Sentences with phrase «get defensive at»

We are all wired to protect ourselves — so most of us get defensive at least sometimes.

Rather than get defensive at Diane's defeatism, we reformers should clarify the ends that education reform can achieve.

She may get defensive at first, but realization will dawn.

Not exact matches

At crossings she always entertains the possibility that a cab could be running the light; she is constantly aware that her high heels could get caught in a sidewalk grate; she carries her purse in a defensive mode, being quite aware of the possibility of finding herself jostled in a robbery attempt; etc., etc..

I find myself getting all defensive when local Christians question my commitment to my faith simply because I believe the earth is more than 6,000 years old or when they roll their eyes upon learning that women are allowed to teach at our church services.

Each person comes with his own defensive system which be uses at home and which he will employ in the conference as it gets underway.

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.

Also, because I can never get enough of this, here's a Baseball America article that reports on Arenado's defensive future, which wasn't very bright at the time:

And the fact that United have lost their defensive midfielder Daley Blind should mean that Alexis gets even more freedom to get at the United back line and that will hopefully spell goals.

We need at least five quality players a defender, goalkeeper, a defensive midfielder, a attacking midfielder and a striker Though winning the f.a cup did take a bit of pressure of him only time will tell There got to be a new structure at the club, and get rid of the also rans like Lucas Perez, Jenkinson, debuchy and sagono for starters

His defensive game has improved well, he's not getting caught out anymore when in his spot at the back 4 anymore as last year.

I'm getting annoyed that people fail to notice the positive he did recently (he started spending money, keep the team in tact, getting a new physio in, try to win game ugly when result is getting bad) while it is very fair points that he made very wrong judgement in not getting enough defensive cover, and his players are naive at time in term of tactics.

He didn't get back into defensive shape fast at all.

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.

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!!!!

A lot of Duck defensive backs got experience last year thanks to injuries, but Oregon still had to replace two of the nation's most active cornerbacks (Troy Hill and Ifo Ekpre - Olomu, who combined for five tackles for loss and 30 pass breakups last season) and a tremendous playmaker at free safety (Erick Dargan).

This is a vicious defensive front, good at both stuffing runs and getting to the passer.

Last year's midseason funk landed Stanford at 23rd in year - end S&P +, but if the defensive line holds up and the run game gets going, this is easily a top - 15 team.

If you want to get really into the weeds, here's nearly an hour of Saban talking defensive back play at a coaches clinic sometime around 20 years ago:

Van Gundy will turn McGrady into a post-up scorer who gets to the foul line, but the biggest transformation for him has to happen at the defensive end.

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!

He got to show off his defensive chops as well, gunning down a runner at third base after Jon Lester's off - target pickoff attempt allowed Zack Cozart to advance.

Burnley will do him a lot of good, wish we'll get a quality beastlike leader defender who'd shout at his players and take responsibility, how I miss keown.perfect Transfer will see debuchy, chambers and an aggressive defensive midfielder join auba and miki

Arsenal have had a longstanding problem without a strong intelligent defensive midfielder for many many years, but a few years ago Wenger got lucky when Francis Coquelin was recalled from a loan at Charlton and immediately became our beast in that position.

They are a sound defensive Team and as strategy at the plate shifts as the season goes on they are going to make it tough for opposing offenses to get going..

The new formation does suit Ramsay and Ozil, it gives them enough time to get back into their defensive shape, base on the increase numbers at the back.

Fabregas and Nasri were getting forward to support Van Persie, Arsenal need at least one of Diaby and Song to operate as a reliable defensive shield, but neither player possessed the positional discipline to provide such a service.

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

He's good defensively at defending the rim and getting defensive and offensive tip - ins.

From what I see arsenal is the same, the whole season playing away from home, first of all we hv no defensive system, arsenal are not comfortable at all defending, tactically the manager got so wrong most of the time, playing players put of position, mustafi, average this season, bellerin don't improve, xaka I still don't know what kind of player he is, elneny lack football brain, can't kick forward passes,.

They just got not make critical stops on the defensive end at the end of the game and as a result, fall to the bottom - half (2 - losses) of the bracket.

They've always been a tough Defensive Team that battles continuously, and in the past few weeks they've managed to get better looks at the bucket.

He initially lamented the Spurs» excellent offensive night as a product of the Lakers» defensive effort, saying, «Next game, we need to do a good job of not letting them get easy looks at the basket.»

The Texas A&M game was a great win and a great game and showed what this team had the potential to do this season, but aTm was overrated, did not have their best defensive player on the field at all in potential # 1 pick Myles Garret, and had to deal with the starting QB getting knocked out of the game.

There is a load of talent on the offensive line, at defensive end, and at safety, and running back Akrum Wadley might give them a skill star to lean on; the cupboard is not bare, and the Hawkeyes should be able to get back to a bowl.

I do think the team does a great job of finding under - recruited players in the area at high schools without much of a training program or weight room and know that they can get them on a solid diet and weight lifting regimen when on campus, but I believe the teaching of the craft of being a defensive lineman is and has been sorely lacking at MSU.

Defensive partners at the back for Arsenal for a number of years, it soon emerged that Kolo Toure and William Gallas did not get along at all, with Toure eventually feeling he had to leave the club for Manchester City to get away from the Frenchman, who was known for being a difficult personality.

Case Keenum is at his best when he is getting rid of the ball quickly, so Schwartz may want to consider his corners playing up a little more on the line and buying just a few more seconds for the defensive line to work its magic.

do nt be surprised if we see song back on a loan would be the easiest midfield option to get at short notice just to get him on loan for a season just to fill the gap i think wenger likes familiarity with some players knowing the arsenal way would be an ok squad filler in case we have injury pile up at Christmas or new year period as you would expect would be an upgrade on kim kalstrom i think anyways and being at barca cant have done his skill set any harm maybe he learn to more defensive responsibility

I've realised people are confusing fullback and wingback assuming them to almost be the same.A wingback can be viewed as a more defensive winger whiles a fullback is just a player put near the sides of the centre fullback.Their roles are clearly very different and well defined.That's why you'll consider Ox at RWB and not RB.We need to switch back to 4 -2-3-1 to get the best out of our players like Ozil, Ox, Kolasinac, Bellerin and Monreal.They'll suffer a lot under 3 -4-3.

Now, Kemp isn't the worst given how little time is left on his contract, but he's still owed over $ 50 million through 2019, the offense isn't returning to the levels that got him paid in the first place, the little defensive ability that used to be there is gone, and the only thing keeping him from having a deal as bad as Sandoval's is the fact that he could at least slot in as a DH somewhere and work out the remaining days of his contract.

For Spain I doubt he has similar defensive duties than at Arsenal so I wouldn't get too carried away.

With experience at both end and defensive tackle, Kelly's presence will allow Belichick to get creative with his defensive line.

And to think, after the Titans used an unbalanced line with the right tackle lined up on the left side, a defensive linemen at fullback and had their right guard pull to the left for a kick - out block to get Jalston Fowler into the end zone on a 1 - yard run, all they had to do was dial up a decent two - point play and they would've had a good chance to make all that come true.

So i think to mount a serious title challenge we need at least a Defensive midfield back of a good guilty and if we can get someone who is better than what we have got upfront!

Those are both good developments for Smith, who looks better with his hand in the dirt at defensive end trying to rush the passer anyway, and he should get a lot more playing time in that rotation.

He is a smaller guy, but he found a way to hold his own against the run at defensive tackle a few times that game, even if it wasn't always pretty, which gets a thumbs up from me.

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.

He got pressure on a bootleg at left defensive end.

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!