Sentences with phrase «ability on and off the ball»

His positioning, ability on and off the ball and his pace caused problems for Real Salt Lake, which will give him the confidence early on in the pre-season tour ahead of the big matches against Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

His ability on and off the ball was missed on Sunday and United have a huge task replacing him long - term as he must only have one or two more years at the top level left in him.

Mitchell seems to have everything to make him a star; pace, ability on and off the ball, the ability to defend and score some stunning goals.

United started well in the match, challenging the home side yet again and matching their abilities on and off the ball.

Not exact matches

His strength, his ability to hold up the ball and lay it off, his one touch passes in the box, his ability to tie up a couple of defenders, his ability in the air, and, when he is on form he scores.

What that teaches us is this, one bad signing can destroy a team season, Xhaka possesses none of the credential Arsenal need his lack of stamina effects his ability to move up the pitch and distribute the ball and hence close the opposition down, his poor acceleration put him in at a massive disadvantage in taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal, his sluggish tackling causes him to get sent off and his poor positioning allow the opposition plenty of space to exploit, Xhaka overall style of play is going to cause Arsenal huge problems for the foreseeable future.

Sometimes players with good on the ball abilities, control, touch, pass, sometimes they can find the right place working alongside the right personnel and take off from there.

I think he would flourish with the Gunners, especially with Ozil's vision and ability on the ball to create the chances that Morata likes to feed off most.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

His intangibles and ability to play on and off the ball are appealing, though he may have challenges defensively at the NBA level.

His intangibles and ability to play on and off the ball are appealing, and he'd give the Nets another piece to play with in the backcourt.

A constant menace for the Palace defence with his movement and ability on the ball, while he also worked hard of his team off the ball.

Sanogo has utilised his off - season to display his ability and despite looking far from complete, is starting to look a more capable player by scoring his first four Arsenal goals in one match and further providing one assist to Aaron Ramsey's Community Shield goal after latching on to an Alexis Sanchez through ball.

Hence, this necessitates being tactically astute in one's positional awareness and technically astute in one's dribbling, turning and passing ability, in order to be a quick executer on and off the ball in all phases of transition.

His calmness both on and off the ball, his ability to read the game in front of him and to position himself to snuff out danger before it happens, and his ability to keep a level head when the intensity level ramps up and the game begins to get frantic.

Here he is, at rest, showing off the striking white blaze on his head, and his ability to squeeze into a tiny ball.

FIFA Soccer 11 reinvents player authenticity — on and off the ball — for every player and at every position on the pitch with Personality +, an all - new feature that sees individual abilities reflected in game, enabling clear differentiation for every player.