Sentences with phrase «footed.again lack of pace»

By letting Ganriel keep his place in the centre of defence on Tuesday, however, it could be that Wenger has finally decided that Mertesacker's lack of pace is just too much of a threat to Arsenal.

The real difference in the two comes away from the in man marking, covering for fullbacks and CBs that are out of position as well as the general tracking back of Le Coq (Arteta's lack of pace was a major issue here).

Combine him with Juan Jesus in the heart of the Roma defence, and the lack of pace and mobility could be a perfect chance for Chelsea to really attack them and claim all three points in their showdown.

Lack of pace?

He is playing in a high defensive line team but still manage to be rarely caught off guard considering his super lack of pace and acceleration.

I agree that we might have been better off starting Gabriel due to Per's lack of pace.

hes a liability lack of pace.....

However, games like yesterday I think a different striking option may have been better as the game was more open, Giroud's lack of pace hurt us.

I for one won't mind him retiring at Arsenal or being a coach, because despite his lack of pace and his limited ability his football brain is really up there with the best, knows how to read the game and is a true defender that likes to sit deep and soak in the pressure.

And to be honest, we still haven't conceded a game because Per got beaten for pace, so his lack of pace is a null factor.

This results in us being relatively easy to defend against and exposes us to counter attacks since we over commit in naivety as Wenger calls it, and then get beaten by Mertesackers lack of pace.

Plus the pace of Chambers and Holding would cover Per lack of pace.

Rondon and berahino are tricky pacey players, so in my opinion it would be wise to start gabriel along koscielny instead of big mert because of his lack of pace, could be found wanting against the pacey duo!

One thing that does not get mentioned enough in the media is that he does his own job superbly, but also covers for Monreal when he races forward, and also covers for Mert's lack of pace next to him.

On kolcieny moving forward, this is because he does not have to babysit mertesacker and compensate for his lack of pace.

One of Girouds biggest weaknesses IMO is the fact that his lack of pace restricts our tactics and the strengths of our best players.

Our team lost because of lack of pace and PRESSING yesterday.

According to the report, John Terry's lack of pace combined with Gary Cahill's questionable decision making at times has left the Real Madrid manager feeling he must sign a quick player with tactical intelligence.

we cnt start missing Mertesacker's height and awareness immediately we feel his lack of pace has been solved.

His lack of pace with our style of play is suicidal.

Wenger is a f ** p *** y. Tactics wrong, team selection wrong, no width, not good enough CDM and ST, not good enough pace, lack of pace in defence and no creativity.

There will be those who will argue that due to his age, injuries and lack of pace, Per Metersacker deserves to be a squad player.

Giroud can never make a case to be selected over Alexis (if we are serious about winning the league) bcos his lack of pace and a sense of urgency always kills the tempo of our attack, and thatz a wrong way to start games.

Luckily he has plenty of quick guys around to cover for his lack of pace.

Don't sell Giroud get Morrata or whoever to complement Giroud's lack of pace up front (but incridible strength).

Olivier has always been slagged off for his lack of goal scoring, lack of pace and his facial expressions.

His lack of pace is evident for all fans to see and around the penalty area he is a liability.

We could have predicted that, to be honest, especially as Monreal's lack of pace was always likely to be a problem against the pacy Liverpool forwards.

Per and Kos have good teamwork and I personally think it would be best to use that teamwork while Kos is still athletic enough to cover for Pers lack of pace and let Gabriel grow into the team rather than being thrown into the team.

Kolcieny is easily a 5 goals a season defender but he is too busy babysitting mertesacker and we defend too deep because of his lack of pace

THat should mean that Giroud's own lack of pace is even less of an issue and should see the Gunners go goal crazy.

Sure, the lack of pace and unreliability of the MCL32 can't be the easiest set of circumstances for a young driver to prove themselves in.

AMN also has pace to burn which would help in pressing high up the pitch which would aid in opportunities being created, Xhaka is too vulnerable to counter attacks with his lack of pace and it has hurt us.

Milan suffer with a lack of pace in the current line - up and so while he isn't prolific, the Colombian could address that issue and give them a different option.

I really think that guy does very little for us and his lack of pace kills some of our most potent options.

Cazorla is our best creative midfielder, Mert is important to assist with our young defenders development, both are not speedy customers, so no need to think of their lack of pace, they more rely on skill and positioning.

He started well, an assist on his debut and a sublime goal against Napoli had us Unfortunately he began to fizzle out, maybe because of the lack of a winter break, or in my opinion, the lack of pace and movement around him.

Williams will be worried too as its perceived lack of pace was realised this weekend.

Was looking forward to him playing more in a back three where his lack of pace wouldn't be exploited.

When you throw into the mix the lack of pace in key areas across the park you can see the problems.

Even though he doesn't have enough pace as we would have loved, he compensates for his lack of pace with his good reading of the game to know when to make last ditch tackles and timely interceptions....

Giroud's lack of pace becomes evident again when Howedes made the best recovery tackle of the tournament

I just hope that does nt mean our midfielders give very little protection otherwise we will have a problem... only Debuchy Chambers or Monreal starting might not be the problem as it could be Mert... or it could be a slight lack of pace out wide with Chambers... or not enough experience in Bellerin.

Bellerin conceeded a penalty vs Liverpool and exposed Per lack of pace to Sterling consistently.

Also due to Giroud lack of pace allows team to get back into position easily in arsenal break aways, really puzzle with engers team selection

In both games Ramsey and Flamini should have just sat back and held their positions and both Gibbs and Chambers had little need to push on, again we were found to have a situation where just our cb's were left back, (we know this is suicide with Per's lack of pace and Monreal being makeshift).

It will come down to moments of individual quality to break Everton down, and although there's a worrying lack of pace in the Arsenal backline, they shouldn't be exposed in this one.

Having said that covering Merts lack of pace is part of his job — in the same way that shouting and organising the defence is Mert's job with LK's reluctance / inability to lead vocally.

Giroud's lack of pace and super slow trigger bothers me.

I personally would take Cesc back because we need him, but it would be very risky to have Cesc, and Xhaka in the middle, given their lack of pace.