Sentences with phrase «getting the ball in»

Alexandre Lacazette could be a slightly risky proposition, but he has shown some serious ability to get the ball in the back of the net over the past two years with Lyon, and Wenger is no stranger to delving into the French Ligue 1 for players.

For the most part, though, his trouble was in his putter, for he reached all of the 18 putting areas in par or less yet never took fewer than two putts to get the ball in the hole.

He's able to score from a variety of angles when he gets the ball in close and has a developing pick - and - pop game.

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.

Can we get the ball in their half and break?

The backcourt was unable to get the ball in to Hetzel and Snyder often enough to take advantage of numerous Mountaineer ball - handling errors, and the Wildcats left at half time trailing by four points, 32 - 36.

«Many people had a go at him for the corner at Liverpool but I looked at it and he had no chance to get that ball in the zone where he was.

On AW's quote: «Many people had a go at him for the corner at Liverpool but I looked at it and he had no chance to get that ball in the zone where he was.

When our player got the ball in the middle of the pitch, they immediately fall back deep and deny all our pacy runner space at the back to operate.

They got the ball in the hands of who else, but Dave Gershenzon..

Wasn't sure what to expect after such a long break in terms of level of play last night, but most teams looked like they had gotten some ball in during the break... Here's a link to the Weekly Video Highlights.

I have always struggled to get the ball in the back of the net so I think it is testament to how hard I have been working and playing for my teammates.

Reason being, they won't have to depend on just one guy to get the ball in the bucket.

«I though that we played well and got lots of counter-attack and 6 - on - 5 opportunities, but just couldn't get the ball in the goal,» said Frenn, who also coaches the Raiders» girls team.

Josh Davis got the ball in his hands following a TO and drew a foul on a would be game - tying 3 with 6 seconds to go..

They played a great Game but just couldn't get the ball in the endzone enough.

You still want to get the ball in the hands of your speed guys out wide in space, but you have to do it differently now.

Think of Liverpool, when Can gets the ball in midfield, you worry, his forward runs, forward passes and so on.

The purpose of the game is to get the ball in to back of the net so let's do it as quickly as possible by playing as vertically as possible.

At other times, Sutton displayed an ability to use his height well, going up to get the ball in the air over smaller defenders.

After the teams traded punts, Clemson's got the ball in its own territory with a chance to extend a huge lead before the half.

Getting the ball in his hands quicker off the snap.

With Miller all you have to do is get the ball in his hands one way or the other and then sit back and watch the magic happen.

After the Terps fell behind early and appeared to be caving in, Smith got the ball in front of the Hoya bench, took three dribbles and dunked over the startled Harrington, igniting a comeback that resulted in an 84 - 83 Maryland win in overtime.

The guy gets the ball in the middle of the park and does not know what to do with it.

That you do realize that both Pconn and Leonard were the last option, or as I like to call it holy shit I got ta get the ball in play Option, because NOP were glued to cj and dame I just keep seeing people yelling that it was an awful call to get pat or Leonard the ball when really it was that or turn the ball over

The Drinkwitz offense identifies top play - makers and gets them the ball in as many ways as possible.

Washington is a weapon find away to get the ball in his hands at least once a quarter.

Rationale: N.C. State have all the talent in the world but they just can't get the ball in the net consistently.

That's when I feel most in control — when I got the ball in my hand.»

Michelle Wie has tried a variety of ways to get the ball in the hole on the green so her most recent effort, done with tongue firmly implanted in cheek, should come as no surprise to fans of the Big Wiesy.

They are small, but they can get a ball in the air if they are clever.

«Part of it as a quarterback is understanding he's got the ball in his hands and it's got to go through him.

The biggest thing for me, I'm trying to get the ball in the fairway and take kind of trouble out of play and minimize the mistakes.»

Giroud hadn't had too many opportunities come his way during the match, but he made it count when fellow sub, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain got the ball in the box from a cross in the late stages of the game.

He'll be a nightmare for defenses to handle when he gets the ball in space.

«I didn't get the ball in the hole very well,» Love said.

I was really worried about getting the ball in given Nova's typical stagnant inbounds strategy.

However, they might struggle to get the ball in.

In general, Nova got the ball in ok.

As long as Walford gets the ball in his hands, he can make positive things happen.

Thing with ozil is that he needs someone from midfield get the ball in the attack quickly.

I love when xhaka gets the ball in that area «shoot!».

So the answer is for him to get the ball in better position.

Everton get the ball in the back of the net again but the ref had blown his whistle quickly to ascertain another disallowed effort....

However, Theo can learn all of these traits, he has been selected as an out and out striker for Arsenal for only a few months (the tail end of last season and the beginning of this) And after 8 years playing RW it is going to take him time to adapt to CF.. The runs involved are different, the overall responsibilities are different, he will now get the ball in different positions than he is used to, and even different sorts of passes than he is used to, this will take time and patience for him to adapt.

He has a way of getting the ball in the hole better than anyone else, or as my colleague Kyle Porter wrote recently, he's the golf version of a guy who just «gets buckets» in every conceivable way and leaves you in the dust dumbfounded.

The PSG striker who many have tipped as one of the world's most underrated goal scorers could not get the ball in the net no matter how close he got.

Kroos has had a similar string of bad luck at getting ball in the back of the net, scoring just once in 27 competitions for Real Madrid this year.

The teams that have been on top over the past couple of years — New Orleans, New England, Green Bay, Indianapolis — get the ball in everyone's hands and attack the open field.