Sentences with phrase «tight games with»

A three - game tour of England ended with a loss at Twickenham but the experience of tight games with fast turnarounds were viewed as being hugely beneficial as New Zealand returned to prepare to defend their World Cup crown.

But I believe as well, once you go into the rotation and you have so many tight games with such a short period of time, we play Sunday, we play Tuesday, you're a bit of a prisoner of that.

According to Brendan Quinn, the Wolverines and Rockets played in a tight game with several standouts for UM (Wagner, Abdur Rahkman, Zavier Simpson, Eli Brooks, Isaiah Livers, Charles Matthews).

nobody in their right mind who has played this game thinks that was intentional on a tight game with a 2 - 2 count.

They have had a tremendous season thus far and they got caught in a tight Game with another very good Team, and just came up a bit short.

Burnley's game on Monday was dreadful and I am going to go 1 - 0 Southampton, it will be a tight, tight game with just one goal in it.

This allowed Erik Lamela to pick out the run of Ryan Mason to edge a tight game with the only goal.

I think a nice, tight game with sweet mechanics and a well - paced narrative deserves high praise and titles like this tend to stand above larger games in my personal pantheon of favorites.

Not exact matches

Conversely, if the Hawks dropping their next two games, they'd hang tight to the bottom spot in the NBA, and with it a guarantee that they'd receive a top - four pick if they can finish the season there.

While the postponements are a necessity given the hand many teams have been dealt with bad weather, it will leave some teams in a tight spot when they are forced to make the games up later in the season.

Go to any number of Prius forums and you can see how, like any enthusiastic World of Warcraft gamer, Prius drivers are a tight - knit community, constantly sharing tips and tricks with each other in the hopes of getting to that next level — 70 miles per gallon or 700 miles on a single tank of gas.

If Scully's mentor and former partner, Red Barber, was the soft - spoken, southern - accented master of the homely analogy — «This game is tighter than a new pair of shoes on a rainy day» — Scully brings to his work the perspective of a philosopher at ease with the human condition, perhaps first formed by the liberal arts education he received at Fordham University shortly after World War II: «Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day - to - day.

A routine football game comes alive with excitement when the puny punter fakes a kick and tosses a wobbly pass into the grip of the tight end.

Considering Arsenal's tight schedule, the duo are not going to play every game and with a few more performances like the one against Hull, Mohammed Elneny may well rise above the pecking order in central midfield before the start of next season.

However, our biggest issue seems to be the same old one we've had over the past years... Defending slender leads in tight games or winning with small margins when we are not at our best or when we need points the most!

He only started 16 Serie A games & finished with 7 goals & 7 assists in a tight Serie A. He's a big game player - scored in the Champions League final against Barcelona in 2014/15 & both legs of the semis against Real, & the recent Italian Cup final this season with his first touch.

Mustafi had a great game today and with Kos meant the centre of defence was tight and in shape, for once.

So it looks like we could be heading for another tight game against the Hammers, and it will be interesting to see if our reserves can deal with them better than our first team did last week.

The Hammers have only lost once in their last 13 games and, in Dimitri Payet, they have a man capable of settling a tight contest with a moment of magic.

Loose balls seemed to always wind up with Team Bauer and in a tight game that can be all of the difference.

They were able to parade a cast of long defenders through the Game and they didn't allow Team Goldin to transition from Defense to Offense well, as is so often the case... This Game stayed tight throughout and it was actually tied with under 15 seconds to go..

They hung tight with the 2x Defending Champs for much of Sunday's clash before giving way to Team Lalez in the Game's final 15 mins.

The game was a tight battle all the way, with neither team taking more than a single - digit lead.

Tight end Greg Olsen snagged the game - winning touchdown pass with 32 seconds left in the game.

With the emphasis on the passing game, they're getting shoved into the tight end position.

From what I have seen with Lacazette he is good in tight spaces, has a decent first touch and the passing / creative part of his game is not too bad so could be the ideal foil for someone like Auba.

Tampa Bay tight end Austin Sefarian - Jenkins is ready to return to action after missing the past nine games with a shoulder injury.

For games and practices Taurasi's every hair is plastered back tight and held in a softball of a bun, locked into position with a quarter bottle of Rave.

Btw Karl's team had a very nice half court game as well with Chauncey and Melo... Until the playoff when things got tight and the game gets called differently..

The title race is tighter than a gnat's chuff and with Leicester City and Tottenham already above us, even though the spuds are only in second place due to their better goal difference, we really can not afford to give any ground in the next round of games.

«To the contrary, this incident is consistent with your pattern of egregious safety - related violations including your hit on a defenseless player during the 2015 Wild Card game and your hit against a Baltimore tight end away from the play on Jan. 3, 2016.

Sporting Kansas City's Zusi, playing in the All - Star game in front of his own fans, came off early with complaints about a «tight quad».

Our chances have sure improved but with how tight the West is (plus teams with games in hand) we are hardly a lock for the playoffs.

His main job is to score in tight matches like this and crucial ones like against Spurs (and countless other games I have been subjected to watch in pure disgust for the past three seasons with him up there) to turn draws into wins.

Not coincidentally, Eifert had three key drops in last week's game and I'm guessing Dalton's line would've looked a lot better if the normally sure - handed tight end would've come down with those passes, and the Bengals might've even won (you never know how it changed things).

The game was suddenly close when the Steelers scored on the opening drive of the second half with a 19 - yard touchdown by Le'Veon Bell on another great pass from Roethlisberger into tight coverage.

This is early in the game and the Rams line up with a tight end to the defense's left.

If you're scared to make such a pick, Villanova is still strong, with a savvy backcourt that's proven in tight games, and Duke is truly showing what their blue - chip lineup is capable of.

Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez left Sunday's game against the Cardinals with an ankle sprain, and he is questionable to return.

Personally, I would change our formation for this game, Maybe a 5 -4-1 to start with, keeping it very tight and deep at the back and then changing it to our more accustomed attacking formation late on in the second half.

There are some player who seem average with inferior players but play very good football with top level players as they keep the game simple and tight and link up with them beautifully.

We already know, or can guess, that Rodgers is planning to make it a tight game, with little time and space on the ball for Arsenal to make the most out of our creative talents.

As reported by Metro, the football pundit is expecting a game full of goals as both sides push forward, but he believes that Arsenal can come out on top as long as we keep things tight to begin with.

Dear @Mesut O - healed, that game was tactically tight with little room for both teams to over commit in going forward.

Half of our season will be filled with tight games.

With the German World Cup winning trio of Ozil, Podolski and Mertesacker still unavailable and with Gibbs and Sanogo staying in London because of injury problems, the boss has a depleted squad to work with, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tiWith the German World Cup winning trio of Ozil, Podolski and Mertesacker still unavailable and with Gibbs and Sanogo staying in London because of injury problems, the boss has a depleted squad to work with, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tiwith Gibbs and Sanogo staying in London because of injury problems, the boss has a depleted squad to work with, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tiwith, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tight.

In the past (I'm talking back during Jose's first stint with Chelsea) there were a lot of controversial refereeing decisions, and even then the game's were very tight — back then we had quality youngsters in the form of Fabregas, and experienced leaders in the form of Thierry and still couldn't break them down.

In a tight game between USC and Stanford, the two teams traded go - ahead buckets with seconds remaining, the latter of which came on a half - court buzzer beater.

Our defense was water tight, air balls were met with fight and determination and quite honestly Silva and Aguero were invisible most of the game.

How this will translate to the field, with no running game and no tight end or possession receiver — unless O.J. McDuffie makes a miraculous recovery — remains to be seen....