Sentences with phrase «play down a move»

Barcelona's sporting director recently played down a move to sign Bellerin, but did so in a coy way, by praising the defender and claiming he would have to be given a priority due to his knowledge of the club's playing style.

Not exact matches

Both CVS and Aetna played down the prospects of regulators moving to block their deal.

If that scenario plays out, we will be looking at a possible short sale entry into $ CAR, with the expectation of an eventual move back down to the $ 30 - $ 34 area.

The Bank of Canada firmly nailed down its position on this issue throughout the 80s, 90s and 00s; a succession of governors and deputy governors were of the view that shifts in the relative price of resources played a big role in moving the CAD / USD exchange rate.

«Some additional market - disruptive policy moves regarding U.S. - China trade seem likely,» Goldman's Alec Phillips wrote in the research note, which played down the odds of success in this week's talks.

Its most significant development may be the firm's recent promise to match the prices of its online competition, something the company has yet to offer in the U.S.. It's a move the company hopes will cut down on «showrooming,» where customers go to a store to play with a product, and then go home and buy it for a cheaper price online.

Get to know George and Henry a little bit better below as we sat down with them for a quick chat last weekend: George Jecminek George started playing tennis at 5 years old in Czech Republic and moved to Vancouver in 1996.

Equity Sensitivity: As investors move further down in the capital structure, equity sensitivity begins to play a larger role.

To the Third World ambivalence about missionaries, they respond either by playing down the role of missionaries or by trying to move from «old style» (evangelistic) to «new style» (social change or institutional support) missionaries.

The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fulttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory with stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener.

At one point some of them started playing Monopoly, and the game broke down within a couple of moves bec.

letting the whole thing slip through fingers, getting our troops pinned down in long chess game, played queen first move, bush did.

One sunny day in June doesn't make a hot summer... part of our 4th place junkie years that need to go in to football history... He maybe quick but he actually slows down movement from defence to attack Can't dribble or defend and his positional sense is average... Hundred grand a week is day light robbery by the whippet... And he crowds out better plays in squad and stops wenger investing in top quality we need... Might get 16 or 17 mill from some deluded team so sell qnd let's move on to better things... Dybala for example... Sanchez dybala drexler... Hmm

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has moved to play down Chelsea as clear favourites for the Premier League title.

«We were the team that played the best football by getting the ball down, passing and moving and creating chances.

Welbeck said, «It's been transitional for me, moving down to London, playing in a new system for a new manager and a new team, getting used to new things around the club.

I'll go a step further if Van Djik hasn't signed for Liverpool I would try to make a move and here is why: 1) Prem experience 2) Southampton plays a similar style of football than Arsenal 3) He can play in both a 3 and 4 man defense with his ability on the ball 4) Mustafi has been up and down and I don't know which one we're getting ahead of next season and will it be for 38 weeks 5) Mertesacker will go into a non playing role 6) Chambers has played well at Boro but well enough to play a big role into this team... not really and could be used in any deal for Van Djik 7) Koscielny is our best defenders but is dealing with a chronic injury not only that he hasn't made the best decisions at times Everything mentioned above will free wages but also increase Wenger money to spend!

He was mainly played as a LB since moving to Schalke but didn't set the world on fire until his contract had a year left to run down on it, hence his old club failing to renew it in time, that was basically because he was mediocre before then and were probably thinking to let him go.

Wenger has moved quickly to deny this, but he did admit that at least part of it was right, namely that his transfer plans had to change after the Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy turned down the chance of playing for the Gunners.

Responding to speculation that he might be moving to Roma, his agent, Niakate Housseyni, has dismissed talk of a move away from Anfield and played down the situation with Klopp.

They will move down into ELIMINATION Bracket territory where their high seed will result in them playing the lowest possible opponent for pretty much the Remainder of their Time in the Playoffs.

Jack Butland is another player linked with a possible move to Arsenal this summer, but he is playing down such links.

This team moves down field with controlled passes and the Chargers could have at least gone play action pass, with a safe pass to one of their tight ends.

As Right To Play spearheads the handoff of responsibility to locals, such as a 500 - person team in Liberia led by a former refugee who first encountered SDP in a displacement camp, Kidd credits Koss with leading a move away from «a top - down, we - know - what - you - need approach with First World volunteers.»

It will certainly be seen as the right move for the player himself, as having already struggled for playing time last year, the arrivals of Marko Grujic and Georginio Wijnaldum at Liverpool this summer would have made it even more difficult for him to hold down a spot in the starting line - up.

Having been pushed down the pecking order after the arrival of Dani Alves, the Ivory Coast international will likely welcome the chance to move on from the Ligue 1 giants, and a move to Tottenham will give him an important opportunity to play regularly in the Premier League and compete for trophies.

Prior to his move he played for Manchester United, but could never hold down a first team place under Alex Ferguson.

We are so much more fluid, and dangerous on the break with a speedy CF, the defence to attack motion tends to that extra move, that extra pass with Giroud, which is enough time to slow down our play, allow the other team to get bodies back.

The rankings are designed to account for opponent strength in a way that prevents you from simply moving up when you play (and soundly defeat) a particularly bad team or moving down when you play (and get soundly defeated by) a particularly good team.

His father has now played down such a move, claiming that his son knows he is with the right club, and that a move could distract him from his goals.

There's no story here, Ozil won't be moving to Man United because that would be a step down from Arsenal who are genuine title challengers and are playing champions league football

He is an unbelievably average footballer on the level if players like Stuart downing anf should be playing in equivalent clubs... Not surprised allardyce picked him for England as he is a less than average football manager... The sooner we embed Perez in the first 11 the better our chances of moving ahead...

The 29 - year - old may have moved further down the pecking order following Barca's transfer activity meaning he may be offered less playing time in the upcoming season.

While he has previously played down the report and insisted that he is calm about the situation and sees himself staying in Turin, he does continue to leave the door open to a potential move to the Emirates.

Green Bay played from behind the entire game, with New York striking on the first possession, moving the ball 67 yards down the field for a 31 - yard Lawrence Tynes field goal.

He did play LT for a while but was then move down to C when they lacked any other option there and he actually played really really well at C for the Noles.

It's like my younger daughter playing the piano; her teacher won't let her move on to new songs or chords until she has the previous ones down pat.

The attitude was understandable but it ruined our play, especially going forwards as moves broke down and we couldn't find any fluency, which made Monaco's job easy and let them attack us.

What that teaches us is this, one bad signing can destroy a team season, Xhaka possesses none of the credential Arsenal need his lack of stamina effects his ability to move up the pitch and distribute the ball and hence close the opposition down, his poor acceleration put him in at a massive disadvantage in taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal, his sluggish tackling causes him to get sent off and his poor positioning allow the opposition plenty of space to exploit, Xhaka overall style of play is going to cause Arsenal huge problems for the foreseeable future.

The Fitzgerald Field House used to be where the Pitt men's and women's basketball teams played (and where Jerome Lane pulled his infamous Darryl Dawkins - style backboard shattering dunk in 1988 against Providence), but about a decade ago the hoopsters moved down the street to the $ 120 million Petersen Events Center.

Further, it's unclear at this stage as to whether Benteke would be interested in a move to West Brom, as although they'll want to build on their 14th - place finish last season and he will be given significant playing time, it would be a step down in terms of ambition in the short - term.

He has formed a pretty perfect defensive triangle with his centre backs, and has been shielding and moving opposition attacking play down the wings etc..

-- The suspension to Winston also greatly affected his Heisman hopes, as he moved from +650 to +1500 without playing a down as he missed a crucial game against a quality opponent and today is down to +2000.

Its simple really, Wenger is a very poor manager and has been poor very almost 10 years now, he makes insanely stupid decisions and moves than not even a non league manager would make e.g Kim Kallstrom, 40mil + 1 for Suarez, not siging an out field player last season, playing Ozil on the left wing for some time, Flamini siging, being snubbed by Vardy etc, the list goes on and on and on, Chelsea go in for Kante in within 4 days deal is done, But noooo Wenger goes in for crack head Vardy and gets snubbed, I'm sorry but if we had to choose over 2 new world class sigings or a new coach I'd opt for the new coach, Wenger is a poor poor manager, he ia lower than the level of our club, anyway thanks in advance for the thumbs down.....

Toby Alderweireld can play at full - back or in the centre of defence and is apparently ready to turn down a move to Chelsea in favour of a move to White Hart Lane.

I was impressed with our play — we were closing down, moving fast, and not doing too much passing sideways, backwards or lingering around on the edge of the penalty area too long and losing the ball.

The 22 year - old's agent however has played down such a move, claiming it would be a «side - ways step» for his client, although Hysaj himself may not agree.

The Broncos had their most efficient drive of the game, moving 80 yards down the field in just six plays to close the gap to 36 - 8.

He might run down the wing to link up with a player ahead of him but, if that player is two seconds slower than chamberlain or doesn't read the play them his specific effort in that move looks to be the cause / fault.

Gary Neville has now moved to play down our club's title credentials having watched them a number of times this season, stating they do not look like champions in his view.