Sentences with phrase «inept when»

Likely, he was just totally inept when it came to technology because under his tenure Nokia annual revenues fell 40 %.

I also think that many self - publishing authors are inept when it comes to using social media.

The system has no time for people his age who are inept when it comes to modern technology — he holds a mouse up to a computer screen and writes his CV in longhand — and quickly brands Blake as a hopeless case.

(This is particularly inept when the leads are about to be attacked by vigilantes, then appear safe with no explanation whatsoever.)

A handful of studies over the last decade have queried the widespread notion that older people are inept when it comes to adapting to technology5.

The Dems proved they are inept when they had control for a couple of years.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

You are right of course, as stubborn a man as Wenger is he is incredibly inept when it comes to giving a «what for» to individuals that require it.

I think we are totally inept when it comes to analyzing and or forecasting trends in our sport.

Whether out of guilt or ignorance or simply because they do not want to hurt the feelings of blacks, whites are notoriously inept when it comes to talking with blacks about blacks.

Not exact matches

When accountants get a reputation for inept audits or less - than - pristine standards, state and federal tax authorities may focus their attention on all of the firm's clients.

But when someone decides to talk to me about it, or when I feel the time has come for me to open my mouth, I tell them that it isn't just because I am lazy or deficient or inept.

There are no Christ figures in his works (except perhaps George Caldwell in The Centaur) or other sacred symbols; and when the Christian church is portrayed, it usually comes off as an archaic, lifeless institution, run by inept, bungling, morally and spiritually bankrupt clergy.

I say it often, but when Alex and I got married, I was completely inept in the kitchen.

In France, tarts are not considered «special occasion» fare, and if you're invited to someone's house for a meal, even the most inept home cook will make a quiche or tarte salée, which will surprise you when they present a stunning tart à table, looking just about as good as anything whipped up from the local bakery.

4TH is NOT A TROPHY!!!!!! AND WHEN YOU ARE A CLUB THAT CHARGES THE PROCES WE DO THE CURRENT SITUATION IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!!! our manager is tactically inept and has no idea of who to buy whenever the price is too high (quibbling over half a million for a 17 year old polish kid, really???) iTS NOT GOOD ANOUGH, WE ARE THE MIGHTY ARSENAL AND THIS BEHAVIOUR IS BOTH EMBARRESSING AND BENIETH US.

On a side note, I couldn't help but think 2 predominant thoughts when watching the game against Bournemouth on the weekend: (1) Wenger is still willing to put his own personal agenda ahead of the team's best interests when it comes to team selection, which luckily for us didn't cost us the 3 points this time and (2) if Eddie Howe is earmarked to be the successor we are in deep trouble because he's simply a poor man's version of our present manager, as he's tactically inept and has an even worse road record.

When i see che keeper and others we play against coming out to simply catch the ball it makes me realise just how inept we are in this department.

Beat a top team and we are lucky, beat a lower team and we should be beating them anyway, lose when playing a too risky brand of football and we are inept, win a tight game playing ugly it is not acceptable nor the Arsenal way, win by 3 goals and it should have been 5, keep playing the same predictable way every game and we should vary it more, vary our pattern of play and we should go back to doing what we used to, win 2 - 0 and keep a clean sheet and we should have been more adventurous to improve goal difference, win 2 - 1 and concede in the last minute and we were naive not to shut up shop, win 12 out of the last 15 games and it should have been 15 wins......... blah, blah.

People keeps repeating that Arsene doesn't do tactics or is tactically inept, but than showhow when a player leaves us for another club they always underperform.

I agree, tactically Wenger is inept, only injuries make him change something, and ofcourse when Ramsey is not injured he is always in the team sheet no matter what position he plays

What where we doing with offensive midfielders when defensive midfielders should have been the order of the day to help our inept defence.

I never realised just how inept these powerful, successful men really are when dealing with scary Wenger!!

Let alone the shot at CL and am extended shot at the title, he keeps making same mistakes again and again, he keeps saying how we have learned from the Monaco debacle and yet commit same mistake again on Tuesday and the era between 1998 - 2005 just shows how poor Wenger is in Europe, when he had arguably the most potent team in Europe and yet he couldn't win the CL even once, especially the invincible season when we undoubtedly had the best team in Europe and yet were knocked out in quarters by Chelsea which again just goes to show how poor and inept the guy is in Europe

Hodgson: boring football, but to be fair when you watch US English play it is clear why we haven't won anything since 66 > very one dimensional, players are generally technically inept.

Even when we were regularly getting 4th place, it just meant an early CL exit in last 16 and more of the same inept playing, so achieved nothing and never can while Wenger remains.

The ironic thing is AV seemed completely inept at identifying the «right personnel» even when they were right there in front of his face.

We can all see how tactically inept he is, and at the smaller teams you really need excellent motivational skills (because the lesser teams will be losing most weeks), and you need to be spot on with tactics, because you won't have the WC players to bail you out when all goes wrong.

Yes, he is tactically «inapt» (or inept, you can say both and they are synonyms)... This a manager who has never adapted «our plays» or «tactics» (if any) to the opponents... This is why we basically CAN NOT cope with the best sides in the league (even getting trashed / battered by some)... I mean there is no pleasure watching your team being «destroyed» when we are «supposed» to be a «top club» or «challenger»!

So, good decisive reactions helped us to almost qualify for the CL, except for possibly one of the more inept performances seen in many a year, when we lost to a poor Crystal Palace team who every pundit expected us to put to the sword.

And bearing in mind our terrible injury record, often due to inept and / or biased refereeing, I wonder when was the last occasion Arsene selected a team from a fully fit squad.

Song for me was brilliant yesterday, when all around him were panicking and losing possession he stayed focused on his own game, at one stage making a great forward run and cleverly winning a corner off the defender, thats what we need, when the chips are down a guy who WANTS to make something happen and shows the drive and initiative to succeed because we were heading toward another inept performance at home when we needed to show up and win... Im really liking what Im seeing from him this season, hes a leader.....

Just when Arsenal were looking at their weakest in midfield and defence, Arsene Wenger decided to make yet another tactically inept substitution.

When a mother constantly lets her child get away with everything and doesn't correct bad behavior, the child could end up becoming socially inept.

The Tory Right believe that this is what they may see when looking back at the 2010s from the perspective of a Tory government in the 2020s: a failed Tory - led government, an inept Labour administration and then a resurgent radical Toryism that will rescue the nation from the quagmire of decline and depression.

Prior to Theresa May's anointment as Conservative leader — when the Tory party was undergoing its own post-referendum civil war and the inept, inexperienced, uber right - wing Andrea Leadsom was looking like a plausible contender — Labour was still polling seven points behind.

Funny, the opposite stereotype is used for the two main parties in the UK, the Conservatives (right of centre) are evil but competent, Labour (and Liberal Democrats when people remember them) are well meaning but inept.

When we say that this government is completely inept, some Nigerians did not know to which level, but now they do.

And when it comes to ethics oversight, it's pretty clear after five inept years that the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) is no better than its predecessors.

When will the inept, self - serving, political class wake up and smell the coffee?

It's not always delivered well — and it can hurt, especially when it comes from an inept boss who doesn't know how to manage people.

Gray vireo, an inept opportunist When overgrazing and wildfires in New Mexico destroyed native grasses, they opened up real estate that was quickly inhabited by juniper trees, the nesting grounds of gray vireos, Pierce said.

I started a «content, commerce, and community» Web site, assembled a board of advisors, and wrote a business plan — it was that strange, brief moment in business history when inept ventures like mine had a realistic chance of getting funded.

Kara has been inspiring me to try and take some time for myself and fit more yoga in, as well as tackle some new beauty products so I can teach my girly girl daughter about it when the time comes and not seem so inept.

Synopsis: When an inept group of criminals tries to get a stolen top - secret computer chip through airport security, it ends up in a toy car in the luggage of the elderly Mrs. Hess (Marian Seldes).

When the group leader find that the inept terrorist had mistaken their prisoner for the American crew - member he decide to keep him hostage until they locate their original target.

Baby Boomers can never hear that phrase, used by the inept agent when caught in a ridiculous situation, without recalling this series (co-created by Mel Brooks), which is filled with James Bond - style capers featuring Smart; his sexy partner, Agent 99, at the C.O.N.T.R.O.L. agency; and K.A.O.S., the sinister organization they battled, invariably with chaotic results.

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When alien zombies land on Earth, the future of the human race rests on the uneasy shoulders of Major Bendover and his hilariously inept posse.

In fact, when the final fight kicks in, Adrienne King keeps escaping so easily that we are surprised everyone else succumbed to such an inept murderer.