Sentences with phrase «attacking side of»

They're also respectable on the attacking side of the ball where they take 13.2 shots per game, ninth in the league but 6.9 per game from the penalty area, which is sixth.

Take last season for example, Birmingham were one of the toughest teams to break down last season and as a result they fended off the threat of relegation with plenty to spare, which was in stark comparison to Burnley who went down with the worst defensive record ever in the Premier League, because they focused all their efforts on the attacking side of things.

But the eye - opening numbers are on the attacking side of the ball, where Palace's 28 goals, the fifth - worst mark in the EPL, are a whopping 14 below their expected goals prediction.

Unpredictability has always been and will always be a critical facet of the attacking side of football because it creates chaos for the opponent.

While the defence needs some work, the attacking side of Arsenal's game is looking superb.

That attacking side of the game comes naturally now because they're taught that as kids, but I'd like to flip it back a bit and teach them a bit more about the negative side.

Monreal doesn't hold back on the attacking side of the game, and it's no secret that the players frequently look to him for the ball down the wings.

It really is refreshing to see a midfielder for Tottenham be happy with simple sitting in the midfield and not get carried away with the attacking side of the game.

I think the attacking side of things is coming together now after the rejig.

He's big, physical, and likes to drive forward with the ball at his feet, and more than that it's the attacking side of the game that Can really seems to embrace — he's just that little bit faster getting up a head of steam when he sees a gap he can plow through or senses the chance to get on a pullback at the edge of the area.

But without Koscielny or a seriously good defender signed in the transfer window, Arsenal will keep giving away goals and not giving the attacking side of the team a solid platform to build on.

Now that Arsenal have Olivier Giroud back in the first team after his freak tibia injury at the start of the season, and with Theo Walcott back in training and on the bench for the away game at Anfield, the attacking side of the Arsenal squad is the one thing that Arsene Wenger does not have to worry about.

Where he is best qualified to give that opinion is clearly on the attacking side of things as he was the club's all time top scorer until a certain Monsieur Henry came along.

Danny's problem is a good one for Arsenal, in that we have so many good quality options on the attacking side of things that he is once again struggling to hold down a place in the starting line - up.

There have been statements made by the Arsenal forwards Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott this week and they both spoke about the Arsenal attacking side of things, understandably.

After finally getting the attacking side of their game going they scored a quick double but could not hold on and conceded an injury time leveller to stun Klopp and the Anfield mob.

In order to do that I think we have to make the most of our own strengths and they are definitely on the creative and attacking side of the game.

It all seems to be on the attacking side of things, however, and even though the first signing made by Arsenal this summer was the versatile defender Sead Kolasinac, a lot of Gooners would like to see the defence bolstered with Mertesacker coming to the end and with concerns over the fitness of Laurent Koscielny.

It does seem as though Arsenal have finally found the right balance and have learned some painful lessons about starting games slowly (a la Stoke) us focusing too much on the attacking side of the game when we should be solid and compact (a la Anderlecht).

but if not then concentrate on more cutting edge up front or in the attacking side of the team.

It has often been said of Arsenal under Arsene Wenger that we are all about the creative, passing and attacking side of the game, with the defending part of football often left to its own devices and seen as a necessary evil.

And then the Gunners have the young strikers Joel Campbell and Yaya Sanogo coming through, so the attacking side of the squad is pretty well covered.

His main problem is his mentality, he is good enough on the attacking side of his game, just pathetic at desire to defend.

You could say that the attacking side of Bellerin's game is better than the defending side but that is something that improves with time and the best defenders do not hit their prime until later in their careers and he is still just 20 - years old.

The likes of koscielny, coquelin, monreal and ospina have also made a difference, but also wenger has made changes to the attacking side of the game, players like podolski and sanogo have been moved out as they simply offer little to the team in way of work rate when we don't have the ball.

Gibbs may have been the second choice left back this season but he still appears to have the edge when it comes to the attacking side of the role.

There are many full backs who are more famous for the attacking side of their game rather than defensive.

He has also scored very important goals and has developed the attacking side of his game.

Hopefully at least one of these rumours are true and they do seem to be focused on the attacking side of things, so has Wenger accepted that Arsenal need more firepower to win the title?

I think the Welsh midfielder has left it a bit too late and a lot of what Ramsey does goes a bit unappreciated as it is not as eye catching as the more attacking side of the game.

With Arsenal having so far during the current season further increased our reputation for playing fluent and attractive football that is often more focused on the creative and attacking side of the game, you might think that the Arsenal players most likely to have made the Premier League team of the season so far would be from that side of the team.

The Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has always been thought of more for his ability to burst past players and create goals, with the attacking side of his game always drawing more praise and attention than the defensive side.

I still don't understand people's obsession with boxing players in to a specific role... The whole «true DM» is a dying breed, even Coquelin is arguably something else considering the advanced positions he takes up often in front of Santi and takes major risks in winning the ball back for us... IMO, the reason Coquelin has had such a successful integration into the first team is that he focussed incredibly hard on the basics of his role first and foremost before adding other elements to his game (long - balls, driving runs into space, more aggressive ball movement in general) it's not rocket science to tell a player to curb the attacking side of their game and focus primarily on defence before attack... Nor is it that hard to see that playing in a midfield pairing with either Ramsey or Cazorla is going to be different as well.

There is just 0.01 difference in their overall score, while Gibbs does better on things like passing and possession with Baines edging it on chances created and the attacking side of things.

Most of the summer transfer talk surrounding Arsenal so far has been about the attacking side of things, with the ongoing contract speculation about Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil alongside the Arsenal transfer rumours linking us to the two French international forwards Alexandre Lacazette and Kylian Mbappe.

But it was the attacking side of things that was really purring, Ozil, Cazorla, Walcott, Iwobi and Alexis Sanchez running rings around the visitors.

The attacking side of our game is the good side — I'm still not confident whenever we have to defend.

The attacking side of the Arsenal team is the same and the likes of Ozil, Welbeck and Walcott really need to step up and help Alexis Sanchez because we are in dire need of a win.

However, another accusation labelled at our long serving manager is that he is always too focused on the creative and attacking side of the squad and does not do enough to make the Gunners hard to beat at the other end and in the centre of midfield.

But the attacking side of his game is good enough to be our first choice, but the defensive side is not.

We could also try a tactical coach like simeone or allegri as this core of players have already been trained in the attacking side of football by wenger, a tactical coach would see improvement in players like mustafi, xhaka, iwobi and a kick up the ass to players like ozil, ramsey whose form and effort fluctuate between games.

Got forward regularly, although failed to really have a huge impact on the attacking side of the game.

It could also curtail the attacking side of Jack's game, which Wenger clearly feels is his best talent, so perhaps he is right to be a bit reluctant.

I keep reading in the football press that Arsenal have the best attacking options in the Premier League, but are often let down by the defence or the midfield going walkabout and trying to join in with the attacking side of things.

Arsenal has always focused on attack more than defense so saying to not forget the attacking side of the game is silly, because we've always been an attacking team.

And the fact that we would be denying Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers another of his transfer targets would make it even sweeter, but I just wonder whether it would not be more proof that Wenger is too focused on the attacking side of the game when we desperately need a defender and a proper defensive midfielder.

But when our centre forward struggles, it seems that the whole attacking side of our game struggles and Wenger seems reluctant to use Welbeck instead of Giroud.

I bite into the cupcake straight on, attacking the side of it like Jaws.

Houston sports the top defense in the NFL, along with the second - highest scoring offense in the league, presenting an incredibly balanced attack both sides of the football.

Tottenham took advantage of turnovers to launch transitions that attacked the sides of the three centre backs as it finished West Ham 2 - 3 Spurs.