Sentences with phrase «not stepping up»

There is a real problem in our country (probably around the world too, but we'll keep it close to home) with people not stepping up to the plate and taking care of those things that they should take care of.

A lot of excuses for not stepping up and buying adequate life insurance.

There is no excuse for not stepping up to the plate and doing your share to insure the consistency of the future of this profession.

Apple is closely involved in its supply chain, according to the report, so why is it not stepping up?

He blames the museum for «sucking the life out of Main Street,» two blocks away, by offering office space; for not stepping up to help other parts of downtown by, for example, partnering to find a use for the historic former Mohawk Theater movie house; and for offering free admission to local residents only one day a year.

Not stepping up to deliver those Project Rainfall titles for a game - starved audience was an absolute sin against their customer base.

I think Linda was later ignored because Patra felt guilty for not stepping up.

Korean manufacturers are rapidly catching up to the frontrunners (Toyota and Honda) in the import market, and Mitsubishi is not stepping up its interior quality... Show full review

It doesn't necessarily mean the men's work is undeserving; it DOES mean that a lot of deserving WOMEN»S work gets ignored, and then they get blamed (as you are doing) for not stepping up to the plate.

Not stepping up to the plate is a form of denial, and when we ignore our financial picture, we also put at risk our essence, our skills and talents, our beauty, consciousness, and capabilities — everything about ourselves that is really essential to a life of true abundance, prosperity, and wealth.

Before his third trip to Puerto Rico, Cuomo spoke at JFK Airport and applauded New York's quick and united response to the crisis — the state has a close bond with the island, but he slammed the feds for not stepping up to do more.

The FC crew call out Arsene Wenger for his tactical decisions and Arsenal for not stepping up until they concede a goal.

Now, Ramsey seems past that, but, Wilshere is very guilty of not stepping up his passing game.

Goal against was Chara leaving his mark to double - team the passer (not necessary) and Powell not stepping up but instead screening Gleeson.

Difference today saints playing key first team players and our stand ins not stepping up.

why wenger insist on playing some players who really are not stepping up to the next level?

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Same predictable formation that hasn't worked for a while, same manager who says nothing to anyone the entire duration of matches, same losing attitudes ingrained into players, same mistakes, same players not stepping up, same injuries... Everything is just the same, stale, outdated!

The issue we have is that the big guns are not stepping up.

The OL wasn't very good but he didn't help them by not stepping up into the pocket.

Why are they not stepping up to the challenge?

so if rubio not stepping up is hitting his threes, then he should never step up

I, too, commend Father Maturi, and shame on Mayor Williams and Chief Hughes for not stepping up sooner.

Bringing refugees to the U.S. will be a long and arduous process that may never come to fruition — but that doesn't mean businesses can't step up in other ways.

A federal initiative to cultivate the next generation of women directors is floundering because leaders won't step up

«The other thing to watch is a bit a of culture change — I am afraid Apple may soon end up with the boomer crowd if it doesn't step up to bigger screens,» he said.

«We had some room to play here but we weren't stepping up our game,» Tritton said.

And the U.S. may be implicitly threatening sanctions if China doesn't step up pressure on North Korea.

«All we can do is to warn people as we don't see virtual currencies as actual types of currency, meaning that we can not step up regulation for now.»

If these opposition parties do not step up to the plate, Albertans can once again expect a Senator - in - Waiting election dominated by conservative politicians.

For crying out loud, the reason we have what we have is because historically people have NOT stepped up to the plate to help those in need, especially conservatives.

There's no particular reason why churches, for example, can't step up to fill the relational void, just as there's no reason why ordinary lives will drift inevitably in the direction of idiocracy.

Obviously American Catholics didn't step up and do so in any significant enough way.

I've heard of adding quinoa, but haven't stepped up to it yet.

Today will be interesting... any player that can't step up with a committed performance in this match should be shown the door at end of season.

or how gobert didn't step up by getting fouls adams fouled out in the fourth?

I think he should go because he will not step up and take responsibility for the team and while we could forgive that as a eager boy... not as a MAN.

you mean like the way rubio didn't step up in the fourth by hitting threes?

Now the qb can't step up in the pocket, and he will be forced toward Mack or Irvin.

Last season he couldn't step up when Santi got injured!

He carried the team for more than a year before his injury and they let him down when our forwards couldn't step up to the plate.

For edge rushers trying to turn the corner, that means they need to get around the offensive tackle as tightly as possible, around that seven to eight yards of depth to make sure that the quarterback can't step up away from their rush.

His pace also allows us to have more space in CM, opposition defenders can't step up as quick or as far compared to if we played Giroud upfront.

No rewards for players who won't step up in the playoffs.

But his teammates didn't step up, and oh yeah, the Heat gave up 35 points in the fourth quarter, and thus the Heat lost a shocker.

Lemaire is an experienced coach that would surely rectify that problem on the bench... or would the leaders on the team not step up to ensure the win?

If Giroud had an off day which happens in football sometimes did it mean the others could not step up and do the job?

If Ozil don't step up, I'll drop him against Liverpool and move Santi @ No. 10 position while Ramsey slotting in to partner COQ.

It would be better to keep Flamini and let another player step up and replace Flamini rather than lose Flamini and one of our youngsters doesn't step up to leave us short on players...

If he can't step up his game, the team will turn to tailback Kelvin Taylor, who had three - straight 100 - yard rushing games before being held to eight yards in the SEC Championship.