Sentences with phrase «play misses the mark»

Not exact matches

Energy was marked by offensive rebounds, reflecting the tenacity to never give up on a play despite a missed shot.

Mark, I think you missed the point Bill Buckner still choose to play baseball regardless of me knowing the outcome.

Mark: It will be interesting to see how McIlroy plays after missing the event due to injury last year.

And the Mats were playing in their backyard, at St. Mary's College, out to prove that what outsiders said about their «weak» schedule and «lack of challenging opponents» simply missed the mark.

Should Woods choose not to play next week, it will mark the third time in the last five years that he will miss the playoffs and the second straight year he will have failed to qualify for the first of four postseason events.

On yet another screen Paul Anderson breaks a weight - lifting record, Billie Jean King serves, Mark Spitz wins the 100 - meter butterfly at Munich, Jack Nicklaus misses a putt and Babe Didrikson Zaharias throws a javelin, high jumps, hurdles, boxes and plays golf.

Faldo, 40, missed the cut at last week's PGA Championship, marking the first time in his 21 - year pro career that he has failed to play on the weekend in two majors.

Pogba has missed a fair few games this season through not fault of his own, however when he has played for the Red Devils, he's struggled to make his mark on matches and, occasionally, tends to shy away from taking the game by the scruff of it's neck.

Woods, who missed the cut at the Greenbrier in 2012, the only other time he has played the event, showed almost no signs of the two - way miss off the tee that has marked his starts since he overcame the chipping yips earlier in the year.

Neves probably played his worst game in a Wolves shirt — at least one of his passes missed the mark — and still scored one of the best goals you could ever wish to see.

Pedro Obiang can do a decent job in breaking up play but neither Mark Noble (who is probably missing anyway) or Cheikhou Kouyate are capable of providing the link between defence and attack.

Fulham weren't pretty and they weren't very effective either, and without their focal point up front in Bobby Zamora — and he will be sorely missed as the majority of Fulham's forward play went directly through him — Mark Hughes will struggle to squirm goals out of Fulham.

Children missed their lines, they missed their marks, the singing was mostly off - key, and they had practiced this play for two hours a day for weeks.

As for Mark M, I'm not sure if it's worth waiting for him to come up with a coherent rebuttal, after three attempts that will be scored as «played and missed».

There were a few standouts that I really enjoyed but most stars played it safe or missed the mark.

I've marked it 8, it isn't perfect, there is a missed opportunity to make this more social and the controls are tricky but overall a joy to play and certainly deserving of the praise.

No one should miss out on the experience of playing this well acted (including Mark Hamill), entertaining game full of endearing characters and stylish animation.

There are quite a few characters in play and if you miss a beat, it might be tough to place them all, but eventually, everyone makes their mark, delivering at least an unforgettable scene or two, if not more.

Gene and Courtney's request to become the new hosts of morning announcements may be complicated by their romantic relationship, while Tina volunteers to head the Valentine's Day carnation fundraiser, where her attempt to play Cupid misses the mark.

Franco's Wiseau continually forgets his line and misses his cue, much to the chagrin of the crew, which includes Seth Rogen as the script supervisor and Dave Franco as Greg Sestero, the actor who played Mark.

Together with Jack Davenport, Michael Caine and Mark Strong, this feels like a film filled with those who missed out on playing Bond.

Missing Dan Nolan by Mark Wheeller - OCR exploration and revision guide A guide to teaching and exploring the play for OCR written exam component; Presenting and Performing texts.

Missing Dan Nolan by Mark Wheeller - OCR exploration and revision guide A guide to teaching and exploring the play for OCR written exam component;...

Apple is already playing catch up, and they missed the mark.

Most hack and slash games though totally miss the mark, games such as Ninja Blade and Afro Samurai, these games had so much potential but didn't hit the mark when it comes to fluid game play and balanced enemies etc..

General fixes • Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface • Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option • Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members • Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM • Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad • Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.

Halo ODST - Playing as an ODST is cool and so is the mission design but it misses the mark on some levels and story.

Let's forget for a second that there aren't too many must - play games coming to the Switch this year (although a pile of indie games were just announced and Super Mario Odyssey game is coming in 2017), and that there's a big question mark around's online services and support for apps like Netflix... for every interesting feature the Nintendo Switch is meant to offer users, there's a missing element or drawback.

When Mark Faris was playing semi-professional hockey in Sweden and the U.S. he was ever - mindful of popular Wayne «Gretzkyisms,» such as, «You miss 100 per cent of the shots you don't take.»