Sentences with phrase «getting hold of the ball»

It's easy to see how the 29 - year - old could do a job for this United side, who looked sorely lacking of creativity in their recent defeat to Manchester City, when they failed to get a hold of the ball and create much to trouble their opponents.

If he gets hold of the ball and does what he can with it, then that works well for Arsenal.

Need to get hold of the ball and get passing going.

Any striker surrounded by 8 defenders will struggle to get hold of the ball.

It just felt so comfortable and felt like we only had to get hold of the ball in small spells of the game and we could score.

Ostersund - under Englishman Graham Potter - had not been able to get hold of the ball and when they did, they gifted Arsenal the best chance of the opening exchanges as goalkeeper Aly Keita passed out of his box to Papagiannopoulos.

«I expect a tricky tie, Newport will be champing at the bit to get hold of the ball and send some long balls in to their big guys up front, and I fully expect the first 20 minutes to be very difficult indeed.

MF Aleix Vidal, NR — Replaced Dembele with 12 minutes to go but barely got hold of the ball as Celta dominated the final spell.

Abou Diaby failed to clear his lines, and Ramires darted and slipped with Szczesny sliding to get hold of the ball.

The opening stages of the game saw neither side get a hold of the ball, but after the ten - minute mark Forest settled and began to press high on Town.

This was very much a routine win for United as Hull didn't offer anything close to a threat, and at times it was a chance for United to improve on their passing as Hull couldn't get a hold of the ball.

Every time Suarez got hold of the ball, he was met with a chorus of boos from all ends of Old Trafford, much similar to the treatment meted out to Patrice Evra, weeks earlier.

hang up) 2 - there are no consequences to animal cruelty 3 - our media may well present us with tear jerkin Animal Police shows but they still do Mike Vick close ups every time the neanderthal gets hold of a ball.

Bunker the Chesapeake Retriever got a hold of the ball and can be seen swimming in circles with his crew in tow.

The epitome of Blood Bowl: American Football, mixed with the fantasy world of Warhammer, resulting in a very deep and tactical turn based game where crushing your opponent under your boots is just as important as getting hold of the ball to score a touchdown.

Not exact matches

Instead of being proactive and fight hard and smart hold on to their benchmark position, EZTrader got a bit complacent and sort of dropped the ball for a while, giving competitors a chance to gain momentum.

He» s going to catch hold of the chain and swing with the ball, while everybody below him gets swept away.

For me, we won't be in need of a frontman holding up the ball as it will most likely be parking the bus and getting a couple of counter attacks.

Did you notice any of his teammates acted the way he acted when they didn't get good pass from him or complained When he hold on to ball unnecessary and in the process lost possession or went into sulked mode when substituted after given a good performance.

Them not having a striker only removes that long ball hold up play to get out of tough situations but we would be ok with that most of the time.

We have Xhaka holding and pinging the ball about like we've seen already and ozil needs a bit of extra cover defensively with El Neny and Xhaka I feel he will get it.

It is games like this in which the talents of Giroud can be most useful, as we can use the width of the pitch and get balls in the box to exploit his size and power in the air, while his strength and ability as a target man to hold the ball up and bring other players around him into the game is a huge weapon.

Holding OKC to a.405 eFG at home in addition to protecting the ball (nine turnovers in 91 possessions) and getting to the line (25 - 29, a ratio of roughly one made free throw for every three field goal attempts, which is good) got the Grizzlies over the hump.

We are all thankful to Arteta for what he's done, but his role yesterday was to calm play down, hold the ball, protecting the back four, but instead, for large periods of the game, Tottenham needed just one pass to get from their defense to our box.

A CATCH is the act of a fielder in getting secure possession in his hand or glove of a ball in flight and firmly holding it; providing he does not use his cap, protector, pocket or any other part of his uniform in getting possession.

Together they wiLl hold the ball up and get sent of for prolonged hold - up play.

I do think with Kos getting injured more and more often and with a set of odd ball DMs that we could have done more to help our defending either by adding to central defends (Wenger clearly doesn't think Holding or Chambers are ready for full - time duty) particularly after the sale of Gabriel, or by adding a better DM.

His second was disrupted by a five - man pass rush and good coverage; on third - and - 7, linebacker Eric Striker blitzed untouched from Rees» blindside, and with his only option (T.J. Jones dragging underneath) only semi-open and on the wrong side of the first - down marker, Rees held the ball too long, got hit as he was throwing, and got picked off.

It is big enough, according to Bench's own assertion, to hold seven balls at once — and to grip one ball way out on the end of his fingers so that he gets a lot of whip.

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.

Having not kicked a ball in anger for Arsenal since we were held to a no score draw by Chelsea at the end of April as they cruised to the Premier League title last season, Danny Welbeck is understandably being treated with kid gloves by Arsene Wenger and the medical staff, but the England international forward is getting very close to being able to play for us again.

Alexis gets chance to play as a CF for periods as Theo can drop out wide easier than Giroud, if Welbz is playing on the right then all 3 of our players could play wide and CF.. The hold up play Giroud is great at won't be needed so much as Ozil and Alexis can do hold onto the ball and then bring others into play.

Arteta was really a slow holding midfielder, Le Coq is an out and out smash attacks and get that ball terrier type of DM.

His worst shot of the day probably came at the eighth, but the golden child's ball got held up just inches before trickling into a hazard.

... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...

But today, most of the passes he is getting are panic passes from teammates too afraid or brainless to hold the ball.

Rob Holding reminding me of the old Tony Adams, getting the ball deep in his own half and running forward with it, unlucky not to have scored at least one already.

......... Giroud should get used to the fact that walcott offers something else like pace, GBD - tech (Get behind defenders) and he's still in his prime...... Ball protection, hold - up play and low pace (though useful sometimes) won't win u all the games against certain troublesome teams...... Then there's the Law of Succession...... today ur turn, Moro another's..get used to the fact that walcott offers something else like pace, GBD - tech (Get behind defenders) and he's still in his prime...... Ball protection, hold - up play and low pace (though useful sometimes) won't win u all the games against certain troublesome teams...... Then there's the Law of Succession...... today ur turn, Moro another's..Get behind defenders) and he's still in his prime...... Ball protection, hold - up play and low pace (though useful sometimes) won't win u all the games against certain troublesome teams...... Then there's the Law of Succession...... today ur turn, Moro another's.....

i still hold the opinion the striker we use is dependent on the opposition we play, for all the brilliance of Alex he has been shut out in several games by pressing arsenal and letting us having to resort to long balls which he fails to get on to, if teams stops arsenal build up, they stop arsenal with sanchez as the forward, however with both Alex and Giroud on the field we have the opportunity to switch styles without making changes.

wow are we sterile up top, goals need to come from defense again, ozil & cech were great, mert once again taking the brunt of bad comments meanwhile a clean sheet and did nothing wrong, open goal that was saved was kos out of position and monreal caught up the pitch too high, giroud has great ball skills, issue is his position on the pitch, watched the match again focused on giroud, he tends to camp behind the defender from the ball, this only works when you have the quickness to break, he does nt, I have screen shots where ozil is 25 yrds farther up the pitch then giroud, thisis the problem, he is rendered useless unless ozil holds up, and thats not ozils strength, thus very few sog's from giroud on the run, when giroud gets lucky w space in front of the defender, he is lethal, but needs to get into that space,

Wilshere still holding ball too long at times but in part for lack of support but his holding and distribution play is good and he is getting in to more dangerous positions... problem is wenger and his endless team rotations until this stops we will underperform

Can't chuba akpom come from bench... i wud feel we shud give kid a chance... plus if we are to go 4 a «WC» striker we should first sell giroud... coz den he is of no use... coz wud prefer walcot any time coz of his pace and welbz coz he can hold up the ball in front «like» giroud plus he is a better runner nd confident his striking can only get better... 4 me giroud is of no use to dis team coz we are developing into more of a counter-attacking type wid help player like coq available... so better first get a DM which shud be our prime requirement....

I got to say as well, Bellerin gave the ball away far too many times which put pressure on Holding, that didn't help him at all considering Monreals lack of experience in CB and leading the CBs...

Girouds hold up play excellent??? he does nt have a hold up play, he gets the ball and offlloads it immediately — not my interpretation of hold up play.

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

Giroud going to The Chavs actually weakens their squad as Batshuayi will score more goals than the Frenchman will.Giroud is NOT a good finisher he is NOT a good target man he does NOT hold the ball up and bring others into the game he has NOT got any pace He is NOT anywhere near the class of Lacazette.JUST GET RID OF HIM.If he was anywhere near half decent he would have doubled his goal tally for us since he's been herof Lacazette.JUST GET RID OF HIM.If he was anywhere near half decent he would have doubled his goal tally for us since he's been herOF HIM.If he was anywhere near half decent he would have doubled his goal tally for us since he's been here.

Laca has tidy feet and can wriggle out of tight pos better than he can get past a man running with the ball at his feet while not losing the potency of attack, Laca will make a good pass instead which is what a hold up CF would be doing to bring in the wide forwards into play.

We'd be lethal with the pace of Alexis and Ox, with Giroud able to hold the ball while they get forward.

World class forward — Scores for fun / Deadly finisher Deadly pace Dribbles / gets past opponents / generates space for himself High shot accuracy Can keep the ball when needed (hold up play), and good eye for pass (assists) Creative — something out of nothing!

Xhaka has shown what he can bring to the team when you play him with someone who can hold the Ball get it out of dangerous area.