Sentences with phrase «place between the sticks»

Despite his lack of minutes at club level he is still Mexico's number one and will take his place between the sticks in this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The Sun report that Bravo's intentions are to remain in Manchester next season and fight for the number one place between the sticks.

Last weekend saw Brad Friedel take his place between the sticks for his 298th consecutive Premier League start.

He has been consistent for England however, and will keep his place between the sticks.

I feel very uneasy when he takes the place between the sticks.

The last goalkeeper to take his place between the sticks without gloves - in English football at least - is reputed to be Bolton Wanderers» Simon Farnworth, when he lined up against Bristol City in the final of the Freight Rover Trophy at Wembley in 1986.

Truth be told, there are few goalkeepers that can take the former Athletico man's place between the sticks should he leave this window, with virtually any signing being a downgrade.

With relatively little competition for places between the sticks, we let Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas choose our three goalkeepers rather than conduct a public vote.

Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev — still keeping his place between the sticks — and striker Fedor Smolov, the leading scorer in two straight Russian Premier League seasons, are assured of their places.

Not exact matches

President Trump is just halfway into his first 100 days in office, and his economic advisers seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place on the issue of imports.

They are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

While Facebook has so far consistently refused to implement tools that block fake news (and some, including technology analyst Ben Thompson of Stratechery, argue that it should not), Twitter is now stuck between a rock and a hard place, trying to determine what is permissible speech and what is not.

So the government is stuck between the rock of boosting its spending for 11MP goals and the hard place of keeping its budget deficit under control amid declining oil revenue.

Facebook is thus stuck between a rock and a hard place: it has to continually think of new ways to make money, yet somehow prevent more users from revolting.

To avoid getting stuck between a rock and a hard place, students need to go into their college and program selections with their eyes wide open.

Recently, MCD has been stuck between a rock and a hard place as sales dwindled.

-- And now religious folk are stuck between a rock and a hard place: Either concede that you have been wrong all along (God did not do it), or insist on your flawed version of the truth, even in the face of compelling evidence to the contrary.

As for storing them; well, you can keep them in the refrigerator for up to a week in an air tight container or keep them in the freezer for up to 3 months but do place parchment paper in between them so they don't stick together.

Place all of of your ingredients (minus the chocolate) into a food processor and pulse until everything is broken down and you can pinch the ingredients together in between your fingers and they stick.

(If you're having trouble with the glass sticking to the cookies, you can place wax paper between the cookies and the glass as you press.)

I placed the dough between two layers of saran wrap in order to minimize the dough sticking to the rolling pin — alternatively, you can also place them into Ziploc bags, which was amazing for getting the size of the layers exactly the same.

I placed a scrap piece of parcement between the dough and the glass so the glass would not stick.

If the dough is sticking to the rolling pin, place a sheet of parchment paper in - between.

Grocery retailer and wholesaler Metcash seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place — or more accurately, between the discounters and the supermarket majors.

Place all the ingredients for the crust into the food processor and pulse until the crust begins to stick together when you pinch it in between your fingers.

Place wax paper between layers of cookies to prevent sticking.

The former club scout revealed in the pre-match press conference [via L'Equipe] that previous number one goalkeeper Zacharie Boucher would not be between the sticks for Le TFC's Ligue 1 match this weekend and, indeed, would have no place in the matchday squad.

But with 1 year left on his contract, Arsenal were stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The Italian stopper — despite impressing last term — was humiliatingly replaced between the sticks by new arrival Kevin Trapp during the summer, and despite aspirations to the contrary, has been unable to win back his place.

arsenal is not the place for mediocrity (imo); i would like also to see more of our young argentine goalie in between the sticks, while czech is relied upon less and less.

I think we are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

However, James Tarkowski will make his debut and Jack Butland will be between the sticks tonight taking the place of Jordan Pickford.

Johann Obiang, Bruno Ecuele Manga and Aaron Appindangoye retained their places in the defence, while FC Metz stopper Anthony Mfa Mezui replaced Didier Ovono between the sticks.

Sure enough, once the bandages were off, he gave an assured display between the sticks, proving that there was nothing wrong with his hands in the first place.

In defence we should expect the return of seven goal Joe Hart between the sticks and to see 34 year old James Collins start in place of 34 year old Jose Fonte.

Mannone would still be between the sticks in place of the injured Wojciech Szczesny.

Following much discussion, it was Alex McCarthy who was selected to start ahead of Julian Speroni between the sticks in place of the injured Wayne Hennessey against Liverpool.

After letting a shocking own goal in which Diego Lopez missed the ball and pulled his hamstring in the process, Lopez will miss this Saturday's match and Christian Abbiati will likely to take his place in between the sticks.

However, it seems like she's stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Place dry, sterile gauze between toes and fingers to absorb moisture and keep them from sticking together.

And while there is a fine balance between teaching your kids to be aware of their eating habits and make healthy choices and placing an unnecessary amount of focus on what they put in their mouth, sticking to a vegetarian / vegan diet can help your kids develop a healthy relationship with food.

Aiden thoughtfully taped two craft sticks together and placed them between the towers.

Stuck between politicians and bankers: not an easy place to establish trust.

«We're stuck between a rock and a hard place.

And finally, Tory MPs like Goldsmith with slim majorities and Lib Dems nipping at their heels are stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Cuomo and the rest of the state legislature is stuck between a rock and a hard place here.

Gromack and Wolfe are now both stuck between proverbial rocks and hard places.

Because an EDM would cause an electron — or, more precisely, its spin axis — to rotate when placed in an electric field, simply sticking an electron between positive and negative electrodes should reveal it, in principle.

«We're stuck between a rock and a hard place,» says Bousso.

With an adult to help you hold the straws in place, put the second craft stick on top of the of the first one, creating a sandwich with the straws in between the craft sticks.