Sentences with phrase «hold the ball up in»

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She taught me how to hold one arm in front of me to ward off blows while holding a balled - up fist behind it ready to throw a good punch if someone decided to punch me first.

She innocently slipped a quarter into the Pac - Man slot, curled her fingers around the controls, held the bright red ball of the joy stick firmly against her palm, and there she remained — hour upon hour, quarter after quarter, desperately trying to keep her Pac - Man out of the voracious jaws of four different - colored and deceptively cute - looking monsters; trying to make him eat up the dots on the «table» and down the bunches of fruit which occasionally appeared; and sporadically trying to make him turn the monsters into frightened blue turn - tails by eating «energizing dots» — all of this in an attempt to build up points for the owner of the increasingly blistered hand.

Although the ghostwriter's Gwyneth's instructions are terrible (had I not been such a domestic goddess and decided to pulse the falafel mixture in the blender to form a coarse dough before molding the balls, there is no way those bad boys would have held up in the pan), the taste and texture profile of her recipe is impressive.

His strength, his ability to hold up the ball and lay it off, his one touch passes in the box, his ability to tie up a couple of defenders, his ability in the air, and, when he is on form he scores.

While Antonio Conte will hope to see him use his physicality and technical quality to hold up the ball and link play up while also bagging goals himself, Giroud was the provider on this occasion as his deft flick allowed Hazard to break free in front of goal to put Chelsea ahead.

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.

the guy has improved, plus now we have our CR7 in AS17 who is delivering for us, so Giroud will be more important as he can hold up the ball and create for AS17 to take.

Turning our defence inside out, twisting, holding up the ball and keeping possession in dangerous areas.

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.

Wimbush coughed up the ball and the Bulldogs recovered to cap a smothering defensive showing in which Wimbush completed only 19 of his 39 passing attempts and stud running back Josh Adams was held to 53 rushing yards on 19 carries (2.8 YPC).

What about vincent janssen He has scored 14 goals in his last 11 games and made 3 assists He is a complete striker he can hold up the ball amd he can run behind defenders even he is not very fast he also play with his two legs and give very nice passes He is only 21 My ideal world will be if we got a super striker like zlatan and get this guy for the next years I'm sure he will be a beast in the coming years

* We purchase a top quality striker, Benzema, Higuain, Lacazette (choose your pic) * We give Theo a full season to prove himself up front and hopefully he can stay fit and improve with his hold up play, his movement off the ball and finishing has improved immensely (His finish in the FA Cup final wasn't as easy as he made it look... with his weaker foot) and we then sign Reus to play on the right.

As for pressing higher up, Vardy moves about and his movement is nothing Giroud has ever done, if we go back to before Giroud then you will see how RvP was moving around to get the ball and be active in the game, not a static fool like Giroud who could only hold the ball up for others... which slows down any attack we make.

Did he ever deliver in the big games when we needed a goal from someone?For a player of his size and build he was embarrassing at times the way he rolled around on the floor in «agony» at the slightest touch.I never felt he held up the ball particularly well (Alan Smith anyone?)

Giroud is good in the air and can hold the ball up, Podolski has a bit more pace and if a chance comes his way, you can bet he'll put it in the net.

Because too many times I have seen Arsenal get stuck in the opposition box against tight abdurate defence for long spells where the striker is so tightly mark that his role is reduce to holding the ball up and operating in tight spaces with good close control.

And his supposed ammazing hold up play results in us giving away the ball a lot of the time.

Laca has shown he can hold off players, he is not the tallest so not good to feed him high balls all the time but he can hold up the ball and bring others in nicely.

But unfortunately, Mr wenger went for Lucas Perez who has no aerial game and lacks balance and strength to hold up the ball, he also does not take enough touches of the ball and appears slow in the Premier league.

the truth is that arsenal are not a coherent team anymore... not clear what their footballing strategy is... seem to have given up on passing game for counterattack which might work in odd games but wont win us anything unless we have a midfield that can hold on to ball because we will be under the kosh most of game and will eventually buckle... but the problem was clear at half time in this gane and wenger did nt do anything about it... and if he is paid for anything it is to make those kind of critical decisions....

Arsenal need a focal point striker someone who could operate in tight spaces, lean into defenders hold the ball up with skills and control allowing his wide players like Sanchez and Walcott to make runs into the box and hence sustain pressure on the opposition.

This will mean Giroud is not so isolated and we have someone to hold the ball up, and we'll also have someone to make runs in behind — Walcott.

I still don't see how he is a super sub.He's labelled as a super sub just because of this season.Those matches when he scored he was supposed to be played because we needed an aerial presence.A lot of those matches had he started we could've won because we needed aerial presence.But the thing is that his abilities don't suit him as a super sub.I mean he holds up the ball well and is great in the air and that's just about it.He's actually the one one who needs service and who needs players around him to open up defences for him to receive the pass and not vice versa.Super subs actually provide they are not the one's to be provided for.In Giroud's case he was supposed to start in those in matches as Sanchez was not up to the task in aerial battles.Giroud will not be able to affect a match if the opponents are as good in the air.

Up by two, even parking the bus — which is something I've learned to hate as a Timbers fan — we suck at it — all he has to do is hold his ground, mark up, and stay in front of the balUp by two, even parking the bus — which is something I've learned to hate as a Timbers fan — we suck at it — all he has to do is hold his ground, mark up, and stay in front of the balup, and stay in front of the ball.

Giroud is a significant loss given that he is a key option off the bench, offering a different dynamic in attack with his physicality, aerial strength and ability to build attacks and hold up the ball.

It's laughable watching him try to hold the ball up and for the team to not put more than 1 or 2 balls for him to chase behind the defense in an entire game.

Cricket holds itself to unnatural levels of morality, and that's why it might look bizarre to a sports fan over here to see a player break down during a press conference for scuffing up a ball in one game.

Your right I think, if we can get decent holding CM to help protect the back 4 then Ozil and Co will be able to focus on attacking more often, how - ever I will highlight how little effort Ozil puts in to winning the ball back For me Cazorla would be the starter because I have more confidence in him in getting back and winning the ball back with the TEAM and help us press higher up to force the opposition into making mistakes and letting in goals.

It meant flamini could hold whilst sanogo just held the ball up and fed people in.

Welbeck will probably never be in the same league as a hold up player, but it really isn't necessary if the midfield can keep the ball better.

He is great in his hold up play but that slows our game down to the point that we pass the ball around aimlessly against defenses that have had time to set up.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

as for cech the difference is that Chelsea he had matic / terry & cahill / ivanovic in front of him all of them are well over are good at defending esp at set pieces while at we have midgets defending apart from mertasacker & giroud one of the reason wenger plays giroud is not just because he can hold up the ball but he can defend in conner kicks / freekicks as well

Giroud is very strong and heavy, he is also good in the air and can hold up the ball and do that pseudo midfielder thing well enough for Wenger to keep picking him as the spearhead.

Giroud's introduction made an obvious difference in holding up the ball but he wasn't clinical enough.

If we play 3 -4-2-1 again then we need a strong presence who can hold the ball up which in the PL usually means a bigger physique (but not always).

But when we need the ball to be retained more and held up, plus there is more defending to do, then in come welbeck and giroud for ox and theo..

A big, strong forward that can score, hold the ball well, link up well and can compete in the air we centre backs on crosses and set pieces.

When he's not on the field we lack the ability to hold up the ball, introduce others coming in from mid-field, and provide a genuine aerial threat.

He's a bit overrated I must say.I also don't get those who are asking him to tackle well.The fact is he's not a good tackler.I fear Wenger has made him untouchable in our team such that even if he plays badly he still starts.I mean if people are saying he's not a DM in the first place then is he also a CM?If he's a CM does he have the quality to play along side a DM?These are the questions we need to ask ourselves.If he's a CM then he's good at distributing from deep and also up top but he can't hold thd ball in tight spaces or dribble which is very important.If he's a DM then he simply can't defend.That's why for us to be successful in the long term with him we need a hybrid midfielder or what I call a defensive box to box midfielder.

Update: Bubba did hold on to get the win and quickly make up that $ 1 million in golf ball money for this year with this week's hefty payout.

Lukaku is much more direct and can do a bit on the ball (though not in any sort of traffic) while Giroud is second to none in hold up play and involves teammates well.

The guy looks clueless, he looks unstable in possession, can't hold on to the ball, no link up, poor touch, not smart enough, can't score etc..

......... 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.....

A big target man in the box for set pieces, crosses and holding the ball up alongside a pacey striker to get in behind.

What is wengers obsession with giroud... hand balls sanchez goal bound cracker and gets effort disallowed... 2 missed sitters... constantly giving the ball away... cant hold up play... we desperately need a striker who can put the ball in the net... ffs how much longer have we got to put up with him..

He can not hold a position high up the pitch and tight with defenders because his ball control is not good enough so his solution is to drop deep and wide in his own half to give him extra time to gain control of the ball past to him.

He's pacy, he can dripple, he's got great ball control, an incredible goals to minutes ratio, he's good in the air and he can hold the ball up.

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.

since he's so good at assisting or creating chances or bringing others into the game or holding up the ball and less of a potent goalscorer, it'd be fair to say he could try out playing in midfield or behind a Lethal striker!