Sentences with phrase «defensive move by»

But the Kindle Fire may just have been a defensive move by Amazon — to make sure Apple didn't lure away everyone who wanted to read ebooks on a handheld device.

TRENTON — As Gov. Chris Christie delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday, it sounded less like the valedictory of a presidential hopeful on his way to bigger and better things than a defensive move by a politician anticipating the shots that could be leveled against him.

Christie delivered a State of the State speech that sounded less like the valedictory of a presidential hopeful on his way to bigger and better things than a defensive move by a politician anticipating the shots that could be leveled against him.

Many analysts view the combination of CVS and Aetna as a defensive move by the companies.

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«While the strategic rationale for launching the (low - cost carrier) unit as a defensive move against further penetration by other low - cost leisure carriers such as Sunwing Vacations, Transat and WestJet make sense, we remain skeptical of the magnitude of earnings impact until additional scale is obtained later this decade with additions to the mainline fleet.»

The invitation - only launch was described by people familiar with the matter as a defensive move.

Some Canadians might be unwilling to accept this reality; if they do, they may become more defensive economically, and politically sensitive to moves by others that remind us of our lessened influence.

Despite operating at a loss, Google has retained the majority of Motorola's patents and gained a defensive move to fight patent litigation by its primary competitors.

Under the influence of a rapidly moving revival atmosphere, punctuated by the singing of the simple, primitive music of the gospel chorus, the defensive shell of the alcoholic is gradually softened.

Reserve defensive back Kaleb Chalmers, who transferred to South Carolina by way of junior college after originally attending Clemson, will be moving on from the Gamecocks.

On the third to last play of the game for New York's offense, Bosa lined up at left defensive end and beat Hart clean with a swiper move and stuck his helmet right in Manning's side as he was releasing a pass that would ultimately be caught by Shane Vereen for a short gain.

Present day Ozil is often blamed for the Arsenal loses and in truth at most times should be, his moods dictates the way arsenal plays, he dictates the tempo of how arsenal plays and once he begins to lose balls and things not going his way he tends to shrink away from the ball, he is not a player who is going to call for the ball, get in the game by doing some defensive work or get the ball to get some fouls and move the team upwards.

I talk about how we need to move towards attacking football, i cant help but sometimes fall in love with Juventus defensive tradition of sacrifice by everybody & defending as a team.

If the Gunners can add defensive solidity to the team moving forward as that remains their glaring weakness as evidenced by their defensive record in the Premier League so far this season, then all concerned will surely be hopeful that it leads to success on the pitch which is the most important thing.

Formerly of Cardiff City, Chilean defensive midfielder Gary Medel has proven a smart signing by Inter Milan, playing the ball well for the Italign giants since his move.

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

Georgia Tech lost to Middle Tennessee by 21 and can't stop anybody (Johnson just fired defensive coordinator Al Groh to fend off the vultures), and Auburn can't move the ball.

New USC coach Pete Carroll had made his defense faster by moving safeties Frank Strong and Matt Grootegood to linebacker and turning 250 - pound senior Lonnie Ford into a hybrid of a defensive end and a linebacker.

Blues manager Jose Mourinho is understood to be keen strengthening his defensive options at Stamford Bridge and a move for the 20 - year - old, who is a centre - half by trade, but comfortable at right - back, could be seen as a potential long - term replacement for Branislav Ivanovic.

Propelled by a hot start, Simmons» odds moved from -275 to -750 before analysts began to lambaste his shooting ability, defensive effort and leadership qualities.

By all accounts the young French striker isn't all that keen on moving to Moscow but on paper it's a deal that seems very reasonable, especially given Arsene Wenger's urgent need to bring in a strong defensive midfielder.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

As noted by The Daily Mail, the Blues had been linked with a move for the # 30m - rated Greek international since this past summer, with Antonio Conte keen to bolster his defensive options.

This would put an added burden on the moving monster man (Defensive Fullback Curtis Cox), a special device developed by Florida's Ray Graves but improved by Broyles.

According to Diario Gol, as re-reported by The Express, Messi has intimated to the Barca hierarchy that they need to move in January to address their defensive problem, and has picked Athletic Bilbao's Aymeric Laporte as the ideal solution.

The Frenchman is regarded by many fans and pundits to be one of the best defensive midfielders in the English football, with his wages having risen to sky - high levels since moving to Premier League in 2015.

The transitional play by City was interesting to watch, as City moved into a lopsided team at times, and when on the back foot, Danilo would move up, as a defensive midfielder, supporting Fernandinho.

When facing a deep block, control is especially important; by controlling the tempo and the space, you move defensive players around, the gaps of which can then quickly be exploited.

Meanwhile he has the considerable technical ability to receive such a pass, draw pressure from a nearby opponent — thereby freeing up the space he vacates — before moving the ball on through either a pass to a teammate who can look to exploit the newfound space, or by dribbling at the defensive line.

Defensive midfielder Diego Simeone was signed to Inter Milan in 1997 and played for two seasons at the club before moving on to Lazio, joining a large Argentinian group of players brought together by Sven - Goran Eriksson.

Diego Simeone will therefore be forced into a defensive reshuffle with Stefan Savic, a centre - back by trade, the favourite to be moved to right - back with Lucas Hernandez partnering Godin at the heart of the defence.

Mr. de Blasio, rather than seeming relieved that no criminal charges would be brought, appeared by turns dismissive, defensive and combative when faced with questions throughout the day about the investigations, eager to move on to other topics and permanently put the issue to rest.

Treetop - dwelling ants from Southeast Asia have an explosive defensive move: The insects take down their foes by blowing themselves up.

However, when stocks go through a rough patch, active managers can get defensive by moving to cash, high - quality bonds or other protective positions and slow the bleeding.

If that happens, you should quickly turn defensive again and start thinking about preserving your capital by moving to cash, instead of trying to make big gains in a falling market.

Many investors I've spoken to are wondering if they should take a more defensive stance by reducing their equity allocation and moving to either fixed income or cash.

My boy is 3 he is a rescue from a back street breeder at 9 weeks old so he has grown up with me but he is constantly growling snarling an snapping at me when I try to pet him or if I want him to move or if I tell him off he also snaps at strangers and other dogs (he was attacked badly last year by a dog so now is very defensive around them) but I can't understand his aggression towards other people who he has never meet before and me and my family including my 13 year old brother I have tried Clicker training correction spray and god old fashioned shouting an a smack on the nose which resulted in me being bitten so i am at a total lose as to what to do next is it a confidence thing or a dominance thing

The movement and defensive modifiers of terrain can also be affected by the company's formation - for example, companies in a column move quickly, but face a serious penalty should they get caught in combat.

It takes the shooter genre to the next level by adding unique offensive and defensive moves, and kinetic melee combat.

Genre breaker - Taking the shooter genre to the next level by adding unique offensive and defensive moves, and kinetic melee combat

Likewise, a contact swing is pulled off by moving the stick up and defensive swings are accomplished by moving the stick either to the left or right.

The forum announcement explains that the move is inspired by the recent discussions about core game features like defensive pacts and shattered retreats and how they are supposed to work and about the advanced options integrated into titles like Civilization and the Second Wave for the first rebooted XCOM.

Due to many high - level players exploiting «vortexes» (unblockable combo loops) with characters and leaving many defenseless against it, being able to delay the time you get up off the ground by even half a second changes a lot of offensive and defensive strategy, giving players time to think about their next move and surprise their opponents.

At times it feels low budget and it's hard to look past unlicensed teams in 2016, but then that perfect goal happens and you forget; your senses dulled by the unstoppable one - touch move that peeled a defensive line like a big sweaty banana.

Those on the defensive to such combos can execute combo breakers, which just as the name suggests allow you to break out of combos by pressing the appropriate two punch and kick buttons of the same strength of any moves in the combo.

In the context established by «Pretty Raw,» the decision to emphasize color does not come off as a defensive move (talking about aesthetics rather than identity), but indicates instead how a rebalancing of the larger narrative opens up space to explore a range of diverse yet interrelated concerns.

This article by Fry, a review of an exhibition at the Goupil Gallery, is defensive but closely argued, concluding that «the sacrifice of all that charm of rapid... handling is justified by the imaginative effect produced... we are so much moved by the expression of the enduring and resistant qualities of things, that we can forego the more immediate sensuous charms of fair pigment».

You can improve your driving record by taking a defensive driving course to eliminate points on your record that receiving a speeding ticket or other moving violation may have put on your record.

Dismissing your moving traffic violation by taking an online defensive driving course couldn't be easier.

Practice defensive driving by determining the best way to move if another driver cuts across the lane or tries to turn into the lane when there is not enough space.