Sentences with phrase «down played it at the time»

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At the same time, everybody plays a position on the team and one weak link can bring it down.»

Much work needs to be done in clarifying the relationship between creativity on the one hand and inheritance from the immediate past on the other — I have begun this clarification in section I of Chapter 2 of my A Whiteheadian Aesthetic.9 It has been a characteristic of the Hartshornian group to play down the notion of creativity at the same time that they augment the importance of God — God has encroached on the role Whitehead assigned to creativity.

That, however, was at a time when, as Marc Connelly said in his play Green Pastures, «everything nailed down is comin» loose.»

I, on the other hand, always felt guilty that I did not spend enough time getting to know our neighbors, taking baked - goods over to friends, or playing with children down at the park the way my wife did.

I may not know who is playing, or who will entertain at the half - time show, but there is no way that chili - soaked beer bread could ever be a let - down.

We should be in for the likes of Griezmann AND every other world class player that fits our method of playing, Ive said it time and time again our squad is only half world class the rest are mediocre at best (yes I know Ill get thumbed down ect by all the AKB's on site) but the results over the last ten years are proof alone that we are NOT good enough to compete with the other Elite teams.

Now all the talk is about which team will triumph this time Mourinho has had another swipe at Wenger and the other rival managers by claiming that playing down talk of the title is really just down to being scared to admit their ambition, The Mirror reports, with the suggestion being that everyone is worried that United will be too strong.

One good pass does not make up for two goals, giving the ball away in dangerous positions at least 7 times, leaving our right back hopelessly exposed after a year not playing and slowing down our attacks by ALWAYS taking his first touch away from goal

On the bright side tomorrow i visit the coliseum for the first time in eight years for a game!!!! I am pretty excited, it definately beats seeing them play at Angels Stadium or their occasional trip down to Petco Park.

They played a few long balls at times and it was difficult to get he ball down and get our pressing on but they did really well and probably a draw was a fair result.

Send McMahon down to AAA to get some at bats and playing time since Black seems to have no intention of playing him.

His ability to run the offense, hit open threes and play lock down defense seems to be at an all - time high, or equivalent to what he did in the Finals three years ago.

I'll go a step further if Van Djik hasn't signed for Liverpool I would try to make a move and here is why: 1) Prem experience 2) Southampton plays a similar style of football than Arsenal 3) He can play in both a 3 and 4 man defense with his ability on the ball 4) Mustafi has been up and down and I don't know which one we're getting ahead of next season and will it be for 38 weeks 5) Mertesacker will go into a non playing role 6) Chambers has played well at Boro but well enough to play a big role into this team... not really and could be used in any deal for Van Djik 7) Koscielny is our best defenders but is dealing with a chronic injury not only that he hasn't made the best decisions at times Everything mentioned above will free wages but also increase Wenger money to spend!

This match tomorrow, I worry with Gabriel playing, his positioning at times can let us down.

Reports indicate he turned down similar money from Denver for a chance at more playing time in Philly.

Atleast all our players would have had to know every other players style on the pitch of play not in the training ground, i used to say akb but honestly wenger is not acting like the acronym, something has to happen the man has got to wake up or step down, but im scared of change cos it is like a gamble, a new coach with a new philosophy and style, it might take time to adapt and that time would be enough for other teams to step up thus demoralsing the club, both fans and board, wouldn't like us to do a porchettino, look at Liverpool, if its gona be a new coach its got ta be one of em arsenal ol boys, who knows what it is like to be called a gooner, that's just my thought on this matter,

Time of Death: The Jets had a first down at the 50 early in the third quarter when Matt Simms and Bilal Powell bungled a handoff, and the Dolphins scored two plays later to take a 13 - 0 lead.

It will certainly be seen as the right move for the player himself, as having already struggled for playing time last year, the arrivals of Marko Grujic and Georginio Wijnaldum at Liverpool this summer would have made it even more difficult for him to hold down a spot in the starting line - up.

The one thing he's good at is hold up play, which slows down our attack and gives time for opponents to recover defensively.

The Texans were only down 11 and Keenum hadn't played so bad that any kind of change was needed at the time.

The Colts are the last unbeaten team, and unless they stumble two or three times down the stretch against a relatively easy schedule, they could end up playing all their postseason games indoors: AFC divisional and championship games at home, and Super Bowl XL at Ford Field in Detroit.

Instead, he keeps playing them, which has had a very negative affect on the results, whilst at the same time, allowing players contracts to run down, so we can not even get much for them when finally do decide to get rid.

The closest thing to an electrifying play from Cooper in those five games was the go route he caught against Auburn with 3:30 left in the third quarter and Alabama down 36 - 27 at the time.

I would hope that in the event that we got Cech (I don't believe we will), his experience and the pressure he has played under would give him the confidence to not be affected by whatever has affected our other keepers at times down the years.

Until we find the complete midfielder like matic who can initiate attacks and defend at the same time, or a quicker ball playing cb instead of per, we need two midfielders shielding the back four which gives our fb's more freedom to operate further down the pitch

I was relieved we were not playing man city we would have been hammered been at least 4 down at half time!

OT minutes are exhausting, being high stress and coming at a time when the body expects an adrenal «let down» to begin repairs from the previous 60 minutes of play.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

Truth is many Arsenal fans are living in denial, that's why you get so many thumbs down for telling it as it is.Apart from the 2 goals we scored, yesterday's performance was poor considering that we were playing a hull B team at home.We kept them in the game for long periods of time instead of being incisive and finishing them off early when we had the chances.

It did not go down very well with a lot of Arsenal fans when Arsene Wenger seemed to put up no fight to keep our captain at the time Thomas Vermaelen from making the transfer to Spain to play for La Liga giants Barcelona in a deal that was worth around # 15 million.

with Alford and Pompey activated and sent to Buffalo there's a glut of outfielders at the top levels, if they were to send Teoscar down it'll be interesting to see how the playing time gets divvied up.

The chances are pretty strong that Arsenal will have to play at least one of the games coming up without our manager being on the bench, because not only was the Frenchman sent away from the touchline for his vehement and vocal complaints after Burnley were awarded a stoppage time penalty, but video evidence seems to show him arguing and maybe even pushing the fourth official Andrew Taylor as he was urging Wenger further down the tunnel.

Further, it's unclear at this stage as to whether Benteke would be interested in a move to West Brom, as although they'll want to build on their 14th - place finish last season and he will be given significant playing time, it would be a step down in terms of ambition in the short - term.

The Arsenal played well we had over 70 % position of the ball with something like 27 attacks were 8 were on target burnly had a game plan and that game plan was about hurting our players ankles and they got away scot free with it yet xaka gets red?????? Yes they were diddling about when that happened but compare it to the challenge on ozil and he was on goal yes koscienly came back from an offside position but the high boot on the head was dangerous I thought Arsenal played well and controlled the game well even when we were put under pressure in our own half when you look at the penalty awarded to them you will see a dive as coquelin barely touched him how many time did they push kosscielny of the ball???? hope he is ok as he was looking like he had a thigh problem I like the back four of todays as Gabriel did ok specially when we went down to ten men >> > I salute our Arsenal for wining the game on the 97 minit with only 10 men on the field What an iced cold penalty scored by Alexis

For one thing we should have learned a valuable lesson from last season's champions Leicester City as they constantly played down their title hopes and took one game at a time.

Arteta wasn't lazy, he just wasn't quick enough to get to lose balls or to close down people quick enough, the opposition had too much time in the middle and that allowed them to swap sides of play at any time they wanted!

As long as we have the ball and playing our way then I don't get so scared and this is largly down to how we press, our CB can be quite high up at times and getting a yellow outside the box isn't as bad.

I played against David Beckham enough times at Man United and you couldn't believe how hard he worked up and down the right wing — it was scary.

We took it to chelsea at there house and did not back down from there physical play f*cking watch the game next time god dammmit

Flamini is an absolute mercenary who was happy to sit on milan's bench for an extra 5 grand a week instead of play regularly for us having nailed down his place first time he was at the club...

The Portuguese centre - back played under the Chilean during their time together at the Bernabeu, and City have so far seen a bid of # 17million turned down for his services.

I think Chamberlain will look to stay beyond the summer, but a vital part of his decision could be down to whether he's going to see his playing time increase at Arsenal and what the club's ambition is.

Arsenal found it extremely tough at times and Lens worked well to both create chances as well as break down Arsenal's style of play down.

When you play against the champions and are down to 10 men for such a long time... we are only three points off the lead and have Leicester and Southampton at home coming up.

The averages will come down a little bit, but the fact that it's possible with his fused back and at his age, playing for the second time in as many weeks, is remarkable.

«At half - time it was down to us to calm down and focus on the game we wanted to play.

With his side 3 - 1 down at the time of coming on, coupled with his lack of match fitness having not yet played this summer, little would have been expected of Morata other than just to gain some sharpness ahead of the new campaign.

Well, ASU did snap the ball 105 times and had first - down success: 18 of 52 first - down plays went for at least 10 yards.

A DM will not make a difference as long as we play the way we play, Sanchez still has that Barcelona «press as a pack mentality», the way he was pressing and kept asking his team mates to join him in hunting for that ball was amazing, but non of our players had the same attitude, I don't know why but our play changed since 2010, we don't dominate games any more, we look so slow to close down, it always feels like we are just waiting for the opposition to misplace the ball and then we he ago, it is so easy to play against as their is no intensity and the other team has all the time to run at us and play defense splitting passes..

Critics should not just come for the sake of it, am one of gooners who has felt its time Wenger packed his memory off the emirates as a Manager some five years ago, but of recent we have seen some tremendous improvements from tactical point of view of the game to player management, in fact I swallowed my words when I saw Moyes leap flogging the biggest team in EPL and yet many Arsenal wanted him at Emirates to replace the Prof.. We can not down play the improvements of most of teams in the EPL ladder, Southampton, West Ham, Swansea, Liverpool, Spurs for the past two years.