Sentences with phrase «defensive back like»

If they sign a top defensive back like Trumaine Johnson, it opens things up for the team.

Other times, those linebackers released once the target turned upfield, turning duties over to defensive backs like Kevin Byard and Da'Norris Searcy.

Not exact matches

With a slightly higher price than Netflix and the requirement of having an existing connection, Shomi looks like a defensive effort for now, rather than an aggressive attempt to push back Netflix's encroachment.

Your partner may get defensive and say something back like, «You've said some pretty hurtful things to me!»

What scouts like: The latest in a long line of talented defensive backs to emerge from Nick Saban's Alabama squads, Fitzpatrick is at his best as a roaming safety.

Like a hard running defensive back, Ogden blocks out one critic after another, enabling Bultmann to come within range of scoring.

The guy is not a RWB nor is he a CM.Just by looking at how he plays you can tell he was made to be a winger.A wingback can be viewed as a defensive winger.He does well there because he's able to play like a winger.However, if you ask me he's terrible defensively.But I like the fact that he tracks back when he plays as a winger.At CM, he's able to do very welll because his passing and crossing is excellent.However, over there he's forced to restrict his runs and risk taking a bit because he's playing at the center.As winger he has full freedom to expres himself.Here, he can use his running, crossing, risk taking and dribbling to great effect All he needs is to develop that certain level of cobsistency.He can really come good because he's shown he can.

Like you said we have 5 great defensive players in Bellerin, Kos, Monreal and Cech, one solid singing and we have a top back line.

A new manager is the only answer Someone who will sign more top players who we need ie defensive midfielder, creative box2box midfielder, centre backs and looks like we need another RB to push Bellerin too.

Gunners fans have been adamant that Wenger needs to ease the club's defensive crisis in the new year, but he has insisted that the likes of Calum Chambers and even Nacho Monreal are more than capable as back ups for regular pairing Pre Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny.

Goalkeeper, centre back and please, an athletic, ball winning defensive midfielder.With The the spine In place we can revert to a Back four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City eback and please, an athletic, ball winning defensive midfielder.With The the spine In place we can revert to a Back four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City eBack four like all the top sides e.g. Barca, Real Madrid Man City etc..

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

«You like to have your running back chip the defensive end, stick an elbow in the guy's ribs off the edge,» says Gruden.

But the thing we lack is a leader who can organise his defence as when we show a poor defensive display, our back 5 looks like 5 individual defenders all over the place rather than a compact and disciplined back 5.

I like a lot of skill players and defensive players who'll be available at 32, however, if Connor Williams is there at 32 you run the card up and don't look back.

but like someone said, why wouldnt sacrificing stability of midfield for two strikers make team more penetrative especially against defensive teams and if back four is tight, 4 man midfield is sufficient.wenger could try that!!

Now that we are out of contention for a place in the top four, the time has come to give youngsters like Chambers, Holding and Maitland Miles a run of games to prove themselves.Play Chambers and Holding together in a flat back four with MN at defensive mid flank ed by Ramsay and Wilshire.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is eyeing a # 45m triple deal to improve his side's defensive displays for next season, with the Gunners looking like addressing their issues at the back.

Despite keeping a respectable defensive record along with the likes of David de Gea and Chris Smalling, it is claimed by Sky that he doesn't fit the profile of the central defender that Mourinho desires, namely a physical presence with strength and pace to lead from the back.

I thought Gabriel looked alright at right back though, and I think I would have liked the extra defensive cover he offers from that position.

«Don't blame the defensive backs on a play like that.

do nt be surprised if we see song back on a loan would be the easiest midfield option to get at short notice just to get him on loan for a season just to fill the gap i think wenger likes familiarity with some players knowing the arsenal way would be an ok squad filler in case we have injury pile up at Christmas or new year period as you would expect would be an upgrade on kim kalstrom i think anyways and being at barca cant have done his skill set any harm maybe he learn to more defensive responsibility

Though speed isn't everything when it comes to a cornerback, NFL coaches and scouts like to see defensive backs with excellent speed.

I've realised people are confusing fullback and wingback assuming them to almost be the same.A wingback can be viewed as a more defensive winger whiles a fullback is just a player put near the sides of the centre fullback.Their roles are clearly very different and well defined.That's why you'll consider Ox at RWB and not RB.We need to switch back to 4 -2-3-1 to get the best out of our players like Ozil, Ox, Kolasinac, Bellerin and Monreal.They'll suffer a lot under 3 -4-3.

Would even a top class striker, a creative and a defensive midfielder along with a new centre back be enough to fix what feels like a broken team?

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)

Mertesacker is very good when we are playing in a defensive formation like today, when we are playing our regular attacking, possession game and we have to push up, then he is too slow tracking speedy forwards back and becomes a liability.

The back four should be unchanged as the central pairing of Koscielny and Mustafi are playing well and are looking like a really solid unit, while the full backs do their defensive jobs well and also add width and threat to the attack.

Having Ozil of all people play as a winger especially in front of either full back in Debuchy or Monreal is suicide because he will not track back whatsoever and in a formation like that which is designed to thrive on position you need a work horse on the wings for whichever full back you plan to have overloading the wing AS WELL AS a positionally astute defensive midfielder to come across and provide cover.

Our 3 back is just so wrong.We don't have natural wingbacks even in this formation.It also seems to me that lots of people here believe if you're good at right or left fullback then automatically you're good at RWB / LWB which quite frankly is untrue.That's why Oxlade Chamberlain can be considered at RWB but not right back.At RWB or LWB you're asking too much in terms of attack from Bellerin and Kolasinac.A proper wing back can be viewed as a more defensive winger which quite frankly none of them are and they don't possess the flexibility too to play that way.Our midfielders are also not disciplined enough because in 3 back there's a huge gap in the centre of the field that must be covered by our CM's so indiscipline only means disaster.We also have Ozil who looks like he's playing at RW in 3 back.In that we're limiting his impact because Ozil takes on his man because he wants to not because he likes to.You can't play such players at the wing.He's a proper No. 10 who likes to be given freedom.That's why Ozil plays likes he's lazy on the ball and stuff.It's because he wants to be free and for that you need to put him at No. 10.

Just like his compatriot, the Spanish full - back balanced forward play and his defensive duties well.

Rob Holding looks like a great future CB and Koscielny was back to standards and I think leaving out Mustafi who was awful after his injury return has boosted our defensive confidence.

If Gabriel Paulista does leave Arsenal this summer due to his likely becoming surplus to requirements at Arsenal which himself might have sensed, apart of the 4 specialist defenders of: Koscielny, Monreal, Mustafi and holding who have been regularly manning the Arsenal back three line of recent, other centre backs like Mertersacker & Chambers, and defensive wingbacks of Bellerin, Kolasinac, and the defensive midfielders of Elneny & Niles, can all also play as centrebacks in a back three or back four denfese - line whenever the need arised.

I'd like Krychowiak as our new defensive midfielder and I'd be happy with a decent centre back like Reid, though I'd prefer someone like Hummels, but obviously that's not happening..

If there are more players like him, especially in the defensive line, Arsenal can build the attack from the back and play more fluid passing game, like the other top European teams do.

But Mr Wenger if Xhaka has to stop tackling all together that means Xkaka will have to stay on his feet and take on the one on one chase back towards his own goal, he would also need better positioning by following the ball all around the pitch in a defensive position like Elneny does.

Sell them and get a defensive midfielder and a center back like Virgil van dijk..

Unless we raise more money through sales we may have 50 - 60M max in remaining budget (having spent 11M on Cech and get back around 2M through Podolski sale)-- if we spend 25M on a DM like Schederlein / Kondogbia / Carvalho now — we do not have any budget left for the World Class ST that we direly need more than the DM (Arteta played whole 2013 - 2014 where we have one of the best defensive record — people seem to have short memory — he would be ok as backup for another season) Wenger have done well in the last 2 seasons — bringing in Ozil when Real signed Bale, bringing in Sanchez when Barca signed Suarez.

The additional draft pick that we get for trading back could lead to someone like Shaq griffin or another defensive player.

Arsenal has depth, but it isn't quality squad depth, Rosiscky, Cazorla, Ozil all play the same position and neither of them add a great deal more than the other, our midfield is stoked but the areas we actually need depth in are barren, we have no solid defensive midfielder with our usual reliance on a CAM moved back, as a result players like Ramsey and Wilshere who are box to box players end up creating more imbalance in an already unbalanced team.

the likes of neista David Silva our own ozil they don't defend but rather tack back to slot in the defensive line for the real defenders to do their job.have u all take note that ozil don't normally jump for headers in the heart of the midfield.so all I'm saying is if Chamberlain do nt want to defend yo make that position his then he should trying playing in the attacking position as he did excel there when he was played against Bayern last year or he is out from arsenal.

I am still adamant we need more than just 1 more signing i say for our team to really compete we will need 3 GK (since we are looking like we are willing to sell the reserve 2) CM (A Partner for Xhaka in the middle) and CB (with the new 3 at the back system we need a certified defensive addition knowing the way we get plague with injuries)

442 diamond - like formation might work if we had the base of the diamond as a dedicated defensive midfielder role with Coquelin (or new addition, or even perhaps Elneny), playmaker at the top of the diamond, the side operating like wingers (or falling back for more defensive cover as required) and two strikers.

Ospina did and excellent job last season, Cech is hardly an upgrade given that he has played his entire life backed up by guys like john Terry and have played under Morinhos defensive setup.

I never felt like we should have played such a defensive game and try hit them on the break, especially when the only quick player we have to counter has just got back from injury.

you talk non sense the reason arsenal lost was wenger fielded xaka and elnini and he told the team to play defensive and try to nick the game that's a mistake arsenal should of started fast and attack them we would of won that game he auld of started with iwobi or welbeck on lacazette instead of xaka or elnini that is why the game was lost trying to play safe and trying to park a bus not arsenals style big mistake Tottenham are not a come back team go two up fast start and Tottenham would of been done just like that last game we played them

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

Defensive backs Ethan Titus and Micah Wolf pinched in on the flanks like extra linebackers.

For me, we need to bring in another centre - back or two (preferably ball - playing defender like Van Dijk), as well as a more defensive option to replace Francis Coquelin who has failed to build on that one impressive season he had for us.

The Saints look like they'll be getting back two key defensive backs, safety Marcus Williams (groin, questionable) and corner Marshon Lattimore (ankle, questionable), as the duo practiced all week.