Sentences with phrase «win each last season too»

Not exact matches

Carlo Anceloti, the experienced and well decorated Italian manager of Real Madrid who won the double last season with Madrid — including the Champions League — and got them playing their best football ever after Jose Mourinho nearly wrecked the club, will likely be out of a job too.

Like last season when we lost the opportunity to capitalise on the failures of the other teams to win the premiership so too are we disappointing this season.

Even if we did that and ended up on 82 points, Chelsea could quite easily win their remaining five games as well and that would leave us 10 points off the champions, whereas last season we finished just seven points behind Man City, so let's not get too carried away with ourselves.

One of the features of the last few years has been Arsenal putting a brilliant run of results together and although it may be too late for a title challenge this time, we still need to secure a top four spot, as well as having the knockout rounds of the Champions League to think about — and the small matter of defending the FA cup trophy won in dramatic fashion last season to defend.

If the «trend» we are in is signing winners and winning things (like we have this season and last), then I'm happy and you should be too.

There will be all sorts of questions — will this be his last season, does he want to win another Premier League title before bidding goodbye or is he planning for next season too?

Given the Women's Blues exceptional performance last season, placing them as one of the best teams in the University, we were very proud and not too surprised to see them win the hotly - contested «Team of the Year» Award at the Annual University Sports Awards.

They are certainly a lot closer than Arsenal this season, and they were last season too in fact, but they are a very long way from challenging Man City just yet, and it is still ten years since they won a trophy of any kind, so they can hardly start bragging about being a bigger team than Arsenal just yet.

Last season too they had some very shi * ty results against lower teams, but still went on to win the league.

Last season we should have won easily too, but we ended up getting beaten 2 - 1 by a depleted Swansea side, so nothing is set in stone.

However, Lauren, who was part of the last Arsenal squad to win the league title in the 2003 - 04 season, either has inside information at the club or has spoken too soon and got caught up in all the latest rumours.

We have won a trophy for the last 2 seasons so I'm not too upset we didn't get one this year no!

Gibbs is disgrace when you concider how many great lb we had.to compare durtmond with spurs now that funny because durtmond can beat any team @samo we too have not performed this season because sanchez has been saving us.when was the last time arsenal won by 5 goals or more?

If anything, the league has been poor since last season when Chelsea won it unchallenged, only Arsenal and Pool beat Leicester this season and Leicester were not even properly challenged too...

Yet many around the league still wonder whether the Suns, who had won 61 games through Sunday after going 29 — 53 last season, are too much the arrivistes, with their full - throttle offense — «blitzkrieg basketball,» Minnesota Timberwolves general manager and coach Kevin McHale calls it — destined to fizzle in the playoffs.

If Wenger had signed a world class striker last season, we probably would have won the league too.

Sanchez is world class but people look down on other players too much.Most of us here didn't even know he was this good until he was given the chance here.How do you know another player can't replace him and can't do better if given the opportunity?If I was Wenger I would've sold him to City long ago last season.I don't care if it would've been a Van Persie situation.All Utd needed was a decent striker to help them win the league but they got lucky and had a world class one.Utd were even favourites to win it prior to that season and if I'm not mistaken City beat them by only 1 point to win it.

I too also know that we look weak at the back but i also believe they have learnt from there mistakes last season and have a stronger unity this season going into the 3rd season with the team wenger has put together without losing key players and adding real Quality and world class that i havent seen before because none of our history says we bought our trophies we won them with all the unexpected beliefs and never bought into the society and modern game we seen before us not one of our legends were already labelled for they are today before they came to us The made a name for themselfs in our Jersey and build a foundation of what we represent today Before Arsene Wenger and with him We are a club that overachieve and under promise Everything we've done has be our very own unique way of doing it not the way other clubs are ahiceving i for one will not Follow the Man City's ambitions Chelseas Manchester united or anyone elses

Pep built the Barca sides of today and continue to win titles at BM... Simone continues to overachieve in every seasons at AM, and Alex, you just have to look at his track record and admit they are better than AW... Maureen would have made the list if I excluded this season, but for the simple reason AW is on record as having never let AFC performed as bad as the Chelsea side this season, Moureen would have to be excluded (plus he flop in his last season at RM too)....

That stinging shot by Rosicky reminded me of that rocket against spuds at the lane last season!!!! And Le Coc, well, he showed those cave - dwellers another side of our game with him in the side... not as immobile as flamini and not as soft as Arteta... a combination of a good passer and a tough tackler... and he wins over 80 % of headed duels... i loved that step - over that resulted to a yellow to some rugby player too... what a win!!!

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

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 the race.

Since they sold Claude Makélélé to Chelsea in 2003 — perhaps the most emblematic of the headscratching transfer moments, even though he never actually got to extract any on - pitch revenge — Real have won three Spanish titles, two cups and last season's Champions League, and even if it could be argued that a club of their size and standing should have won more, that's still not too bad.

Although Salah impressed during his stint in Serie A last term, it does not look to have been enough to win him a place in Jose Mourinho's plans for the season ahead, with too much in the way of competition for places in this immensely talented Chelsea squad.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

The reason that Monaco are reluctant to sell the 21 - year old to Arsenal, according to a Daily Star report, is that they are concerned that too many of last season's title winning team are leaving.

They, too, will struggle to get to six wins — they still have to go to Penn State and host Michigan State — but after serving as the butt of plenty of jokes last season (and early this year), they are showing definitive improvement late in Ash's second year.

At any rate who cares if Le Coq ai nt going to the euro's it does nt affect us, it also worth noting that the season ticket letters go out in a few weeks wich means we will be linked to every player under the sun until that time is done and then we'll end up with noone new cos as Wenger said last season «there are no available players out there who are better than what we have» nice play on words there the key word being «Available» No one is available unless its on a freeand that means they are too old or are sh!t Wenger just wont spend the money that we do have but he has too if he wants to win anything worth a damn

It's still way too early in the season to know if they'll actually win the World Series — hell, the Indians were literally one game away from being champs last year and couldn't pull it off — but you can forgive if any SI editors feel a little smug about their mag's prediction this summer.

I remember the season before last when everyone was calling for Wenger's head because of his gung - ho one dimensional approach to every game, trying too hard for the 3rd goal when we were winning 2 - 1 and ending up with a 2 - 2, not being satisfied with a draw and going all out for the win.

Remember too, that two board members, said to include Josh Kroenke, were for sacking him last season but the Cup Final win saved him.

Shortly after Duke beat Wisconsin to win last year's NCAA title, a number of Las Vegas sportsbooks including the LV Superbook and William Hill posted way - too - early futures for the 2015 - 16 season.

In the end, it worked as we won our first trophy, and the lessons learned from both experiences helped us win our first Women's Super League title last season too.

The Potters haven't been doing too badly lately with four wins in their last six played and they will go as favourites against Burnley who have produced a terrible return out on her road this season in the top flight.

Match Predictions: Everton has been woeful at home losing 7 games this season and their recent form against Arsenal is not something they will be looking up too having only won 1 game in the last 17 meetings.

Its nice to see some people have open there eyes but all is true lets ask our selves have this team change from last season where are the experienced players that wenger talked about he selling us bull and every season he gets away with it the fans deserve better am from the caribbean so chance r i might never get to see arsenal live at the emirates because its too expensive at least the club should be winning things i know its important to balance the books you must BUT football is about trophies as well and thats were the balance lies how the hell can we go Six (6) seasons yes 6 without a trophy not even a FA cup or carling cup and no one says a word about the manager that is rubbish Arsenal live in the past too much the time is now this season for me is the absolute last for wenger to win something i do nt care how much money he has made the club and Wenger if you cant bring that then go work for an oil company and make them money and leave arsenal to a manager who is willing to win something not only buy players for 10 million who take 10 years to develop am frustrated with this man.

Guys why are we comparing arsenal to barca i love arsenal it my club but i must be realistic barca is lite years infront of us look at the champions league last year no match they have won the champions league twice in the last five years and the last one with kids just like arsenal so its not about how young players are because if your good enough your old enough and am afraid the arsenal youngsters walcott, deneilson, nasri, diaby, bendtner, even the great vanpercy who all arsenal fans rate who as i mentioned before (Has not scored a free kick in god knows how long) world class right these players so far have not been good enoughso do nt blame injuries too much do nt blame refs look at the way arsenal do things something is wrong here is a prime example eboue joined arsenal in the 2004/2005 season to date now tell me that a long time right would you say he is a much better player than when he arrived i think no he has improved but only very little and thats the point football is a short business at a big club you spend three seasons for the most and then you must perform.

«Arsenal really needs to win against City or then the distance will be too big for them like it happened for us last season,» said United manager Jose Mourinho.

Everyone knows now what the Ligue 1 leaders are capable of, even if Manchester City exposed their defensive frailties in a 5 - 3 win on Tuesday night, but Spurs were both too relaxed and overwhelmed against the team they beat 4 - 1 in the Europa League last season.

Blackburn's last and only away win this season came at The Reebok, against a team not too dissimilar to Wigan and at a similar venue.

Godin, 28, was pivotal as Atletico won the La Liga title and reached the Champions League Final last season, and has continued to impress this season too.

Norwich, after seven league games, lie a respectable ninth in the table − three - points off the relegation places on eight - points − while they lifted the proverbial monkey off their back when securing their first home win of the season last time out, in eye - catching fashion too, beating Sunderland 2 - 1 at Carrow Road.

Last weekend's 3 - 0 home win over Spurs was quite clearly our best performance of the season so far, but many were quick to stress how poor Tottenham were on the day, and there was a definite feeling that we shouldn't get too carried away.

An opening - weekend goal against AZ Alkmaar was followed by another away to NAC Breda on Sunday and it wouldn't be the greatest exaggeration to say he could find himself competing for the league's goalscoring crown this term; Nicolai Jorgensen of Feyenoord won it last season with 21 goals but Van Ginkel's scoring rate across a pair of half - season stays would have had him in contention in those campaigns too.

The Germans were in Chelsea's group last season as well, and the Blues won both games 3 - 0, so they shouldn't be too much of a problem for Jose Mourinho and co here.

Too often over the last season Chelsea have looked like a group of disparate individuals each out for their own interests — with those occasionally coalescing to be Chelsea winning.

KEY FACT: Chelsea have only failed to reach round four of the League Cup in just one of their last 11 seasons MATCH ODDS: Chelsea 1/10 Draw 9/2 Forest 28/1 ANDY SAYS: Yeah, I can't see an upset coming here, home win for sure... 3 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: I don't see how Forest will compete too much here, home win... 4 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Chelsea will play a decent team and that will be too good for Forest... 3 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Willian at # 1 is a great buy for any portfolio

Although their defensive record wasn't too bad during the last season, even having the fourth - best defence isn't good enough when a side has ambitions to win league titles, regardless of how well their attacking unit performs.

They go into this one having won their last two Premier League games now and they did win this corresponding fixture last season 4 - 2 too.

Combine Fulham's sluggish appointment of a new manager, the lack of summer signings and their dreadful away record in the premier League, Fulham's odds of winning at the Reebok look too slim for our liking despite Fulham etching out a 1 - 0 win at Portsmouth on the opening day of last season.