Sentences with phrase «get all defensive about»

During a highly unusual earnings call, Elon Musk cut off analysts and got defensive about probing questions pertaining to Tesla's finances.

On the other end, when we are amonished, we shouldn't get defensive about it, but recognize that we ourselves might be wrong about our own behavior; we might be doing something that is causing harm without realizing it.

Vander Ark, the Gates, and other foundation leaders don't expect to get everything right, but they don't expect to go away, and they say they won't get defensive about the problems of their past initiatives.

The minute someone gets defensive about any of this, doesn't think there's always more to learn about writing or publishing, is content with the mediocrity of a couple hundred sales of their work on Amazon, or thinks they can beat the tried - and - true system of years of hard work and dedication it takes to be a respected author, I know I'm talking to a hobbyist.

Don't be the guy who gets all defensive about it.

No one has tried releasing truly mature AAA games on the Switch yet, but don't get all defensive about it's power because obviously it isn't as strong as Xbox and PS4, it's barely stronger than the Wii U, this isn't a secret, so stop getting your panties ruffled up and going full defense mode.

Please, don't get all defensive about this.

(I've done that too — gotten defensive about my pricing — and oh, the pain!

ExxonMobil is getting defensive about its response plans for the tar sands pipeline spill in Arkansas.

Not whether MM were right or wrong (though it's patent they were more wrong in more ways than Mann was, although Mann admitted his work was flawed before ever hearing of McIntyre & McKitrick, which for a guy with as much of a kneejerk tendency to get defensive about his work is worthy of remark).

Listen to feedback — We are all human and we all get defensive about things we care about.

No one likes to be accused, and your partner will probably get defensive about it.

If a couple is in gridlock, essentially the problem comes up often and they each get defensive about it.

There is nothing to get defensive about when your spouse is merely telling you something about herself.

Not exact matches

Based on reports during this year's Super Bowl week, players considered likely to retire include Falcons defensive end Dwight Freeney, who's about to turn 37, and famed quarterbacks Drew Brees and Tony Romo, whose teams didn't get as far as the Super Bowl this year.

Then, W247 gets defensive and asks where in the bible it says this, though the author said nothing about any bible.

I think people get way too defensive when you challenge their beliefs and too serious about religion.

You got immediately defensive when the subject of someone knowing your life, but have no problem claiming they are wrong which requires you knowing more about their lives than them.

Yet, when we are confronted about Joshua and similar other characters, we get all huffy and defensive of «The Bible».

Following my own path (and not going through the motions) was a hard decision but your writings and art sure help I don't think any from my previous church are interesed in my independent journey... and if I happen upon any of the members they are usually quite defensive about the church so I agree your advice is good to not get into confrontation / discussions.

Ok now I know most atheists are live and let live and couldn't care less about what other people believe, but whenever you get defensive and wonder why «theists» often call atheism just as much a religion as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, etc look at things like this.

Tigers righthander Justin Verlander has quietly been about as effective (2.74 ERA) as he was when he won this award a season ago, despite getting less defensive and offensive support.

Yes he could be alot better at finishing, but let's see, maybe we got a new sturridge... What I am mad on Wenger about is not so much the lack of a proven striker to our ranks... No it's that we haven't bought a central defender to cover, but most important, we haven't bought a defensive midfielder, that we need so much!!? Wenger makes the same mistakes over and over, everybody else can see it, just not him... hmm: / but still lets respect him as a man and judge when we are atleast half way into the season... COYG!!!!

I will suggest replacing him with Chambers till we get a specialist Defensive Midfielder (Isn't it THE SAME POSITION that Arsenal fans have been talking about for a decade?)

After his fourth offside penalty in an hour, defensive end Hurvin McCormack hears this from Palmer at about 93 decibels: «Get me another defensive end!

I reckon he'll forget about the defensive frailties and try to replace Cazorlas panache, or maybe he'll get a taller B2B.

Defensive tackle Joshua Frazier: «I don't really care about what they got going on.

I was talking about if we got a Top defensive midfielder then bench Eleny.

Let's face it the full back position is one that rarely grabs the headlines and never gets the plaudits it deserves but when you think about it the wide defensive position can be key both to the success of the back line as well as the potency of the club's attacking play.

I don't know enough about him to attest to his work rate, his defensive willingness to not get outdone.

When people are worried about losing something, they get defensive and start to put even more value into that something.

When you hear Jerry speculate about the number of QB's and RB's being taken before 19, and how that could cause some defensive players to drop, I believe trading up for one of those players that get pushed down some is more likely than trading back.

he was supposed to be a defensive beast and all he seems to care about is getting his numbers on offense.

Not many rate your comments Charlie on Coqhelin Just wait till after Stoke game may not get man of match but what he dose is as good as any other mid fielder, talking about defensive not Fabergas play making which is another level but Fabergas could not do what Coqhelin does CB

It wasn't pretty and it took damn near a 60 - yard field goal to pull it off, but when you get a defensive tackle coming home with three sacks in a game just about anything is possible.

Being tough is part of the job description for a defensive lineman, and I don't think it gets talked about nearly enough when we evaluate prospects.

We could not get the second though and our fluency was not quite there and the Toffees drew level at the worst possible time on the stroke of halftime with Baines finding Coleman unmarked in the box, just about the only defensive mistake of the half.

Really worried about our defensive cover even if we get a cb we still look weak Espec if kos is ruled out for a while mert is not match fit and chambers will need a rest at some stage please don't mention miquel this guy is nowhere near good enough and while Hayden looks promising he is not ready for 1st team football yet!

Not only did they carry on their defensive solidity from last season, keeping a clean sheet against the Hammers, they answered the doubts about the other side of their game by netting four times, with summer signing Romelu Lukaku getting a brace on his EPL debut as a United player.

Well, I'll take it that this summer was all about strengthening our defensive area (the irony of that), if we manage to get Mustafi.

There has been much said about Arsenal's new defensive partnership between Mustafi and Koscielny, and the defensive depth that we have to cover them if (god forbid) one of them gets injured or banned, but what about our amazing new strike partnership of Walcott and Alexis in the attack.

Every time I hear someone talk shit about Arsenal I get defensive and go all out to defend them, but yet we give them all the ammunition in the world to justify their statements.

Our main problem has been defending as a team and not necessarily the players defending, so even if we do get the DM and CB needed, we still need someone on the pitch to organise the players, now this is where i agree with Jamie Carragher about comments he made about Mert, he does not lead the young arsenal charges or commands his team to get in a defensive shape when they do not have the ball, he does not provide a back up for his young players who are under pressure or provide guidance on how to deal with the issues in the match.

and all I care about is my darling club getting back on track and start winning beautifully.the new arsenal «backroom engine» is thrilling me and I just need them to get ozil and wilshere to sign and in the summer get one more winger preferably draxler or moura, and a proper defensive midfielder plus one more quality centre back.

So perhaps, just perhaps, we should get behind Wenger a little more, pray that we get defensive talents in January, overcome some injuries and be positive about our future.

So if he can get through Euro 2016 with Belgium and prove his fitness while showing some of the old form, how about Arsenal bringing him back to boost our defensive options?

Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

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'm sure Donald is excited to play next to Suh, but I have to believe there is grumbling in his camp about being paid a fraction of what some of his defensive teammates are getting.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane