Sentences with phrase «defensive side of the game»

He can't organise a team, nor puts focus on defensive side of the game.

I could also say, if Mourinho rejects you, it's often a sign that you are good, though may not be keen on defensive side of the game if you are an attacker

Back 3 Formation is good and it is giving good defensive shape for us... We are looking more assured on defensive side of our game... Being attacking is always good but you have to make sure that you are not conceding goal because as far as you are not conceding a goal, you are not loosing game....

I don't know whether this is a deliberate plot for him to improve his defensive side of the game or whether the club has decided they want to mold him into the next Tony or Sol.

to be honest i've been positively surprised by lucas the guy is improving with each game this must be the result of training with better players everyday but he could improve his defensive side of the game even though his interception was the start of the counter attack for giroud's goal against palace & his goal against the cherries was not an easy one!!

we have soo many similar midfielders wenger has completely ignored the defensive side of the game

I believe he should save Le Coq for the Man U game... Arteta did well in the middle or play Ramsey & Cazorla in the hole with specific orders for Ramsey to sit back and help mostly on the defensive side of the game (he is capable just like too much to get involve ont the attack)!

I agree with the comments above about sometimes playing as a CDM to improve the defensive side of his game, but he can similarly execute the defensive side of his game when winning the ball back further up the field as well.

At best we can hope for a B2B one that is great at the defensive side of his game.

Scoring goals has never been a problem for Klopp's men with the likes of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino firing them towards their objectives, but until they find a balance with the defensive side of their game, perhaps Barton makes a valid point but rather than regressing they could end up stagnating and failing to take that next step needed to win a major trophy.

RWB does still allow him to hurt the opposition going forward while learning the defensive side of the game.

Play as wing back to develop the defensive side of his game?

I am still worried about the defensive side of our game.

the commentators would then go in how fortunate he is to have wade and can't pay attention to the defensive side of the game cause he's prepping

When our midfielders are on song with the defensive side of our game Mert and Kos are part of a very good defence.

Oxlade - Chamberlain — An injury - prone winger, who even at 23 years of age is yet to properly develop his end - product and the defensive side of his game to a satisfactory level.

If he improves his defensive side of his game, he will be assist king once again.

Although he favours an attacking midfield position, over the years, Cazorla has proven himself equally adept at playing from a deep - lying position and, despite his stature, he is more than willing to contribute to the defensive side of the game.

And when he does play CM he still f**k n neglects the defensive side of his game.

Would be a waste of money of signing VVD, because of Wenger's complete disregard for the defensive side of the game.

Although Walcott is wasteful sometimes going forward, but lately he has improved the defensive side of his game quite well, he is trying hard to prove to the fans and the manager that he still belongs here.

More recently, it has been a case of incompetence in the defensive side of our game, we've tried to take the game to Chelsea and go guns blazing which put us at danger every time we lost the ball on the counter attack especially as we used to play a ridiculously high line.

So hopefully they will take notice of Wenger's comments about the need to remember about the defensive side of the game and not just go bombing forwards, even though he accepts that creating and scoring goals is one of the main strengths of the Gunners.

This burst speed also hinders his defensive side of the game, making the pitch length sprints to get back and defend... We moaned at Theo for not doing it and now he is we praise him.

AW should buy him even though he's not a true DM but he can do the defensive side of the game.

In addition to him getting better at the defensive side of the game and being the only good crosser from the right side we have you fans need to chill with all the Walcott hate.

The defensive side of his game is impressive enough but it is going forward where Bellerin's true brilliance comes out.

You say «he just needs to sort out the defensive side of our game,» AS THOUGH ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS MAKE A CUP OF TEA OR MOW THE LAWN.

«I learned a lot last year about the defensive side of the game because when you play for a team like Bournemouth you don't always have the ball and you need to be switched on defensively.

2) Even if Wenger was brilliant at his job, and our struggles were purely down to the players, then signing these three quality attackers changes nothing because our problems EVERY season are to do with the defensive side of the game.

«We are more short on the defensive side of our game, not on the offensive side.

«The question that the ballon d'or brings up is whether all of us — the people who watch, report on and even run football — are guilty of completely undervaluing the defensive side of the game?

I don't want him at all, but to be fair to Evans, I don't see the point of buying anymore defenders given Wenger's lack of coaching expertise, and interest, in the defensive side of the game.

Cech looks defeated at times, Chambers on loan at Boro looks like he's enjoying the defensive side of his game and seems confident and strong, Jenkinson looked solid at West Ham on loan.

Fred Wenger hasn't had the defensive side of our game rectified since 2004!

We just have to trust the defensive side of our game and hope that one of our struggling strikers can find their shooting boots.

yeah many are going to say i would be crazy to leave out Ozil, who, yes have improved, but i will say this his defensive side of his game is still lacking, even if he is one of the best passers in the world, we can not allow that to be his only criteria for playing.

Add to this the fact that we are now stronger on the defensive side of the game as well and you have good reasons to be upbeat about this season being more likely to see Arsenal produce a proper title challenge.

Where I think he needs to improve is the defensive side of his game.

Wenger loathes the defensive side of the game, and his most hated position is DM.

It's clear they were a more or less a one man team with Suarez, and Rodgers seemed fairly clueless with the defensive side of the game.

Its time for Oxlade - Chamberlain to add more discipline to his game... Would be an amazing player if he just cut out the stray passes and worked on getting abit more responsibility into the defensive side of the game..

Ramsey has struggled with injuries in recent seasons, but has become an integral part of our first - team since our switch to our new 3 -4-2-1 formation, and the defensive side of his game has come on leaps and bounds.

Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, even to our own Alex iwobi, Oguzan Ozyakup, Gnabry and all, NONE of them needed to be played in a WB role to learn the defensive side of the game!