Sentences with phrase «whilst playing at the back»

His defensive awareness demonstrated whilst playing at the back would be beneficial in the holding role, he's mobile, brave and smooth in possession which are good ingredients for the role.

Not exact matches

Apart from his preferred role of playing as a box - to - box midfielder, the Juventus star can also play as a winger, a full - back or as a wing - back, whilst also having played as a centre - back in a three - man defence during his spell at Marseille in the 2014 - 15 season, under manager Marcelo Bielsa.

Youngster Rob Holding's performance alongside Laurent Koscielny this weekend may have eased the importance of another addition at present, but it was then revealed the France international played the game whilst carrying a knock, and played through the pain barrier after hurting his back the day before the 0 - 0 draw with Leicester City.

They have a shelf life of 8/10 years at the very top if they are lucky so who can begrudge them the opportunity to make hay whilst the sun is shining... am not saying Sanchez is not money driven but the way the guy plays i can mortgage my life he actually enjoys the game, enjoys wining first and foremost then money comes 2nd... like the author of the article rightly pointed out, he was in Messi's shadow at Barca and could not express himself fully, now he is at a club where he is the main man and given a free role and license to express himself and i very much doubt if he will want to go to a club like Madrid (as been rumoured in the dailies today) to relieve the bad experience he suffered at Barca because let us face facts, he is never going to displace CR7 as the main man, so even if Madrid sells Benzema or Bale to make room for him he will be back to the same position he was at Barca, this time he will be playing 2nd fiddle to CR7 so my guess is all the Madrid talks is been fed the press by his agents to drive a hard bargain when contract extension talks resumes.....

Last year whilst tinkering with the wing back scenario we played a couple of cbs who had also experience at lb and rb, Monreal and holding.

Whilst Wenger must respect Munich and their talent, he can not afford to sit back and play for a draw at home — Arsenal need to go for the jugular.

And if you are so dumb to play him, play him at 0 - 1 down in the hope for a draw, or at 0 - 0 in the hope for a win, but at 0 - 2 down whilst we didn't look close to coming back in the game?

Couldve and thought it was going to be worse at 70 mins, a disaster in the making after city droppn points but well done battled back for the draw and couldve stole whilst not playing well... signs of great teams do that!

Some have hardly played at all (ospina, chambers, gibbs, elneny, Welbeck, iwobi) whilst others could do with getting their form back (Mertesacker, flamini, Campbell, walcott, alexis) for me those x1 should all be involved if possible?

Whilst his ankles have taken him several steps back, I have confidence he will return to top form, how you can condemn probably the only player at arsenal who couldn't seen themselves playing anywhere else is beyond me, he is arsenal through and through, and has huge ability and potential.

Whilst competent with the ball at his feet, he isn't going to be a Hummels - like, ball - playing centre - back.

Whilst playing for Tottenham Hotspur, as a left - back, Harry Redknapp changed his position, turning him into a winger, which is where he had the world at his feet.

Jenkinson's Arsenal career is over and done with unless he can pull some sort of magical «Messi - eque» performance out whilst playing at right - back in the Championship.

Right back for most of the season, and then left back when the injury list grew, he was constantly played out of position so, whilst still inexcusable, his bad performances are at least understandable and forgivable.

Marcos Rojo and Michael Carrick's absentees are a huge loss for this weekend's game, whilst Antonio Valencia playing at right - back has been one of their weak points this season.

Down the years, Wenger's sides have struggled against opponents who play with a very compact, physical style, whilst staying disciplined and organised at the back.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the Derby at the weekend was how Inter set up at the back, with Mancini employing a back four, Juan Jesus played in centre back whilst Dodo was battered as he ran down the left flank.

He started last season in the centre of defence but has moved more recently to a right - back berth whilst stepping up to our under - 23 team under Michael Duff who himself played in that position before finally settling in at centre half in the Burnley team.

Marco van Ginkel captained PSV to a 2 - 0 win over Roda whilst Todd Kane, playing as a wing - back in a 3 -5-2, got his first start and first 90 minutes for Groningen in their 2 - 1 triumph at home to Utrecht.

Mo Besic played centre - back for Ferencvaros whilst Seamus Coleman started right - midfield in his early days at Everton.

Whilst Rojo seems to be happier playing in the same position, we paid # 30 million for Luke Shaw, who from what I have seen to date is a much better player at left - back than Rojo.

While Tuesday night was mainly a night for celebration, with Gareth Bale once again at his scintillating best, single handily carving out Spurs» two second half goals for Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko whilst taking a part one of Europe's best full - back in Maicon, there was a significant negative to come out of the game and that was the second half absence of Dutch play - maker Rafael Van Der Vaart, scorer of Tottenham's first goal and the catalyst upon which a memorable night was founded, with the former Hamburg and Real Madrid sensation now set to miss the trip to Bolton as he continues to nurse a hamstring injury which has been hampering him for the last month or so.

The soundtrack is pretty unmemorable in retrospect but works effectively at conjuring the desired mood whilst actually playing, complemented by the ambient sound design, which while arguably overly reliant on jump scare moments, will raise the hairs on the back of your neck when playing with headphones.

Whilst aspects of the film are a little predictable (within the first ten minutes I'd worked out exactly what type of characters Whannell and Angus Sampson were going to play, even though they didn't appear until much later), this film sees the Melbourne boys back at the top of their game.

From there, Anderson takes us back in time to the author's experiences whilst staying at the hotel, located in an alpine resort in the fictional European principality of Zubrowka, and his relationship with one of the hotel's most frequent guests, Zero Moustafa (played with gravitas by F. Murray Abraham).

Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play was unveiled at Mobile World Congress, back in February, whilst being the world's first PlayStation certified smartphone.

Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play is the world's first PlayStation certified smartphone, with a fast processor and dedicated slide - out games controls whilst being backed by leading game publishers with a number of top titles being available at launch.

For families just coming down to the esplanade is like having a little holiday as there are so many things for children to see and do from morning till night especially at Muddy's Playground where children can play on water fountains, swing on swings, climb all over the climbing frames, build sand castles and more whilst the parents sit back and relax with a drink in the esplanade café.

Personally, I'm a bow guy — I'll stand back and shoot three arrows at a time into the creatures weak spots whilst rolling out the way if it begins to charge at me, whereas when playing online I saw others with massive swords jumping onto the creatures backs and riding them around whilst stabbing them in the back.

It has been this pure passion for the work itself, and having a deep enjoyment of constantly being intellectually challenged & playing a role in contributing to the business acumen and direction of a company, that has led me to take this career path for the past 15 + years and never look back; whilst also at the same time undertaking work that adds value back to society by doing something that assists to bring energy access and energy security to various communities around the globe.