Sentences with phrase «performance between the sticks»

For starters in goal Wojciech Szczesny is out with a pelvis injury, and with David Ospina not expected to be back until next year, we are going to have to hope that Martinez has another assured performance between the sticks and that is just the first problem!

The Reds recently angered their fans when they tied down current first choice Simon Mignolet to a new five - year deal, but the Belgian international has not convinced the club that he is a sound investment since with a series of shaky performances between the sticks.

People attribute Colombia's success in Brazil to James Rodriguez» goals but equal credit should go to Ospina's performances between the sticks.

Di Gennaro is currently enjoying his fifth year in Italy's second tier after spells at Cittadella, Latina and Ternana, and «enjoying» really is the right verb in the circumstances - with 24 just goals conceded in 27 matches Spezia have statistically the best defence in the division, and a large part of that has been down to his performances between the sticks.

The debutant could not do much for either of Forest's goals, but overall, he put in a solid debut performance between the sticks for Hudson's side.

It is very fair to say that Lloris has kept us in many, many games this season and has put in some match winning performances between the sticks.

Man of the match: Thibaut Courtois - The Chelsea goalkeeper produced an outstanding performance between the sticks.

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And if he needed any more evidence to show the value of having a world class keeper between the sticks, the performance of Manuel Neuer in the Bayern goal will have provided it.

The Red Devils walked away with all three points, which feels unfair when considering the display and performance that our boys put in, and had any other goalkeeper in the world been between the sticks, you would have to think that we would have at least levelled the game.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Lloris» performance in between the sticks.

Much will depend on the performances of the two men between the sticks.

The Sunderland goalkeeper has been in terrific form of late, and has attracted the interest of Spurs after a string of impressive performances in between the sticks for David Moyes» side.

But a number of disappointing performances have blighted their season — particularly between the sticks.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola took the controversial decision of replacing Joe Hart with Claudio Bravo for the number one spot between the sticks at the Etihad Stadium this summer and it has to be said that the move has not been vindicated as the Chilean has put in a number of terrible performances so far this season.

Had it not been for another superb performance from Manuel Neuer between the sticks, the final score could have been even more horrific scoreline.

The England number 1 hopeful put in a world - class performance between the Portsmouth sticks as England manaer Fabio Capello looked on.

Once viewers adjust to the cognitive dissonance between intense Flemish dialogue and English performances of country and bluegrass songs, The Broken Circle Breakdown is a film that will likely stick with them long after the credits roll.

Henry Fonda gives a terrific, canny performance (with a prosthetic nose and chin) as Lincoln, stuck at a crossroads between practicing politics and law.

It's not only in performances that the film feels stuck between genres; discounting a handful of choice scenes, by the film's end we're left with many unexplored emotional avenues that serve only to reinforce the film's stuntedness in that regard.3

At minimum, it could have narrowed the gulf in EPA - estimated gas mileage between the Abarth (28/34 mpg city / highway) and the stick - shift 500 (30/38 mpg), which is to say nothing of the performance gains it could bring.

So if you're trying to decide between an FR - S and a tC and all you want is performance, I would say go with the FR - S but if you want something you can drive in comfortably everyday plus still get some sporty driving, I would stick with the tC.

It's stuck with that value in the OnePlus 5T, supposedly to achieve a balance between effective performance and battery life.

You still have to be careful not to set the OLED65G6V's brightness too high (stick to between the 49 and 52 settings) if you don't want the screen's normally stellar black level performance to take a bath.