The phrase "packed defence" refers to a strategy in sports, usually in games like football or soccer, where a team puts most of its players near their own goal in order to protect it from the opposing team's attacks. Full definition
it's too early to talk about double talk more treble, we need to improve the team cohesion, Alexis needs more time upfront to adapt perfectly to the role and we need to find a way through packed defence cos they seem to be our main weakness even when we had a striker like we have now RVP - Alexis. (justarsenal.com)
«Certainly at home against packed defences when we could only draw important matches.» (tomwfootball.com)
Presumably this would be because our current methods of overcoming packed defences were more often than not working. (arsenalarsenal.net)