Sentences with phrase «against defenders who»

The reason for the goalless scoreline can't be far fetched from the fact that the regular attackers of the team like Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon, Alex Iwobi and Oghenekaro Etebo were up against defenders who are the preferred options for coach Gernot Rohr.

The question is how well he'll shoot from deep (35.2 % this season), and how much offense he can create for himself against defenders who eliminate his athletic mismatch.

Not exact matches

Since his identity as Hogan's backer was revealed, Thiel's crusade against Gawker has been decried by a number of prominent journalists and defenders of a free press, who note that a billionaire bankrupting a media outlet as part of a personal vendetta raises serious questions about free speech.

Even one of Trump's most consistent defenders, Rep. Mark Meadows (R - NC), who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus, tweeted against the proposal — although, notably, he put the onus on the Commerce Department, not Trump.

Internally, Bannon was his biggest defender against skeptics who accused him of holding anti-Semitic views and playing up his intellectual status by insisting on going by «Dr. Sebastian Gorka.»

You defenders of religion keep some interesting company: Osama Bin LLaden, Iraninan Mullahs, Saudi Wahabists (who will cut your head off in public if you preach anything but Islam), Joe Smith who preached that black people did not have souls (the church changed it mind after the civil rights act and are now bigotted against gay people), the Taliban, the pope and his child rapists, ignorant & stupid evangelicals who think that revelations is a roadmap to the future.

How can anyone who claims to be a defender of equal rights for all people regardless of gender or race, be opposed to a law which would make it illegal to discriminate against unborn babies based on their gender or race?

In general, it is «those who care only about the interests of the state» against whom «religion needs defenders.»

While the defenders of a resurrection can point to a unanimity that Mary Magdalene discovered an empty tomb and (including Mark by inference) that Jesus appeared to the apostles, those who argue against it can point to all these inconsistencies.

Although the side shipped four goals against Liverpool, he looked impressive for a young defender with little experience who had just come from relegated side Bolton Wanderers.

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.

Now Arsenal have Giroud, who can play against the stronger, taller defenders, although Lucas also proved with his solo goal that he has plenty of strength and fight in his determination to score.

But with teams who are defending deep against us we need a big man upfront who can draw the defenders and make more space for others.

We have already heard that Olivier Giroud has been sent back to Arsenal from the France squad and is out of the friendly match against Germany this week, but now we have even more worrying news from L'Equipe who have told us that our top defender Laurent Koscielny missed yesterday's training session with Les Bleus.

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.

West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce has decided against signing ex-Manchester United and Arsenal defender Mikael Silvestre, 35, and ex-Portsmouth right - back Anthony Vanden Borre, 24, who are free agents and available on free transfers.

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?

Speedy in attack and sensibly when in defence, the left sided defender, who can also play at centre back, has taken part in two Premier League matches, coming on as sub against Wolves and Wigan.

There are the two defenders who played against Southampton last night, Hayden and Bellerin, along with midfield talent like Zelalem, Olsson and Crowley.

«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.

The Swans return to Premier League action against Aston Villa this Saturday, but they look set to be without defender Kyle Bartley for three months after the former Arsenal man, who signed from the Gunners during the summer, suffered a thigh injury in training, reports the BBC.

That night, for a game against Reno, Huffaker, the public defender, took over the PA duties, announced the 24 - second countdowns in lieu of a shot clock (which Speed kept) and then used the mike to introduce buxom cheerleaders, infant ball boys, puzzled journalists and practically everybody else in the «crowd» who was breathing.

A player who scored against United in the FA Cup last season, Nacho Monreal has shown tremendous improvement in recent months and is now surely one of the most underrated defenders in the game.

According to a Metro report, the Arsenal boss is now ready to place an offer of a little over # 14 million for the defender, who missed six months of football after breaking his leg playing against Holland in the knockout stages of last summer's World Cup finals.

He isn't a great defender but neither is Alexis who made a defensive error which lead to a goal against Bayern.

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).

Meanwhile, Conte also conceded that he has a difficult decision to make over defender Gary Cahill, who returned to action against Qarabag, but isn't a guaranteed starter against Arsenal on Sunday.

The 32 - year - old also heaped praise on the hard - working duo of Carlos Tevez and Louis Saha, who he enjoyed playing alongside, and named Chelsea legend John Terry as the toughest defender to play against.

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.

This provoked serious opinions at the club as Wenger went in search of a new defender to buy the German Shkodran Mustafi who had been pairing with Arsenal's skipper Laurent Koscielny before his injury against Stoke City.

arsenal as a big and rich club they didn't spent so much money to buy best players in the past years like the other big clubs so this time it is a must that arsenal buys best defender, midfielder and striker and as well keep Sanchez valuing the service that he will be giving next season mote than # 50 m which will also protect him not to play against arsenal at least for the coming season, and who knows after wards..

you wont see a cazorla or a xavi losing possession, not only that but they drive the team forward.but unfortunately u hav players like ramsey, who do nt drive the attack like the above two, also he loses possessions sometimes by attempting fancy moves.its sad ramsey gives more importance to style over substance.unfortunately, i feel players like ramsey hav contributed to arsenal's inability... imagine a team like barcelona playing with him, constantly losing posession leading to conceding goals and so on.difference is barca's manager wud take them out, while under wenger u r rewarded with the nxt game!!!! i do nt deny he was top notch a season or two back, but now hes a liability imo and need to change his mentality.even that opportunity he got against tottenham where thought longer before taking a shot thus giving defender time to get to him and take off the ball.i bet if it was cazorla, arsenal wud hav scored...

That's the problem with Giroud he depends too much on service, what we need is a striker who'll make their own chances like when Aguero scored against Chelsea beating 4 defenders!

Against top teams I would use a mobile team and work their defenders hard, have Theo upfront who will be happy to drop onto the wings to allow the wingers to step into the CF role for short periods so the opposition defenders can't get used to a style to defend against, switchAgainst top teams I would use a mobile team and work their defenders hard, have Theo upfront who will be happy to drop onto the wings to allow the wingers to step into the CF role for short periods so the opposition defenders can't get used to a style to defend against, switchagainst, switch it up.

let me just say I saw the defenders of Bulgaria, who's names you've probably never heard, do a better job against Robben and shutting him down, than ours did when we played against Bayern.

He stated, quite rightly, that the Bulgarian defenders stopped Robben etc whereas our defenders, while quite good at attacking, are absolutely useless at defending against anyone at all who has a semblance of skill.

ridiculous... whatever he is in midfield he was a complete waste of a player on the wing... lacked pace and touch and did nt go past players... if wenger does nt invest in another world class attacker this summer we will always be nearly theres... giroud has improved undoubtedly but against top class defenders he is just another journeyman from ligue un... bellerin certainly our top choice fullback now hazard did nt get a look in... coquelin carzola ozil sanchez working together... so if we invest properly in summer we can overhaul this lot who are no great team for sure..

Another way to spend up at the position, Simmons draws a fantastic matchup against the Knicks, who will struggle to throw any reasonable defender his way.

A 4 -3-3 system is favoured by Barca, Real Madrid and Man City and Bayern, the top four teams in Europe.It suits the attacking philosophy of Arsene Wenger which is to his credit.Unfortunately we do not have the top quality defenders these teams have nor a dominant DM.Nevertheless it is the best system for our current team which is top heavy in attacking midfielders hence the need to play Ozil and Mik in wide positions.In my opinion the most balanced central midfield would consist of Elneny, Ramsay and Wilshere.Elneny was first class against Watford yet was left out against an average Milan side to accommodate the ever present Xhaka who will no doubt feature against CSK.

They have some tough defenders who would do a job on Alexis, Olivier; s strength and height is whats needed against them.

Giroud: Who's injured till 2015 Podolski: Who plays striker once in a season Campbell: Who won't be given a chance Walcott: Who's mainly a winger and won't work against big defenders Sanchez: Who has only played the lone striker role for the first time in his life at Arsenal

His final competition was lackluster, too: Collin Klein, who was the effective leader of an effective Kansas State team, lost his inside track at the Troy Smith Memorial Vote for being the public face of an undefeated title contender, and Manti Te'o had to overcome decades of bias against defenders... and tackle totals that dropped in his senior season as the defense around him made it easier for him to do his job and easier for Notre Dame to win.

With this offense, guys stand around until someone jacks up a defended layup 5 feet away from the basket against their defender, and another defender who is playing help defense.

And that could mean that he is back up against the player who smashed his ankle up in the first place, United's young Northern Irish defender Paddy McNair.

The French defender, who opened the scoring against Arsenal at the weekend, seems to have not read the Chelsea script and simply told the truth when he was asked about the controversy surrounding the game with the behaviour of his yeam mate Diego Costa.

He took Sanchez, Giroud (who was a nightmare for Kolo and Skertel) and Chambers off and brings defensive minded players... So even at 11 against 10 we were forced to back up because, and anyway, Welbeck is showing game after game why he was sold by Man United (not good enough and clumsy as f*ck) and we had no serious plan to go forward anymore... When the simple logic would ask you to leave Giroud upfront and Sanchez who are constant problems for defenders...!!!

OG wont do well in the FA cup final if he starts, Villa will hold a high line against Arsenal they cant park the bus there defence is crap, for OG its simple he hasn't got the pace or strength, you need a man who can run at the defender not hold the ball up, because of Okore Giroud will have an awful time he faster and stronger i think if Giroud is on he will be man marked (Okore's bitch all game) if you don't believe me watch the training footage of him manhandling Benteke...... Not an easy task.

Maybe he goes on to become the outlier of outliers, as insisted on by every draft scout who watches him throw in shorts against no defenders.

Mendy, who joined the Citizens from Monaco in the summer for # 52M, a club - record fee for a defender, suffered the dreadful setback in his side's 5 - 0 win against Crystal Palace last weekend according to the BBC, with the player having to go off in the first half as his side went top of the Premier League.

Against the Vols, Wuerffel kept his head and threw for 231 yards and touchdowns of eight, 17 and 30 yards, hitting a host of receivers who ran circles around the defenders.