Sentences with phrase «takes hold of the game»

His players need to start stepping up and taking hold of games.

In the space of around twelve second half minutes, we took hold of the game again and this time took it so far out of Derby's reach that it was over as a contest with not much short of half an hour still remaining.

It begins to improve later in the game, as midway through the story takes hold of the game and cuts the player off from the open world, but despite interesting concepts and emotionally affecting moments, Final Fantasy XV never manages to clean up the mess it's made in a satisfactory manner, which becomes especially apparent as it attempts to wrap it all up in its final hours.

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In a real league game I wouldn't try to play with the guys either, because I know dang well that they would want to hold back when it came to some of the tackling and scrumming (it'd take me a whole other paragraph to explain what this is).

We took God out of school and put first person shooter games in every house hold.

However, these have come vs lesser opposition, ozil hasn't performed well in big games and I fear that is where a lot of the criticism takes hold.

Bottom line, if he is angered bench the players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's gTake Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's gtake out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.

It takes more than that to make an arsenal player he's got potential I grant you that, easy people let's just nurture the kid into what we can all be proud of, those biggin him up will be quick to knock him if he has a bad game like holding last Friday

I think the guy could still get 4 - 5 sacks a year off the blitz and while holding down the middle and taking TEs out of the game for the next 10 years.

YES we can there is a team spirit (when it come to the EPL) in that changing room that we want this you can see the drive / hunger / passion We just need to take it a game at a time and hold out till Jan when we will have more of the squad back so we can rotate better.

Toss in the fact that the «Skins have dropped three in a row by a combined score of 76 - 33, including a 23 - 0 shutout loss to Buffalo last week (the first time ever a Shanahan - led offense has been held scoreless in a game) and the public is pounding visiting San Fran, especially with the sportsbooks taking a valuable point away from home dog Washington.

Team Nolan will take on Team Wolter (who sits a Game Back of them) in Week 7 while Team Murphy will play Team Schwartz who have lost two straight and currently hold one of the Top - 6 spots..

Team Kirshner got held to a close game by Team Jacobs before taking the W, and certainly got Team Lazarov's attention along with the rest of us watching.

But unfortunately, Mr wenger went for Lucas Perez who has no aerial game and lacks balance and strength to hold up the ball, he also does not take enough touches of the ball and appears slow in the Premier league.

There was a lot to process in the immediate aftermath of Game 2 in Washington — the Blue Jackets» run at franchise history, the Capitals» crisis of confidence and the offside review that held up the full celebration — but both the national and local announcers caught the skill that it took Matt Calvert to make his one - handed game - winner possible, walling off a defender with his free hand and using his plant leg for stick leverage to lift the puck into the top corGame 2 in Washington — the Blue Jackets» run at franchise history, the Capitals» crisis of confidence and the offside review that held up the full celebration — but both the national and local announcers caught the skill that it took Matt Calvert to make his one - handed game - winner possible, walling off a defender with his free hand and using his plant leg for stick leverage to lift the puck into the top corgame - winner possible, walling off a defender with his free hand and using his plant leg for stick leverage to lift the puck into the top corner.

The Pacers held a comfortable lead throughout much of the game, taking a 15 - point advantage into the fourth quarter.

The Spurs still hold the top spot despite their 19 - game winning streak being snapped, while the Pacers take a major tumble thanks to their atrocious play of late.

He's not just the glue defensively, he's taken on some of the best scorers in the game and held them in check.

Liverpool will naturally be desperate to keep hold of the Egyptian international in order to take them closer to winning major honours, but Mido has suggested that his compatriot should join Real Madrid instead and take his game «to the next level».

HOCKEY Detroit Red Wings took 3 - 0 lead on pair of goals by Alex Delvecchio, demoted center, and deflected shot by sharpshooting Gordie Howe, held on to whip Montreal Canadiens 3 - 1 for fourth time in seven - game series, skated off with Stanley Cup at Detroit.

With Quarterback Don Meredith and Flanker Bob Hayes playing a game of catch — Meredith threw five TD passes and Hayes caught three of them — DALLAS (4 -0-0) demolished Philadelphia (2 -3-0) 56 - 7 and took dead aim on the NFL single - season scoring record of 466 points held by the 1950 Los Angeles Rams.

Chicago Cubs took four of first six games with Cincinnati and St. Louis, held third place, half - game ahead of Milwaukee and Cardinals.

I don't understand Arsene taking Alexis out of CF role, it all went from bad to worse the moment he done that, it rolled on from Bayern game, I don't see why Arsene would hold a grudge with Alexis despite the amount of crap displays coming from other regulars.

Before the Man United game, most Arsenal fans were regretting that Laurent Koscielny was taken out injured and were worried that Per Mertesacker would have to partner Gabriel in defence, but they held firm against the so - called deadly Man United attack force, and along with Petr Cech (5 shots — 5 saves) stopped the Red Devils from making any sort of comeback.

There were quite a few candidates among the Arsenal players for the Man of the Match award, for me, with Ospina, Bellerin, Giroud, Rosicky, Cazorla and Alexis all having big games but I have gone for Francis Coquelin because he held the team together as we needed to stay firm before and after taking the lead.

According to a 1979 study of 39 professional baseball games, 77 % of the fights in the stands occurred in the least expensive seats; 69 % happened at night; and 70 % in the last four innings, when alcohol had taken hold.

It was a very nervous finish to the game after Olivier Giroud saw red for a headbutt and QPR got one back from the penalty spot, but the Arsenal boss took a lot of pride in the resilience we showed to hold firm under pressure towards the end.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

It has won its 13 other games with the same pattern of play that took it to last year's championship: an exquisite defense that one of these days may hold a rival to no points at all, and an undistinguished offense that often stutters so badly in the first half it may someday score no points at all.

We didn't need a manager this season if we're just gonna put out the same players that come 5th anyone could of done what wenger is doing it's easy I buy lacazette then put he same team out from the same squad even when I have injuries it's easy just put out the rest of the squad and play them out of position I mean I'd take 8mil to do that oxlade at lwb kolansinac at cb elneny cm holding rcb there's no work of a manager there just put in players were others ain't ready to play then buy nobody else and do interviews with the same excuses job done next game change some ppl around but same ppl that came 5th then sell Alexis do interviews same excuses job done transfer window closes fans wish they never supported arsenal wenger laughing to the bank job done

He could fling it all over the field if he chose to (the Saints game was the perfect example of what Bradford could be) but for some reason he'd much rather take the safer throw than utilize his talent and that holds him back.

Holding did ok but Chambers was very cocky how many miss passes in dangerous areas did he miss place why didn't he booted the ball way down the field and take the pressure off at the first half the commentator spook of the inexperience of the defense and that liverpool did nt put enough pressure klopp rectified that straight away bang bang bang with runners and no protection while wenger face went all red with nothing to say the only thing that saved us really was the injuries for the game to take a change MR wenger is far to slow to fix things what is wrong with him he most not be in good health or something personnel worrying him cause after all he is the manager his got to have a fast thinking brain smell danger and act fast not seat and debate the issue with bold

Players scores Chech 8.5 top saves when needed Monreal 7 good steady game as always Mert 6 did ok The boss 6 looked tired Bel 7.5 good game needs work on crossing Walcot 5 did less than iwobi Cmpbell 7.5 worked hard, in front of ox and walcott anyway Flamini 7 steady Ox 4 poor all game not a clue how he gets a game Ramsey 5 very selfish player, if barca pay 50m take it and sigh Barkley for 35 Giroud 6.5 missed very good chance and doesn't hold the ball up at important times but had an ok performance Iwobi 7 did more than walcott in 15 mins Chambers not on long enough

It seemed that Saquon Barkley's Heisman stock was ready to finally take a hit after Northwestern's defense held him to -1 rushing yards in the first half of Saturday's game.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

Kansas State's head coach, Frank Martin, broke down over his best player, Jamar Samuels, being held out of his final game of his college career for taking $ 200 from his former AAU coach.

Hopefully if the improvements towards the end of the season in the running game continue to grow and take hold, a respectable running game will help open up the field for Jimmy and any of our other receivers moving forward.

The season before last 14 15 we did better with the points than last season even though we came second from last season we know we conceded many goals from set pieces and were very short on goal scoring the logic of this season was to fix the defensive department and the offensive department by introducing a defender to reduce the amount of goals conceded unless holding is to be the man we havent us of yet fixed the problem on the offensive department we all know the only offensive player is chuba apkom well else we have not addressed the problem so in reality I do not except Arsenal to finish the season with more than 70 points and personally think minimum point required to win the premier league is 85 points have we got that in our squad it will remain to be seen if chuba and holding are enough for a key to unlock the season we will soon find out but I think MR wenger is gambling with the introduction of new manageress which lives us with Liverpool and Leicester and who will take the points off united chelsea and city the next 6 games should give us the indication to what may happen to the long run for the new year

We all know Jose Mourinho was very upset at losing his hold over Le Prof and his actions after the game was designed to taking the focus away from his own team's mediocre performance, but he just made himself look like a spoilt brat throwing his toys out of his pram.

I agree with you the players need some heat to perform to theor abilities and stop wasting created opportunities to kill games and or hold onto leads and i agree they need some heat to kick em in the arse to prevent them from under performing against milan but milan isnt city or chelsea but we need to beat them to get far in competition but i do nt think the players missing chances this year is whole heartey down to the manager and we need to finish out the year strong but with cazorla comong back and strengthening some spots in off season and now praying we finally have jack back this squad looks dangerous next year and wenger will have a good year with arsenal next year cazorla and another player will take time off xhaka and or put more pressure on him to perform but we have had success in recent seasons barley missing out on top four last year with highest points to ever miss out yes they need heat to perform strong rest of year but it is not wengers time to go yet be needs another season and if these two years are falling off we have done better than are rivals in are tough years

We still lost away to Chelsea, lucky to leave Anfield with a point, Spurs took 4 points off of us, Utd beat us AT HOME and I have know idea who's turning up at Old Trafford... I feel now we REALLY need to hold unto 3rd and most importantly the players shouldn't be forgotten either, they get paid more than most people will see in their lifetime... The should be performing at the highest level on a constant basis but sadly they haven't either at least in the games that really count... I love Arsenal but something has to give in order for is to proceed and I want to see that Arsenal again at least one last time...

He's skinny and won't be able to sustain the punishment he will have to take in the NFL to play his game, which is running around holding the ball like a loaf of bread while someone scramble drill gets open or he takes off running.

Telling me players are not to blame is absolutely rubbish, they are to blame, yes Monaco mission was to relax and repell Arsenal and if possible shut them down completely, this gam was ours to take, First the pressure was on Monaco, they didn't know how to go about it, whether to defend their 3 - 1 advantage or press us, we had more than enough clear cut chances but as usual we were clueless in front of goal, we tried to open them apart which is impossible, Carzolla and Alexis played as if we lead 15 - 0, holding balls, try to dribble every time they have the ball and and reduce the pace and any chance of other to get through, losing balls carelessly, poor crosses is now our style, it doesn't threatened even Charlton athletic coz everyone now knows our crosses is poorly delivered and our attackers also don't have a clue how to do it even if one get through it will be wasted, this game should have been won by range attempts which was only tried once by ÖZIL and was blocked.

Taking example of the games so far, we really do need another holding midfielder.

He'd be able to hold the ball up, but also get in behind the defence, and a lot of times where we've come up short in the past with our current squad come down to us not taking our chances in those games.

Holding did ok but Chambers was very cocky how many miss passes in dangerous areas did he miss place why didn't he booted the ball way down the field and take the pressure off at the first half the commentator spook of the inexperience of the defense and that liverpool did nt put enough pressure klopp rectified that straight away bang bang bang while wenger face went all red with nothing to say the only thing that saved us really was the injuries for the game to take a change MR is far to slow to fix things what is wrong with him he most not be in good health cause after all he is the manager his got to have a fast thinking brain smell danger and act fast not seat and debate the issue with bold

Rico LaVelle, who sang the national anthem during the Detroit Lions - Atlanta Falcons game in Detroit, took a knee and held up a fist at the end of the song on Sunday.

Away game first is an oppurtunity take hold of the fixture by making use of away goals rules.

But whilst Renault, McLaren and to an extent Honda can all take positives from the game of musical chairs, Toro Rosso appears to have been left holding the short end of the stick.