Sentences with phrase «talking about opponents»

Education Secretary Arne Duncan apologized this evening for using «clumsy phrasing that I regret» when talking about opponents of the Common Core academic standards.

Talking about opponents, I think Manchester United were really tough.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, the company's board announced that it was suspending its chief executive, Alexander Nix, after British television released secret recordings that appeared to show him talking about entrapping political opponents.

We are also talking about repentance among evangelicals, dealing with their rejection of genuinely biblical values upheld by their theological opponents.

Yeah, let's all talk about Chick - Fil - A and the religion of our President and his empty suit opponent instead of how Romney is getting thrashed by the British media for being «more dense and unqualified than Sarah Palin.»

«We will not talk about our next opponent.

Daly introduced Tiger, whose five - minute talk touched on needing to love yourself before you can love others, and how much fun it is to walk off the course having won a tournament «because that's what competition is all about — beating your opponents,» he said.

you shouldnt be talking about winning titles it just says to your opponent you lack creativity... Let me flip the notion of chelsea parking bus.

This was better from Wenger, any slight edge can make a difference, even if it is just mentally like giving you're lads a boost or the talking about it in media getting into our opponents heads more than it would've done otherwise.

All the talk of the last few weeks has been about Arsenal strikers coming and going Blah blah, but I think I can honestly say once again that Wenger should be doing something about our ageing comical defence, who regularly make schoolboy errors and gift goals to our opponents.

But read the quotes from the opponents / teammates who talk about how effortlessly he could shake double teams [and a superb passer as well at a time when positions were far more well defined, and your two guard wasn't expected to have assists], and one can only guess that he would still be a very gifted offensive player even today.

I already talked about his kick step, but Lewan was also good at getting his hands inside on his opponents most of the time.

«He's never talked about it once,» says pitcher Cole Hamels, a longtime NL East opponent in Philadelphia who is now a teammate in Texas.

As reported by the Evening Standard the Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic was fulsome in his praise of their opponents, specifically talking about the teamwork, togetherness and tenacity of the Tottenham team.

why did we play Welbeck in the striker's role... no one can question his heart but to have a player with such limited first - touch and finishing skills against such a game opponent with Lacazette on the bench is almost unforgivable... maybe it's because Welbeck tows the party line or maybe it's because Welbeck doesn't know anything but 100 % on the pitch, unfortunately neither of these qualities makes him a capable starting striker on a team with any real aspirations... I can only hope that he was being showcased for a move elsewhere, as there was some talk last week about some interest from Everton... if he moved on that would be the only silver lining of this coach's decision, but once again it wouldn't excuse this club for putting business decisions ahead of fielding the best possible team to secure 3 points at Anfield

Wenger's opponent at Chelsea would have stood up and said everything is fine and people have no idea what they are talking about.

My friends and I always talk about great fighters imposing themselves on their opponents and creating patterns that seem to regularly appear in their fights, and while Hurd is, by no means, a great fighter at this point, it is interesting to see him consistently apply pressure, walk through fire, get to the body, and then break down the guy in front of him.

«And having listened to Steve Kerr in those coaching meetings that we are fortunate to sit in pregame, where he talks so eloquently about how much Steph changes an opponent defensive schemes, how much further out they're forced to contend, how that shape - shifts the defensive layout of the floor, it's incredible.»

Let's talk about the players, will wenger go to the field and put the ball behind opponents net?

But the return game was inefficient (I'm talking about kick returns here — opponents didn't punt), and Thomas Bennett's punts didn't travel far enough (42.3 - yard average with minimal fair catches) to justify allowing 8.5 yards per return.

I use «potential» here because we're still talking about only two real games and because few remaining opponents on FSU's 2014 schedule are dangerous in run defense.

Are you saying that accomplishments do not figure into it, and that all we are talking about is each game being valued equally (opponent adjusted but it doesn't matter if it is a tournament setting or a game in Nov)

Some Arsenal fans might wonder what problems I am talking about, as Arsenal's next opponents have just earned a creditable draw with Chelsea and won their two previous games, scoring seven times in those three games and conceding just twice, but hear me out.

Can we now please stop speculating and talking about winning the PL until we have won 4 or 5 games on the trot including against a top 5 opponent?

On a bonus national championship preview episode, Dan is joined by Chris B. Brown of SmartFootball.com to talk about the defensive philosophies and overlapping principles of Saban and Smart's defense, young QB preparation, the universal potential of Saban's defense, and how much or little can be prepared for a week after very different opponents in the College Football Playoff semifinal.

Our defense have been exposed too much rather then we exposed opponents defense, specially when we talk about top 5 PL sides.

While most of the talk about Arsenal today will revolve around the Champions League competition, which the Gunners are still in while our next Premier League opponents Liverpool crashed out at the group stage despite am easy looking draw.

I've talked a lot about how Marquette has big shot advantages over their opponents... they out shot Mercer 29 - 8 on Sunday night.

Michael Laudrup, former Juventus, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF and AFC Ajax midfielder, current Swansea City AFC manager Unfortunately, the word legend is a word which is being used way too much these days, but in this case you can really talk about a legend in football, and therefore I am proud to have been Ferguson's last opponent [as Swansea boss] in his last home match as manager at Old Trafford.

«Antonio talks to each of his players before every match, telling them everything about their opponents: how they move, how they defend, how they attack, what their distinctive features are.

With the team at home this weekend, we talk to a lifelong Blue about his Stamford Bridge days, including scoring one of the great Chelsea goals against tomorrow's opponents...

When talking about a team vying for promotion, taking barely more shots than your opponents isn't exactly an encouraging sign.

If Wolves replicate any of their three performances talked about in the above preview, during their victories over Liverpool and Chelsea or even in defeat to Man City last weekend, then it's difficult to envisage anything other than a home win for Wolves, what with their opponents, Liverpool, having won just once away from home all season and just twice in the last twelve months.

Of course, we're talking about a special election, meaning that contributions could flood in from around the country without competition from other candidates, but note that Brown's opponent saw no similar influx of cash — or enthusiasm.

My opponents want to talk about negative things.

«My opponents are going to try and portray me in all the stereotypical ways that they talk about Republicans.

We've been talking about the potential of Obama's rebuilt grassroots field operation here for a year, and now we're seeing some of its first fruits: just as in 2008, the data his field teams collect gives his campaign a much clearer picture of what's happening on the ground than his opponents, helping his team make strategic choices about how to allocate resources (of course, always assuming that the data is accurate!).

Generally speaking, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand hasn't acknowledged her opponent, Republican Wendy Long, or even talked much about the fact that she's running for her first six - year term this year.

A «kinder and gentler» Carl Paladino was on «Good Day NY» this morning and talked of how he feels his campaign has accomplished its goal of «aggravating» his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, by employing personal barbs about things like his «prowess.»

Finally, and perhaps more importantly, the much talked about free SHS, which the NPP, particularly, our 2016 presidential candidate, Nana Akufu - Addo has been associated with, has come to fruition despite all the bastardization and cynicism from our political opponents.

He never lets up on his opponents, thrives on throwing bombs and the media attention it gets him, but now wants to talk about issues?

I'm glad to see my opponent is a gentleman, who seems to be somebody who likes to talk about the issues, which I think is great when you think about some of the things America is observing in the presidential race,» the congressman said.

«I think George has a great legislative record in the Assembly as opposed to his opponent [Cohen], who really has nothing but positions to talk about.»

When the Prime Boris encounters some political heavy weather his opponents even begin talking about this stylistic outsider as a potential successor.

I spoke earlier today with Sen. Eric Schneiderman, the Democratic AG nominee, who was in Rochester on a post-primary upstate swing during which he talked about protecting New Yorkers from mortgage fraud and slammed his GOP opponent, Staten Island DA DAn Donovan, for being too pro-Wall Street.

I know it's next door to where Mitt Romney was governor, but Mitt Romney was governor for four years and he had a healthcare plan that mirrored that of Obama, where you had George Pataki with that PAC you just talked about, arguably one of the most vocal opponents to Obamacare.»

At the Apollo Theater in Harlem Wednesday afternoon, Hillary Clinton told supporters she is able to accomplish what her Democratic primary opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, can only talk about.

«I think everyone before they go in studs up on a political opponent needs to think long and carefully about whom they are talking to,» he said.

It's news because Schumer's wife is a «raving opponent» and Schumer previously declined to talk about it.

«I know my opponent want to talk about the things that occurred ten years ago in my life and that's what he would have to say.