Sentences with phrase «while furthering the side»

Gini Wijnaldum, recruited from Newcastle for # 25 million, acts as Liverpool's golden thread - effectively balancing discipline while furthering the side's attacking intent.

The two sides are remarkably different: The near side sports several maria — dark plains of cooled lava — while the far side is devoid of them, and appears relatively uniform.

Not exact matches

While team chemistry seemed to improve, they didn't experience much of an uptick on defense, by far their weakest side of the court.

While things arguably haven't gone too badly so far, there are mounting factors such as vertical integration, subtle net neutrality violations and attempts by copyright lobbyists that are swinging the pendulum closer to the Repressive side of the spectrum.

To complicate things further, your startup is also frequently a side hustle while you hold down a day job.

Early this week I was with an Australian government representative in Beijing whom I have known for many years and he told me that iron ore prices were currently around $ 83 (I think they dropped another $ 2 last week), and that while some people in Canberra were reluctant to say it too loudly, he and others were increasingly in agreement with my lower forecast of less than $ 50 well before the end of the decade, in part because supply has come off much more slowly than predicted, but mainly because they now recognize that China's rebalancing was indeed going to be a far bigger deal for Chinese demand than sell - side research had predicted.

Oh John, you profess god's love from one side of your face while hating atheists from the other and then go so far as to question the morality and credibility of people you don't even know and know even less about.

The NT is the death and resurrection of Christ, why He came to earth, His sole purpose for living... Now, this is obviously an extremely short description, and while others could have been more literate in the description, I would suggest you go to any website for further clarification on why the NT was needed, prophesied, and Who it was all about... That is just a start... To be a «free - thinker» requires honest examination of both sides.

The other side of the picture, and at the moment the far more important side, is that, while there have been real wounds, there are today powerful men in our country who specialize in reopening those wounds, not to help them to heal more completely, but for quite other purposes — to gain a partisan political advantage or to secure personal publicity; but most often in order to discredit by insinuation, if not by direct charges, all who believe in some changes in the economic order.

• Arafat and the PA, whose popularity has been declining since 1995, have been further discredited, having failed to obtain self - determination and independence, or to end Israeli settlement and land seizure, while imprisoning Palestinians for attacking Israel, as part of a one - sided bargain which Israel has never respected.

Is it possible, sometimes, that we «lovers - but - critics» of the church swing the pendulum too far to the other side — romanticizing atheists and skeptics while almost villainizing the Church?

We are at this Point about as far away from a side that can effectively compete for the title as we have ever been, The first half was a «no show» for the players and while the way the players actually perform on the day is not 100 % Wengers fault, the fact that he has no players on the bench to replace non performing players is entirely his fault.

Naturally, further details have been included in the report but those are all alleged claims for now while Lingard hasn't, and probably won't get the chance to, put his side of the story forward.

While this one probably won't be remembered as fondly as Zola's goal, it was certainly one that Okaka won't be forgetting any time soon as he will now undoubtedly hope to put together a run of goalscoring form to help Mazzarri's side improve further.

The Lakers look to be far enough away from that for Jeanie to have a strong case to take over control of basketball operations from Jim and then invite her fiancée (who also happens to be a Lakers legend and who might not be a great GM) to take the hoops reins while she continues to ace the business side.

On his side's long - term absentees, Wenger revealed that right - back Carl Jenkinson should be back in November, while Per Mertesacker and Danny Welbeck both face a further four or five months on the sidelines.

i've seen us in our pomp, ie at our best — i'd like to witness another imposing and resplendent arsenal side... but i can't see another side comprised by arsene wenger not while there's other managers with their finger on the pulse as a far as top international quality players and tactics are concerned.

We still won't know for a while just how far the English sides can progress in this season's competition, but it's starting to shape up like our best chance in many years to see a winner based on these shores.

While that side of superstar players, which included Pavel Nedved, Petr Cech, Karel Poborsky, Tomas Rosicky, Vladimir Smicer, Milan Baros, Tomas Galasek and Jan Koller, reached the semi-finals of that tournament, the current side have far more modest hopes.

The Spaniard's side have won 11 of their 12 Premier League games so far this season to open up an eight - point gap over their nearest rivals, while they've comfortably qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League.

As Arsenal supporters it seems we are to be grateful for scraps i.e. the odd cheap ticket here and there while being fleeced for the rest of the season while on the playing side the question is how far behind the winners of the Premiership will we be at the end of the season.

I don't think we should be all doom and gloom about drawing Atlei, but if we're being realistic it is HIGHLY likely Ozil goes missing in this tie, our defense collapses, Lacazette doesn't do much of anything again, Welbeck reverts back to being Welbeck... Atleti are by far the best side in this competition and know how to manage a two - legged tie, while Arsenal does not.

On the flip side, Theirry Henry scored 30 goals in that season, one less than the record of 31 which is held by Luis Suarez, Alan Shearer and Cristiano Ronaldo, while our top goalscorer Alexis Sanchez sits on 15 goals after over half of the campaign thus far.

Having won La Liga last season, Diego Simeone has so far seen a number of his side's star players leave for moves to bigger clubs, with Diego Costa and Filipe Luis both joining Chelsea, while Thibaut Courtois has also returned to Stamford Bridge after spending three seasons on loan at the Vicente Calderon.

While they were left frustrated in their bid to find further breakthroughs until the second half, Sheyi Ojo undoubtedly made up for it and produced the highlight of the night as he curled in a wonderful left - foot strike to double his side's lead in the closing stages.

BUt the truth is that so far, Wojiech has failed to instil much confidence in one with his all - round performances over time, though you can argue he's got age on his side; Ospina came in and for a while we stopped conceding those characteristical silly goals, and Ospina seems humble and calm.

While it would be reassuring to see the 25 - year - old continue to stay loyal to Diego Simeone's side and help guide them to further success, it would come as no surprise if the La Liga outfit are ultimately putting safeguards in place to command a substantial transfer fee if they are convinced that they'll have to sell.

According to The Mirror, Mourinho sees the 19 - year - old Celtic starlet as United's long - term solution at left - back, and the # 10m - rated ace has impressed under Brendan Rodgers this season while time is evidently on his side to improve and develop his game further.

It's interesting to note that square sportsbooks (like SIA and BetUs) have seen incredibly one - sided public betting on Cleveland while sharper books (like 5Dimes and BetDSI) have been far more evenly split.

The manifesto of the Labour Party has football more front and centre; while neither English football nor Labour are as uncomplicatedly working class as they once were, you're still far more likely to find a football fan on the red side of the argument.

The 21 - year - old has impressed in his short career so far, scoring 38 goals in 141 outings in total for both Stuttgart and Leipzig, while he's bagged six goals in eight appearances for the senior Germany side.

Wengers past 13 seasons I've seen leceister city win the league, Jose win leave come back amd win the league gets fired and prolly be in a better position to win the league next season, south Hampton get promoted and become a stable club, oh yea leceister too, pep struggle in a league (still finished above us) Chelsea change managers and Yh they won too, Tottenham just basically becoming a better side plain and simple smh, Liverpool and Everton go through management changes and still be competitive while we're here struggling to just to even compete in our own league and getting embarrassed in europe and now as a fan we don't only have to worry about us getting players and other clubs hijacking our targets (just as every season thus far) but probably losing two of our best players and a slew of others including one our better performers in oxlade - chamberlain and our immovable manger is still showing how not to win the league and gets a bumper new deal for his struggles

Not worried on either front... Arteta if fit can provide rest for some of midfield and while Monreal has improved a lot he is not a powerful defender backs off far too much and lacks Ariel strength... plenty of better left backs out there to strengthen that side of defence... so Viello kondogbia and Rodriguez / darmian would do me for summer signings... Sell poldi Ryo Campbell no goals flamini etc bring on some of youngsters...

With arsenal still just taking the first few steps on the road to recovery after suffering the worst period the team has had to endure for many a year and setting a few unwanted records for the Arsene Wenger era, we could probably have done without this midweek game against a side that is not only the reigning Premier League champions but who are quite a bit further down their own road to redemption while still needing some points to make their survival in the top flight completely secure.

Man City may well look the strongest side right now and Chelsea had a handy reprieve last weekend due to the inept or biased refereeing of Mike Dean, while Man United are starting to get their swagger back to go with their grinding out of results, but we all know that Arsenal can be much better than we have been so far.

A handful of sides appear to be overachieving so far, and while Chelsea find themselves in the middle of a nightmare campaign, the successes appear to just keep flowing for Leicester City, West Ham United and Watford in particular.

When you compare the way the two teams have played so far it is easy to see why the home side are big favourites, as they have been playing great football, sweeping aside all comers and are unbeaten as yet, while Arsenal have lost at Stoke and Watford and were hammered at Anfield by Liverpool.

Further, while it's entirely fair to say that Arsenal dinked around with resolving Alexis's situation last August, it's completely unfair to say that you need any more context than what's been laid out everywhere regarding the changes the club has made within its footballing operations side of the business since last summer's Deadline Day.

Yet despite their shortcomings - Merrick conceded an amazing thirty goals in his last ten games while Williams played in an England side that lost far too many games - Ditchburn often found himself in the international wilderness.

Through the first leg of league fixtures, the club has put 47 % of their shots on target, good for only sixth in the league, while their collective 12 % conversion rate is right up there with Juventus» 13 %... it was hard to find a reliable database for this particular stat, but as far as I could tell, Roma was among the better sides.

As far as the team news is concern Barcelona don't have any major injury worries and I full expect Enrique to name his normal full strength side with Neymar, Messi and Suarez starting upfront while Rakitic, Iniesta and Busquest to playing in central roles while the Enrique might have to decide weather to start with Dani Alves or stick with Sergio Roberto.

«Man City are head and shoulders above their Premier League rivals at 8/11 to be the last English side standing, while Man United and Liverpool have both been handed winnable contests and can be backed at 5/1 each to progress furthest.

Gomez and Moreno have been impressive on either side while Emre Can and Wijnaldum, along with Henderson, has become the regular midfield trio for this campaign, so far.

While losing away to a side who are the most prolific goalscorers in Europe's top five leagues (39 goals in 13 Ligue 1 fixtures) is far from a calamitous result, the manner in which Spurs capitulated raised serious question marks about the temperament and even ability of the club's players.

While nominally set up with Cazorla and Gervinho either side of Giroud, with Rosicky in the hole, it was clear to see from the beginning that Arsenal's set up was far more traditional.

While the side have been able to paper over the cracks in many of their matches so far this season thanks to goals from midfield (Hazard has notched eight thus far, Shurrle three and Oscar six), they could find themselves exposed at the Emirates on Monday.

Interestingly, while the starting team was far superior on paper to the side which started the second period it was the lesser known reserve - team players who shone.

At best, it amounts to being the 30th best side in England, and while we'll take it as a slight improvement for now, it's a far cry from 1992.

How they've earned that has been a little different from the sides around them, though, as they have been one of the stingiest outfits in the league while scoring just enough to get their share of results — they have the sixth best goals against record, letting in only one per game on average so far, and are the only side below Tottenham to have conceded less than 15 times.

The most alarming aspect of those games was that the Gunners rarely looked like scoring and while results haven't been as shocking thus far this term, Wednesday's stalemate against a relegation - threatened West Ham side doesn't bode well for the north Londoners» top - four hopes.