Sentences with phrase «ball out of his feet»

Once Pogba gets the ball out of his feet running at players he can be unstoppable, but in tight areas with the ball played at pace it does tend to bounce off him far more than it should.

Alexis couldn't get the ball out of his feet quickly enough when picked out in the box by a smart Xhaka pass as both sides pressed for a winner.

Then, attempt to push the ball out of your feet.

Perhaps he was rushed, or couldn't get the ball out of his feet.

Not exact matches

Olivier Giroud overall game has deteriorate over the last six months, in the Euros he never look like scoring a goal with his feet, his movement was sluggist and when the ball was pass to him he took just one touch on every occasion, by not taking many touches he effectively run himself out of form in games.

The defensive side of the ball isn't pretty for either team, as the Giants have placed LB B.J. Goodson (ankle, out) and S Landon Collins (forearm, out) on IR, while the Redskins will be without DT Ziggy Hood (elbow, out), LB Zach Brown (foot, out), and LB Ryan Anderson (knee, out).

One of the few players that makes runs out of midfield and does nt just wait fort he ball to fall to his feet.

Nor can they hope to when 40 % of their scoring comes from the 6» 7» Mullin, who will play in the Olympics, and the six - foot Hardaway, who is rapidly making it difficult to leave him off Team U.S.A. Golden State beat Portland when the 6» 5» Marciulionis, finding himself guarded by the 6» 10» Cliff Robinson in the final seconds, darted into the lane and then flicked the ball out to the left wing, where Mullin lingered unguarded.

We were link to Danilo even before he went to Porto, he is a good physical specimen, with a great turn of foot, very good defensively and not shabby playing the ball out, i had hope we would have carried him in a few seasons ago, we may be short at the moment in the DM role but i do not see wenger adding anyone anytime soon, XHAKA and Elneny are the reasons.

The kickoff stopped at the 4, and instead of fielding it and trying to return it, he put a foot out of bounds and then fielded the ball.

We were up 10 in the early 4rth and remember the defense giving the offense the ball back... That was the time in the game when you put your foot on their throats... You play with all the energy and passion in the world and you put the game out of reach with a touchdown or even a field goal... You don't play not to loose, you come out aggressive as hell... Come out 5 wides with grant in the slot or something crazy that theyve never seen the whole game and you shredd their asses... You don't keep it close at that point because Brady will make plays and refs to as well to beat you.

The France striker has been out of action since August 23rd, when Sylvain Distin kicked the ball towards Giroud and somehow broke his foot.

Phoenix» Dennis Awtrey recalls one game in which he knocked the ball out of McAdoo's hands three straight times from 18 feet out.

However, he can appear uncomfortable with the ball at his feet, and his decision making can be questionable — he's often been seen haring out of his box to reach the ball before a striker, and hasn't always proved successful.

In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)

DeAndre Ayton, a 7 - foot center out of Phoenix, Arizona, announced Tuesday on SportsCenter that he plans to play his college ball...

The England international, receiving a deflected «pass» from Sturridge, appeared to be off balance and falling backwards, but had the wherewithal to flick out his right foot and touch the ball into the back of the net for the third goal of the night.

B.) When there is questionable delivery and 50/50 chances applying a strong body to an opposing player taking them out of play or the ability to reach balls a foot higher in the air is just as effective as a tight turn or burning your man.

The ball out to him was nothing special but the way Walcott pulled it out of the air in the one movement with it setting himself up on the other foot and then how sweet do you want it, plenty sweet.

Our team is out of balance in a major way, too heavy on midfield players who like the ball on their foot and dribble in the middle of the park and too light on true dominant box to box midfield leaders and too light on attacking goals scoring wide players and void of a top quality striker.

First of all this article is not about Messi if only some of Arsenal fans will reason out there thought or thinking they'll have know that Arsenal fc is no where near affordin Messi» s wages my own opinion is that i believe Messi is getting closer every day to the end of his foot ball career and i can't see Wenger to pay that kinda money to a 28 year old man.

A fielder, in order to make a catch on a foul ball nearing a dugout or other out - of - play area (such as the stands), must have one or both feet on or over the playing surface (including the lip of the dugout) and neither foot on the ground inside the dugout or in any other out - of - play area.

Conerly's pass was a trifle long, but Rote left his feet in a wonderful diving try, caught the ball and skidded out of the end zone on his head and shoulder, leaving a long dark scar across the turf.

Now, for all that elite footballers are capable of manipulating the ball and themselves in extraordinary and imagination - defying ways, it's a stretch to imagine that playing for deflections ever gets more elaborate than hammering a cross across the box and hoping somebody sticks a foot out.

They wrong foot a defender, they curl the ball in the top corner out of reach of defenders and keepers, they beat defenders on speed and power to a through ball, in short they manage to score a few important goals without an easy assist from a team mate.

«I went from 6 feet, 170, to 6» 2 1/2», 190, and when I went out for baseball that spring, I threw the hell out of the ball.»

Welbeck together with Giroud is always a joke and always looks painful on the eye, the formations becomes robotic and mechanical where Danny just runs out of position time and time again trying to chase every ball blindly, after 25 minutes he is knocked out tired in his feet.

Alexis has shown to go missing at times during games because although he is feisty and has strength to either drive forward with the ball at his feet, or to battle amongst his opponents, in terms of height he can often get pushed out of the game playing as a centre forward, much in the way that Walcott did when he had a go up front.

Laca has tidy feet and can wriggle out of tight pos better than he can get past a man running with the ball at his feet while not losing the potency of attack, Laca will make a good pass instead which is what a hold up CF would be doing to bring in the wide forwards into play.

«Well, we've just got to figure out what's our best personnel, what's our best style, how we're going to be able to move the ball,» Manning answered about what ways the offense can be improved, a clear indictment of McAdoo's plan that uses many hands and many feet and many numbers.

Portland came out of the timeout with Nicolas Batum taking the ball out of bounds at the 28 - foot mark.

It feels like it should run well past that, but it also feels silly to declare, with any real degree of confidence, that the NBA will be played — with a rubber ball, blocking fouls, 10 - feet rims, and a floor that isn't made out of trampolines — in, say, the year 2914.

The first goal was down to Theo's attempt to dribble out of the box and losing the ball which left very other player wrong footed.

Wenger lost the plot when he brought in Giroud... what about the beautiful game involves having a lumbering striker who's main attribute is holding up play... our success with Wenger, and even before, came with pace and clinical striking up front, having a boss in the midfield and having physically imposing CBs... what about Wright, Bergkamp, Anelka, Henry or RVP remind anyone of Giroud (minus the left foot of course)... the formula was broken, which didn't have to be the end of our success, but when you adopt half - measures you can't expect things just to work themselves out on their own... at the very least Wenger should have brought in some wingers that can consistently cross the ball and then spend significantly more time addressing our lack of success with set pieces... ultimately this is why we continued to struggle with consistency and continued to constantly play people in the wrong positions

The league has yried that but liverpool even us with coqueluin in and liverpool won pace and pressure and if we add pass on flanks wilshere can be a release valve with his quick feet and first 10 yards of pace a lay off to ozil for a quality ball and pace will close them down and stretch them out

Think of Cazorla and how solid we looked at the back when we had our little magician wriggling out of our own half with the ball at his feet... Cazorla offered a level of intelligence that only Wilshere has shown since... but Wilshere is partnered with Xhaka and not a DM cause Wenger.

We are Arsenal the ball will find its way out of the opposition and onto Ozil's feet by magic.

At the 15th he put on the top of his rain suit, rolled up his right trouser leg and gouged out a ball from the water onto the green and then rolled in a 15 - foot putt for a par.

The ball was played in from the Right - Wing by Sanchez, and Boyata's clumsy challenge on Wilshere, outside the box, lead to the Referee Michael Olivier waving play on, and Cazorla jumped on to the ball, sucking Clichy out of position and drilling a left - foot shot past Caballero to find the bottom corner.

This idea a DM doesn't need ball - playing skills is complete and utter nonsense, a starting DM for Arsenal needs to be excellent out of possession when we have the ball, and great with the ball at his feet.

IMO, Theo, Giroud and Ozil seem the only ones willing to unselfishly draw opponents out of shape without the ball at their feet.

Loved the way he hooked the ball out of the air on his foot and went from 0 - 60 in 0000000.1 f**k n secs.

Or said to Xhaka, you just sit five to ten feet in front of the CBs and pass the ball out.

Underneath, he bounces on the balls of his feet, ready to cut out for a pass or maneuver for a rebound, though it looks as if he is just doing all that jumping up and down to see over the heads of the bigger people all around him.

When his big right foot begins its swing, his toe passes out of bounds over the end line and comes back in to connect with a slam that can blast the ball as fast as 70 mph.

Arsenal Almunia 7 — Had little to do, but what he did do he did well Sagna 7 — Lost the ball a couple of times but reliable as ever Gallas 9 — Excellent game, this season will be an important one for the Frenchman and this was a great way to start it Clichy 7 — Didn't put a foot wrong Fabregas 9 — Wonderful performance capped with a brace (Ramsey) 7 — The Welsh Cesc is coming along nicely Vermaelen 9 — An assured debut that left me forgetting about the absence of Kolo Denilson 8 — Top notch display Song Billong 8 — Solid and measured Arshavin 8 — Kept going from the 1st to the final minute Van Persie 8 — No goals, but two assists and a hand in an other (Eduardo) 7 — Lethal finisher showed what he is all about in his cameo Bendtner 8 — Really impressed me and is continuing to improve every game (Eboue) 7 — Helped close out the game.

After Bruno Alves intercepted a cross, he attempted to pass the ball out of his own area but instead found the feet of Alvaro Arbeloa.

which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course

The # 20 million summer signing didn't look completely out of his depth and showed promise when he had the ball at his feet.

Xhaka, who I like, or at least I like the Xhaka who plays for the Swiss national squad, has shown to be in way over his head in the premiership... of course he showed late in the year that he can stretch the field with the long ball but our squad isn't really set - up for that style of play... most of his long passes are in the air not on the ground and our squad without Giroud, which should have been sold the minute the transfer window officially opened, is one of the smallest in England... we need someone who can pick out the runs of our forwards in the lanes and who is fast enough to come forward into space without conceding his defensive responsibilities... we rarely see him shoot or even be in a position on the field to do so, we rarely, if ever, see him used for set pieces and it appears that the only person at the club who has ever coached him up when it comes to tackling is Coq, which explains his atrocious disciplinary record... maybe it's me but didn't you see him coming in and contributing more from an offensive perspective, with his killer left foot, than a deep - lying midfielder... if that wasn't the case we are the stupidest team alive for taking him over Kante