If one player makes a mistake, the goalie will often be on his own, forced to make not just one big save, but a series of them throughout games.
With the prospects of Mitt Romney (an old chum of Mr Netanyahu who seems joined at the hip with him over Iran) apparently fading, those concerns had increased to the extent that the Israeli prime minister had been warned repeatedly that if he did issue an order to attack, he would be on his own.
Mr Milosevic, for his part, will be banking on his own people's greater willingness to accept and inflict casualties and on the fact that all nations, even exhausted and divided ones, tend to rally round the flag when under attack.
Warnock refused to be drawn on his own future amid claims that contract talks had broken down.
However, Kinnear is hoping that any transfer dealings in January will be based on his own recommendations.
After Blagojevich's announcement, Burris asked to be judged on his own merits.
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Come Saturday night, one of the greatest coaches football has ever seen could be out on his own as the number one of all time.
Not only the former chairman, but also the founder of Enron and at points its CEO, Lay is slated to be tried on his own, on four separate criminal charges related to personal bank loans.
With Icahn, the best strategy is to be quick in betting on his own investments and then be as fast in deciding whether to take early profits or go for the longer-term chance to bag a big-bundle hit.
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The trends all translate into a doctor that is less likely to be on his or her own.
Fiscal stimulus has become so politicized and criticized by the public that there will not be any more significant boost from image-conscious politicians, and Bernanke has been trying to be the hero on his own.
But in 2006, Mr Zhu struck out on his own, realising he would be more content to publish his own scoops.
"Dravid has spent a lifetime in Sachin Tendulkar's shadow and the big batting records - centuries, number of runs scored - were never going to be his, but he is quite on his own in the slips, " according to Sambit Bal, editor of cricinfo.com, a cricket website.
Mr. Lhota is expected to be on the airwaves with his own TV ad on Tuesday.
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An independent Realtor, who may be doing very well on his own, is for some reason not counted as employed.
The player has to be the best player on his own team.
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He seems to be doing just fine on his own.
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So far his new bosses at Amgen are letting him be, but he dreams of going off on his own.
On what appears to be his own website, Magnotta defended himself as a victim of cyberstalking.
As such, he might not be the best person to decide on his own treatment.
The obvious step for De Beers now would be to take on Mr Leviev at his own game.
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He requested that McKenna should be allowed to take the reins on his own until Christmas but Tyrone officials refused to agree to the suggestion and declared the position vacant.
The only internal pressure on Mr Paisley may be his own party's ambition, and perhaps the desire at the age of 80 to hold power at last, even if it must be shared with the enemy.
If the prime minister gave in on a freeze, he would be too weakened in his own country (without stunning concessions from the Arabs) that he couldn't go on to do an accord that divides Jerusalem and has Israel returning to borders very close to those of June 4, 1967.
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The bond would be repaid to the migrant on return to his own country.
David Cameron's critics on his own benches will be watching for evidence that their traditional supporters are flocking elsewhere.
Adam Brand, writing in Tuesday's Guardian, says Brown's script shows signs of "a compulsion and anxiety to get things right" while other elements reveal him to be someone who "likes to operate on his own".
How can she not be bewildered, when Spyros her own flesh and blood will soon be, on his specific instructions, reduced to ash?
Pollster Mark DiCamillo said Nader's even support ratings indicated that while he might not be winning new supporters for his own candidacy, he could still be having an indirect effect on Gore's campaign by adding to the negative publicity surrounding the Democratic candidate.
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