Sentences with phrase «as opposition players»

Xhaka might benefit from coming on in the 60 or 70 minutes as opposition players will be tiring by then and he would have more time on the ball... He needs to play well to build up his confidence...

He could well has turned into a Roy Keane type player in as much as opposition players would have feared going for 50/50 balls against him.

Benteke wasted a golden chance to score his sixth goal in four visits to Anfield as an opposition player, the Belgian skying his first - time shot from barely 10 yards out after some brilliant work from Ruben Loftus - Cheek.

Benteke's double took his tally against the Reds to seven in eight matches and he has one more goal at Anfield as an opposition player (five) then he managed during the 12 months he played for them there last season.

Not exact matches

In that context, we expect that world religions — including the major Christian bodies as key players — will align themselves with the forces in opposition to God and to the Sabbath.

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.

For the moment it's probably best to use him as a 2nd half impact player... around 25 mins when the opposition FB is well and truly tired....

There are two sorts of fans; those that prefer playing down the players we never got, or were never in for, and bigging up our own guys or, as you choose, the exact opposite, to big up and hype the opposition and the players that we don't get and ridicule or comically undersell our own.

Villa will be difficult, and Chelsea will rip us apart... remember they have players that can run — they will leave Mert for dead as most opposition player do — Kos cant bail hyim out every single time he screws up and is left for dead.

We can't sacrifice the club's ambitions and wellbeing on the altar of a player's personal glory, it's the business end of the competition and Cech has the experience of having won it, Ospina conceded three goals [home and away] against PSG, the only opposition on the level of those we'll be meeting from now on, three goals against in the knockout stages is bordering on disastrous as we all know how tight these affairs are.

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

The away fans go on to have the time of their lives in that corner of the Clock end, as our announcer extends a «warm and sporting welcome to the players, staff and fans of the opposition» while we endure a mellow atmosphere at best, and often the lack of enthusiasm passes through to our players, many of whom appear lacking of the heart and passion need to represent The Arsenal.

The thing about playing for a lower team is that the opposition won't be defending with as many players between you and the goal.

As for the players learning from their horror showing: they are all highly paid professionals who are not new to sport / football and therefore know you NEVER undersitmate your opposition especially considering your not that good yourself.

Cech was still the MAJOR culprit as his decision was not just a timing mistake but a complete misjudgement of the situation to the fact he punched at below chest height BEHIND an opposition player.

Our ability advantage should prove too strong for our opponents regardless of the support the players receive, but the FA Cup has a way of instilling belief in the most unlikely opponents, and this weekend alone will have boosted Sutton, with Millwall and most amazingly Lincoln beating Premier League opposition, as well as Huddersfield refusing to bow down to Manchester City, who will have to face a replay in the coming weeks.

Perhaps Arsene does not want to burden our players with such a responsibility as the blame for an opposition counter attack, corner or goal would be immediately obvious.

We just ain't good when the opposition closes us down, our players like space and if you watched the game Spuds when they lost the ball they got it back in seconds working together as a team, that's what you have to do to stop good teams play like we did at Chelsea first half of the season,

For players like Alexis who can dance past a player or 2 (together) like nothing but we can't expect him to dance past 4 players every time, this happens more with Giroud as the oppositions midfield and defense can work closer together.

As the opposition advances from its own end into the neutral zone, the five Lightning skaters assemble into a diamond formation — one player deep in the Tampa Bay zone, three abreast in front of him and one advancing on enemy territory — the base set of coach Guy Boucher's unique 1 -3-1 forechecking system.

Against Bayern Munich in February, he put in a superb performance, dribbling past ten players — as much as the entire team of the Gunners» Bundesliga opposition — and he could prove a thrilling player for England in both central midfield and on the wing.

England had to wait until the 53rd minute before they finally broke down the resilient Malta defence, as Harry Kane put the Three Lions in front thanks to a fine piece of play from his Spurs teammate Dele Alli who did brilliantly to pick the striker out despite being surrounding by opposition players.

It doesn't really matter — if we keep putting on such a spineless display as we put on against West Brom (AS7 excluded, the kind of player who we are in desperate need of, with the attitude we desperately need and should be moving heaven and earth to retain), the opposition could turn up on crutches, and we'd still lose.

The variety in the EPL would in some ways aid the rotation as we could play players ideal for countering the opposition.

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His pace isn't the problem as we have players like kosc and bellerin who can react quick his biggest weakness is he hardly tackles, even when he is in close proximity to the opposition where his pace won't be a weakness

By using zonal marking, we have given players for given areas at the set pieces gives the opposition the opportunity to exploit our weaknesses in defense, such as having Skrtel, the stronger header in Liverpool on Chambers, a 19 year old unexperienced, weak header / defender.

Theo Walcott is also a player making serious progress as a CF.. Now I still think that against the very best oppositions Walcott will be inefficient.

MIDFIELDERS FRANCIS COQUELIN 5.5 The French midfield player was good in closing down the opposition but lost steam as City intensified pressure.

Even Coquelin — our most steelied player, is not physically as fast or strong or tall as other midfielders and is usually relying on his dogged attitude to get by which against top opposition isn't always enough.

Was it Ospina's fault to not clear the cross or let the opposition striker get upon yourselves to head the ball in the net... No our defenders couldn't defend that in first place... Even though Ospina tried to push the ball out of the net... but we were just unlucky... because it went inside... And goal line technology reported it as a goal... We were wasteful against the opposition goal... fair enough, it happens, but how come the players suddenly become useless for the team...

If, as a coach, Harkness tends to nettle the opposition, he gets along better with his own players than perhaps any other coach.

I understand the logic behind your thinking and I agree, this could be lethal, but it then means wilshere ramsey flamini and arteta are bench players or have to be sold because none of them can operate as the sole midfielder in front of our back four, arteta is probably the most well rounded for this but against better opposition I don't think he has the physique or pace to really command that area, he has the intelligence to read the game but without the other attributes he can only do so much.

Both are capable of playing in either position and so when we play different styles of opposition, such as quicker centre backs, or stronger centre backs, we can alternate between the players to choose who is best fit to play against the opposition.

I remember him chasing down when he played as the lone striker in his second game, he was absolutely hustling the opposition player, he looks behind him and his team mates were jogging around the half way line, he was so bemused he was encouraging them to close down like he was..

We dominated pre 2004 cause we had the likes of Adams, Bould, Keown, Viera, Petit, Silva — all players that drove fear into oppositions hearts and were not only good on the ball, but hard as nails.

Bt he's playing well as he's amongst so many other quality players and distractions for the opposition.

Yet even against such opposition, U.S. tennis officialdom had been genuinely worried that Ecuador — «a nice little country with perhaps 500 players,» as veteran tennis observer Bud Collins put it — would eliminate the American team, representing a nation of five million players.

As for the transfers, I said he could have done better, but we are starting to buy the world class players that arsenal deserves... My point is that on the day it's arsenals 11 against the opposition 11, and it's up to the players to get the win... Wenger plays a big part in the tactics and formations yes... However ultimately it's down to the players to come up with the result... I think the players get away with poor performances too lightly as wenger gets the brunt of the criticism, ultimately it was a poor performance by the players yesterday not by wengAs for the transfers, I said he could have done better, but we are starting to buy the world class players that arsenal deserves... My point is that on the day it's arsenals 11 against the opposition 11, and it's up to the players to get the win... Wenger plays a big part in the tactics and formations yes... However ultimately it's down to the players to come up with the result... I think the players get away with poor performances too lightly as wenger gets the brunt of the criticism, ultimately it was a poor performance by the players yesterday not by wengas wenger gets the brunt of the criticism, ultimately it was a poor performance by the players yesterday not by wenger

Sorry for continually being ignorant and missing the point («your» point to be precise)-- but playing one - twos with Alexis in the opposition penalty area in the Copa and being deployed at the head of Juve's midfield diamond is not convincing me that his coaches / managers see his best position as a disciplined holding midfield player.

Wilshere was good if you compare his stats to the 10/11 season he has regressed in every single department except sucessful dribbles (how ever his successfull dribble % has decreased as now he attemps too many dribbles and just runs hopelessly into opposition players) and goals scored has increased.

As well as that, he's also shown he's a big game player with a late strike at a big moment in a derby game, his 23rd against London - based oppositioAs well as that, he's also shown he's a big game player with a late strike at a big moment in a derby game, his 23rd against London - based oppositioas that, he's also shown he's a big game player with a late strike at a big moment in a derby game, his 23rd against London - based opposition.

Di Maria scores sets up goals all be it against weak opposition also did a lot of poor things but I'd rather have a player like Sanchez ornDi Maria in my side as the X factor is there Ozil brings not a lot let's be honest.

OK we have the resources and we don't spend as much, but surely now would be the best time to go out spend the dough on the players we really need and have the ability to challenge rather than stay financially cautious yet again and allow our opposition to improve again and outstrip us in the coming years.

But, Muller offers so much more — he is willing to chase back and win the ball off the opposition, whilst he also drifts out to the right flank and into the pockets of space created when either Ozil or Gotze break forward as the most advanced player.

i would rest Rambo & bring the Ox as in as a sub (when the opposition is tired... bring in quick players)... play rosicky at No 10... play Zelalem on the right or Campbell... Akpom as your striker.

Our player saves it and clears it off the line straight off the pitch — you will see at least 10 times in a weekend of football that a player shoots and is then connected with by the opposition — these are not fouls because the advantage is the shot and once it has been taken as long as the ball is out of playing distance of the fouled player then the foul is irrelevant.

Mentality is a big factor in football because if your head isn't in the game as a player on the pitch, then your performance is way off par against your teammates and opposition.

He's able to beat opposition players so easily that it wouldn't be utilised much at all if he was played as the deepest midfielder.