Sentences with phrase «areas of the pitch with»

United could do with a new signing in that area of the pitch with the news today that Michael Carrick is set to retire at the end of this season, according to Sky Sports.
It's just about filling different areas of the pitch with different personnel.
The game was being played in a congested central area of the pitch with Ipswich building a solid defensive line.

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With the help of the internet, writing an effective press release and pitch shouldn't pose too many problems, but carefully planning an outreach campaign is an area in which many people drop the ball due to inexperience.
With Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's blessing, Metrolinx, the Toronto - area transit authority, is currently pitching a menu of several different road tolls in hopes of raising $ 2 billion a year for transit expansion.
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Williams would wait for a specific pitch (in an area of the plate where he knew he had a high probability of making contact with the ball) before swinging.
Jose Mourinho's side look to be targeting a big name for that area of the pitch, having also been linked with Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale by the Sun last month.
Throughout his career so far, the midfielder has shown that he is capable of playing in central area of the pitch, with the midfielder being deployed as an attacking midfielder, central and defensive midfielder.
Arsenal are expected to be one of the busiest clubs in this January's transfer window, with new signings needed in a number of different areas of the pitch after a slow start to the season.
Even with all of our injury problems in every area of the pitch but especially in defence and central midfield, Arsenal are finding a way to dominate games and more importantly, to win them.
However, with sit - at - home teams that and teams that would rather just allow you have all the freedom in any other area of the pitch but their 18 yard box, all the fluidity in games goes down the drain.
Still, Calhanoglu's sublime effort is a reminder of the threat Milan pose in most areas of the pitch, with Gennaro Gattuso's side in largely fine form since he took over despite the recent setback against Arsenal.
United could do with new additions in the middle of the park after missing out on several big - name targets in that area during the summer, and Khedira now looks to be one of Louis van Gaal's main targets in that part of the pitch.
With Mathieu Flamini sitting in front of the defensive line, the four midfielders should have more chance of being able to control the centre of the pitch and stop the talented and powerful Chelae players from getting too much pressure and pushing the Gunners back towards our own penalty area.
Bale has been linked with United on a number of occasions in recent years and could be another ideal purchase for the club in that area of the pitch.
Both clubs seemingly view Alonso as an ideal signing at centre - back, with Ernesto Valverde perhaps about to face problems in that area of the pitch.
The other area of concern for Wenger is central midfield; Coquelin has provided Arsenal with something they have lacked since the good old days when Vieira could be seen charging up and down the pitch to be everywhere that he was needed, a bit of steel in the spine of the team.
While Coutinho is a key player in Klopp's attack, it could be argued that that area of the pitch is not a priority for the club at the moment, with the likes of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane all shining in the Brazilian's absence earlier in the season.
Arsenal have already signed a midfielder of course but that is the area of the pitch that has been the hardest hit by our injury problems, and so we are still being linked with various other players for those positions.
I will not be optimistic until we start looking solid and we have all areas of the pitch covered with reliable players.
Recent reports suggest there could be as many as four big names leaving Chelsea this summer, with four more arriving as replacements in key areas of the pitch.
And, of all other areas of the pitch, Bruce has juggled around with his defenders to such an extent that only Curtis Davies has been the mainstay, as far as Hull City's backline is concerned.
seriously aren't we done with that area of the pitch?
With Gareth Bale another attacking player not at his best this season, it makes sense that Real are, according to Don Balon, looking at Alli as a long - term replacement in that area of the pitch as they look to put together another group of Galacticos for the next few years.
We sinking from the middle defense, in front of the back 4 or back 5 or whatever, you need this hole filled or we sink from the middle as our CD is shaky, Kos is alone and no one to sit in front of him, to protecting, just come from all direction straight for him to deal alone with in central area of defense and pitch....
If players go over in a natural way consistent with the foul, then I'd have no problem, it's when they go over in the penalty area, when they wouldn't go over if the same situation occurred elsewhere on the pitch, and then add in a level of play acting consistent with appearing as an extra on a Die Hard movie.
Both United and Chelsea look in need of a signing of that quality in that area of the pitch as well, with Michael Carrick set to retire and Marouane Fellaini out of contract in the summer at Old Trafford.
Pairing Milinkovic - Savic up with Pogba in that area of the pitch could be a masterstroke, setting Man Utd up for years to come with pillars of their future with both players possessing bags of talent.
It will resolve the problems we have with the isolation of the DM by bringing in the second guy and in this case i choose Flamini and Chambers because the two have good utility value and can cover the wingback and full back areas in case of counter attack and still have the duty to stop attacks in the centre of the pitch.
Wenger's side have looked far less reliant on him in recent weeks however, with the entire team starting to click once again, and goals coming from all areas of the pitch.
Chelsea have looked an unbalanced and unconvincing side in most areas of the pitch, with Hazard one of the few to keep performing at the high level set last season.
Whether that's enough time for Tottenham to get a deal done remains to be seen, but with a lack of goals and attacking threat behind Harry Kane, Pochettino is seemingly prioritising that area of the pitch this week.
Not only have Arsenal had to deal with more injury problems than all of our Premier League rivals over the last 10 years, but we also seem to lose players from the same area of the pitch at the same time, making the job of selecting a strong and well balanced side something of a nightmare for Arsene Wenger.
He does all the good work - runs with the ball into dangerous areas and then gives it away with a poor pass - which then starts a counter attack and leaves his side of the pitch exposed.
The defence that we played with yesterday may not be a permanent presence on the pitch, with both Chambers and Holding unlikely to be regulars for Arsenal this season, but the mistakes that were made just goes to show how we are in desperate need of adding to that area of the pitch.
The Spanish playmaker has not been at his best since moving to Old Trafford from Chelsea in January, with van Gaal willing to let him go in the near future as he eyes signings in other key areas of the pitch.
In attacking phases of play, the Shadow Striker forms a partnership with a No. 9 but when the team is defending, they drop into a deeper area of the pitch in order to try and retain possession by hassling opposing central midfielders.
I think the new found team better than papers is probably because of the change in arsene tactics on picking players based on performance and a healthy competition at all areas of the pitch along with good partnership.
Galatasaray fans, whom had earlier caused disturbances in the local area before kick - off, threw several flares onto the pitch towards the end of the first half, when they were 2 - 0 down, which caused Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi to halt the game, with goalkeeper Fernando Muslera and captain Wesley Sneijder among those helping to restore order as riot police moved around the perimeter.
As the midfield general, Toure also played his part in terms of winning back possession for his team, doing so on 195 occasions with 125 of those being in the key midfield area of the pitch.
As the Possession chart with heat map on the right of the image above, Sweden attacked very centrally going from right to left, the action when Sweden were on the ball occurred in the centre of midfield with 64.78 % of the Swedish possession coming in the two most central areas of the pitch, around where Ibrahimovic spent most of the game.
Instead of the usual last minute hoof into the danger area, a cleverly worked short corner ended with Reid firing a low shot through almost everyone on the pitch.
Napoli's attacking plan revolved around them circulating the ball in a small area of the pitch to draw in Wolfsburg before spreading it to whoever's in space — with Hamsik given so much room, whoever got it had a big obvious target for moving the ball forward quickly so Napoli were able to break at speed.
All of the signs point to this interest being legitimate, with the defensive midfield area being a key part of the pitch to address come the end of the 2015/16 campaign.
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As promised, today begins my series of sections on where Arsenal are going wrong in various areas of the pitch, and how to remedy this, both with current personnel and the introduction of new players.
There is no doubt having a number of players who are strong in the air can be a huge asset at both ends of the pitch and in recent times, with the likes of John Terry, Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill in the side, it's an area where we have been strong.
There has been plenty of chopping and changing in every area of the pitch; defensively they lack cohesion, the midfield isn't getting to grips with games while up front, Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres continue to fluff their lines.
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