Sentences with phrase «defensive work at»

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Smiling at people, being selfless, being unashamed of where we stand — these work better than trying to explain ourselves to everyone, always being defensive, instead of pressing forward serenely.

Jim Harbaugh said at his weekly presser that the Wolverines are still working at finding depth on the defensive line.

He loves running with the ball at his feet, & he's not afraid to make a challenge or do some defensive dirty work.

Present day Ozil is often blamed for the Arsenal loses and in truth at most times should be, his moods dictates the way arsenal plays, he dictates the tempo of how arsenal plays and once he begins to lose balls and things not going his way he tends to shrink away from the ball, he is not a player who is going to call for the ball, get in the game by doing some defensive work or get the ball to get some fouls and move the team upwards.

We didn't have Coquelin at the time, if you remember the days he was highly rated we had Song doing all the defensive work which allowed him to flourish.

If only he can work on his defensive positioning in tandem with d other defenders, he can become our Marcelo at rb.

What we do need perhaps is to have a serious look at this van dyk lad and work at returning some «defensive - pride» to our game.

Carlos Cuellar is a player O'Neill knows well from his time at Villa Park and the hard working Spaniard will be available on a free transfer and could helpfully boost his defensive options.

Ozil will never be good at defending, the teams needs to work harder and cover his defensive inadequacies.

At the same time, some of his best work as a pass rusher so far has come with him lined up inside as a defensive tackle.

Case Keenum is at his best when he is getting rid of the ball quickly, so Schwartz may want to consider his corners playing up a little more on the line and buying just a few more seconds for the defensive line to work its magic.

Now, Kemp isn't the worst given how little time is left on his contract, but he's still owed over $ 50 million through 2019, the offense isn't returning to the levels that got him paid in the first place, the little defensive ability that used to be there is gone, and the only thing keeping him from having a deal as bad as Sandoval's is the fact that he could at least slot in as a DH somewhere and work out the remaining days of his contract.

We need to play a mix of both as in 3 defenders man marking 3 of the other teams best headers at set pieces and the other players marking zones, Bould and Wenger are lost at doing defensive work, Bould was part of the famous back 4 of Dixon, Bould, Adams and Winterburn he should do all the things George Graham taught them when it was the 1 - 0 to the Arsenal days

Oh, his best work was definitely when he was lined up at left defensive tackle later in the game.

Arsenal are recovering and slowly getting back some confidence and fluidity in their game, played 120 mins on sunday and needed to rotate various players who were obviously not fully recovered and who were certain» red flags» for muscular injuries if theyd started (ie, ox, ramsey, holding) Leicester did not deserve anything at all, they were ultra defensive, yes worked hard I agree but its easier to defend with 9 behind the ball for vast periods of the game.

If Arsenal stick with three centre backs then Mustafi must be considered a far better choice for the third birth alongside Kos and Holding rather then Monreal.Kolasinac has to come back in at left eing - back and Bellerin revert to the right.Midfield is a very different matter.Arsenal still desperately need a proper defensive central player.Ozil in this current side can not be considered anything more than a luxury.All of Bournemouth's creativity will come down the flanks so it's necessary to put players on to the pitch who are prepared to fulfill their defensive duties.This also means that unless Ramsey can work out that he's playing in midfield not as a number 10 he has no place on the team either.

One of the most hard - working and disciplined defensive players in the world, there are few better than Kante at what he does and it's little surprise someone like PSG is showing an interest.

Giroud however brings good work rate with him and I like the way he helps out on defensive set pieces but his mentality is suspect at times, we can not be talking about loss of confidence for a 30 yr old man, can we?

Ramsay can be frustrating at times, but no one can question his defensive abilities and hard work.

We need to change some players, even if they are good players to make our game more dinamic, more complete.If Walcott will leave, definetly Sterling is the right choose to play with Sanchez.If Bayern will want Ozil, I think we should let him go.I think mutch people will be not agree with this, Ozil is a great player BUT is not a complete player, doesn't have enough speed and is seems sometimes like he is not involved in the game.I think a switch with Gotze can be benefic for our team, he run alot, is creative and make the defensive as well.We need a Striker to, but a good one, someone like Benzema or Cavani, someome who can get at least 20 goals per season.A new DM is what we need for balance the game, I think Vidal is the best in the world in this moment (is just my opinion), he working hard in defence and can win a game with a long shot.This is the way I see footbal.

Greg Mattison: «If you're a defensive lineman at the University of Michigan, «average» doesn't work.

Was surprised to see «Defensive minded» Mancini even took Podolski on loan... The reason he sat on bench at Arsenal was cos he didn't work hard enough defensively.

He can do the defensive MF work but also is great at attacking, tracking back etc..

ramsey is no winger arteta no defensive midfielder and walcott no striker... we do nt have shape... bellerin working his socks off to make up for mertesaker and ramseys lack of pace... stops him going forward when he does we create problems for them as with second goal... ozil i am sorry to say is clueless at the moment... monreal and kos doing ok....

I said experiment because I am not sure how their chemistry would work out on the pitch as we do not see them everyday in training... for example I am not sure if Neny can play the defensive role as effectively as Coq, but since Coq is not performing at the level we usually expect of him anyway, I would pun for Neny there for now... Based on what I have seen so far, I would say Neny defensive game would be based on covering and interceptions rather than going in strongly for tackles like Coq but the plus is he runs and covers more ground than Flamini, and his movement and ball distribution is definitely better than both Flamini and Coq.

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.

One theory might be that teams come to the Emirates expecting a hard time — the famous fortress Emirates factor is at work — most teams expect to lose and they set out their stall accordingly — with a defensive based strategy.

In my opinion the Spanish international is the perfect midfield player for Arsene Wenger, with the passing and vision of Mikel Arteta combined with a fantastic work rate, defensive ability and bundles of experience at the very top level.

this will given him a chance to play in the middle and work with Ozil... Cazorla also tracks back so he can influence defensive play...... Ozil must start at the heart CAM position without a question....

To get the best from the player and play to his strengths it would be so beneficial to both the team and Ramsey if he had the protection of a top class CDM.He does his fair share of defensive work but it's not his natural game.He has never had the luxury of a top CDM in all his time at the club for the simple reason Wenger thought players of the calibre like Song Denilson Flamini Coquelin And now Xhaka were the answer and has been continually proved wrong.

Silva and De Breune at Man City are in a similar situation but since the arrival of PG their defensive work to quickly regain possession has improved substantially.

I would have preferred Holding at center back, Niles and right back and rest Bellerin, his contributions and defensive work has been poor

Our work off the ball when we played them at the Emirates was the best we've done this season and unless we repeat this, well struggle, because for as entertaining we were going forward, we were not that interested in doing the defensive job.

A friend of Sean Gilbert's, the Redskins» holdout defensive tackle who turned down a $ 4 million - a-year offer because he believed God was directing him to hold firm at $ 4.5 million, reports that Gilbert is working at a church in western Pennsylvania and is at peace with his decision.

I think we had the opportunity to take Chelsea, but we blew, by not being tactically prepared, Wenger considers is best team With Ozil, Ramsay and Cazorla, in the team at the same time, and to be honest the majority of the times it has worked, however chelsea has a good defensive system (parked bus), one tactics to compact this system is pacey wide players and a two prong attack to keep but defenders occupied.

Only last season West Brom inflicted a painful defeat on us at the Hawthorns with two goals headed straight in from corners and the other after a mix up and scramble from a cross, so maybe the lads have been working hard on this facet of their football, with our old central defensive stalwart Steve Bould the perfect man to drill them on the training ground.

As i mentioned earlier Coquelin arguably is better at the defensive dirty work of the team whilst schneiderlin out of the two probably the better attacker.

they do nt try to force EvEry1 on at d sametime, and iniesta / rakitic are not kknown for there defensive ability so how come they work so well.like I read somewhEre here, its collective defending / attacking and discipline.thats what Gunners nid.

Although Arsene Wenger has identified Gabriel Paulista as the answer to our defensive problems this January, Arsenal will have to throw themselves at the mercy of Britain's strict work permit regulations before they can confirm the signing of the Brazilian defender from Villarreal.

The system can work because we have seen it at work, but to strengthen this system we need pacey wide players (which we have) that do not neglect their defensive duties and a defensive midfield player at the moment we need a central defender

Severally in recent times, Wenger has been deploying defensive reinforcement anytime we are leading with a slim margin and it has always worked especially at the dying minute of games.

Liverpool fans will be pleased to hear that the squad are working on their defensive organisation following the horror show against Arsenal at the Emirates last Saturday, according to goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.

Trammell, who in 15 major league seasons never played a defensive position other than shortstop, will work at third base, first base, leftfield and centerfield because his successor at short, Travis Fryman, took over when Trammell was injured last season — and Fryman is there to stay.

Injuries have held the international back at Liverpool in recent years, but he had previously been one of the team's most important players, combining strong defensive ability with high work rate and quality on the ball.

Would Ozil really be worth including at CM when he is usually criticised for a lack of defensive work?

I'm not the type to suggest the ridiculous spending done by many of the top four clubs (looking at you Chelsea and Man City), but at some point, when the parts aren't working on a team, it's time to get new parts, including a bit more on the defensive side as well.

But the Jaguars defensive line was at its best when it worked together on Sunday.

Defensive stalwarts like three - year starter Tanner Ward and linemen Cruz Lara, Justin Viega, and Tyler May did the dirty work and led Bulldogs at all levels from all classes as shining examples of what being a Bulldog is all about.

This means he needs a defensive midfield partner which only works with 4 at the back and 2 defensive midfield players.

He terrorised the City team, dribbling through them with ease at times, but also put in a hard - working defensive shift.