However, the subsequent period saw the departure of manager van Gaal along with an exodus of many key players including Clarence Seedorf in 1995 ; Edgar Davids, Michael Reiziger, Finidi George, and Nwankwo Kanu in 1996 ; Patrick Kluivert, Marc Overmars, and Winston Bogarde in 1997 ; Ronald de Boer and Frank de Boer in 1998 ; and Edwin van der Sar and Jari Litmanen in 1999.

However, since 2001, more emphasis has been placed on Defense-Independent Pitching Statistics, including Defense-Independent ERA ( dERA ), in an attempt to evaluate a pitcher's performance regardless of the strength of the defensive players behind him.

However, even early in its history some star players, such as James Creighton of Excelsior, received compensation, either secretly or indirectly.

However, players with strong smashes will sometimes use the shot to create openings, and players commonly smash weak returns to try to end rallies.

However, because it relies on lack of concentration or discipline by the batsman, it can be risky against patient and skilled players, especially batsmen who are strong on the leg side.

However, players are free to, and often do, invent " house rules " to supplement or even largely replace the " standard " rules.

However, purely negative play is rarely a winning strategy: successful players ( in all versions other than golf croquet ) will use all four balls to set up a break for themselves, rather than simply making the game as difficult as possible for their opponents.

However, some players prefer to use an endgame procedure called " poison ".

However, the team was wracked with dissension, with some players ( including Feller and Mel Harder ) going so far as to request that Bradley fire manager Ossie Vitt.

However, filming during the season cost the players valuable rest days leading to fatigue towards the end of the season.

However, in the 1950s little investment was made either for players or to The Valley, hampering the club's growth.

However, the club was forced to sell players such as Rob Lee to help pay for a return to The Valley, which eventually happened in December 1992.

However, the original Counter-Strike is still available and played by many people via Steam, as the two variants are quite different, and players inevitably prefer one variant over the other.

However, upright bass players using their instruments in these contexts faced inherent problems.

However, the supply of number tokens is smaller than the number of hexes in the scenario: when the number tokens run out and players expand into a new part of the outlying islands, number tokens are moved from the main island to the outlying islands.

However, as of February 2009, at least four players must wear numbers between 50 and 79 on first, second, or third down, which by rule would make them ineligible receivers.

However, it is not uncommon for classically trained violinists to play folk music, and today many fiddle players have some classical training.

However, that figure was reduced in later years when it was determined the survey also included people who play NCAA bracket pools, which are not exactly fantasy sports ( where you pick individual players ).

However, the Marlins did send four players to the All-Star Game ( Willis, Lo Duca, Castillo, and Cabrera ), tying a team record.

However, after increasing demand of salary in their arbitration years and uncertainty of stadium situation, the Marlins pulled the trigger on dealing slugger Miguel Cabrera and southpaw Dontrelle Willis to the Detroit Tigers for outfielder Cameron Maybin, southpaw Andrew Miller, reliever Burke Badenhop among the six players received by Florida.

However, the front office's demand for quantity over quality in their return for their cornerstone players hurt them dearly.

However, the court players may catch and touch the ball in the air within it as long as the player starts their jump outside the zone and releases the ball before they land ( landing inside the perimeter is allowed in this case as long as the ball has been released ).

However, the British Museum refused to release the set despite assurances that the players would wear gloves.

However, several former players interviewed by Sports Illustrated said that while payments for good hits and sacks were indeed considered part of the game, bounties for intentionally injuring opponents violated an unwritten code.

However, in recent decades, for what doubtless are multiple reasons, an unannounced but nonetheless readily observable shift has occurred in both facets of national activity.

However, in the context of legal and civic policy, these controversies are less than novel.

However, despite the insight of many of his observations, his own conclusions are open to suspicion because of his failure to employ at all times the correct research methods.

However, there are still several types of calls that necessitate the use of telephone operators.

However, he states unequivocally `` the scandals in business are far less significant than the scandals in labor ''.

However, few are taxed, and the owners and location of most boats are unknown to the assessors on the date of assessment of town valuations.

However, the surface temperature gradient can produce erroneous vapor-pressure measurements for the bulk liquid helium unless precautions are taken to isolate the tube ( which passes through the surface to the vapor pressure bulb ) from the liquid helium surface.

However, if their United States income is not subject to the withholding of tax on wages, their returns are due June 15, 1962, if they use a calendar year, or the 15th day of the 6th month after the close of their fiscal year.

However, the aircraft which we have today are tied to large, `` soft '' airfields.

However, some formulas are used more than others.

However, there is also much to be gained by making use of the abilities of the local people who are available and interested in recreation.

However, there are photographs of suspended drops of cyclohexanol phthalate ( viscosity 155 poises ) suspended in corn syrup of 71 poises in a paper by Mason and Bartok.

However, any oxygen nonequivalence would shorten either the already extremely short Af interlayer distance of 2.55 A or the non-hydrogen-bonded Af interlayer interactions which are already quite short at 2.58 Aj.

However, as so many of the records are not certainly based on newborn snakes, these data must be taken tentatively ; ;

However, if these procedures are applied more often, conditioned emotional responses are temporarily abolished.

However, it cannot be presumed, informal though the structure of the population seems, that there are not well-defined roles within the system.

However, the differences in procedure are fundamental.

However, the regionally differentiated results, which appear below in tables, are interesting evidence of the problems of developing self-government under even the most favorable circumstances.

However, if Federal funds are used, it would be entirely appropriate to train workers for jobs which could be obtained elsewhere as well as for jobs in the area of chronic unemployment.

However, it is not known to either the union or the public precisely how much of a cost increase is caused by a given change in the basic wage rate, although the companies are presumed to have reliable estimates of this magnitude.

However, there are relatively few such political constituencies, and, as has been pointed out, there is seldom a clear-cut distinction between the educational interests of one social class and those of another.

However, modesty and triviality are different qualities.

`` However, evidence that the Axis powers are making significant preparations indicative of such an intention is being reported with increasing frequency from a variety of sources.