Sentences with phrase «well over the course of the season»

The consistent evidence that teams who suffer the fewest injuries tend to perform better over the course of a season makes a decent case for this argument.

Building my Diamond Dynasty team from scratch every year and slowly getting better over the course of the season is still one of the most satisfying feelings of progression I've ever seen in any game.

Not exact matches

Over the course of six seasons, viewers have watched the firm's partners battle for business, come to blows, grow big, get acquired, fall apart, relaunch as a start - up, lose key clients, gain even better clients — and most recently, merge with a rival.

stock - market investors who are tired of the steep swings seen over the course of 2018 may look back at the first - quarter earnings season and think, «well that wasn't so bad.»

U.S. stock - market investors who are tired of the steep swings seen over the course of 2018 may look back at the first - quarter earnings season and think, «well that wasn't so bad.»

«Today's is our best estimate but given the current volatility, it may change over the course of the season,» Mr Wilson said.

So Arsenal have the same number of players in it as Chelsea and if you think this is a bizarre anomaly due to the way their stats are compiled, consider also the fact that, statistically speaking, the Gunners were also the best team over the course of the season according to Squawka.com.

The Frenchman wasn't at his vintage best in these big games last season, and that cost Arsenal dearly, after leading the Premier League table for 128 days over the course of the season.

His tactics may be good on a 1 game basis, but over the course of a season, his teams usually falter.

The lesser fans of lesser teams will say it was because the Vikings got the game at home (as if the NFL knew back in 2014 when they gave the game to Minneapolis that the 2017 Vikings were going to be really good), but really it's because Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman have built the best defense in the National Football League over the course of the last four seasons since Zimmer's arrival.

Shkodran Mustafi has been the subject of heavy criticism for Arsenal in recent weeks, however stats released by daily fantasy football game Oulala.com in fact reveal the German has outperformed a number of the Premier League's best centre - backs in six key areas over the course of the season.

But no one at SB Nation did better over the course of the entire season than Lyles.

Our form second half of the season was up there with the best in Europe, the squad has proven it's capable of beating anyone with the beautiful football it plays, it's just maintaining that confidence, belief and having a winning mentality over the course of the season.

Even if we're not better on paper, over the course of the season we can definitely win.

Pogba is one of the best midfield players in the world on his day and can give the side something different in that position, while Ibrahimovic's quality and experience could be vital over the course of a close title race this season.

Even if we get 2 or 3 very good signings, over the course of the season our rivals are gonna spend good too!

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)

I think they did that very well, and over the course of 2/3 of the season only made it better, which made it that much more difficult from someone new to join and fit in right away, especially since that new person spent his entire career with just one club and had no experience adjusting to different systems.

Very few of them seem to have changed their minds much, as we keep hearing such doubts like, «have Arsenal got the leaders we need to get through the tough times» and «can the Gunners keep it up over the course of the season rather than just a few patches of good performances»?

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

Jenkinson of course made his first start of the season last night and it was his first appearance in an Arsenal shirt for well over two years after a stint at West Ham.

I'm expecting big things from both players over the course of this season and although of course they will take some time to truly settle into the team, if today has any bearing of their potential success at Arsenal, then I think we can be hopeful that Wenger has made two good purchases here.

A home draw in a game you really need to win, even if the opposing side are a good one, is hardly enough to scratch the surface of the disappointment and frustration that has built up in Arsenal fans over the course of another faltering season in the Premier League and Champions League.

Instead, the NFL's best defense over the course of the season held the vaunted Packer offense to 4.7 yards per play on the day and held Rodgers himself to just 19 - of - 34 passing for 178 yards, a touchdown and two picks — a 55.8 QB rating.

There has been a lot of talk about Bellerin and his potential over the last year or so, and of course he will improve with time and experience, but as a Metro report shows, his stats show that the young Gunner is already the best right back in the EPL this season.

Over the course of this season, how good has the Frenchman been for the Gunners?

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Renault has shown good pace and reliability over the course of the first test, though there are rumours that the car the team is running now is nothing like the one it'll use by the time the season starts.

You never really know what will happen in football, of course, but just like with the decisions of officials there is a theory that all sorts of things that are seen as good or bad luck tend to even themselves up over the course of a season.

If he is to evolve into DLP as well who can spread the play efficiently and set the tempo in our play that was never going to happen over the course of half a season.

They can play a significant part and you want to create a system that allows them to flourish but you need other very good players around them because if everything is consistently on their shoulders than you don't really have a shot over the course of a season.

He's going to have some terrifying moments hooking up with Jimmy G, and should have his best fantasy football season, but I won't be surprised if he's supplanted as the starting RB at some point over the course of the season

Bellerin has matured over the course of the season and looks a player well beyond his years.

The Mahrez situation is very good for us, if we are actually interested, because there is no hype around him this year due to his team and his performances over the course of the season.

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

Why we didn't let one of them go and get in a better holding midfielder actually beggars belief for a team that consistently accumulates injuries over the course of the season.

This is my opinion of course and it could very well be wrong but I think over the course of a season, we need more than Giroud and Welbeck or Coquelin and Arteta.

Perhaps I should be more explicit: win every game (by conceeding less and scoring more than the opposition in each game) over the course of a season and we would be in a better position.

No matter how well we improved over the course of this season, the sad fact is that we finished 12 points off the top and allowed Chelsea to cruise to the title.

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.

Tottenham, at full strength, are second to no team on this island, but unless they make significant squad reinforcements — or recruit Lance Armstrong as their new fitness coach — they are likely to remain second at best over the course of a full season.

Unsurprisingly, the Buffaloes were also the best Pac - 12 team on the moneyline, earning 4.0 units over the course of the season.

We have the firepower in terms of scoring enough goals over a season (but of course, more firepower would be even better!)

I'm not questioning the legitimacy of our championship, just that we have never been the «best» team in the ACC in hoops over the course of a season, and we have never been close to matching the talent of the best programs on a consistent basis.

Choosing to give major minutes over the course of a season to your best players (like, say, just to throw out a name, Reggie Evans) and fewer minutes to your much worse players (like, against, just to throw out a name, Mirza Teletovic), is probably the most important effect a coach can have on team success for the season.

On top of that, the Falcons potent offense, combined with their low preseason expectations, helped produce the best over record in the NFL, winning 10.4 units throughout the course of the regular season.

In fact over the course of the season, all things considered, Ferrari probably had the best car, even if Mercedes had the slight edge on ultimate pace.

over the course of a season every team gets their fair share of bad and good decisions going for them, using this as an excuse for yet again failing to rise up to the occasion is borderline stupid....

You'll be surprised how consistently getting better numbers improves your winning percentage, units won and return on investment (ROI) over the course of a season.

Except that it is supposed to work over the course of the season and Arsenal have had, in my opinion, the wrong end of decisions for years so hopefully it will take a couple more years of good decisions to balance out.