Sentences with phrase «especially at defence»

The roster that Therrien worked with (especially at defence) was much better than what Julien is currently working with.

Not exact matches

«We look to apply benefits across our programs - missile defence, satellites, planetary probes, especially as we create more and more common products,» said Brian Kaplun, additive manufacturing manager at Lockheed Martin Space.

Defence; Knowing Arsenal we shall not buy any defenders especially with Calum Chambers coming back from loan and we play 3 at the back as well.

Do not forget that Arsenal have been awesome at times and will be again, so if we can keep in touch and suffer no disasters while struggling, it bodes well and we have not lost a game since the opening day when our side and especially the defence was wracked with injury problems.

Despite adding strength to the defence, Wenger felt it was necessary to add another defender to the ranks at Arsenal, especially after injures to centre backs Gabriel and Per Mertesacker.

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

All three signings would make perfect sense for Liverpool though in truth, with central defence, especially at left - back and midfield all needing reinforcements if the Reds are going to compete on various fronts as of next season.

Our defence isn't as good as Chelsea's, but it's still very good if you look at goals conceded, especially considering Coquelin and Kosc weren't there for a lot of the season.

Last season it was our solid defence that was keeping the Gunners going, while we struggled for goals at the other end, especially after losing Podolski, Walcott and Ramsey to injury problems.

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

I have been looking at the French champions as we prepare for this match and they have quite a few problems of their own, especially in defence where both of the left backs are out of action, as is the right back Serge Aurier formerly linked with Arsenal.

The manager has already spoken a few times this season about the nedd to strengthen the Arsenal squad, especially in the area of defence, so there is no way that the Frenchman will get away without signing at least one centre back next month.

Arsenal will have to be happy with the 0 - 0 draw especially considering how frustrated the hosts will be at not having managed to turn their dominance into a win, but most importantly our defence has finally stepped up and put in a solid performance, and at an important time also.

With Arsenal having to cope with the usual injury crisis, especially in defence, Arsene Wenger had to go with the relatively untried young Spaniard Hector Bellerin at right back and the left back Nacho Monreal in an unfamiliar central role.

Looking at the options available to Arsene Wenger right now in the Arsenal squad, you could say that we have a decent amount of cover all through the defence, especially after our World Cup winner Per Mertesacker rolled back the years and made a lot of doubters eat their words with his almost perfect FA cup final performance.

You have point there, as he always seems to be helping out in defence, especially at set pieces and he is pretty good at that.

Barce are strong as you would expect, especially up front but they have lost Pique to suspension and if we can get at their defence and perhaps grab an early goal, you never know...

So we will need to be tight in defence for the initial onslaught I think both ManC and especially BvB will throw at us.

He's lighting off of the first few steps, especially with the ball at his feet, and his most impressive feature — the grace and ease with which he changes direction — makes for some fantastically dazzling dribbles through the heart of an opposition defence.

There's no bigger test of their defence right now than a game against Chelsea, who are scoring goals for fun, especially at the Bridge.

«We're at a good level, but we can still play better, especially in defence where we allowed the Spanish too much room.»

A player with the versatility of Bensebaini could be the ideal signing for a number of teams, especially if you need someone to help shore up your defence at the start of next year.

I have no doubt that Luis Suarez will weave his way in and out of an unconvincing Arsenal defence, one which doesn't fill any pundit with confidence but has nevertheless kept an impressive amount of clean sheets at home this season (12/16), while Andy Carroll will be a constant threat from the air, especially from set - plays, which was incidentally where he scored the winner for Newcastle on his last visit to the Emirates.

That run will have lifted the spirits of the players and the points accumulated during the unbeaten streak has helped their cause immensely, but Hull were ripped to pieces at the weekend and, despite Blackburn not boasting the sort of talent Martin O'Neill had at his disposal with Villa last Saturday, that pasting has to cast a few doubts into not only the managers mind but also the players, especially those who were playing in defence that day.

This will be a tough game, especially as Everton are good at getting players between the lines of defence and midfield.

As you can clearly see, all where to NIL and that's interesting because Bolton hadn't previously managed a» to NIL» victory before Owen Coyle took charge, so clearly Coyle has had a big impact at the club already, especially with their defence.

The general defensive qualities of this formation though are a downside, especially if a non-specialist CDM is deployed at the base of the diamond, the defence can often be left exposed — as seen in 2013/14 — but on the other hand the players that were in the defence in 2013/14 (Johnson, Skrtel, Agger / Toure and Cissokho) were not great players, nor did they play particularly well during the season, and perhaps Klopp and his team will introduce specific defensive training to bolster the strength of the defence.

Instead, however, the defence aided by England international Matthew Upson has been outstanding of late, especially so at Upton Park.

The Tangerines have spirit and tenacity in abundance, while they can't be knocked for their enthusiasm, but, however, what the boast in zeal and zest they lack in quality, especially at the back, and I fear for their defence on Sunday, Matt Gilks in particular, who was sensational in keeping a clean sheet at Newcastle last weekend but will need to be exceptional if he's to keep the in form trio of Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda at bay.

MI5 agent Cathy Massiter later claimed, in 1985 in The Observer, that from 1981 onwards and especially from 1983 she had been asked to pass on to DS19 (the propaganda unit at the Ministry of Defence) information obtained by wiretaps and by an MI5 mole in CID.

My Chairmanship of the Defence Select Committee, an especially rewarding role, comes to an end at the end of this Parliament.

In a related development, the Acting Sierra Leone High Commissioner to Nigeria, Major General Alfred Claude Nelson - Williams (rtd) paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Defence Staff where he lauded the Nigerian Armed Forces for their resilience and indomitable courage at defending the Nation, especially in bringing peace and security to not only Nigeria but to the West African Sub-region.

Especially as the competition between national schools of abstract painting escalated, breaking out in arguments and even punches in the case of Kline and the French painter Jean Fautrier, it would follow that the internal competition within these national schools also intensified.27 This was certainly true on the French side at the Venice Biennale: in a very unusual move, two artists — Fautrier and Hans Hartung — were awarded Grand Prizes in painting, whereas normally only one was given, because the jury could not decide between the two contenders.28 Within the context of the politics internal to the movement of abstract expressionism, Meryon could thus be seen as a reassertion of Kline's original, breakthrough style as his own and thus a defence of his personal artistic identity, after Kline himself had turned to colour, around 1955, and left it up for grabs.

R.E.M. and B.M. (also Griecken, [2009] O.J. No. 5037 at 24 — 25) cite Bell, [1997] N.W.T.J. No. 18 (CA) at para 28:... Where, as here, expert evidence is offered by the defence, in its efforts to make full answer and defence, a trial court should not impose, as noted in Mohan, too strict a standard for the necessity of such evidence, especially where as here the witness recognized the need to avoid crossing into the jury's domain.

In his charge to the jury the trial judge told the jury to look especially carefully at the evidence of the defence witnesses, the appellant and the complainant because they were persons of unsavoury character.

At some point, «every company, especially those with cross-border operations, is going to have to conduct an internal investigation,» says Kristine Robidoux, a partner in the Calgary office of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and a member of its white - collar defence and investigations group.

Prominently, the Israeli Ministry of Defence's rehabilitation division provides veterans with disabilities with a wide array of benefits and services aimed at restoring their physical and psychosocial functioning, especially in the workplace.