Sentences with phrase «peg in a round hole»

They strive to be «square pegs in the round holes» as Steve Jobs said.

The current situation where banks are meant to verify a customer's financial position for «responsible lending» is a commercial square peg in a round hole — indirectly placing the banks in a position where they are indirectly (if not directly) providing non-independent financial advice to the customer.

No need trying to fit square pegs in round holes.

Oxlade - Chamberlain has not had his innate talent nurtured at Arsenal over the last 6 years, rather he has been turned into a square peg in a round hole.

(3) formation flexibility — it took 20 years for Wenger to return to a back 3 and now he can't seem to choose anything but that formation... the teams in the premiership and those we could face in the Europa will present vastly different tactics and we need to have a manager who can prepare this squad for this eventuality and have the fortitude to make the necessary adjustments throughout the season... I have seen nothing in the past 6 - 7 years to suggest that he is the man to take on this challenge... I can't even remember when he changed formations when he would replace a small, pacy striker, like during the Walcott experiment, with the lumbering Giroud... of course this is exactly why there is no other manager in the world that plays more players out of their natural positions (square peg in a round hole)

Was so looking forward to a clear out and squad rebuilding but it ain't gonna happen same square pegs in round holes

I think this team has got the potential but too often we play square pegs in round holes

Anyway position is not what people are moaning about, you say we can't compete with City financially but we're not trying, we we're the only team in the top five leagues in Europe last year to make a profit in the transfer window, he's tactical decision can not be understood by anyone, some of the teams and systems he picks are laughable, square pegs in round holes no success in 12 years apart from FA cups, a competition that carries no weight anymore.

So no more square pegs in round holes, no more playing favorites without cause, no more ticky - tacka with no end product — and no more settling for third, fourth, fifth or sixth best.

The square peg in a round hole concept never rang truer.

Usually these forwards are a square peg in a round hole, struggling to accustom themselves to both the on - field tactics and demands of their new club.

I see Parise and Henrique working together but Kovy is a square peg in a round hole.

However, putting square pegs in round holes or, to be more precise, James Milner in that position does not solve the problem either.»

I reiterate, using square pegs in a round hole will never work, or using Theo against a big bus won't work either.

Or replace an aging injury prone mertesacker?all of these things would have been considered by any clever manager.but not the wise one.he, as per usual, wants to show us how clever he is & play square pegs in round holes & take a gamble on injuries or buy an unknown who is as cheap as chips & may or may not save him spending any money.but then he will tell you (Arsenal don't have any lol!)

A square peg in a round hole

Another fault stemming from his inability to change non working tactics is to persist with square pegs in round holes; so many central midfielder or even strikers have been used on the right wing, also on the left at times.

All in all, it's going to be another season of square pegs in round holes.

Our midfield is truly awful, square pegs in round holes, no strength or vision among them (yes I'm including Ozil, though not Santi when he's fit).

I don't know if it's AW's directive that they continue forcing a square peg in a round hole till it fits or what.

Why is everyone so insistent of fitting a square peg in a round hole??

No matter how you slice it, you can't run an uptempo offence with Giroud on the pitch and that means sideways soccer and an over-reliance on crosses into the box, thereby negating many of the very reasons Lacazette was on your radar in the first place... we simply aren't clinical enough from wide positions to continue with that approach, which is why many fans have been clamoring for a viable alternative to Giroud for several years... once again this isn't an attack on Giroud, he clearly has some tangible skills, but his mere presence on the pitch greatly impacts your tactical options... Giroud's weaknesses are simply highlighted by the way in which our offence now moves in a more horizontal than vertical manner, which allows most teams ample time to regroup defensively before a scoring opportunity even arises... a player of Ibra's or Benzema's ilk would have been far more effective as they had size, speed and the first touch capabilities required to for intricate link - up play... once again square peg in a round hole

We don't play square pegs in round holes and we don't buy top new players and then bench them for inferior players at Liverpool.

Fulham were a strange team last year, a rag - tag assortment of plodders, cloggers, carthorses, journeymen, water - carriers terrible footballers, past - it players who used to be good, past - it players who used to be alright, and square pegs in round holes.

I felt Mertesacker was the worst player today and Holding next.There was no defence today at all.The formation too is another I hate and doesn't really help us.Some of our players look so unnatural in this set up.We're fitting square pegs in round holes atm.Why not go all out with 4 -2-3-1?

We should be blowing teams away but Wenger's square pegs in round holes cautious football is making us struggle.

Can we please stop trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, please?

Whether it's a loan deal or a permanent move, Debuchy is going, during this window and don't worry about back up for Bellerin... Wenger is good at sticking square pegs in round holes!?

man utd must wake up this season to sign more players, and jose should equally wake up from slumbering by putting the round peg in a round hole i.e He should place the players in their appropriate wings or position to earn man utd the expected results in all competitios next season, mostly the champions league and premier league as well

The fantasy of placing square pegs in round holes and expecting a miraculous win or result, the defense for the first and second matches this season are a case in point.

With Aubameyang cup - tied, I expect him to start every game as our center forward while Lacazette gets his chance in Europe, but as always, Wenger really loves trying out square pegs in round holes.

If LVG's first season as United manager was characterised by tinkering with square pegs in round holes, his second may be remembered for the implementation of a forward line in a mould much more familiar to the Dutchman.

These are square pegs in round holes, and many of the misfitting pieces were created by the system change.

Too often we field a team of square pegs in round holes and although some are enforced others seem to be by management design.

But, there are too many square pegs in round holes and Arsenal still are way behind other clubs.

Again, that's just my gut speaking with no real solid evidence to back it up, but I don't think it is likely that a coach like Woods who has known this personnel as long as he has would be trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.

Putting square pegs in round holes isn't being tactically flexible.

A lot of the names were considered to be square pegs in round holes, but as it is with everyone, sometimes, it is better to give people the benefit of the doubt.

«In your own case, I can say it was an appointment that we can truly say amounted to putting a round peg in a round hole or a square peg in a square hole.

`' Square pegs in round holes; they are un-useful in the face of our challenges, let's do what is right,» the minority leader stated.

It was a stratospheric rise, but he was a square peg in a round hole.

If you believe so, you have to show me the square peg in the round hole and the round peg in the square hole.

I don't know who's a square peg in a round hole and I don't know who's a round peg in a square hole, but I do know there's a clamour for change and I'm sure Mr. President is giving it its utmost attention.

It is the odd one out, the square peg in the round hole.

Her literal understanding of language has often left her baffled by metaphors and figures of speech like «you're a square peg in a round hole.»

When I telephoned my partner, a highly creative person, and read her the paragraph in Carson's article in which the question is posed, «Do you often feel like a square peg in a round hole?»

A third segment of the offspring won't be so lucky: They will be stuck trying to fit Species A's cogs in an otherwise Species B machine (or vice versa), like a square peg in a round hole.

However, I still felt like a square peg in a round hole.

Let me tell you what today's matchmaking is really about — it's about intelligent, successful, and attractive singles who realize that finding a compatible partner is almost as difficult as fitting a square peg in a round hole.

My favorite mode is still the one where you must pick your team from a random group of players and go at and opponent in the same situation — putting square pegs in round holes has never been as much fun in the NFL.