Sentences with phrase «still played a central»

The Toronto FC midfielder may not have had a great tournament by his own personal standards, but he still played a central part in the USA's escape from the «Group of Death».
That challenge is often complicated, however, by relatives who, well meaning though they may be, want to make certain that they still play a central role in your lives...

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But what is clear is while the host no longer plays the ultra-conservative blowhard as he did on the popular Comedy Central show, «The Colbert Report,» he still favor booking guests outside traditional Hollywood circles.
For all the imprecision, monetary policy still has a central role to play.
It says something about the magnitude of the event that it played out during the tenure of two central bank Governors, each of whom were in the role for a decade, and will likely still be an important issue, in the early stages at least, for the next Governor.
Although the company has continued to expand its footprint, it is still a small enough organization that everyone in its central office plays a central role in its growth.
Our central midfield area is still a little weak if we are relying on Coquelin / Cazorla staying fit the whole season and playing twice a week sometimes, we need a 3rd central midfielder who is defensively minded.
I was trying to be polite with Emelin in case he reads these comments Seriously, I still think he deserves some credit... playing those tough minutes, in the Central division, is quite a challenge.
Chambers would have been playing the holding midfield / 3rd Central Defender Role (Its still beats me how and why wenger didn't even try Vermaleen in that role — his cautious attitude is one of Arsenals biggest albatros) If Arsenal had started playing Joel Campbell on the flanks since the beginning of the season, when it was obvious Carzola was misfiring, Campbell will be getting used to the league by now and will have been chipping in with the odd goals time and again - but NO Arsene will stick with Carzola and even play him in the wings thereby putting pressure on gibbs because he lack the discipline to stay there and will rather keep roaming to the certain.
Chambers — had a great season you look at the amount of football Bellerin has played recently and chambers has hardly featured but Chambers has still played a lot more minutes of football than bellerin this season not a natural right back but did a great job earlier in the season and a more central position looks to be where he'll play in the future but he was never going to be first choice straight away.
The Arsenal transfer rumours about Jack Wilshere and a possible move to play for our old rivals Manchester United are still in the embryonic stage, as reported by Metro, but with the Gunners already having more options in the central midfield area where Jack plays there is a good chance that his loan season at AFC Bournemouth is not going to be enough to earn him a return to play for his beloved Arsenal.
If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in midfield not as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.
Cazorla is an amazing player and owns central midfield when he plays Even if Cazorla plays half the season or one third of the season, he is still worth having because of his quality.
carzola can play as an attacking midfielder and a central one... IMO hes a better attacking midfielder than ozil as he consistently gave you double digits in goals... season in and out and still created chances.
Completely agree that in the past Wenger didn't think he was ready but I think he is changing his mind slowly, he will still be utilised on the wings with Giroud upfront but more as a inside forward (I think that's what the name is, plays on the wings when defending but moves central in attacks when he wants) and sometimes alone in the front.
However, I find it very interesting that Le Prof still continues to sign teenage midfielders, although Fortune can also play on the wing or as central striker, when the club have a multitude of options in that position in the first - team and even more so in the academy, the acquisition of Polish youngster Krystian Bielik is another example.
Or with Iwobis dereliction duties, Oxlade playing central, yet, still Perez gets overlooked.
Would you still prefer Mahrez even though Thomas Lemar can play both sides whilst being groomed for central role in the meantime.
Ok, but lett a complete comment man, if you sell all the central midfielders, who you buy to replace them?Wilshere is still a full of potential young player, we need them if not in the first 11, as backup player.And remain Coquelin for CM / DM, that is all for you?Or you want to see again Ozil / Cazorla as CM and the team doesn't play anything?
I know that the Arsenal squad does still contain the France international right back Matthieu Debuchy, as the pictures on the Arsenal website of the players training before the Burnley match reminded us, while Rob Holding the young summer signing from Bolton Wanderers has played in the position as well as his more usual central defensive role.
Add to that a central midfield partnership which still has a long way to go before a complete understanding, then Ramsey only back from injury, and playing in a not too familiar role.
The first three names on this list have seen their respective teams begin to play quite a bit better over these past few weeks (no, seriously — Maryland played West Virginia semi-close and beat Wake Forest, Indiana looked downright strong in the second half of the Northwestern loss and the first half of the Michigan State loss, and Middle Tennessee whipped Georgia Tech), and while Central Michigan is still pretty bad overall, the Chippewas did score a nice upset win over Iowa.
In our recent games against we played with the usual back 4 and 2 defensive central defenders and still conceded.
I still believe we should play with a back 4 and 1 solid central defender (Le Coq, Xhaka, Elneny) and the player alongside should be more attacking minded (Carzola, Ramsey)..
Despite their incendiary play, theTwins still trailed the Tigers by 11 games in the AL Central and the White Soxby nine in the wild - card race at week's end.
Arsene Wenger, if the rumour is true, would still have to persuade the central midfielder that the Emirates was the place for him and come to some arrangement on his high wage demands, but he would be certain to play regular games which he is not doing in La Liga at the moment.
will play on the wing, as well as central — and that Gnabry is seemingly still injured, we have 6 - 7 players for the wings.
What has remained the same is that we are still having two anchor men playing in the central midfield just like last season.
With Shkodran Mustafi having a hit - and - miss debut season at the Emirates, Gabriel failing to impress since his move and Rob Holding still not ready to play every game, there is no doubt that the club need an established central defender to come in.
Ofcourse having some education on the flanks is not so bad, but from what I have seen from him he might have a future playing a more central role especially with the emergence of brilliant Bellarin plus Debuchy still around.
While Arsenal wait for the transfer of Mohamed Elneny from the Swiss club Basel to be completed, assuming that the work permit for the Egyptian international midfielder to be able to play in the English Premier League is granted, Arsene Wenger still has the problem of how to cope without central midfielders like Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere, Tomas Rosicky and perhaps most importantly Francis Coquelin.
Still waiting for more frequent through balls from our expensive central midfielders, but they rarely come in open play
With Mesut Ozil occupying the central position in Arsenal's attack, Mkhitaryan is more likely to play out wide, which he has frequently done in the past, while still helping Ozil in shouldering the creative duties for the midfield.
Its a big game for Jose Mourinho and his men still have not qualified for knockout stages however sit comfortably with 12 points and even with a defeat they can make it to the knockout stages as group winners so we can expect Mourinho to start with some fringe players and we might see Ibrahimovic and Rashford starting upfront with Fellaini, Pogba and Mkhytaryan playing central midfield roles.
Much is still expected of the technically gifted Dutch man mountain, who is able to play at centre - back, right - back and central midfield.
The jury is still out on whether he can play in central midfield.
Other bits and pieces still hanging around from the weekend is the admission from Miguel Veloso's agent that Arsenal are looking to organise a January deal for the player and some more comments from Mikael Silvestre about the fact that he is happy to play as a central defender at his new club.
United will still need to strengthen in January, or next summer with a commanding central defender, one who could partner Smalling or Bailly, with Blind maybe better played in midfield.
Despite Luke Murphy's loan move to Burton Albion and Toumani Diagouraga being told he can leave the club, there are still 7 players who would expect to be in and around the first XI who can play in central midfield.
Arsenal injury worries are still there as Wilshere, Welbeck, Arteta, Rosickey and Coquelin missing out which means we will see Giroud leading the line with Alexis Sanchez Ozil and Ramsey playing in attacking roles while Cazorla and Flamini to take central midfield roles.
The same was true when Santi Cazorla was in central midfield, and although Elneny's energy and ability to score from open play makes the situation slightly less dire, Arsenal are still highly flawed in the midfield.
«The police will always play the central role in the fight against crime, yet the public still has a part to play,» author Ed Boyd said.
So, the central generation — traditional generation — will still play a part, will still play a role in the future, but I think that role will be much different one and it will be a diminished one as more and more of these renewable resources come on line.
The central pairing is an appealing one, with Ryan Reynolds as the newly dead cop and Jeff Bridges as the grizzled veteran (Kevin Bacon plays the villain, Mary - Louise Parker their boss), so there could be fun in store, although Schwentke's track record, and the previous credits of the writers (which include «Aeon Flux» and «Clash Of The Titans «-RRB- mean we're still fairly cautious of what's looking like one of next summer's bigger question marks.
With the film still having only played the occasional festival outside of central Europe, that same disc hits general retail on Tuesday.
Other shows worth mentioning: Playing House, Marvel's Jessica Jones, Insecure, One Mississippi, Happy Valley, Orange Is the New Black, The Bold Type, Broad City, Grace and Frankie, and Sweet / Vicious (which was sadly canceled earlier this year, but still worth checking out for the way it handled its central narrative about sexual assault survivors).
Fortunately for those who missed the chance to catch up with Mercy, the central character, they can still do so via the Ice and Fire app, available at the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.
Good games deserve good sales, gj Sony, KZ 2 is a solid shooter with great commercials playing everynight, still to this day on channels like comedy central and spike.
The game is still challenging, but the games central hub and finally learning how to truly play the game, has led to a much more enjoyable experience compared to my time with the original.
Just like previous releases, Central Fiction «s combat is still a blast to play, and Arc System Works have made some smart decisions that make this the best playing game in the series.
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