Sentences with phrase «of defensive stalwart»

His no - nonsense approach has seen him take the mantle of defensive stalwart after the sale of Daneil Agger.
That leaves Power Financial and Potash Corp. to complete our list of defensive stalwarts.

Not exact matches

The butt of many jokes over the years, the Raiders haven't fielded a competent team in some time, but with Carr leading a young core that also includes Amari Cooper and defensive stalwart Khalil Mack, they are a dangerous opponent every week.
Birmingham's Alex McLeish wants to bring Celtic's central defensive stalwart Bobo Balde south of the border.
We know the contenders for Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man, and Coach of the Year are a mix of random with perennial stalwarts.
In the absence of Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker has become the main defensive stalwart for Arsenal lately, and according to Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, nothing gets past the German in the dressing room either!
City look set to be boosted by the return of their captain and best centre back Vincent Kompany while Spurs might start to feel the loss of their own defensive stalwart Jan Vertonghen.
On the Sunny side: While they can hardly be lumped with stalwart defensive teams such as San Antonio and Detroit, the Suns play excellent team D, an extension of the share - the - wealth philosophy they demonstrate on offense.
Only last season West Brom inflicted a painful defeat on us at the Hawthorns with two goals headed straight in from corners and the other after a mix up and scramble from a cross, so maybe the lads have been working hard on this facet of their football, with our old central defensive stalwart Steve Bould the perfect man to drill them on the training ground.
Plus, recruiting stalwarts like Boise State (which signed four - star California athlete Khalil Shakir) and Toledo (which signed quarterback Carter Bradley, son of NFL defensive coordinator Gus Bradley) assume their normal positions.
In fact, line crossing sometimes feels like part of the genome among the NBA's fiercest defensive stalwarts.
He joins these other nine defensive stalwarts in the list of the Premier League's top ten most expensive defenders:
Defensive stalwarts like three - year starter Tanner Ward and linemen Cruz Lara, Justin Viega, and Tyler May did the dirty work and led Bulldogs at all levels from all classes as shining examples of what being a Bulldog is all about.
We all know that the Frenchman likes the game to be played a certain way and even though the last year or two has seen the Gunners get better at the less attractive parts of the game, perhaps helped by the appointment of another former defensive stalwart Steve Bould as Wenger's assistant, Adams feels that the current Arsenal team are still too weak at the back.
In 80 minutes of play in regulation and 20 more in overtime, neither Franklin nor Davis could capitalize on the few opportunities that were presented to the two teams that were defensive stalwarts all season long, allowing a combined 19 goals in 43 games.
All of that top 10 are attacking players with the exception of Manchester City defensive stalwart Nicolas Otamendi, proving that City fans wanting him dropped are mistaken.
Mechanically, ESO plays like an almalgamation of Skyrim and an MMORPG, with players able to craft their own character from a wide variety of races, including such Elder Scrolls stalwarts as the Nords, Bosmer and the cat - like Khajiit, each with their own different styles of attack and defensive qualities.
The stalwart of the industrial sector, warehouse space is viewed as a smart defensive play because of its stable returns and short...
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