Sentences with phrase «ball up the pitch»

I just want the team to carry this desire to make tackles, do pressing off the ball up the pitch with more intensity like this.

Just hoofed the ball up the pitch, no one had the energy to do anything with it so it just came straight back at us.

I think his best position is RWB as he can get the ball up the pitch from deep using his dribbling.

Sanchez and Campbell use their speed not only going forward to help get back if we lose the ball up the pitch -

Mertesacker is good to have as a backup and he is effective against teams that lunge long balls up the pitch and into the box.

Mar 17, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; Vancouver Whitecaps forward Alphonso Davies (67) pushes the ball up the pitch against Atlanta United defender Franco Escobar (2) during the first half at Mercedes - Benz Stadium.

You can rate the Arsenal team yourself here Mathieu Debuchy — 6 Was caught out of position a few times, and hoofed the ball up the pitch far too often.

I mean, this is 2018 not 1988 — you can win in England without a focal point who wins high balls up the pitch.

He cushions the pass with his left foot, pirouetting on the ball like a figure skater setting up for a spectacular finale, and slides the ball up the pitch with the outside of his right foot.

Here we have two players, gifted passers, sure, but slow as molasses and generally occupying the same space on the pitch, working a two man lateral passing game, rather than moving the ball up the pitch, forming triangles with the wingers or overlapping full backs.

The result is a weak negative correlation to demonstrate that those teams that use lots of long balls up the pitch, don't do particularly well in the Premier League.

Not exact matches

While defending, after we win the ball deep, there is no one to pass the ball to other than the striker, who is high up the pitch and also isolated.

Play him up front, keep Giroud as super-sub and when he's IS on the pitch in the (predictable like clockwork) 70th minute — cross the bloody ball Arsenal, he can actually score headers!

McCullers hasn't given up a run yet, but three hit by pitches and two hits — now three hits, as Seager knocks a ball over the infield mid-sentence — isn't exactly inspiring confidence in that trend continuing.

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.

Yes you can dribble, pass the effing ball and get it up the pitch.

The game was played high up the field and it was down to our attackers to win the ball high up the pitch and score.

answer this, who lost the ball high up the pitch in both of their goals?

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

Too often they are out of position when we lose the ball and are too far up the pitch as a pair.

They were fantastic on both sides of the ball as they put up 27 on Offense and pitched a shutout as well.

We need to learn that if you can not pass to anyone then get the ball as far up the pitch as possible not fart around as Mustafi did and not pass without looking as Kos did.

Ramsey — overpaid, overused, injury prone, not clinical enough as a passer or finisher and he's played out of position way too much to the detriment of our supposed offensive and defensive schemes... obviously I think he has some skills and I'm pleased he didn't let his horrible injury years ago end his career but he holds on to the ball too much, gives away the ball too often and too cheaply, doesn't play good enough defensively considering the previous concern and often finds himself to far up the pitch way too often for a guy who doesn't score or assist near enough... better suited for Wales where the team is set up to accommodate his and Bales skills

Then he was traded away to St. Louis for pitching help and got messed up trying to pull the ball over Busch Stadium's right - field fence, just 310 feet away.

If you pause there you would see that Ozil and Alexis were high up the pitch thus encouraging Iwobi to thread a through ball.

Walcott now wants to play the right wing, Sanchez best attributes is charging defenders and fullbacks with the ball at his feet commencing from deep and wide areas his weakness is holding a position high up the pitch alongside defenders and allowing midfielders to feed him balls.

But, his quick - thinking allowed him to pick up the ball and pitch it to the kicker, Adam Keller, who was wide open.

Guys clearly fouling him to get the ball off of him and they don't look bothered, yet would give a clown like a Cattermole, in a pickle too far up the pitch a lay - down.

I think our players kept trying to set up the ball for a good shot since the pitch was so bumpy hence why Ramsey may have taken an extra touch.

Pops up all over the pitch invariably with the ball at his feet.

To prevent the base coaches from picking up the pitch, grip must be taken deep in glove (as at left) and glove must continue to shield ball throughout wind - up.

He was always alone when he won the ball far up the pitch too, i guess the other players were just staring at him, cause thats the only reason nobody else tried to help or get in the box.

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)

They are first ball hitters and they walk up to the plate looking to take a cut at that first pitch.

Although he gave up only one unearned run in 5 «Öî innings, Jones ran out of juice — papaya and otherwise — and Enrique Romo pitched hitless ball the rest of the way to get credit for a 2 - 1 win in which Lee Stanton homered.

He's more likely to win a hoofed ball out of defence, then he can hold it up and allow the pacey players like Walcott and Alexis to sprint forward — they can run a lot faster when they don't have to take the ball with them up the pitch.

Yes they will, and it will be because of the next: Primary tasks of any DM: take out the opponent's playmaker or secondary striker move the ball around when your own playmaker isn't close or further up the pitch drop deep between the central defenders to provide another passing option

Unfortunately, other teams don't see it like that and interfere with his plans, take the ball off of us running up the other end of the pitch and score a lot of the time.

What that teaches us is this, one bad signing can destroy a team season, Xhaka possesses none of the credential Arsenal need his lack of stamina effects his ability to move up the pitch and distribute the ball and hence close the opposition down, his poor acceleration put him in at a massive disadvantage in taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal, his sluggish tackling causes him to get sent off and his poor positioning allow the opposition plenty of space to exploit, Xhaka overall style of play is going to cause Arsenal huge problems for the foreseeable future.

Our offensive players at times do not put opponents under pressure high up the field resulting in long ball from high up the pitch into our box.

He can not hold a position high up the pitch and tight with defenders because his ball control is not good enough so his solution is to drop deep and wide in his own half to give him extra time to gain control of the ball past to him.

We pressed and harried there player and won the ball high up the pitch and did well to capitalize on it.

He will not venture high up the pitch because his slow running back acceleration and poor long distance pace will let him down, he most often pass the ball long and too quickly, this is also a problem for arsenal in a sense that he does not come out with the ball and allow his players enough time to take up better position.

Our main problem has been defending as a team and not necessarily the players defending, so even if we do get the DM and CB needed, we still need someone on the pitch to organise the players, now this is where i agree with Jamie Carragher about comments he made about Mert, he does not lead the young arsenal charges or commands his team to get in a defensive shape when they do not have the ball, he does not provide a back up for his young players who are under pressure or provide guidance on how to deal with the issues in the match.

wow are we sterile up top, goals need to come from defense again, ozil & cech were great, mert once again taking the brunt of bad comments meanwhile a clean sheet and did nothing wrong, open goal that was saved was kos out of position and monreal caught up the pitch too high, giroud has great ball skills, issue is his position on the pitch, watched the match again focused on giroud, he tends to camp behind the defender from the ball, this only works when you have the quickness to break, he does nt, I have screen shots where ozil is 25 yrds farther up the pitch then giroud, thisis the problem, he is rendered useless unless ozil holds up, and thats not ozils strength, thus very few sog's from giroud on the run, when giroud gets lucky w space in front of the defender, he is lethal, but needs to get into that space,

When do you shorten up, think breaking ball, take a pitch, or go the other way with your swing?

He put himslef about fort the 70 plus minutes he was on the pitch, chasing and harrying and doing a great job to bring the ball down as a target man and to link up with the other French attackers.

Schneiderlin is a DM, he only contributes further up the pitch at Southampton because he has better on - the - ball ability than arguably their whole midfield.

Also when we win the ball on the counter hes always left and does nt have the engine to get up and down the pitch.

I remember one game in particular against Leeds in which we were losing and Keown picked the ball up and ran most of the length of the pitch, weaving his way through, only for his shot to hit the corner flag.