those do suck in terms of marquee value (Texas Tech, Miami), and if you give Maryland a game against TCU (by not losing to St. Bonaventure) then they do look better.

If we are winning after 60 - 65 mins then bring Nelson off for Willock and go more of a 433 formation, if we have a couple / few goal lead then I would sub Lacazette ready for the Chelsea game and give young Eddie a chance to grab a goal against a team which isn't performing, would do the kid good for confidence.

A couple hits against those guys can be good for a young player's confidence.

No one is questioning Wenger's past achievements, but he has had three seasons and 5 transfer windows to get the necessary players i.e a top sttiker and a dm which are glaring deficiencies in our squad and yet he ignores it and this summer was an example of how delusional he has become, by making statements like there no players available which could improve our squad, while treble winner barca even with their transfer ban get couple in, same with Bayern, Madrid and all other big clubs because they know you have constantly improve their squads to compete, and by making that statement he implied that he has one of the best sqauds in Europe, so can you please tell me whether you are optimistic about our chances against Bayern?

watching my team against Ireland yesterday even tough we won i wasn, t impressedit, we only start playing with purpose when we go behind and when we, re in front we slow down our play, i thought koscielny had a decent game with a couple of good clearance and his job was made more difficult by adil rami who is a burden on the team and always one mistake away, giroud can, t be blamed for his first half performance the guy was starved of any service and it, s only when griezman was moved to his favourite position that giroud started making the difference what a great assist, by the way shane long dived for the penalty but that, s ok we are square now with the irish we had henry, s handball & they had the penalty!!

We got away with it a couple weeks back with the same thing against Leicester, a better team came and won today.

I mean, he hasn't exactly thrived so far playing in hand - chosen situations, so maybe throwing him into the deep end against a couple of the best is worth a shot.

We lost so many games against top 4 teams in the past couple of years, that one win won't erase it all (let's not get ahead of ourselves) but if we can keep getting such win by putting not only a fluid and great offensive display but also grit and composure in defence; our win today and the way it happened will be the first step in the right direction... our best players being fit will help too: it looks promising, as a GUNNER today I can celebrate and hoping for many more!!

I fully understand we just lost one game and uts not the end of the world but am struggling to deal with is the consistent lack of mental toughness that are the hallmarks of all title winning teams... we need to be proactive and stop been reactionary, simples... we had what is in all honesty a good couple of matches begining of the season WINNABLE games but we already fell short at the first hurdle now all the talk is about bouncing back, whatever happened to eyes on the ball straight from the off... a Westham side with a new manager, some new players and a 16 year old making his debut beating Arsenal at home is just plain disgraceful and whatever happens next does not in any way mitigate against that.....

There are a couple of good reasons for starting Gibbs against Crystal Palace on Sunday and the first is that the game at the Emirates is likely to be dominated by Arsenal as we try to break down a spirited and solid defence.

Totally agree Chris.He is now well past his sell by date and defeats like have suffered against Bournemouth and Swansea are not only embarrassing but unforgivable.The results were bad enough but the performances are now all too familiar against theses lower ranked clubs.To expect us supporters to be blinded by League Cup Final and only a couple of decent performances so far this season is misjudging our feelings about his position This is a very well educated and intelligent man who can have no doubts about our attitude and utter disgust for him.He has allowed for us to make this personal now and he is deluded if he thinks e can collect another years salary out our expense.He knows his control is slowly being wrestled away from him and that really says it all.Ivan G is taking control and Wenger will be raging inside with this.Did he seriously expect things to continue until he felt it was time to just walk off into the sunset?Well he now knows his time at OUR club is fast running out.The day can't come soon enough for me.

Bonds has homered in each of his three at bats against Middlebrook, who said after Friday's game, «I threw him a couple of good sliders, and he didn't even lift his bat for them.

«We've had a couple of losses along the way (in friendlies) which we are disappointed about but we are a far better team now than we were against Germany in November.

Nate's fight against Henderson after 7 years of UFC on FOX is still the 3rd highest rated show of UFC on FOX (only bested by a couple of heavyweight fights) and Henderson's title fights on FOX against others did not do as nearly as good.

Am going to the game at home to Man U in a couple of weeks, we can never ever beat them, I'm not getting my hopes up, everyone beat United last season apart from us, the only half decent teams we can do well against are Liverpool and Spurs at home, that's it, we are Arsenal for goodness sake.

Some good news from the Arsenal camp is that Theo Walcott is approaching fitness again, and his return to the side is being pencilled in for the match against Tottenham in a couple of weeks time.

Couple that with Wenger's own under - management of players and tactical laziness / disrespect to opposition, and you have yesterday at Anfield, the 6 - 0 at Chelsea, the 5 - 1 at Anfield a few years ago, the 6 - 3 at Man City, the destruction TWICE by Bayern (who claimed we were easy to play against), the weak - willed defeats against anyone well organised like Watford or West Brom, etc..

Peters looked good in his first three games behind center, and he had a couple of lovely drives against Wisconsin's brilliant defense.

His best bet is either the Seahawks if he wants to stay in the NFC and top to play Dallas multiple times over the next couple years, or the AFC South matches up against Dallas this year.

Well, I support Arsenal to the fullest maximum and it's normal to lose a match or a couple of matches BUT I don't and will not embrace 14 years of failure and I'm against a particular being who can't learn from his past mistakes.

«I only know him really from the Bundesliga and I've played against him a couple of times in the Premier League as well,» Xhaka is quoted in the Independent.