Sentences with phrase «getting the ball first»

I've seen a penalty given against us, I think it was Bellerin who tackled from behind, and got the ball first, before getting the man, and he put enough power in the clearance, that even if the man had managed to stay on his feet, he wouldn't have got the ball, however the MOTD of the day crew said it was a penalty, because even though he got the ball, you weren't allowed to tackle from behind?!?!? So why the double standards???
Virginia Tech, who seemed to be in control mode all game, got the ball first in overtime.
They got the ball first after halftime and promptly drove all the way down to the Eagles» 3 - yard - line before having to settle for a game - tying field goal.
However, if you get the ball first and your studs are not up, that's a clean tackle.
You often hear refs say «yes, you got the ball first but you got the player second».
Georgia will get the ball first.
There's a coin toss to decide which team gets the ball first.
But then I looked at it more closely and, on the third viewing, it appeared that the goalie got the ball first.
Team Wilneff got the ball first and Anthony «QB1» Maione led them down the field with dinks and dunks until he hurled a 25 yard strike to Captain Brian «stretch» Wilneff who ran a seam route through the middle of the Team Greco defense, leaped with full extension and hauled in the pass before falling to the ground and in the endzone.
Therefore the play should have carried on because Ramsey got the ball first and Oxford who was coming to get the ball moved away just as he saw him doing the bicycle kick.
Additionally, the team that won the coin flip and got the ball first in overtime went 13 - 6 straight - up in playoff overtime games.
One of his favorite things to do is to run around the yard with kids and try to get the ball first.

Not exact matches

«You could argue that she and her husband got the ball rolling in the»90s,» he adds, referring to Clinton's push for a universal health care program when she was First Lady.
They've incubated an idea (single A ball), got through their first product development cycle (AA ball) and secured a small round of funding (AAA ball).
While there are plenty of ways to go about this first step, a tool like SurveyMonkey is a quick and easy option to get the ball rolling.
It would have to be more agile and move far faster than the Internet - based email incumbents who just couldn't get on the ball quickly enough to satisfy mobile - first business users.
Follow Up — You to believe in the Giant Dirt Ball in the Sky (Big Bang) which nobody has an answer Giant Dirt Ball got or how the Gor there in the first place given that our Universe is still excelerating apart instead of slowing down like science said it was 30 years ago.
Last night we got our first ripe ones... they are about the size of golf balls.
When we first got married, I was really good about making him all of these healthy muffins, bars and balls so that he had snacks for the week.
First, make your macarons (one color at a time) by adding all the ingredients together and mixing them all up with a spoon until you get a soft dough that you can mold with your hands into one big ball (it's going to feel like play - dough!)
I had a hard time getting them to stay together at first, but after letting the mixture sit for a bit and washing hands after making every 3 or 4 balls to keep my hands from getting too sticky to roll more... success!
I first made this dough and couldn't get it cohesive enough to even roll into a ball despite measuring all my flour in ounces and using KAF all - purpose and almond flour.
My first energy bites were these pumpkin - dark chocolate numbers, and since then, I've gotten dirty with lots of exotic balls.
Its looking like he is building a new team I support Mr wenger why sell sachez now for 40 million while his replacement will cost us 80 million we need to get players of good quality first and then we can let go and I am sure if a club comes in with 80 million for sanchez Mr wenger will go for it savilla keep the ball well and circulates the ball well so many back passes to retain position they play a shape of 3331 and very close there was no gaps and they were not afraid to dig in to our players I must admit i like their system....
Gibbs hasn't got the confidence to pass the ball forward, he gets to pass back to often and is not good at defending Monreal is a class act so we need to add there Ramsey is not a wide player, why Wenger doesn't play his strongest first then make the 2subs in 65 min and Walcot should have started as Ramsey is better in Midfield.
Vardy got the first, with the ball falling to him in the box opportunely.
Arsenal made very hard work of the first half, and with Palace playing it very tight at the back it was looking difficult to get the ball to lone striker Yaya Sanogo.
Three things I loved from him today: 1) The cross / pass for Kos to score 2) His ball - on - chest balancing act — class, never seen that before in a match and 3) being first to get to AR after he scored and the obvious delight on his face.
The guy had a great game v west ham but his ego lets him down, but Wenger his comments on the defensive cock ups, it is the same comments on all the losses so surely he needs to rectify the prob Number one drop the BF German that can't head a ball can't run he is a liability every time he puts on the shirt even Debuchy jumps higher than him Gibbs can't defend he is a nice guy but not first choice L Back Chocqelen has proved he is a good player that can get better what we need is an Ozil type midfielder that has more guts to play good balls through to runners not high balls that you hope will find a target So a defender that can defend a left back and a midfielder and then look out enough is enough on what the problems are If the car won't run right you Fix it Wenger now is the time to FIX it CB
This is his first season with us and is only natural that it will take him some time to get use to the ball movement rather than just attempt the individual play.
Southampton 1 Arsenal 0 Very poor first half from Arsenal same old same old pass pass pass pass then lose the ball and get sucker punched.
It was frantic stuff at times but we did manage to get the ball down and give the home side some real problems and that seemed to increase as the first half went on.
this might be the first time since they had stanley matthews in their team that a stoke side can claim to have more accomplished ball players than arsenal... basically this is the opportunity for walcott and chamberlain to prove doubters wrong... but its going to take a hundred per cent effort to get something out of this
Ozil didn't have influnce on the game in the first half he didn't see the ball much he did get back and keep a good shape but he hardly intercept or influenced offensively.the highlight of his first half was the chance he created for welbeck
at 3rd and 15 instead of throwing to get the first down, the Jags ran the ball.
Phoenix would be a great fit for Wall, who could offer 16, future first Jared Dudley and TJ Warren to bolster the Wizards by getting more Santorovsky time, getting Beal more ball handing duties and adding wing scoring depth.
Westbrook push him of first foul in my option, same as when Patty had ball in last minute got chop on both sides
Thought MF could have done much better for the first goal, he got bundled off the ball in the centre circle, the ball flew wide right and he pulled up with his arm in the air assuming the ball was going out.
The Eagles suddenly found themselves struggling to run the ball, but they could still throw it, and they got a first down on a play where Keanu Neal couldn't make the tackle.
First is he's always looking for the ball and comes deep too often to get it.
They shouldn't have even got to the ball for the goal and that I blame on the defence not Cech... who I reckon saw the player running and the big gap and realised no AFC defender was gonna get there in first.
Lets get Ozil on first half and get Lacazette runing on to his through balls... get 2 - 0 up and then take him off for second half and let Ox or Iwobi take that position on counter attack
Then the Eagles got hit with a holding call on a bad Matt Ryan throw to create a first down situation where Matt Ryan held on to the ball forever before throwing an incomplete to Levine Toilolo, who was virtually blanketed.
«The whole team has tended to play very well together, and when we lose the ball everyone tries to be first to get it back.
To me, the bunt has gone out of baseball a little bit because almost every ball club has got the first baseman and the third baseman down your throat.
Wisconsin got off to a quick start on Saturday, as Montee Ball scored on their first possession to put the Badgers up by seven.
If you need that annotated, that's a) Albert Pujols hitting a ground ball that b) Marcus Semien drops before c) leaving a Yelp review about Angels Stadium then d) calmly picking the ball up and e) gently crow - hopping as he f) throws a lollipop to first base to g) get Pujols by two steps.
Head - cracking jolt finds unsuspecting target in Army's Fertig as he fires ball over head of Mount Washington's Goalie Bo Moore (22) and gets whacked for effort by Defenseman Merrick (26) in season's first major lacrosse game, won by Army 9 - 8 at Baltimore
Ball doesn't have a great first step and his lack of strength limits his ability to get into the paint off the dribble.
After fielding a ground ball, Tigers reliever Al Alburquerque had enough time to kiss the ball before throwing it to first base and getting the runner.
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