Sentences with phrase «made captain»

He made captain, leading the city's SWAT team, before becoming police chief of North Bay Village, a small Miami suburb, in 2004.

The intrepid officially - licensed hunter who bagged a Gold Trophy Game would be rewarded by being made captain of a motor torpedo boat whose mission would be to sink a Japanese whaling vessel.

For that matter, they made Captain Falcon work, and he was previously simply a character who existent in instructions manuals and, in - game-wise, was unseen behind a wheel.

That was about 30 - 60 days before I became CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, so I used to say it was like being made the captain of the Titanic before it hit the iceberg, it was not the ideal time to take over.

A freak maritime accident has made her the captain of the salvage boat Gale Force, but it's also made her cautious, sticking closer to the Alaska coastline.

It's a reliable template, handled with visual flair by able director Michael Curtiz (who previously made Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and several other flying Flynn spectacles).

Editor H. Nelson Tracy (who also made the Captain Fantastic book video) has put together a new video essay examining how these two films are very similar, essentially companion pieces, looking at aspects including structure, style and story.

Much of what made Captain America: The First Avenger work was the way it fully embraced the bygone era and dogged earnestness of Captain Steve Rogers.

While Depp has made Captain Jack his signature role, the novelty has worn off with each passing installment.

I don't think he should have been made captain though — contentious maybe, but I just feel he doesn't have the universal respect of the team that a captain should have.

He was made captain in 2008, and despite a season marred with injuries he managed 16 assists.

The news that Thomas Vermaelen has been made captain of the club — a position he appeared destined for after a rip - roaring first season with Arsenal — means he will be the first name on the team sheet, with Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker (not to forget Johan Djourou) competing for the second slot.

'' It will be hard for Moses to be made captain at least for now.

He has been made captain and he had helped steer the team up the table in La Liga making the famous number nine shirt his own.

Robin has proved that he is a ready - made captain in waiting.

• After rejecting Arsenal's offer of a new contract, he crossed the north London divide to play for Tottenham, becoming the first player to appear for Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham; was made captain for the league trip to Arsenal on 20 November 2010 (3 - 2).

Ashley Young was made captain yesterday during Aston Villa's convincing 4 - 1 victory over Blackburn Rovers and it is thought to be a move by boss Gerard Houllier to help convince the star to stay at the club come the end of the season.

We know he finished the season in really good form for us - I made him the captain - so I rate him really highly.

Rasp: Walcott should never have been made captain in the first place, but what does that say about Wenger?

Being made a captain tends to go into players heads (gallas, TH14) and when it does it affects performances.

He was the first first - year scholar since Gary Neville to be made captain of the youth team and, like Fosu - Mensah and Williams, made the early transition to the Under 21 team with ease and looked more than ready for a crack at the senior team when injury sadly held him back.

Fletcher was made captain of his country back in 2009 but gave up the armband in 2013 when he underwent surgery for ulcerative colitis and took a year off football.

The midweek round of fixtures worked out well for Arsenal with City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Everton all dropping points, but Walcott, who was made captain in the absence of Laurent Koscielny, claimed they are not looking at the table despite having just nine games to play.

I agree — Wengers own mutterings re Chambers able to play CDM, Arteta made captain and the reiteration about JW's long term position being a deep - lying MF seems to be fairly unequivocal evidence to me at least that no «beast» (as people like to say on here) is turning up this season.

I think he was made captain of Arsenal not necessarily because of his leadership qualities, (he never seemed vocal enough on the pitch to be captain for me) but rather because he is very smart and reads the game very well.

Soo close yet so far yet again arteta being made captain confirms that.

«I think maybe we added a burden to Ryan when we made him captain that affected him on and off the ice and kind of changed his own perception of himself.

The Dutch - born midfielder has grown in Turkey and was made the captain of Besiktas and has led them to two consecutive Super Lig titles and is aiming for the hat - trick this season, but it would appear that he has decided that it is now time to move on gain after five years in Istanbul.

Fabregas and van Persie forced their way out of the club after being made captain and are now universally unpopular with the fans.

The only question marks about Arteta being made captain are that he's getting older and the demands of the game see him lose out sometimes.

Holding midfielder please although since Arteta made captain I know we are not going to get our wish!

You say that but Wenger did pay 16m for an unproven 19 year old defender, there is a chance Wenger could go in for him but whether Hummels will leave is the question — he's only just been made captain of their team.

Now Arteta has been made Captain?

The article is a little late to the show I and many others predicted the end - of - season Arteta departure the second Wenger made him captain.

For this reason I suggest Wilshere should be made captain, he is Arsenal through and through.

i totally agree, the fact that Wenger made him captain is enough on its own for me to want Wenger out, let alone all the other poor decisions hes made over the past few years

I suppose it was a big enough clue when Arteta was made captain.

well that's one opinion... due to the fact that our manager just recently made him captain it probably suggests he disagrees with you.

He is a keep and should be made captain.

He signed a new five - year contract upon the arrival of Pochettino, who has since made him captain, and Lloris's faith has been rewarded with Spurs flying high in the Premier League this season.

The enigma which the D.M position that we have needed for the past 5,6 years covering goes by again but are we surprised the day «Pantenepro v model» Arteta was made captain wenger stuck 2 fingers up.at the fans and said «No its my way remember» and we were never gna get a d.m.

Then we have his leadership, aged just 18, Ruben Neves was made captain at Porto, the youngest in their history.

Hummels at least not, he was just made the captain — no way he leave the sinking ship in January.

«Instead, Wayne Rooney was made captain and Van Persie has disappeared into the shadows.

Xhaka was our shiny new toy and every one wanted to play with him and relegate Coquelin... now its obvious why Wenger was easing him into the team... at Mochengladbach, he was quite poor on arrival, but stepped up so much so that he was made captain eventually leading them to a third place finish

What I fail to understand is why Wenger made him captain when his contract was due to run out and knowing he would miss around half of the season.

Draxler, who has 40 appearances for his country, is prone to injury at times, but was made captain of the young German side that won the Confederations Cup and was even given the Golden Ball for the Best Player of the Tournament as well.

There were reports this offseason that a players - only meeting was conducted to discuss the team's captaincy vote, as it was alleged Schiano rigged the player voting to ensure Freeman was not made a captain in 2013.

Wenger stood by him through out his injuries and rubbish performances and even made him captain and the mercenary checks out at the first opportunity for more money.

The 27 - year - old had been made captain by the Arsenal manager at the start of the season, but failed to show the leadership and form that had made him the main candidate for the armband in the first place.