The new Leverkusen manager has talked himself into a corner over the decision to rotate Ballack and Simon Rolfes in central midfield, sending out mixed messages that have left everyone a little miffed.
The president deflected a question from Bloomberg TV on whether Republican attacks on the UN ambassador Susan Rice had "boxed him into a corner" over her possible appointment as secretary of state.
He has pinned himself into a corner over the 75% tax rate, which was ruled unconstitutional in December, but which he cannot entirely bury without losing face.It is also far from clear that Mr Hollande, even if he sees the need to curb public spending, is ready to do it.
"Let's make sure we don't have a self-inflicted wound, because there are a lot of silly games played up on Capitol Hill". The president deflected a question from Bloomberg TV on whether Republican attacks on the UN ambassador Susan Rice had "boxed him into a corner" over her possible appointment as secretary of state.
"Audiences wonder if I can remember it all, so I have a book over in the corner," he said.
Will Romelu Lukaku score in his eighth successive Premier League game? "Just when Newcastle looked to have turned a corner with those impressive wins over Liverpool and Tottenham they come crashing back to reality with last week's draw at home to hapless Aston Villa.
The idea was to keep bookselling local; if they couldn't slash prices, megastores like the FNAC, France's answer to Best Buy, would hardly have an advantage over a tiny corner shop.
And it shouldn't surprise you that when they first come to grips with this in an official, disciplined way where somebody has to actually say something instead of sort of be off in a corner having a conversation over a cup of coffee that no one ever--that has no--it just vanishes into air, that it's hard for them to do.
Stefano Hatfield is keen to wax lyrical about his latest project High50, an online community for the 50-plus market that aims to ape the huge success Saga has had cornering over-65s, but the conversation inevitably drifts to his most recent role at Evgeny Lebedev's London Live TV station.
"Visually you can see we've turned a corner, but this is not over, with winds this strong, anything can still happen," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told CBS News on Monday.
