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I would like to use this article to assess the 5
big talking points of the game.
The goal is certainly
the big talking point of the day, while Iwobi's input was also a nice touch, having struggled to put the finishing touch to goals for much of the campaign.
The game was a slow burner, with Ronaldo's new haircut
the biggest talking point of the early exchanges:
The biggest talking point of Antonio Conte's team selection against Swansea City was his decision to pick Cesc Fabregas ahead of Nemanja Matic.
Jack's return was probably
the biggest talking point of our Carabao Cup tie but Arsene Wenger was quick to play down the importance of it, suggesting that it is early days yet and reminding us that this was not a game with the intensity and quality you expect in the Premier League every week, Arsenal.com reports.
As well as declaring himself pretty underwhelmed by the signing of Moussa Sissoko from Newcastle by our north London rivals Tottenham (Keown thinks it was an unnecessary purchase which the spuds can scarcely afford as they build a new stadium) he spoke about one of
the biggest talking points of the last few days, the loan move of Jack Wilshere to AFC Bournemouth for the season.
Unsurprisingly
the biggest talking point of this weekend's Russian Grand Prix so far is Red Bull Racing's aeroscreen.
When one of the top distance runners from the Seychelles toed the line for the 800m heats this morning at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, little did he know that he would become
the biggest talking point of the event so far.
While it was goals galore once again at Old Trafford for Manchester United on Saturday,
the biggest talking point of the 4 - 1 win over Newcastle United was perhaps the return of Swedish superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The biggest talking point of the night was, of course, the Time's Up campaign and everything related to it.
An endless open world title where no one's experience is the same, was
the biggest talking point of No Man's Sky, and another surprising part was it came from an indie studio.
Porsche's ugly duckling
The biggest talking point of the previous Panamera was its awkward design.
The biggest talking point of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is going to be the 4.65 - inch Super AMOLED 1280 x 720 pixel display.
But perhaps
the biggest talking point of Rise of the Tomb Raider is the reintroduction of tombs.
Battery:
The biggest talking point of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is its battery.
Mia thought it was a fair call, I feel uncomfortable about it «shaming» the girl, and as one commenter said: «Wonder where she learned bullying?????» But it was definitely
the biggest talking point of the week among readers.
Not exact matches
Even apart from the fact that they don't know what they're
talking about because they don't know what's out there, the
bigger issues are that: (a) almost all
of these reports come back with a variety
of related findings that may be precisely on
point; and (b) the very age
of the prior research may be invaluable if the new questions and inquiries have to do with trend lines, changes in attitudes or different behaviors.
The
point of the
Big Think video was to give communication advice to leaders, such as using «we» instead
of «me» when
talking to your employees.
He called many
of them «
talking points» that were «pre-circulated» beforehand «based on a strategy
of isolating the most favorable facts and events, and ignoring other events and the
big picture.»
Both are wealthy,
big -
talking New York businessmen and many have
pointed out similarities in both mannerisms and speaking style, with Scaramucci on CNN Wednesday morning parroting one
of Trump's Trumpiest lines: «We're going to win so much you are actually going to get tired
of winning,» the Mooch told Chris Cuomo.
Negotiators from the U.S., Canada and Mexico wrapped up the seventh round
of Nafta
talks this week in Mexico still hoping for a breakthrough on the
biggest sticking
points.
For better or worse, this year's study hands a
big talking point to the campaign
of Top State Gov. Nathan Deal
of Georgia, a Republican touting his economic record in his bid for a second term.
I wrote an improvement
of Alicia's email based on these concepts: — specificity
of: target b2b and expected results — be educational with numbers and reference to a case study — do nt
talk bad about outbound marketing, but tell him how to do it better — write even shorter to the
point — social proof: drop
big companies
of other industries — scarcity: this email is sent to 10 competitors but we only work with the first per city
Kogan described it as a «
big leap» to connect the piece
of research to Kremlin efforts to use online platforms to interfere in foreign elections — before essentially going on to repeat a Kremlin
talking point by saying the US and the UK engage in much the same types
of behavior.
As with the stock market outlook, a
big part
of this will come down to the macro / earnings pulse remaining on the positive side - and indeed this is a key focus for us at this
point, and something we've been
talking at length to clients about.
And Thursday, Canada said it's preparing new
talks related to autos, signalling a potential breakthrough in one
of the
biggest NAFTA sticking
points.
As reported by the Arsenal website, Wenger did not
talk about his individual defenders or what his starting XI would be, but the Frenchman did
point out what he thought would be one
of the
biggest threats to Arsenal retaining the famous trophy.
What has made him believe that we possess the physical midfielder which cost us in so many
of the
big games to the
point he wouldn't take Alex Song on loan or
talk to Newcastle about Tiote?
In fact the
biggest talking point has come from Mohamed Elneny getting himself booked for a late challenge on Joe Allen, and you would have to hope that this will certainly be a game
of two (very different) halves!
With the Premier League over for another year, here's a list
of 25
of the
biggest talking points and lessons learned from the 2014/15 season, including analysis on Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and more...
Every sport book today is computerized, Back in my day money always moved the line if a player was respected, and if the squares tossed enough money on a game most books would move the line a little, However the
big books would just sit and even take layoffs from the small stores, They knew even if the squares got hot in the end the juice would eat em up.Gone are the days when Billy Walters and his crew would move the line 3 and 4
points, I'm
talking sides not totals, Forget about what they did to the horseshoe with totals in the NBA, Back then you could catch small non computerized stores with bad lines to begin with, imagine a three
point move and the small store or corner bookie is off on the line a few
points to begin with, I could catch some game with 6 and seven
point advantages, with computers today if you can catch a half or one
point advantage your lucky.Even if you know the group moving the line most
of these store move the lines on air, when I say air they just watch the screen from D.B. And move the line before they even get hit, Hell even the
big stores have the sharps on small limits per call.
In a Celtic XI vs a Petrov XI, the game was awash with a number
of stars past and present, and though the game yielded eight goals, the
big talking point was undoubtedly Agbonlahor's 53rd minute challenge, which left the One Direction member in a crumpled heap on the floor.
Get ready for one
of the
biggest transfer
talking points this summer, Danny Ings has been linked with a move to Real Sociedad in Spain, and subsequently rejected them, and now touted with a free transfer to Liverpool this summer.
Twitter has
of course reacted with great hysteria to the news, as journalists and former Premier League stars have had their say, with the
biggest talking point being that the deal should help grass - roots football and ticket - pricing:
Another
talking point is that Arsene Wenger is currently in the last year
of his contract, so unless he is to sign another extension, he really needs to achieve something
big as a way to end his 21 year legacy at the helm
of the club.
everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a
big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name
of all that is good this is AFC we are
talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one
of our
biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a
big upset by beating one
of the favorites for the title... at the end
of the day its a very important win but its still 3
points....
It therefore comes as little surprise that one
of the game's
biggest talking points will be Harry Kane, a 21 - year - old centre forward who before this season had only played in 14 Premier League matches, scoring just three goals.
The
big talking point for Arsenal fans today, along with the speculation about the future
of Arsene Wenger, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, is about the latter and why he was left one the bench at Anfield yesterday in a Premier League match that could prove crucial as to whether Arsenal finish in the top four or not.
There's also some really intricate stuff going on with the bargeboards and the array
of winglets, but one
of the
big talking points is the «T - wing» just in front
of the rear wing, which appears to be an evolution
of the «monkey seat» which was popular on the last generation
of F1 cars.
One
of the
biggest talking points in football at the moment is who the England national team should be selecting up front.
no one can be that delusional without having Wenger blood run through their veins... this team has already conceded 2
of 3 in August and you believe we can get 45
of a potentially 52 available
points before Xmas... no wonder this club can't seem to take it's fan - base seriously, albeit I'm sure your assessment would give the Grinch who stole soccer a quarter chub... anyways, enough
talk about the criminally insane with internet access... we have much
bigger fish to fry... like what were the real objectives behind the choices made by our lame duck manager on the weekend
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety
of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style
of play has become a shadow
of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out
of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid
of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out
of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes
of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play
of Monreal, but none
of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio
of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some
points in the latter part
of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part
of a
bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature
of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player
of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out
of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front
of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that,
of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract
talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one
of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one
of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already
of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs
of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack
of mobility is an albatross around the necks
of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because
of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
he can never see past his
big nose when it concerns arsenal, he is now at the
point of embarassing our great club each time he decides to open his dried up mouth.perhaps heis suffering from a loss
of memory when he
talks about other teams wasting time, be gone with you wenger.
Well it did not last long Arsenal fans, and to be honest it was a bit weird having a kind
of non-aggression pact with Manchester United in recent years, when the
biggest talking point was the little boy and his little boy dreams.
Clayton Custer's name was used as frequently as five - star recruits», Ben Richardson's three -
point barrage was the
talk of the Elite Eight, head coach Porter Moser's fashion made headlines, and
of course, there was no
bigger celebrity than Sister Jean.
The main thing that should be the
talking point is how can we AGAIN fall behind in 15 minutes against a
big team whilst we (players (Cech and Kos) and fans) had been running our mouths
of all week how we can still win the PL title or how we should be confident in beating Man U.
Instead
of talking about Young's amazing shooting displays and historic stat lines, the
bigger talking point became his turnover rate and declining efficiency.
The failure
of signing any striker seems to be the
biggest talking point in and around the Emirates these days.
The Gunners have had other problems, no doubt, but the general failure
of Arsenal players from Abou Diaby to Alex Song, Denilson to Arteta and many more to really replace the Frenchman has been a
big reason for our struggles and a major
talking point among us Arsenal fans.