Sentences with phrase «as a ball player»

The central defender was useful as a ball player too, being his club's fifth highest passer.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. practically steals the show as the ball player with a mouth and attitude as big as his heart.

But he also earned some impressive statistics as a ball player.

Not exact matches

Through all that, Barça has kept millions glued to its televised matches, thanks to the fast - paced style it developed in the 1980s, dubbed tiki - taka, in which players rapidly pass the ball as they swap positions.

On Wednesday, Lonzo Ball's younger brothers, LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, landed in Lithuania along with family patriarch LaVar Ball to begin their careers as professional basketball players with their new team, Prienu Vytautas.

Just as a gambler will get an occasional streak when flipping a coin, a basketball player will produce an occasional streak when shooting the ball.

As an inexperienced player, the only feel you may experience on the golf course is the feel of the sand under your feet after you've put another ball into the trap.

Although that team doesn't not have as many star players as our side, they beat us on the admittedly widely held but elusive principle that sharing the ball leads to more goals (and better defense) than impressive dribbling or individuality.

As the player said, get rid of the ball and then do your thanks.

Don't forget to inform people that eating too much can be harmful... as is driving a car, as is being a Christian in a Muslim country, as is smoking, as is drinking too much alcohol, as is having too many babies, as is being a foot - ball player, as is being a single male, as is being a female.

my dad stood by as we tossed the ball and when it was done and hank G walked away, my dad told me,» you don't know it, son, but you just played ball with one of the greatest jewish ball players in history.»

Australia's cricketers were once known as tough but fair, but the latest ball tampering scandal has many asking how some of the leading players could have stooped so low.

He also isn't afraid to challenge a player one - on - one and also doesn't lose the ball as often as he keeps the ball close to his feet and has a low centre of gravity.

Gibbs hasn't got the confidence to pass the ball forward, he gets to pass back to often and is not good at defending Monreal is a class act so we need to add there Ramsey is not a wide player, why Wenger doesn't play his strongest first then make the 2subs in 65 min and Walcot should have started as Ramsey is better in Midfield.

He loves playing us, because he knows if they play with physicality and crowd the 18 yard area, we will just pass the ball around with no real penetration or threat but 70 % possession and the wait for an opportunity to hit us on the counter, All teams know that if you frustrate our passing style then we are vulnerable.A trait of all recent wenger teams.Hughes as a player was a stylish bruiser and thats how his team are set up.

As for Giroud, he's really not cut to be an Arsenal striker coz I've never seen him running with the ball and taking on opposition players and score a goal ala Henry.

For example, he does not hold onto the ball for long periods and he tend to become less of a goal threat as the match progresses, his entire game seems to transform into a player who specialises into doing a containing job as oppose to attaching the opposition.

there is no doubt that we need a midfielder with the ability to dribble, fast but having a good players is not only enough, hard training for stamina, strength as a team to continuously press on the opponents not to give them time and space to settle and win the ball, go fast to the goal destabilize the defense, fiercely fight around the goal to create a space and shoot on goal with the strong power and on target needed and wenger also has to be hard and serious for the accomplishment of this.as we have seen with such a spirit even with the defence all reserve we won FA CUP

These players do allot for a championship winning side, one thing they do is they make you harder to beat with their Sanchez like attitude when it comes to winning the ball back, another is you do nt feel the loss of the man he comes in for as much as you would usually.

I know those are big boots to fill, and there isn't many players on the planet who we believe is ready to take over from Santi, but we need someone who could potentially do it, and I see Barkley as a player who can find some amazing balls and dictate play on a good day, and maybe (just maybe) Arsene Wenger could get a consistent tune out of him.

In those days, the early»40s, stoop ball was as popular as stick ball or punch ball, but I suspect it is now dying out; there are fewer stoops — the old brownstones that bore them are being torn down — and more cars are crossing the field of play, impeding the game and endangering the players.

Iwobi recked my head last night he was weak and misplaced many passes he cant seem to control the ball its always running away from him he should not be in the middle in the middle you need good ball controllers with good eyes for passes long and short on the ground and above the ground >> > waterford yesterday were on top of us with no space giving to our players and we were scattered all over the place with no vision or leader ship too goals in the space of 3 minuets ok the first goal was a fluke but come on the second one???? and thats all what it takes to loose a match many times this season we cant play when the opposition seats in our face we have no cohesion or understanding we crumble away we need to start the game together as a unit a compact unit

Personally I would just prefer Chambers and Flamini there as at least Chambers can deliver the ball to another Arsenal player.

His major weaknesses apart from the petulance when he doesn't get his way (most big players do same; Suarez, Ronaldo, and even Messi) is poor positional discipline as he tends to roam from the left side of the pitch in search of the ball.

The midfielder recently captained Nigeria at the U-17 World Cup as the Super Eaglets won the competition, and also cemented his place as one of the outstanding individuals of his age group by winning the competition's Golden Ball for the best player of the tournament.

His cool composure will do well in the ball transitional role, perhaps if coupled with a type of player similar in attack as Cazorla.

It is games like this in which the talents of Giroud can be most useful, as we can use the width of the pitch and get balls in the box to exploit his size and power in the air, while his strength and ability as a target man to hold the ball up and bring other players around him into the game is a huge weapon.

Though Theo is not as strong as Giroud, at least he can run into spaces or run with the ball and take on opposite players to score a goal.

Low balling when bidding for big players does not count as transfer market «activity».

Another is a tendency to take too many touches on the ball in an attempt to beat as many players as possible before giving a pass or shooting, hence give the opponents an opportunity to close him down or giving an inaccurate pass cos of the pressure he had invited on himself.

As much as i think that's ugly and a bit reckless as well, i think it's still better to have more players like him trying to penetrate defenses and run head on with the ball, than to have our team pass the ball at the edge of their box and do nothing elsAs much as i think that's ugly and a bit reckless as well, i think it's still better to have more players like him trying to penetrate defenses and run head on with the ball, than to have our team pass the ball at the edge of their box and do nothing elsas i think that's ugly and a bit reckless as well, i think it's still better to have more players like him trying to penetrate defenses and run head on with the ball, than to have our team pass the ball at the edge of their box and do nothing elsas well, i think it's still better to have more players like him trying to penetrate defenses and run head on with the ball, than to have our team pass the ball at the edge of their box and do nothing else.

Made a third offer of 45 million for him and i think they rebuff it, and Monaco are playing hard ball and with a few weeks to go who knows we may Get him, As for Alexis Sanchez sell him if he wants to leave, it could upset the changing room Wenger can't keep a player who doesn't want to play for the club,

Mert: I don't think Arsenal are looking to Mert as a regular player anymore — maybe I am wrong but I see him more as a part - time CB or as a sub to clear out balls from the box late in games — things like that.

We suffer from lack of width when players always want to come inside to play shot balls — it's nice to offer the width as well with someone who can take on a defender.

Yes Isco is far fetched, even Reid tbh as he is not a Wenger type player with his limited skills on the ball.

Also we had no midfield runners as they are all on the ball players, we could've done with better running from midfield.

Still, we'll miss Poldi as one of the few players we have who 1) will shoot from outside 18 yards 2) generally puts the ball on target.

Rather than try to hit the ball over the line of players, the crafty Coutinho pea - rolled the ball underneath them as they tried to jump for it — and the result was a goal for the Reds.

as for me ozil is a talented and skilful player but having only that is not enough to win the ever getting stronger premier leage teams, he has to train hard for endurance and be a fighter, he has to come back and press on the opponent defense and even midfieldes to disposes the ball when arsenal loose the ball and go back fast attacking like iwobi and welbeck are doing.

But for as long as he remains manager, he should grow some balls and drop those players like Per who fail him time and time again.

Goal 1 Arsenal Tactic — If the ball is getting close to the penalty spot from a deep freekick Cech will claim Cech Response — Misjudge the position of a player and instead of challenging the ball ahead of the player, chooses to challenge the ball beyond the player Verdict — Cech ignored the manager and as such caused the goal

You could even say that we don't really have a concrete centre - forward any more, as while Sanchez is moving back into midfield to get the ball, then other players like Walcott, Ozil and the Oz are moving into the centre to replace him, like a rotating diamond formation.

Jesus... Ramsey is the most backward and lateral passer of a ball I have seen in a midfielder and that's when he has control of the ball which is not that frequent as his close control is hardly a strong point... So that leaves running in to box scoring occasionally and then believing he is a striker... Like I said attributes of a bench player

Wenger is the last one of the coaches leaving huge liberty on the field for every player as long as you keep the shape and you are in the position to get the ball back.

For the derby game, Arsenal's players have to increase their ball control and passing skill levels, and work as a team.

I remember watching match of the day and seeing an analysis last season where flamini was basically the last player back with the cb's during a counter atttack and he did nt know where to pressurise the ball as they were coming at us from both flanks.

But they have put the ball on the Lambeau Field grass three times today, and John Kuhn's first - ever fumble as an NFL player finally gave the New York Giants a takeaway.

It seemed like the ball constantly had 6 + people around as it multiple players from both squads would swarm... This was a low scoring Game and the Goalies played very well..

The 18 - year - old constantly showcases his fantastic ability on the ball and high level of maturity, factors that have seen some label him as one of the most promising players in Europe.

By the way I am talking about all our players here, attackers as well as defenders, and if one of our attackers had been given the specific task of marking Hangeland whenever and wherever he was when we lost the ball yesterday, then that player would know exactly what was expected of him and could concentrate on that job alone.