Not exact matches
Moneyball is a look at Major
League Baseball's Oakland A's, a team that over the past few
years has tallied the second highest number of
wins with one of the lowest payrolls.
In fact, even though Asano was just 21 -
years old and had
won the «Rookie of the
Year» award in the J -
League with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, a lot of us felt that he could well be another Park Chu - Young, the South Korean international star who spent three
years on the books
with Arsenal but only made a single Premier
League appearance.
Last
year we started off our
League campaign
with a last gasp
win over Palace at the Emirates, followed by draws against Leicester and Everton.
Arsene Wenger has long been linked
with an interest in the 26
year old and having seen his side secure just two
wins from their opening eight Premier
League fixtures the French manager will look to tempt the former Real Madrid man to leave Naples for north London.
the trend here could be well read, every
year or 2, we sell players that could
win us the
league or more
with some positive additions, we never build a team to
win anything (FA cup not a major thing) coz we sell stars and remain
with flops, it's a recurring trend and will never stop unless some old clueless someone is replaced
He's had a fantastic opportunity of the last few
years to
win the
league, what
with the finances, and the manager merry - go - round at our rivals, and still he hasn't!
«Overall, when you look at our continuity, 2015 was a positive
year because we
won the FA Cup, improved our results in the Premier
League at the start of the
year, continued
with that and today we are in a strong position.
Paul played down our chance of
winning this
year's Premier
League title following our draw
with the Cherries, before adding that Arsenal are more interested in coming fourth in the table, than they are
with winning it.
The Gunners will be hoping history can give them the edge today,
with our opponents only having
won once away to us in the
league in 45
years, but I would much prefer to have the better recent form coming into the match...
Wenger is shameless to have only three EPL titles in his 20 -
year stay
with Arsenal, and has never
won the Champions
League.
The 25
year - old is also wanted by a number of other clubs, but he seems the perfect fit for our style of play, and could bring some much - needed Premier
League winning experience
with him.
Most teams will be forced to expose a lot of high - priced players in the expansion draft — as baseball teams did in the major
league expansion draft last
year — and the Bottles and the Cakes,
with decent coaching, should
win some games early.
The veteran left - back spent eight
years at Old Trafford,
winning five Premier
League titles and the Champions
League in his time
with the club, and becoming something of a fans» favourite
with his committed performances.
Van Gaal will leave on a high note having
won the FA Cup, but United supporters will now be expecting much more in the coming
years with Mourinho breathing new life and belief into the club that they will be able to compete at the top of the Premier
League as of next season.
i believe its the 3/1 bet on Arsenal not
winning the
league for another two miserable
years with Wenger
The celebration of Chris Carpenter, Big - Game Pitcher is based on the rigthanded workhorse that was: a pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the
league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «
win» in Game 7 of last
year's World Series.
Pelligrini could
win the CL, already
won League Cup, finish 3rd in PL and leave Wenger could finish 5th behind Spurs and Leicster,
win no trophies and stay
with a 3
year contract extension LOL
I mean it is not as if we have a bad record
with injury problems or anything, or that after 12
years we are desperate to
win the Premier
League.
We are all hoping to see the consistency that has cost us
league titles in recent
years and
with a better injury record I think we could
win it, but is this talk of a treble all bit far - fetched?
This is not the first time the Spain international has got United out of trouble,
with the 27 -
year - old most notably making some unbelievable stops in the 3 - 1
win at Arsenal earlier in the season and during the 0 - 0 Champions
League draw at Sevilla.
It's been another wonderful
year for the Portuguese international as he
won the La Liga title and Champions
League last season
with Madrid, while scoring 42 goals and providing 12 assists in 46 appearances in all competitions.
Do nt we need to finish at least 6th for Europa
league entry,
with 5 games left, 3 away from home and we haven't picked up a single point this
year on our travels, add to that, that Burnley are 1 of the teams we play at home, if we don't
win the Europa this
year, we could miss out on any European football next season.
So it disgusts me on this site that people actually believe the same team we have that didn't
win the
league last
year while goalkeeping wasn't a serious problem expect us to pull off a miracle
with the same squad and just Cech in it.
Team Shamberg (albeit
with a few missing parts)
won the Summer Hoops
League this past
year..
After their OT W on Sunday Night and Team Lalez's L, they are the owners of the longest - active W - streak in the
League — 8 Games — and
with two more
Wins they'll have the longest this season... Most notably, they are 4th in the
League in Points Per Game, a stat that would have seen remarkable a
year ago at this time..
The third baseman and outfielder is hitting.259 /.393 /.515
with 16 home runs, 16 doubles, and a National
League - leading 53 walks so far in 2017, in just his third full season, after
winning Rookie of the
Year in 2015 then MVP in 2016.
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If you aren't so keen on him you could say he was getting his excuses in first and didn't have the coaching ability to work
with a squad that had
won the
league 3
years earlier and he saw spending money as the only way out.
Bayern
won the Champions
League and dominated Europe
with Mandzukic as their main striker a couple
years ago.
A «Legacy» crumbling around his ears when the correct decision would have been to walk away
with his head held high following the FA Cup
win against Chelsea.Instead he chose to sign on for two more
years by going straight to Kronke (circumnavigating the Board) and promising to do what he has long since been unable to do... Change his outlook and challenge for the
League....
They have as many good Players as any in this
League and
with a few different strokes of luck really could have
won the whole thing this
year..
It is proving to be a very close
league this
year, and
with draws and a
win from 3 of the top 5 I expect big things in the second half of the season.
«We know we can
win games in the Premier
League and if we can end
with three
wins and take that into next
year it would do us the world of good.
Neither and i do nt think joachim loew wilm come but hes about the only guy but why are we even having this conversation competimg for 8 trophies in 8
years and
won 5 thats top drawer you need atleast two
years to redevelop your squad after missing champions
league lets give him another
year no new manager will have enough time
with the team its a world cup
year if we get a new guy we will start horribly it will be a tough
year of wenger we will put the forces behind him to have a successful
year and i see it happenong qe will spend and we will succeed
This explains why Wenger is so highly regarded by the club, A. he works within the financial constraints imposed by the board B. has delivered, in the boards eyes, success
with recent FA Cup
wins and champions
league football every
year C. has maintained the support of fans as measured by financial returns on ticket sales and merchandise.
However, for the all - conquering Bavarians, the French wide man has been in imperious form as Bayern
won the Bundesliga, German Cup and Uefa Champions
League last season,
with the 30 -
year - old being their star performer along the way in their Treble.
Some are glad to have kept hold of the 34 -
year - old, who has
won five Premier
League titles
with the Red Devils, but others feel that Mourinho needs some fresh blood in his midfield...
Manchester City are likely to be open to offers
with manager Roberto Mancini keen to rebuild a squad he perceives as having become complacent after
winning the Premier
League title last
year.
I
with all my heart felt Arsenal had the best team in
years to
win the
league and then crap started to happen, Cazorla injury, players / manager - coach contract disputes, media spotlight on anything negative
with arsenal, arsenal ridiculous board and fans adopting the negative attributes of the media and running
with it.
42
year old Lambert, who
won the Champions
League as a player
with Borussia Dortmund and enjoyed eight
years of success at Celtic, may have felt that he had achieved as much as he could
with his East Anglian side and despite Aston Villa's recent struggles the Midlands side is considered by many as a «Sleeping Giant» who could be awakened under the right management.
If its his wish to leave arsenal let him go after all he made whatever name he thought he has at the emirates.why are these teams not rushing to buy him 5
years ago.arsenal has been before him and arsenal will remain ever great even after him.pls let him go and let us rest and get a wonderful one
with that money.he said he want to play in champions
league, havnt he play champions
league before after all pogba didn't play champions
league last season and he help man u to
win Europa
league and qualified for champion
league same goes to ibrahimovic.
Indeed, the Red Devils were dumped out of this
year's competition in the group stage, and van Gaal, showing few of the qualities that
won him two Spanish titles at Barcelona, the Champions
League at Ajax, and the Bundesliga
with Bayern Munich, appears unable to help the side re-qualify for the competition this season.
with his attitude as if we have to be his servant, get back to Chilie and get those life values back, he is a football player, but a man first, and as a player and man, his all attitude sucks, i don't know why wenger kept him and take that shit, means we have to take it... I told yo before, get his ass on training camp, ruining all day, shut him up, keep him out of the squad, not even in bench to bring his laim superior attitude... All money he is making, he should think of Chilie street and reality for kids he was once... He is in a great city, a club that
won in this
league and would be in CL as every
year without this type of laim ways... So, of course no one wants him around during that ceremony, not even in the room... Get real sanchez, you came from misery, benched for
years by gardiola too, sell out, poor minded..
Give them space in the starting lineup
with two of the best three point shooters in the
league in Kennard and Bullock and this should be a 50
win team next
year.
After an inspirational spell
with the club — which included
winning the Premier
League in 2012 — the 31 -
year - old has had a very difficult season for Manuel Pellegrini's side.
I hope he can be convinced
with Europa
league for just one season before we
win the
league next
year!
The 34 -
year - old has defied the critics this season by finding top form for the Bianconeri, as he has played a pivotal role in helping them
win the Serie A title and Coppa Italia, while they could wrap the treble up
with the Champions
League this weekend.
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After a bit, the radio guys began taking calls
with answers to the makeshift question of the day: If you could choose for City to
win either the Premier
League or the Champions
League this
year, which one would it be?
The Portuguese scored fifty goals over the calendar
year, and also
won the Champions
League with Real Madrid.