"I look at last season when 14 left the club and this time round it's only been four or five, " he said.
Less encouragingly, the political and economic risks are bigger this time round.
But England had clearly done their homework on the left-hander this time round and when Foster showed lightning reactions to whip off the bails after Swann had beaten his outside edge, Yuvraj was gone.
And Huddersfield are again going well this time round in fourth, just four points off top spot.
More than 400 young classically trained musicians entered the 2012 contest, and more are expected to enter this time round due to the new Jazz Award.
It is all the more striking given the fact that Mr Sarkozy faced both a strong centrist, and far-right rival, this time round.
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But BBC international development correspondent David Loyn says engaging politicians and the public will be harder this time round amid the global economic downturn.
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This time round, Florida and Ohio are again expected to be among the key battlegrounds.
And the field is much more open this time round.
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Mr. Sonnenfeld and Ms. Ringo lived in this home full-time and have lived in East Hampton year-round since 1982.
This time round they will be and it'll be a one-off on a par with Wimbledon or, say, the Superbowl.
Large cuts to state and local government budgets have not helped at all this time round.
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This time round, he first courted and then rejected the support of two prominent evangelicals, John Hagee and Rod Parsley.
Sandstorm, from Carnegie Mellon University, made it the furthest distance down the course and the team are now looking at doing better this time round.
Last season was Redpath's first as head coach, following the departure of Dean Ryan, and he has enjoyed a much more settled summer this time round.
The 23-year-old Briton returned to the scene of his epic four-hour first-round win over Richard Gasquet and this time came through 6-2 6-3 0-6 6-2 in two hours 33 minutes.
Working out who has won and who has lost in this round will take a long time.
But this time round, candidates are plugging in and getting personal.
Yet there are grounds for believing that, this time round, threats of mass strikes and demonstrations may be less menacing than they proved in 1995.
And true enough, big oil has delivered some big results this time round.
Last season Somerset were the nearly men in more than one competition and Gould is looking for them to take home some silverware this time round.
If the Israeli Defence Force come out with the upper hand in this round and Hamas is beaten and weakened, the time will come for the victor to extend a hand to the defeated in an attempt to reach practical dialogue for calm on both sides.
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Notorious for internecine squabbling in the past, this time round they ironed out their differences in advance and offered voters a complete package.
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They seem sure to be bigger winners this time than in the Uruguay round, since agriculture and textiles (which between them make up 70% of exports from the poorest countries) loom so large.
This time round, 309 candidates are standing across Oxfordshire and in most seats, it's a five-way fight.
This time it's Denmark, following jaunts to Iceland and Norway in the previous round of the Europa League qualifiers.
This is much faster than cranes, and the company claims it reduces turn-round time in port from 16 hours to six.
But it all went wrong in China and Brazil, leading him to reassess his approach to preparing for the run-in this time round.
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