Sentence examples for a holding role from inspiring English sources

A lot of people were pretty sure he cannot play a holding role.

Then he played in a holding role and found he liked the game more than ever.

Blind is a utility player who can operate in a holding role, so is hardly a bespoke centre-back.

He had the skill to play a holding role for us in the first innings and attack in the second.

Tactically Belgium look much better balanced with Fellaini in a holding role and I thought he had a really good game against Brazil.

More recently, twirlers have adopted more of a holding role, though that may be down to the paucity of options on the circuit.

Alejandro Bedoya, normally a wide midfielder, was given a tryout in a central holding role to cut off Brazil's advances.

Klinsmann recently moved him back to a more comfortable holding role in a 4-3-3 formathen and teamteam immediately clicked.

Leonsis, of course, was a longtime executive at AOL, holding roles that include vice chairman and president during the 13 years he was there.

Having played as a centre-half, he has been used mostly in a holding midfield role lately.

Liverpool were markedly improved once Can entered the fray and released Henderson from a holding midfield role.