Sentences with phrase «at his defence for»

The former Manchester United goalkeeper became very animated at his defence for their poor showing yesterday and rightly so.

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Foreign and defence ministers are set to approve the scheme — a rare joint military step for a 28 - nation bloc that historically prefers political and financial action to armed cooperation — at a meeting in Brussels.

At the post-Budget Treasury briefing yesterday there was definitely smell of blood in the water as it became clear that Hammond's spokespeople had no real defence for the broken promise.

But he's still friendly with Mr. Trump, who spoke in the Lord's defence at Mr. Black's last Hollinger board meeting, and offered to testify for him in court.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

Most recently, he was Financial Controller at James Fisher Defence and took control of financial management for the company's Australian operations.

However, Trump's actions now jeopardise steel supplies, or at least could lead to increased costs, for the US defence sector.

Thomas Harvey III, the acting assistant secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities at the Defence Department, told the South China Morning Post that the mainland's flights around the island were «a definite message of intimidation».

Why does the Minister of National Defence not act responsibly, slow down, and yes, meet the needs of the air force, but at best value for the taxpayers?

A book called Disinformation, co-written by General Pacepa and the American professor of law Ronald Rychlak (best known for his book Hitler, the War and the Pope, a well - researched defence of Pius XII's record during the Second World War), which spells out these revelations at greater length, is «dubious at best» — or at least, the bits written by Pacepa are: the reviewer NCR admits that «what Rychlak contributes, drawn from his earlier work on Pope Pius, appears solid».

During the Black Plague, the believers believed that the plague was the work of satan, and they also believed (without any foundation for the beliefs at all) that cats were the devils familiars, so to fight the plague, they killed all the cats they could find, eliminating the best defence they could have to the plague... the cats that kill the rats who's fleas carried the plague.

Bourne's love for education, shown in his efforts at Wonersh, was soon put to wider application in defence of Catholic schools.

But co-operating with the Conservatives in defence of the Union made it possible for Labour to be at the wrong end of anti-Tory hostility — a hostility which Labour has fostered and from which it has previously benefited.

As a gay Christian who has followed and been friends with Wendy (at least in the land of facebook) for a while, I feel the need to come to her defence.

Benjamin B. WARFIELD (1851 - 1921), dogmatician at Princeton Theological Seminary, known for his defence of biblical inerrancy (Evolution, science, and Scripture: selected writings, ed.

But no formal steps were taken to set up a place and time for a formal defence of the Theses; instead of that Luther added a note at the beginning, saying that the Theses were to be publicly discussed», inviting anyone who liked to do so to send him their views.

«We are at a very important moment in time for Australia's defence industry, a true watershed moment for our whole nation,» Mr Pyne said.

Woolworths chief executive Grant O'Brien mounted a similar defence in February, blaming the entry of global rivals such as Aldi for pricing pressure on suppliers and saying Woolworths» future was at risk unless it responded to changing market conditions.

Flinders University received $ 100,000 for a project in cyber technologies under NGTF, and even business studies has been influenced by the needs of defence industry, says Professor John Spoehr, director of the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute at the university.

Scientists at India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are quoted as saying the potent chilli will be used as a food additive for troops operating in cold conditions.

S.C. Dass, and R.C. Malhotra of the Defence Research Laboratory in Gwalior, India, to send him samples of the «Tezpur» pods for testing by two U.S. labs — the one at New Mexico State University, and one at Analytical Food Laboratories.

His attitude to defence puzzled me for a while (and still does), why Mert is there at all is a mystery, and he seems all at sea with his offence force.

In reality, they have a bunch of mercenaries who are not gelling together well and are backed up by a ramshackle defence who are prone to errors due to the constant fear of being dropped for sneezing at the wrong moment.

An injury to Toby Alderweireld means Dier is set for a run in Tottenham's defence, while Southgate's comments about his intended style of play suggest he may fancy the Spurs man at the back.

goodness i can't believe it people will still defend him.You know something when Giroud misses many chances like at Monaco i did not criticize him even based on that you know why?its because he has always not been clinical.The only way a team can improve is by indentifying its problems and solving them.Arsenal has Giroud as the main cf and Welbeck as backup to him.Giroud has done well scoring some goals some too important but collectively he does more harm than good.Do not use moments to judge a player judge him based on content.Giroud does not excel in many games than he excels in games.As a main cf you need to be consistent.I see people here saying Giroud can not dribble he cant do this he cant do that but its a bit crazy to criticize him for that because every player has his own style.Giroud limitations as a player costs arsenal and will cost us a lot.Most importantly his poor finishing which has cost us several times.Not good enough.His style of play is ok for us but a striker who can take on players and run behind defences very well would make us very strong and also should be clinical.For Welbeck he needs to works on his finishing and composure by doing the basic things right.He rushes infront of goal too much.For now he is just above average.However he can excel if he works on improving.Giroud and Welbeck will always be a pain in arsenal's neck for most part.Some will call me stupid but hey at least i want to analyze the problem.People may support Giroud or Welbeck to lead the line next season but as the saying goes if you fool me once shame on you but if you fool me twice shame on me.Will you let Giroud and Welbeck fool you again?

ACM — Raheem Sterling (7)-- Sterling was unusual wasteful at times, but a constant threat to the Swiss defence — as he showed when he broke clear to square for Welbeck's crucial first.

Our rotated defence will have the extra protection of tweo holding midfielders in the absence of Coquelin at least, with Wenger going for Arteta and Flamini as a double pivot and it looks like Aaron Ramsey will be our number 10, with the Ox and Joel Campbell on either side of Olivier Giroud in attack.

All he brings is lack of motivation, excuses aplenty, usually involving «biased» or incompetant refs, no obvious coaching or even any understanding whatever of the need for defence and hard running, an injury crisis every season, discontent among fans, slavery to 70th minute subs, whether needed earlier or not, a belief in last millenium tactics (mostly indiscernable tactics), a love of waving his arms and shouting uselessly at the innocent fourth official (who does not make onfield decisions anyway!)

Branislav Ivanovic moved into the heart of the defence for that match, with Abdul Rahman Baba promoted to the starting XI at left - back, and Cesar Azpilicueta moving across to right - back.

With Arsenal already looking as short as a sausage dog in defence, with Gabriel and Per Mertesacker ruled out for quite a while, not even Arsene Wenger would think it was a good idea to let one of the few central defensive options left at the Emirates leave the club, whether om a temporary or permanent basis.

He has had a couple of good games there against schools for the blind (smaller clubs) but against good defences he will at most time one run ok and have 1 in 20 chance of scoring from it.

Able to play at either right - back or centre - back, Rodgers could use the youngster as a replacement for Glen Johnson or at the heart of his defence.

Wenger has taken almost four years to strengthen four positions with world class players, but at the same time he has also failed to address the areas of desperation, upfront and in defence, for the exact same four year period.

At least the defence looks better and that has been a major flaw so far for us.

We need a Koscielny in defence at all times to compensate for the inadequacies of any partnering CB.

Chambers much better suited to a right sided 3 man defence xhaka is too slow over ground and cant stop counter attacks — leicester love a quick break - but best available at moment until others are fit use giroud to flick on and play with a partner like he does for france.

With concerns still surrounding the team at the back, Arsenal are supposedly looking to add one more new face to the centre of defence and if the rumours are to be believed, then Valencia's Mustafi is a top target for Arsene Wenger.

He's bagged 30 goals in 163 appearances for the Biancocelesti, and in his defence, at just 24 years of age, he still has plenty of time to improve and develop into a top player.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

just go all out for Aubameyang... Gabriel ll learn English and with more games will develop an understanding with Koscielny at the heart of defence.

Our defence does have frailties, and you could argue that if we were stronger at the back we could free up another player for our midfield or attack, and that could potentially open us up to win many more matches.

CB: Part of the meanest defence in the country at the moment, Eric Bailly has been rock - solid for United this term and makes up one half of our centre - back pairing here.

FFS what is wrong with our club... Turned down by a 29 year old one season wonder who is happy in Halifax now going for a 29 year old has been who couldn't make an impression on the Venezuelan defence... We need two quality attackers to challenge... If the frog gives a sh @@ about this club he would be splashing at least 80 m to give us a fighting chance upfront next season... But no we are going to be hearing about ze uneraldid qwolatis of Olivier and my reezpect for ze litl how u say wipit...

During his 18 months at the Merseyside club Johnson has repeatedly failed to inspire, often finding himself out of position and unable to balance attack and defence and Kenny Dalglish may well listen to offers for his services.

If Ramsey is in good form, then he must start, we can replace Rosicky at half time or 50 - 55 mins... I would leave Ozil / Cazorla to Le Prof, though he might choose both, I would start Walcott, because he can make runs in behind defences, just like in the Monaco game, only if he can improve his finishing for that match, Sanchez should carry on the passing game, and as a true winger, should provide crosses to Giroud just like Waloctt, because Giroud has great heading ability...

With Felipe Luis's future at Stamford Bridge uncertain following a debut season playing second - fiddle to first - choice Cesar Azpilicueta, the Blues are set to be in the market for his replacement in defence.

He's instructed by Wenger to run at the defence and draw the fouls in whereas for England, he's instructed to play deeper and ping the balls around which is much more productive way for him to play, yes he's injury prone and it frustrates me that he, among the rest of our players, is delicate.

The majority of Dier's appearances this term have come at centre - back, either playing in a three - man defence, or filling in for Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld in the middle of the back four, with both Belgian internationals suffering injury problems.

Arsenal haven't had a natural born leader in defence since the days of Sol Campbell, so Evans, who win multiple Premier League titles during his time at Man United, would be a signing that would seriously improve Arsenal's defence, a position they haven't been particularly strong in for years.

Another interesting statistic in defence of Ozil, would be that football is a team sport, and that it's sometimes hard for certain individuals to perform at their normal level when you're playing in a weakened team due to injuries or because your team is a generally poor side.