Sentences with phrase «as defenders against»

The disconnect between the two messages of unions as leaders of education reform and unions as defenders against education reform can sometimes reach comical levels.

Virgil Van Dijk is a big game player so I don't think anybody is worried about the Dutchman's prowess as a defender against top players.

Be ready to take on any liability concern large or small with a quality insurance policy that takes care of you and works as your defender against expenses that could otherwise cripple you economically.

Not exact matches

Since his identity as Hogan's backer was revealed, Thiel's crusade against Gawker has been decried by a number of prominent journalists and defenders of a free press, who note that a billionaire bankrupting a media outlet as part of a personal vendetta raises serious questions about free speech.

Insofar as the Progressives were Darwinians, we see another similarity: Darwinian conservative Larry Arnhart is one of the defenders of the goodness of our social natures in service to the species against this self - obsessed liberationism.

But as even the excellent, aristocratic, Confederate defender of the book [linked by Carl] against democratic [Northern?]

As for Mr. Trump, defender of traditional culture and religious freedom against «secular judges,» that forlorn hope is belied by the warm welcome afforded proponents of lifestyle libertinism — the principal driver of activist federal judging - as - legislating — at the Republican convention in ClevelanAs for Mr. Trump, defender of traditional culture and religious freedom against «secular judges,» that forlorn hope is belied by the warm welcome afforded proponents of lifestyle libertinism — the principal driver of activist federal judging - as - legislating — at the Republican convention in Clevelanas - legislating — at the Republican convention in Cleveland.

The pagan temptation,» as the philosopher Thomas Molnar described it, is hardly new — the Church has been fighting paganism since the time of Christ — but what is new is its aggressive resurgence, its seduction of so many Christians, and the warnings Pope Francis has issued against it.The Pope's scorching words against paganism have not been well - received by many, but Francis has gone right on assailing it, particularly in areas that pagans care about most: the environment and sex.Francis has been a bold and eloquent defender of the environment, and understands that protecting the environment is not a recent fad, but a long - standing Catholic principle, highlighted by many of Francis's predecessors.

Two of his surprise selections include Burnley and Crystal Palace defenders Kieran Tripper and Scott Dann, with Merson pointing to the attacking mentality and the physical battle against Diego Costa as reasons why they make his team:

The young Arsenal and England defender Calum Chambers may have had the sort of game he would rather forget on Monday against Liverpool, and he has taken his fair share of stick for is as well, but I do not think that it will mean a great deal in the long term.

In turn, according to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona will send scouts to watch Ajax and Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt in action for the latter when he takes on England at Wembley on Friday night, as well as against Portugal next week.

Concern was rife as the Belgian international had to be stretchered off against Southampton with an oxygen mask after a head clash with defender Wesley Hoedt.

Now with Iwobi with same attributes as Alexis bar his selfishness defenders are confused against our front three.

Lucas on the other hand can be used against the defenders with more pace, as he is far more mobile than Giroud both on and off the ball.

He watched as his Miramonte boys water polo teammate Charlie Wiser thrashed about attempting to gain position against his San Ramon Valley defender approximately six feet in front of the goal.

Giroud actually looked like he bumped heads with Bournemouth defender at the end of the game as he kept on rubbing his hand against the back of the head to see if there was any blood there, so I'm hoping it's nothing more than that.

It is no secret that Arsene Wenger hasn't been happy with our Arsenal defenders this season as he has complained so many times about their errors after defeats this season, and it only takes a quick glance at the «goals against» columns in the EPL table to see that we have a real problem on our hands.

The news outlet are also stating that Man City, as well as both Arsenal and Bayern, have scouts at Ajax's mach against PSV on Sunday, showing the defender may just be the real deal after all.

The Arsenal defender Calum Chambers was watched by Roy Hodgson in a few games recently, including at right - back against Chelsea, and it seems that the England boss has decided to pull the 19 year - old out of the U21 squad for the important European Championship play - off against Croatia to give him his first taste of senior football at Wembley, after coming on as a sub in the last friendly in Norway.

We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.

This all sounds very positive from the talented defender, but although he is right that we are used to playing against top sides, he seems to conveniently forget that we usually lose those big games as well!

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If the Arsenal new boy gets thrown straight into the mix as is expected this Saturday, he will be up against one of the Premier League's best defenders in Vincent Kompany.

The Swedish defenders has once against been connected with a move to the Red Devils, with the latest baseless figure floating in the ether being a # 42m valuation of the 22 year old, as referenced by the Sun in their piece today.

The Bruins have been making a habit of using defensive players on offense in recent weeks, and for their game against USC, that habit would indeed continue, as Myles Jack and Eddie Vanderdoes, both primarily defenders, saw the end zone against the Trojans.

As a dominant 1 - on -1-winning threat, he does the maximum amount to pull defenders out of position as a WR, opening - up the run for guys built for running and more replaceable as runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyAs a dominant 1 - on -1-winning threat, he does the maximum amount to pull defenders out of position as a WR, opening - up the run for guys built for running and more replaceable as runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyas a WR, opening - up the run for guys built for running and more replaceable as runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyas runners, as long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyas long as you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guyas you have that dominant player, outside, drawing 2 or more defenders away from everything you might want to do with your other 10 guys against their 8 or 9 guys.

He made his full England debut as a late substitute in a friendly against Norway in May last year and was part of the Euro 2012 squad after being called up following an injury to Chelsea defender Gary Cahill before the tournament.

When you look at what Arsenal have in that position it would be better for a left back as Gibbs is now just ordinary.Also a defender of quality as Per is on the wane.I think Wenger has bought well, so let's wait till the fat lady sings and be for or against his decision.

Chelsea drew 1 - 1 against Paris Saint - Germain in the first - leg of the Champions League last 16, as they grabbed that crucial away goal through defender turned striker Branislav Ivanovic.

Speedy in attack and sensibly when in defence, the left sided defender, who can also play at centre back, has taken part in two Premier League matches, coming on as sub against Wolves and Wigan.

As a run defender, he didn't maintain outside leverage against reach blocks and couldn't always hold his ground against double teams.

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

Let's see how we look when we have all our first choice defenders back; and let's see when United play against a proper rival, as against a depleted West Ham side.

Catching Chelsea would mean, an abundance of luck, no more injuries (When Chelsea will get crucial ones, Fabregas, Costa, Courtois and defenders as examples), a tactical enlightenment from Wenger (that would call for a miracle), beat Man United, Man City, Chelsea at Home and not waist points against Liverpool and win all the odds games against the lower teams (as well as being kicked out of the CL and not go far in the Uefa Cup as we don't have the squad to do either anyway).

A quality Striker such as Podolski does not need to back track and defend, he must challenge the Defenders and wait for counterattacks, a striker role is to sprint from midfield to goal, is not running all over the pitch as I see GIROUD and WELBECK, defending posts against corners, no wonder at the 60th minute they disappear, you need strong legs to score....

Was it Ospina's fault to not clear the cross or let the opposition striker get upon yourselves to head the ball in the net... No our defenders couldn't defend that in first place... Even though Ospina tried to push the ball out of the net... but we were just unlucky... because it went inside... And goal line technology reported it as a goal... We were wasteful against the opposition goal... fair enough, it happens, but how come the players suddenly become useless for the team...

Prime Honey badger was a monster against the run and screens as well as being a great and versatile coverage defender.

It meant that Arsenal not only missed out on having a well recognised central defender against Liverpool, but that the Gunners were also largely unprepared in defence against Leicester as well.

all we need is the right force up front n we can challenge 4any thing did u watch what happened 2boateng?????? but hes a good defender just as nuer is the best goal keeper currently but what happened 2him against barca?

Arsene Wenger was full of praise for his defenders as they came through a tough test against Burnley on Saturday with a clean sheet.

I for one would go and get him straight away as Ben Yedder is an all round striker a bag of tricks he plays in a lower team and scored a bag full of goals which means he fought hard against better defenders to get his goals Ben Yedder can come at you from any direction with either foot and score and he is good at set pieces two I would be ecstatically delighted if we sign him up as we would have our own Mahrez

In addition, three central defenders on the pitch will help the team defend better in the box, especially if it comes down to having bodies at the back, as we saw in the game against Boro.

Arsenal fans will be hoping to see Mustafi perform as he did against Bournemouth last weekend, which saw the German play in the committed and aggressive style of defending that caused Arsene Wenger to make him the most expensive defender in the club's history in last summer's transfer window.

the likes of neista David Silva our own ozil they don't defend but rather tack back to slot in the defensive line for the real defenders to do their job.have u all take note that ozil don't normally jump for headers in the heart of the midfield.so all I'm saying is if Chamberlain do nt want to defend yo make that position his then he should trying playing in the attacking position as he did excel there when he was played against Bayern last year or he is out from arsenal.

He pulled the two defenders away to allow griezeman to get a free header on goal and then out jump two defenders to set of griezeman second, base on the commentators action it shows a bias against giroud, we as fans also do it which is quite unfair, he does contribute to arsenal and the french team massively even if he is not our preferred striker

Theo is an expensive failure and to keep giving him the chance when he has repaid the clubs faith with being a bottler and acting as if he's a lazy git (watched him a number of seasons ago against Blackburn away and all he did was run up and down the wing without even calling for the ball to draw defenders away from the centre) I hate to say it but in my mind Alan Hansen was right when he said that «Walcott has not got a natural footballers brain» It infuriated me at the time but its been proven to be true I feel he's been collecting his money for too long without a result to justify keeping him in our employment.

The 32 - year - old also heaped praise on the hard - working duo of Carlos Tevez and Louis Saha, who he enjoyed playing alongside, and named Chelsea legend John Terry as the toughest defender to play against.

NACHO MONREAL 5.5 The Spaniard look good on the ball but had a torrid time throughout the game as danger man Sadio Mane ran the rule against the defender on the night causing him so much problems with pace and trickery on the left wing.

Arsenal youngsters Ainsley Maitland - Niles, Stefan O'Connor and Gedion Zelalem, who featured mid-week against Galatasaray — as well as young defenders Semi Ajayi and Isaac Hayden also trained with the Gunners first team.

The report speculated that Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho looked to be engaging in a classic Manchester United against Chelsea battle for the defender, but it now looks as though it could be a different club that will tie down the future of de Vrij.