Sentences with phrase «defensive move into»

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We have moved Cumberland's portfolios into a more defensive stance.

CVS is making a defensive yet essential acquisition moving into the future.

I believe CVS will undergo short - term stock pressure but long - term appreciation as this move was a defensive yet necessary acquisition moving into the future.

Danone's purchase of WhiteWave can be viewed as a «defensive» move as it looks to be less «heavily» dependant on traditional dairy sourced products such as infant formula and yogurts but experts believe it will open up opportunities to expand into new categories, such as plant based ingredients and products.

Played in midfield against Besiktas, but should be moved back into the defensive three to help cope with City's attacking threat.

Louis van Gaal is keen to re-shape his Man United defence and as well as eyeing up a fresh central defensive option he will also hope to tempt Coleman into a move.

Minnesota then trades up again, sacrificing No. 218 to move up 17 spots for Harris, a defensive back with great size who could develop into a starter at cornerback or safety.

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

To be honest, with us away from home and likely having to go with Ramsey who has hardly played CM this season, it might help us a bit being forced into a more defensive move at the back.

Our problem is when we go into our defensive shell we really struggle to move the ball around for counter attacks or just to reset our positions.

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.

Even if, for some reason, Mustafi were to move on, and miraculously replaced with Van Dijk (and we'd still need an additional), swapping out a key defender 3 games into the season is just asking for further unrest in the defensive line.

Predominantly a right - back, Wenger wants reinforcement in that position as he plans to move Calum Chambers into a central defensive role on a more regular basis.

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...

Arsenal might be winning games again but let's face it their performances have hardly been inspiring.Far and away their best performance so far was a defensive hard earned 0 - 0 away draw to Chelsea.Its a long long time since Arsenal.played a style of football which was fast moving, free - flowing and with consistently positive end result.The media still seam to tar them with that same brush but truth be known the likes of both Manchester clubs, Liverpool and Spurs are far more entertaining to watch these days than Arsenal's tippy - tappy sideways brand of play Hopefully they will be able to build momentum in the coming weeks and inspire confidence prior to the Citeh and Spuds games... otherwise this Season will unfortunately develop into even more farce than Wenger, Gazidas and Kronke managed to orchestrate last year and the Emirates will empty out even more noticeably!!

Now, especially since Hazard has shown his ability to run matches — he can beat opponents, score goals and create chances for his team - mates — he's moved into the class of players whose lack of defensive work - rate can be tolerated, and maybe even encouraged.

«If I'm playing as the No. 10 it'll help me a lot for when I move back into the more defensive role.»

Initially playing as a defensive midfielder under former manager Juande Ramos, Modric was moved into a more advanced role when Harry Redknapp became manager in October 2008.

With Petr Cech and Victor Valdes linked with a move to Anfield so far this season, and Brendan Rodgers» criticism perhaps a final shot at spurring his current charge into life, Liverpool may have to upgrade on Simon Mignolet to help relieve their defensive issues.

But with eight minutes to go in the half the sloppiness showed itself again, this time when Sandro fell down in the defensive third, giving the ball away and triggering a move that finally forced Szczesny into action for the first time, easily claiming a ball across the face of goal.

He kept possession as the defensive element in midfield and moved the ball on into areas of the field for his more advanced teammates to use to hurt their opponents.

i would like to see sammy then move into midfield with fabby and then we can forget all this defensive midfielder talk, both of these guys can make a tackle, sammy i think has more abillity and fabby is a box to box player.

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.

He's strong on the ball, capable of holding up the ball with his back to goal and brushing off defensive pressure, but frequently lays it off quickly to his teammates — either back to the midfielders behind him or to the sides, before moving into space to receive it back again.

He averages 10 defensive actions per game apart from being a constant move breaker, plunging into duels often, be it in the air, or on the ground.

Arteta: [7.5 / 10] Moved into a more defensive role thanks to the re-introduction of Jack Wilshere.

Radamel Falcao and Robin Van Persie were almost anonymous whilst Wayne Rooney was forced to move into the defensive midfield role when Daley Blind was forced off with head injury.

Bacary Sagna is set to be offered a new contract as his current deal expires at the end of this season, but the Frenchman may be moved into a central defensive role more permanently.

Lovren came over from the same club as Van Dijk, and he looked like a top - level defender at Southampton, but the Saints use a far less aggressive defensive pressing style than Liverpool — one that's mainly focused on moving the opposition into the least dangerous areas of the pitch — so it creates layers of safety for its defenders.

Arsenal fans are heading into the new season with a slightly renewed sense of optimism after finally signing a defensive midfielder in Granit Xhaka while their move for Jamie Vardy also signals intent from Arsene Wenger.

On a personal note, Milner was deployed in a central midfield role against Athletic, moving back into the position from the defensive berth he's mainly operated in over the last 12 months.

Moving the Galician back into a slightly more defensive role, and honing his physicality, tactical nous and reading of the game to the «Vertical football» counter-attacking style Herrera had developed, Luis Suarez developed a keen ability to break up play, build considered counter-attacks and then arrive in attacking positions ready to finish them off.

I keep hearing people saying that Campbell will allow Vermaelen to move into the Defensive Midfield position.

His transition from defensive midfielder to makeshift centre - back has been commendable, and when moved back into his natural role this month, he has proved his quality.

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.

With Federico Fazio not yet able to break his way into the North London side's back - line and Vlad Chiriches and Younes Kaboul both linked with moves away from White Hart Lane this transfer window, boss Mauricio Pochettino has identified Wimmer, who has made more than 50 appearances for the Bundesliga outfit, as the man the fill the defensive void.

He was tidy with the ball and defensively sound for the most part, but neither defensive midfielder was a driving force that moved the ball into dangerous attacking positions, instead shuttling the ball from side to side with little effect.

I agree with you that they've showed some nerve, but it's pretty common for people to get defensive when hit with unexpected criticism (even if it's not the most mature response), and sometimes it takes awhile to move out of pissed - off mode into a more objective mindset.

Also, consider moving into a safer neighborhood in Salinas, taking public transportation to qualify for a low mileage discount, taking a defensive drivers course, installing security measures on your car and in your home, and purchasing auto and home insurance from the same company.

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.

Along with the offensive moves you also have to take into consideration your defensive moves, as you block both high and low, and try to sidestep your opponents attacks when possible.

Another had his team move into a contested area, then set up a defensive position with AT guns and machine gun pits, while they waited then received the counter attack.

Also, consider moving into a safer neighborhood in Salinas, taking public transportation to qualify for a low mileage discount, taking a defensive drivers course, installing security measures on your car and in your home, and purchasing auto and home insurance from the same company.

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.

In addition, you can take a defensive driving course to reduce points on your driving record to help move you into a safer risk bracket.

Defensive Driving Kentucky is broken up into easy - to - manage sections that will help you organize the information and move through it quickly and seamlessly.

Though you can not control your location, even if you have a few minor violations you can take a defensive driving course to move you into this preferred status.

So the next time you get into an argument where you are both feeling defensive or upset, try taking a step back and simply saying, «tell me more», then move through the four steps discussed above.