Sentences with phrase «balls over the midfield»

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I actualy liked the way Juventus have been playing 4 -4-2 with diamond, the front three in midfield covering Pirlo so he can send balls over the top to the two strikers.

Monreal in at CB provides an adept and semi creative ball playing presence in the defensive third which I think is important to keep us moving the ball fluidly and intelligently and also means opposition need to compensate for the possibility of Monreal clipping the ball over the top to Lacazette and cutting the midfield out.

If Arsenal Football club and our record on the return dates of players on the injury list being put back over and over again is to go by, then there is a huge chance that we will not be seeing the Spanish international midfield star kicking a ball in anger again for the Gunners this season.

Bring in a DM who will take over Arteta / compete for the position from January but not necessarily be our defensive midfielder we all desire, instead bring in a swift ball passer to get the ball from defence to our attractive midfielders in a short enough time to avoid the high pressing we currently see against us, if he tackles than that's a great addition.

CSU scored twice and got the ball back with a chance to tie or take the lead, but they could only drive to around midfield before turning the ball over on downs.

The Croatian midfielder produced an exceptional performance at the Etihad, with his vision and passing laying off perfect balls to his teammates all over the pitch.

Bellerin and Monreal is always almost on the corner line crossing ball's, we are always leaving defense bankrupt and vulnerable for a take over, by the time Monreal and Bellerin return to their station they have just sprinted the whole of the pitch to make a defensive tackle sometimes coming in from behind the player in our box without giving a penalty or just outside for a free kick which we can not defend set peaces, if we are to use them some midfield players have to drop back which is not happening at the moment

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)

Looked up your man Elneny and must say he has one hell of a pass on him, he fires the ball across midfield and over defence like a Petit or an Alonso.

AW should have at least threw a makeshift midfield pairing of Chambers and Arteta or Gabe, at least these guys know how to defend and turn over the ball.

To be honest jack slows down the midfield by over holding on to the ball and in most cases loosing it to the opponents, giving them time to rebuild there defense, being fouled and no response from the referee or some times we are awarded free kicks which we hardly any thing good from.

I know I'll receive hate - mail over this, but the one player in the squad, who can dribble and move the ball through a tight space and replace Santi, is non of our exiting midfield - options, but Alexis.

After seeing a couple of games where he featured and also the one for england he's got it all for me... 1) He has the physical ability to offer the kind of game that our Giroud offers (back to the net: deflecting, relaying passes and 1 - 2 touches) but also 2) Pace, mobility and technical agility to offer so much more: dribbling past opponents (creating space), running / turning over defences either to lay down the killing pass to a better placed player or finishing a through ball from our over talented midfield and all that with speed and 3) Tactical awareness, willingness to defend players if asked (like the game Man U-Real Madrid in the CL) and could provide support not only in the air on corners!!

WE NEED A MIDFIELD CAPTAIN!!!! Someone who shouts at the ref when zouma don't get booked someone who shouts at welbeck and nearly chins him for not squaring the ball to lacazette fans r a tap in someone who will threaten the linesman when he gave stoke 4 throw ins in a row so that he's to scared to give us offside coz he knows it's onside (corrupt) we don't have a presence just pass pass with no end product and a tiny petty team who lets defenders push them over in the box it's boring arsenal bore me and Wenger is the master of boringness conte Jose are what I like coz they have a bit of an edge i wish I could be arsenal so CM captain

Y is no one talking abt that pass from the midfield to set up ozil first goal... n the fact that chamberlain just turned andre pirlo over night... like those precise thru balls to ozil to set up walcot n that to perez to set up ozil...

Wilshere over Ramsey for the B2B role is another possibility: he's the best at the club for driving the ball from midfield to attack, however, his defensive attributes are not particularly strong.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Understandably, this does not make our midfielders over keen to give him the ball.

If anyone Kos was at fault for the equaliser, he was the closest and the ball went over him and whilst he was also closer for the Aguero goal that was down to MF, stopping in midfield assuming the ball was going out instead of tracking Aguero — if he played to the whistle he would have been in position to block SA.

Cazorla would maintain his place in the left of midfield, often dropping in centrally when we have the ball, while the OX should take his spot on the right wing, after an excellent showing against Burnley over the weekend.

Our midfield (And EV) was at fault for this who were absolutely switched off, and Iniesta, Busi sometimes over complicated things by not passing the ball and trying to hold it against two big roma bulls with lots of testosterone.

As his body is just too weak for the PL, so he can never shield the ball in midfield and that's a liability, you've seen it over and over he is good untill he comes up against a player and then we either get a foul or a counter-attack your pick of the day!

Wenger would rather keep us passing the ball around until someone play its into giroud who falls over whilst attempting to play it backwards or ramsey playing a wayward pass in the midfield.

Xhaka turns it over and decides to blindly press the ball afterwards leaving a gaping hole between midfield and our back - 3.

United could certainly do with a ball - playing midfielder of his kind as doubts remain over the futures of Ander Herrera and Michael Carrick, who are nearing the ends of their contracts.

Our midfield for a little over a month now has been producing not as many chances, and has reverted back to overplaying the ball, and misplacing the most simple of passes.

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

Someone who can run the midfield from collecting from CB to passing the ball over to the more attacking players and getting goals.

Calhanoglu is a creative midfielder well capable of playing inch - perfect through - balls and beautiful diagonals whilst also having great expertise over free - kicks.

The midfielder did recover to feature in the second half however, and capped the performance off with a neatly taken goal, controlling the ball in the box before tucking the ball over the keeper and into the net.

He is good at turning on the ball so is great for starting moves in the midfield and has a knack for beating players if we win quick turn over.

«I don't remember what exactly happened, I just remember the ball coming over,» Matthew, a freshman midfielder, said.

The French midfielder scored his second Premier Legaue goal of the season, after latching unto a ground pass from Willian before lifting the ball over the goalkeeper to give Chelsea the lead at the Kirklees stadium.

11th — free kick from 35 metres blocked by GK Irwin, cleared momentarily, ball falls to Bradley who shoots high 14th — Takes pass from Findley, eludes a player and runs the length of the field from the midfield stripe, hits right foot shot from top of box, deflects off defender and ball goes through the hands of Irwin and in (18th goal) 18th — Cheyrou plays ball through middle, Osorio backheels to onrushing Giovinco, takes touch then bends right foot shot past Irwin and in (19th) 36th — takes pass from Bradley, floats a cross to back post where Altidore heads just wide 37th — takes long pass from Cheyrou, beats defender, charges in but shot is deflected out for corner 38th — takes corner to near post — Perquis heads in to score (14th assist) 60th — starts run from defensive half, left side of field, cuts into middle, tripped by Pittinari who earns yellow card — resulting free kick from 30 yards is just over bar 76th — takes breakout punch from corner from Konopka, is fouled by Cronin, who earns yellow card 82nd — steals ball from Ramirez, sprints past Burling, attempts cross but hits own foot and rolls behind end line

Perhaps Pogba — with his comparable capacity for dribbles, dangerous balls from all angles and threat from range — would represent a return back to having a player of the Argentinian's ilk lead the way in midfield over its more assiduous incumbent?

The Leeds midfielder reacted with composure and beautifully lobbed the ball into the goal over McGregor's reach to secure 3 points for the Whites.

When the ball was chipped in towards Williams, there appeared little on for the Spain Under - 21 international, but the Bilbao midfielder flicked the ball over his head before running onto it and firing a thunderous volley into the top corner.

Mousa Dembele: With Ryan Mason out injured and Nabil Bentaleb over with Algeria at the AFCON, the responsibility of running the midfield and utilising the ball well and effectively moving our attacks quickly falls on Dembele.

Gomez showed some sprightly legs in the 6th minute, picking up a loose ball after a corner and going on a one - man break vs. Vancouver before attempting a Carli - Lloyd-esque shot from just over midfield.

Am reading all over the net and hear as well that people are blaming the players fabianski for not getting his angles right, he had an ok game but a top class keeper would not be beaten at his near post, song who out of nowhere has become an attacking midfielder, chamaka for missing two easy headers, diaby for taking too long on the ball, Squillaci, Koscielny i know they new but they are making some mistakes that school boys would not basic mistakes rosciky for blasting a penalty over the bar when a cool head was needed, deneilson your team leading 1 nill late in a game and you shoot rather than take or pass the ball to the corner i can go on almunia whose technique is horrible and you say this team has improved.

Saints turn the ball over in midfield as City press high up the pitch.

The Welsh Premier League side were soon trailing in Croatia when midfielder Josip Misic netted a fine 20 - yard free - kick, clipping the ball over the wall...

No, he's not winning a ton of headers at midfield, but he's able to chase down balls over the top unlike any other attacking player.

As time went on Gagliardini returned to the dominant midfielder we know and love and in the 36th minute he dropped a perfect long ball over the top to Candreva who held off Mattia De Sciglio to power the ball across Gianluigi Donnarumma and into the back of the net.

For example, if Cancelo decides to carry and turns over the ball in the midfield Gagliardini did a fantastic job slotting into that left back position completing that back four.

Again, he's a fullback, typically the realm of straight lines and curled crosses, yet over the past two games, Juve's solid central structure — three center backs and two deeper midfielders — has allowed him to drift in - field and show off the kind of vision, delicate touch, and pure ball - striking that's supposed to be exclusive to center mids.

Two, due to the lack of width in midfield, it falls on the wingbacks to provide the width by getting forward in wide positions, then on occasions we turn the ball over, the other teams striker fills that vacant space left by the advanced wingback, forcing Kos or Mertesacker to go with him — completely shattering any cohesiveness in the backline.

It was scrappy, but the Welshman was the only midfielder in the squad likely to have got himself in the position in the six - yard box to force the ball over the line.

The combative ball - winning midfielder joined in March 1999, and immediately took over the captaincy from the long - serving Jamie Bates.

Moments later, Santi Cazorla turned the ball over in the midfield zone.