Sentence examples for defending having from inspiring English sources

When the committee last held such a hearing, the nation was still reeling from the Great Recession, and the banks' chief executives were defending having taken billions in taxpayer bailouts.

Former Greece striker Georgios Samaras is a target for coach Tony Walmsley, however the Mariners' real on-field issues are in defending, having conceded seven more goals than the A-League's second worst defence.

Villarreal arrived on Merseyside with a reputation for stingy, resolute defending, having conceded 31 goals in 36 La Liga games, yet their cause was not helped by the way their goalkeeper, Alphonse Aréola, spread uncertainty throughout his back four during the opening exchanges.

Badly defined (or undefined) team roles lead to redundancy of effort, turf-grabbing, balls being dropped, and a lot of time being spent defending having done or not done things (e.g.: "You were supposed to do that". "No way, you were supposed to do that". "I didn't do it because... .. etc.).

He knows that, as a defender, your one-on-one defending has to be good.

The nature of defending has changed radically in recent years.

The defending has carried on from the last three games.

Some of our defending has to be improved.

But maybe all that defending has tired them out?

West Brom's defending has not been clever.

The defending has been so poor at times from Manchester United.