Sentences with phrase «n't take this pitch»

The guy can't take a pitch without flailing or doing something weird.

It's a separate problem, one that rests with AW, that our players don't take the pitch with a dominating and winning attitude (a la fergie's teams).

Concentration is what has enabled me to change my mind at the last instant and not take a pitch I thought was going to be a ball but to swing at it instead when I realized it was going to be a strike.

The Sunderland match from earlier in the season is mostly remembered by the Leeds faithful as the match that Chris Wood traveled with the team, but did not take the pitch as the deal that took him to Burnley had all but been agreed between the two clubs.

Even if the reporter doesn't take this pitch, you build credibility by showing you understand the reporter's needs.

Not exact matches

In The Circle, Eggers doesn't so much take his best swing at technology as ignore its pitches entirely and chase after it with his bat.

If you aren't the owner or haven't been tasked by management to come up with some new marketing solutions, now's the time to take all you've learned, compile it into a robust pitch and get the buy - in you need.

It took a move to India to find out that Hungama was trying to pitch his company's technology to high - end smartphone users, who plainly didn't have as much need for it.

«Millennials are not going to take kindly to the «Just one Starbucks a day can make a difference» pitch.»

Do you think your employer will take your pitch, suggestion, or proposal into consideration when your emails are full of unjustifiable mistakes like not knowing the difference between there and their?

Putting together a well thought - out pitch takes time, which is something that startups don't have enough of.

Be aware, however, that millennials are not going to take kindly to the «Just one Starbucks a day can make a difference» pitch.

Most people are very busy and didn't take the time to listen to my pitch.

In any case, it's generally a good investment of the modest amount of time it takes to pay attention and be polite unless the people pitching haven't done their homework, don't appreciate or want to hear about the magnitude or difficulty of what they're setting out to do, or just aren't really prepared to effectively present and defend their ideas.

Many careerists don't ask to pitch their idea, for a raise or promotion, a bigger sales deal, or to take on more responsibility.

«Sons of working moms see everybody in the household pitching in — they don't see mom taking care of everything,» McGinn says.

I'm not talking about the pitch you give potential money people — I mean your internal plan for taking your dreams all the way to the finish line.

When we were pitching in Silicon Valley, we definitely felt objectified and not taken as seriously as we should have been.

To become an expert at something they say it takes 10,000 hours of practice, so don't worry if you bomb your first pitch.

While there are rumors that this is not an official policy of Google anymore, as a manager, encouraging employees to take some time to work on an innovative new project they've pitched can bring you great products and loyalty from motivated employees.

«Don't try to take too many people with you when you make your pitch.

You are correct that I, ``... don't have to swing at every pitch,» but I have found that remaining consistent with my buys (making at least one buy every month) helps take some of the guesswork out of trying to time the market and find the best possible time to invest.

I don't see book sales really taking off unless I start pitching the book hard on TV or radio or speaking at conferences or writing a lot of guest posts about the subject.

Not only must you give a prospect a reason to listen to your pitch, you must give them a reason to take the action of setting a meeting with you.

If you're serious about taking on investment, you should be strategic about who you pursue and how you can benefit from working together, not just pitch to any and every investor you come across.

Third, a sales pitch under these conditions is more likely than not to make the experience for the «buyer» rather negative, and any person with common sense will tell you that a negative experience takes multiple positive experiences just to make up for the one negative.

Murray, who is one of the owners of the team, attended the final game at Midway Stadium, not only assisting at turnstiles and talking with fans, but also throwing out the first pitch and taking plenty of selfies with his new friends.

«When he had brought about the purgation of sins, he took his seat at the right hand of Majesty on high, raised as far above the angels, as the title he has inherited is superior to theirs... and he has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens, a ministrant in the real sanctuary, the tent pitched by the Lord and not by man.»

«My advice, as I said earlier, is: First, that their synagogues be burned down, and that all who are able toss sulphur and pitch; it would be good if someone could also throw in some hellfire... Second, that all their books — their prayer books, their Talmudic writings, also the entire Bible — be taken from them, not leaving them one leaf, and that these be preserved for those who may be converted... Third, that they be forbidden on pain of death to praise God, to give thanks, to pray, and to teach publicly among us and in our country... Fourth, that they be forbidden to utter the name of God within our hearing.

The pitch to join al Qaeda did not start with an invitation to put on a suicide vest but, like other religious splinter groups and cults, took advantage of disenfranchisement and poverty.

As Society points out, the sacastic mocking was meant to micmic the «sales pitch» not to take a political stance himself.

half a man - any man who takes a wife and does not serve as the financial and spiritual head of his home but believes the relationship is 50/50 and she should make half the money and do half of his job at home pitch a tent club - men who allow their wives to nag them so incessantly that they want to sleep on the roof of their own home

Sanchez should only have taken the penalty If Santi was not on the pitch.

Previous to this reversal, the hot takes were mostly about how Strasburg's refusal to pitch (if that's what it was) was a slap in the face to his teammates (unless they understood) and how the postseason was where Curt Schilling bled for your sins and Kirk Gibson didn't need to be ambulatory to slay his mustachioed dragon (unless, stay with me here, this situation was somehow unique and deserved to be treated as such).

For me, we must not take risk in midfield as that is the most important place on pitch.

I actually thought he played well when he came in, got to wonder he seemed to get on well with sanchez on and off the pitch is this why wenget didn't take to him?

If ozil wonders around the pitch moaning as he has, gets knocked off the ball like he really couldn't give a ****, makes little the effort to keep the team shape i.e. actually runs when he loses the ball (rather that standing looking like a little boy who's just had his ice cream taken off him) or the opposition breaks, then he is as much of a liability as he an asset.

we've been patient with these guys and others for a very long time now and there seems to be no improvement on the pitch of play... fans have always listed players they believe are not good to take the club to the next height but Mr potato head will continue to have faith till those guys retire from football without achieving anything for themselves.

His problem is not taking walks, it's that he's been a bit off and is either swinging through pitches that he would usually drive, or maybe attempting to take walks and getting caught looking a bit more.

i really hope that he takes over from the tall slow guy who has been soooo helpful to us...... we need a more energetic defense and not to play many small players on the pitch so how that works out i don't know....

We don't know that Stanton isn't in the cage working on his swing and approach, we don't know that Andujar isn't taking fielding practice, we don't know if the pitchers aren't watching video and trying to fix their mechanics or release point or working on their pitches in bullpen sessions.

Granted, he is a good signing, but he is not our most vital one and with our budget, I'd prefer Chelsea to take him than us end up benching good players while having a crisis elsewhere on the pitch.

In addition, if neither Cazorla nor Ramsey improve their game by a mile, i reckon Ox (for ramsey) or Sanchez (for Cazorla) should take their place on the team and put Poldi on the left winger (or even Campbell on the right) They do nt even have to be bad, this could even be nothing more than a proposition on how to rotate the squad in the way of avoiding injuries on players, as well as giving frustrated benchwarmers some much appreciated time on the pitch.

but, im ok with this vardy transfer... it shows us many things: 1) wenger is changing, something some of us have been demanding for a long time; 2) it shows that wenger is taking risks: think about it, he is buying a men for a not cheap price, knowing he could not getting anything after, with a future sell i mean... this is an act that shows wengers intentions to win something, the buy is not motivated by any financial or economic reason but only for a «get the f epl once again» reason... this is an act that shows us hungry, even if we fail, we could said we try... first ever, we really try; 3) finally but very important... vardy is the kind of player we need... he is a warrior, a fighter... he has character... look at how he celebrate his goals... full of energy... he, like alexis, can motivate the team when the things are not going in our way (something wenger cant do because of his age and because he has never been an active coach on the pitch)... the vardy transfer, if it finish well, is a demostration of a change, and a good one... lets take care of winning things and do nt look the economic side for once... vardy is a bit old, but we can give a chance to welbeck after maybe, or akpom... u are not thinking about the future when we talk about ibra... guys: u complain when wenger do nt spend or because he is always looking for the bargain when u are the guys who has to pay the very expensive tickets... u complain when wenger buy the always for the future guy... like morata... stop to complain for everything and be consequent with yourself... i would love auba, but it is not going to happen... lukaku is awesome but the asking price is stupid... lets try with vardy, give us the throphy..

For starters we all know for sure that Santi Cazorla will not be playing, in fact it is now a full year since he last took to the pitch in a Champions League game against Ludgorets.

The Black Cats will not be looking forward to taking on the Gunners today, having already endured relegation, and with their fans having booed their players off the pitch at half - time in their previous match.

Arsene Wenger all day, he just took us to a cup final only to be ruined by some pathetic decisions on the pitch which were not in his control.he wanted to ship out mustafi to Inter, Sanchez and ozil but people raised a hue and cry and everyone knows the outcome.Just have patience and trust in the man, he's here to deliver

The reason Nasri and RVP did so well was because they played with confidence and didn't always follow the manager's passing instructions, you would see them dribble past players to create goals and show their discontent with the team when we played badly, we haven't seen that for the past 5 years, it's like the manager doesn't want players to take command of a game and that would explain why we never have any leaders on the pitch.

Atleast all our players would have had to know every other players style on the pitch of play not in the training ground, i used to say akb but honestly wenger is not acting like the acronym, something has to happen the man has got to wake up or step down, but im scared of change cos it is like a gamble, a new coach with a new philosophy and style, it might take time to adapt and that time would be enough for other teams to step up thus demoralsing the club, both fans and board, wouldn't like us to do a porchettino, look at Liverpool, if its gona be a new coach its got ta be one of em arsenal ol boys, who knows what it is like to be called a gooner, that's just my thought on this matter,

Ramsey is not been played in his preferred position and ut shows but the boy leaves everything on the pitch everytime... he takes one too many touches atimes, and he has not been at his best this season yet but what he gives our team a different option going forward andx gives our opponents something else to worry about....