Sentences with phrase «deep ball game»

Somebody is sure to get open, and Rivers» deep ball game is top notch.

Not exact matches

DM's main role is ball retention and providing a screen for the back 4, while the B2B's main role is to start play (deep laying play maker), control the tempo of the game and also assist the DM mop up.

Liverpool took the game to us, we sat too deep and didn't press the Liverpool players hard enough to win the ball back in the first half.

Look at his game — he has to drop down deep more times than not to collect the ball and bring it forward.

«Cazorla is important at the start of the game when the ball comes from our defenders, because he can pass from deep midfield to high midfield better than everybody and get out of pressure,» Wenger told the media after the game (via Arsenal Player).

And the game effectively ends... on a missed deep ball.

They left the door open and with 4 seconds remaining Dominic Lopez took Team Goldin right through that opening when he hit a huge game - tying OT causing, deep 3 ball.

Sutton did, in fact, still get open deep a few times in both games, but his quarterback just couldn't get to the ball to him.

What amazed me is that after Özil goal our team collectively relaxed on the defensive end and was happy to sat so deep as if we were in the late stage of the game... we should have better mixed up our game plan sitting deep to defend in a more compact way is good but when you have the ball you must take good care of it and find teammates in good positions quickly... both Cazorla and Ramsey were poor and I do feel that they both should've been subbed of early for Rosicky and Walcott!

He can catch the short passes and take them the distance, he can stretch the field with the deep ball, there might not be anybody better at going up to catch a jump ball and, unlike some top wideouts, he blocks his ass off in the run game.

If those deep balls of his start fluttering as they tend to do in cold weather games, the Colts will have plenty of opportunities to take advantage with interceptions.

He got another hit on Flacco later in the game to help force an errant throw on a deep ball to Steve Smith.

If we can keep up this hunger for the ball and this drive we can play one of 3 ways and vastly increase our chances of winning any game: we defend from the front, we defend deep or we play with a dynamic switch mentality (you pressure when you first lose the ball, then drop off if you don't win it back quickly enough).

On this warm, windy night he kept his first two units in the game all the way except for two series of downs late in the game, when the Dolphins had the ball deep in Baltimore territory with time seeping away.

Coquelin needs someone like Cazorla who has the experience to know when to sit deep and his positioning to receive the ball hid the weaknesses in Coquelins game a lot.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

Who the hell picks ozil and tells the midfielders to keep dropping deep without applying pressure on the ball in the middle of the pitch (Ozil doesn't give a rats arse to move and Bayern are too good to let them just walk through the middle of the ground for the whole game)?

Play deep will indeed get them closer to our goal for significant periods of the game, but it will also remove the space for their great 1 - 2's, and through balls because their will simply be much less room.

«Cazorla is important... the start of the game when the ball comes from our defenders, because he can pass from deep midfield to high midfield better than everybody and get out of pressure.

Theo isn't 1st choice CF, Giroud fights to win the ball back and I believe Theo needs to learn that but he does offer a great «Plan B» during a game, if Giroud can't do the job or we want to hold a lead then play deeper with faster strikers for counter attacking football instead of so much possession bassed.

Playing deep in the heart of the Porto midfield, Neves controls the pace of the game with an almost Pirloesque ease, very rarely taking more than a touch before the ball is moved on to a teammate.

The mid-three-star sophomore combined decent efficiency with some big - play pop, and with him next to Rudolph in the backfield, the OSU run game should take advantage of defenses distracted by the threat of the deep ball.

He's able to control the game extremely well from deep but is also very competent with long balls forward.

The next step in the evolution of the Arkansas offense will come when the Hogs start completing deep balls to go with their grind - you - into - dust run game.

Elneny in my opinion tend to have more control of the offensive flow in a game, he follows the ball all around the pitch, I would consider him a deep lying playmaker with defensive skills.

I reckon he could be in line to start a fair few games next season as well, especially those in which we expect to be dominant on the ball and face a deep lying and well organised defensive unit looking to deny space and frustrate the fluency of Arsenal.

Louisville shot 44.4 percent on deep balls in the game.

If they sit deep, like Burnley game, our crossing ball from left or right tend to be wasted because Alexis doesn't have altitude to deal with those tall CB's.

They're are a rare breed of players who can break the opposition down from deep with one genius long pass that no else can see until it's too late, Pirlo, Xavi and Alonso are the only other guys that come to mind when talking of such game changing passes, Xhaka can become one too but he has to develop the same sort of vision, these players don't run much with the ball, the ball does the running for them and delivered to the right address.

Rest of the midfield was also bad, but why isn't ozil going in deeper to receive the ball and take charge of the game?

Editor Dick Clasen recalls: «In a game against Sedan, Mike was the deep man on a punt, and the ball was short.

He is more suited to games where we can sit back and defend deep — as soon as we push up the ball behind becomes a big issue.

The Deep South's Oldest Rivalry has featured its share of incredible drama, from Fran Tarkenton's last - second touchdown pass to seal Georgia's SEC title in 1959, to Michael Johnson's jump - ball catch in 2002 (which sent UGA to the SEC title game), to, of course, Ricardo Louis» miracle catch in 2013.

Ramsey has had one good season for us since his horrible injury, he needlessly gives the ball away much too often and his finishing is even worse than Giroud's... once again we have fallen in love with the idea of what could have been... Ramsey has only scored 2 meaningful goals in his entire Arsenal tenure: one in Turkey and the other in last year's FA Cup, which is not near enough to make him a centerpiece of this offence... likewise simply his presence on the team sheet has led Wenger into making horrible tactical blunders because he will force Ramsey into the lineup even when it doesn't make sense... just think of all those games when Ramsey was played out wide on the right, which forced the RB to come up into the play far more often, and deeper, because Ramsey invariably would find himself in a more central position leaving us far more vulnerable to the counterattack..

Wilshere's game is always to run from deep with the ball and then pass and move around the box.

Xhakha's only game is a ball from deep which the Chelsea defenders will read and pick off, he can't tackle and he can't run plus his midfield partner leaves him exposed to go meandering around.

Ball went 11 for 21 from three during UCLA's three - game run at the Wooden Legacy and he's now shooting 48.6 percent from deep on the year.

I think both the goals came from a combination of Jenkinson could have done better to snuff out the cross and Coquelin just seeming off the pace, in other games I think he would have gotten to make the challenge but this time he was too deep and was just another body that the ball flew past.

However xhaka gave us a better long ball game and ramsey offers the better runs from deep combined with the best finishing of the 4.

If Giroud starts then I will bet that Chelsea will play a higher def line until they can get a goal and squash out the space for our game changers to make much of an impact, how - ever I feel more confident that Theo will at least cause Chelsea to defend deeper and as such, force Chelsea to play with gaps between their def and mid or play a LOT of players behind the ball and try to hit us on the counter.

If you need someone to push the ball through the cold and beat man coverage, do you want the guy who specializes in the QB run game or the guy who opened up running lanes for Elliott last year with several deep bombs down the field?

Our Premier League game this weekend at home to Southampton, for instance, is one in which you would expect us to dominate the ball and be faced with a determined and deep lying defence, so it may not be suited to the Spaniard.

That didn't stop the Mets» Matt Harvey in Game 1 of the World Series, and the result was basically the best result possible for the Royals: Escobar hit a ball to deep center, and ended up with an inside - the - park homer.

He could be very effective in some games that we need to defend deep and head loads of balls out.

As previously mentioned, I expect this game to come down to the performance of McSorley and spreading the ball out to a deep and dynamic group of passcatchers.

One noticeable feature within this game though was Matip picking the ball up from deep, and moving forward with it — but this particular move had little effect on Swansea's shape at all, and Liverpool's players did not position themselves to take advantage of Swansea's tactical setup.

They had chances and couldn't convert, we had fewer and took 2 of it, Sanogo had a good game, needs a lil more run in the side, could be a great alternative to giroud, loved his diagonal runs, which i haven't seen us do for a while, drew defenders away from our midfielders, probablythe reason ozil had a good game, i mean, Giroud loves to come in deep to get the ball, i don't see the need for that, his link up play is not so good, neither can he dribble, like say a suarez or sturridge, so playing to ones strenght is better atimes, just stick to what you do best!

Adams is clearly his new quarterback's BFF, racking up eight - plus targets in four straight games — including team - high marks in red zone and deep - ball targets.

SAVE: FABIANSKI FOILS FREE - KICK — 9 mins The pattern of the game was set early on, with Swansea allowing us to have the ball and dropping deep to make it difficult for us to find a way through.

Falcons have a complete Offense that can put points from 3 different methods: deep balls to WRs, RBs and also short passing game to the RBs / TEs... If their D becomes just average, they will be really tough to beat (Surprise team of the year?)