There are four types of defenders: centre-back, sweeper, full-back, and wing-back. The centre-back and full-back positions are essential in most modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised for certain formations.
A centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half) defends in the area directly in front of the goal, and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them.
With the ball, centre-backs are generally expected to make short and simple passes to their teammates, or to kick unaimed long balls down the field. For example, a clearance is a long unaimed kick intended to move the ball as far as possible from the defender's goal.
Offshore (1979) is a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. It won the Booker Prize for that year. It recalls her time spent on boats on the Thames in Battersea. The novel explores the liminality of people who do not belong to the land or the sea, but are somewhere in between. The epigraph, "che mena il vento, e che batte la pioggia, e che s'incontran con si aspre lingue" ("whom the wind drives, or whom the rain beats, or those who clash with such bitter tongues") comes from Canto XI of Dante's Inferno.
"Offshore", when used relative to hydrocarbons, refers to an oil, natural gas or condensate field that is under the sea, or to activities or operations carried out in relation to such a field. There are various types of platform used in the development of offshore oil and gas fields, and subsea facilities.
The Royal Navy will permanently station two offshore patrol vessels in the Indo-Pacific region later this summer, according to the U.K.Ministry of Defence... A spokesman attributed that information to the ministry itself, in keeping with the department’s policy. It did not specify where the ships would be stationed ... The Spey, skippered by Lt. Cmdr ... Cmdr ... .
...ONGC offshore platform off the Mumbai coast ... “After the first information was reported by ODAG (OffshoreDefence Advisory Group), ONGC promptly diverted its offshore supply vessel ‘SagarPride’ and ODAG mobilized its vessel ‘P RNayak’ to support the drifting vessel,” ONGC said.
... if we were traversing through international waters close to China as well.” Australia’sDefenceForce said the exercises, which will largely be held on military bases in Queensland state and offshore, were designed to improve interoperability between the allies.
It is a spring high tide in Chichester harbour at one of the few places on the south coast where there are no sea defences. It is a sunny day with a gentle offshore breeze. An onshore wind would add another half a metre to this tide ... .
Beijing , July 3 (ANI) ... It appears China now sees the South China Sea as an offshore battleground where rivals must be overcome by force, said Holmes ... So, US and allied mariners and airmen, accordingly, must study China's martial traditions, gleaning insight into how the offshore active defence might unfold in the South China Sea, advised Holmes.
BEIJING ... It appears China now sees the South China Sea as an offshore battleground where rivals must be overcome by force, said Holmes ... So, US and allied mariners and airmen, accordingly, must study China's martial traditions, gleaning insight into how the offshore active defence might unfold in the South China Sea, advised Holmes ... .
"We want to be stimulating our economy and how do we do that in the defence portfolio? One way not to do that is to send large amounts of our money offshore." ... "So things like a third offshore patrol vessel, another vessel along the lines - perhaps a larger version of the ...
Analysis - New rules are coming for masks and scanning, but the question is asked ... That didn't last long ... An interesting Herald-Kantor poll revealed public attitudes to Team New Zealand's rejection of the $99 million offered by the government to keep the defence of the America's Cup at home ... Team New Zealand could decide to take the defence offshore ... .