Sentences with phrase «against better defenders»

Against better defenders he would be made silly in Europe for sure.

I for one would go and get him straight away as Ben Yedder is an all round striker a bag of tricks he plays in a lower team and scored a bag full of goals which means he fought hard against better defenders to get his goals Ben Yedder can come at you from any direction with either foot and score and he is good at set pieces two I would be ecstatically delighted if we sign him up as we would have our own Mahrez

Strong, athletic and pacy but struggle against better defenders and organised teams.

On the other, it sure is precise against good defenders.

Not exact matches

Beloved Beowulf, best of defenders, guard against anger and gain for yourself perpetual profit.

Hence the Modernists are not good defenders of the church against Humanism; secularism is at their very door and they are not strong enough to battle with it.

The pagan temptation,» as the philosopher Thomas Molnar described it, is hardly new — the Church has been fighting paganism since the time of Christ — but what is new is its aggressive resurgence, its seduction of so many Christians, and the warnings Pope Francis has issued against it.The Pope's scorching words against paganism have not been well - received by many, but Francis has gone right on assailing it, particularly in areas that pagans care about most: the environment and sex.Francis has been a bold and eloquent defender of the environment, and understands that protecting the environment is not a recent fad, but a long - standing Catholic principle, highlighted by many of Francis's predecessors.

The young Arsenal and England defender Calum Chambers may have had the sort of game he would rather forget on Monday against Liverpool, and he has taken his fair share of stick for is as well, but I do not think that it will mean a great deal in the long term.

Manolas scored five goals in 36 games last season which is a good return for an out and out defender so perhaps he could be utilized in games against softer opposition until he is ready to challenge the ageing Per Mertesacker for a first team place.

i have been saying this for along time arsenal would be better surve with a defrent stile of play maker one who can shoot head the ball take on defender dribble into space.we all see it over on over again you don't need one killers pass to win game alot of team don't have ozil on create lots of chance against us.

In turn, according to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona will send scouts to watch Ajax and Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt in action for the latter when he takes on England at Wembley on Friday night, as well as against Portugal next week.

Giroud has proven to be a better striker against the taller and tougher defenders, whilst Alexis» uses his pace and fight to be an effective striker.

The news outlet are also stating that Man City, as well as both Arsenal and Bayern, have scouts at Ajax's mach against PSV on Sunday, showing the defender may just be the real deal after all.

We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.

This all sounds very positive from the talented defender, but although he is right that we are used to playing against top sides, he seems to conveniently forget that we usually lose those big games as well!

And with the youngster also having wasted little time getting back in the goals again with his late winner against West Ham United in the Premier League last Saturday at Goodison Park, then the Gunners centre back knows only too well just what an uncomfortable afternoon that both he and his fellow defenders are in store for this weekend.

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«There were two strikers playing together (Romelu Lukaku and Martial) against three top central defenders — the best we have in Europe — and their work was amazing.»

Because our defenders have never been good at playing against high and intensive pressing.

I also feel that a lot of people have gone a bit overboard in their slating of the defender, with some suggesting that his pairing with Koscielny just does not work, because he and the French international played very well together when Wenger gave them a run after Mertesacker's red card against Chelsea and he would have kept the pairing for the Leicester and Barcelona matches if Gabriel had not been unlucky enough to pick up a knock.

That's Hummels, who's been called the best defender in the world, going in on the wrong side against Antonio Cassano — who up until the semifinal had been having a relatively indifferent tournament — and gifting the AC Milan forward the space he needed to swing in an ultimately deadly cross.

If the Arsenal new boy gets thrown straight into the mix as is expected this Saturday, he will be up against one of the Premier League's best defenders in Vincent Kompany.

He is at his best coming in to play against slightly tired defenders.

Brazil defender David Luiz has headed his side in front against Austria in their friendly.David Luiz has scored for Brazil in Austria, but should the Austrian defence have done better?

When you look at what Arsenal have in that position it would be better for a left back as Gibbs is now just ordinary.Also a defender of quality as Per is on the wane.I think Wenger has bought well, so let's wait till the fat lady sings and be for or against his decision.

Let me put it this way, even while acknowledging that Garrett is better against the run than some give him credit for, who would you consider the better overall run defender of the two?

Add in that they lost their best defender against us, they lost a significant chance at putting any offenses is conflict, and no longer had the offense to make up.

I would believe in him to follow Tata's instructions, but I'm not sure if he's a good enough 1v1 defender against tricky wingers without that extra right center back to help cover.

Easily the best central defender at the World Cup so far, Hummels scored Germany's opening goal against Portugal in the 4 - 0 group stage win, and also bagged the winner with his head verses France in the quarter - finals.

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

Many fans think this could be our best two defenders so it will be interesting to see how well they perform against a Newcastle side with a lot of pace and width up front.

Why is it that the English commentators and pundits have such a terrible grudge against Arsenal...... we score beautiful goals but all I here commentators talk about is bad defending because the defense was all over the show, but the whole world can see that it is the movement of our front players that is too good for the opposition therefore defenders don't know whether they are marking our players or closing gaps

And I am not saying Mertesacker is not good enough, but try pairing Kos and Gabriel and let's see how it works, those two have pace, tenacity, can tackle and will be great against pacy strikers and not let Kos be the one making the run for two people with that, you risk your best defender being injured.

It's funny how a lot of people want Ox gone.He'd give any defender a tough time.With proper coaching and advice the guy will destroy teams.I fear Conte can do that and won't mess around with him.It's very difficult when players like Ox play against you.I don't want to see him beating pur players for fun and putting in good crosses against our team.This move will be suicidal to us if everything goes well like it's supposed to be but if things don't go well for him we won't regret.

Catching Chelsea would mean, an abundance of luck, no more injuries (When Chelsea will get crucial ones, Fabregas, Costa, Courtois and defenders as examples), a tactical enlightenment from Wenger (that would call for a miracle), beat Man United, Man City, Chelsea at Home and not waist points against Liverpool and win all the odds games against the lower teams (as well as being kicked out of the CL and not go far in the Uefa Cup as we don't have the squad to do either anyway).

«I personally want to keep him until May, to know him better, to assess his level,» said Wenger, who named the defender on the bench against Chelsea on Wednesday night.

Prime Honey badger was a monster against the run and screens as well as being a great and versatile coverage defender.

It meant that Arsenal not only missed out on having a well recognised central defender against Liverpool, but that the Gunners were also largely unprepared in defence against Leicester as well.

all we need is the right force up front n we can challenge 4any thing did u watch what happened 2boateng?????? but hes a good defender just as nuer is the best goal keeper currently but what happened 2him against barca?

literally saying he is prone to many mistakes for instance goal misses (1 on 1), retaining possession, hold up play, poor goal conversion rate against a «formidable team», inaccurate passes, struggles when backing a defender (s) and he's not good in the air.

In addition, three central defenders on the pitch will help the team defend better in the box, especially if it comes down to having bodies at the back, as we saw in the game against Boro.

We saw Dame drop 25 a game in his first ever playoff series against a much better defender than Jrue Holiday (who's fantastic, don't get me wrong).

He was awful against Southampton along with kos but kos is still the better defender...... Everyone thinks merts good when he plays against poor opposition and we boss the game.

A player like Sanchez is a good example, always on the prowl and his first goal against Bournemouth started from him pressurizing defenders.

We need a tall rough strong mobile central defender some one to stand strong against the bullies that can repel long balls at set pieces we need also a striker that will turn every opportunity to goals galore right back and left back and wingers but essentially a good defender and a good striker

NACHO MONREAL 5.5 The Spaniard look good on the ball but had a torrid time throughout the game as danger man Sadio Mane ran the rule against the defender on the night causing him so much problems with pace and trickery on the left wing.

Arsenal youngsters Ainsley Maitland - Niles, Stefan O'Connor and Gedion Zelalem, who featured mid-week against Galatasaray — as well as young defenders Semi Ajayi and Isaac Hayden also trained with the Gunners first team.

So what does it mean against Arsenal... Well remember when I mentioned physically imposing, yeah their shortest defender is 5ft10 (Munesia)..

Pros: Good body control, creates a good catch radius despite an average frame and snags the ball away from his body, uses body to shield defenders from ball Understands how to find the holes and sit down against zone coverage Nuanced route runner, uses head fakes at the stem and on release where he also uses feet well to beat press Has special teams experience (though I never thought of him as a standout from the broadcast) Has experience running full route tree, from multiple alignments with multiple personnel packGood body control, creates a good catch radius despite an average frame and snags the ball away from his body, uses body to shield defenders from ball Understands how to find the holes and sit down against zone coverage Nuanced route runner, uses head fakes at the stem and on release where he also uses feet well to beat press Has special teams experience (though I never thought of him as a standout from the broadcast) Has experience running full route tree, from multiple alignments with multiple personnel packgood catch radius despite an average frame and snags the ball away from his body, uses body to shield defenders from ball Understands how to find the holes and sit down against zone coverage Nuanced route runner, uses head fakes at the stem and on release where he also uses feet well to beat press Has special teams experience (though I never thought of him as a standout from the broadcast) Has experience running full route tree, from multiple alignments with multiple personnel packages

Flamini does nt have the ability to bring d ball out from defense to attack, he cant dictate the play nor launch attack from his position which is bad especially when you compare him to the way modern defensive midfielders plays this days... Things has evolved, good and modern coaches now prefers to have ball playing and technical defenders, we have that in koscieny and Gabriel, also our full backs are excellent with the ball, but Flamini is not, you can see all see how we kept on loosing possession against Liverpool.