Sentences with phrase «holds the ball up well»

Neither of them can finish, but Giroud can hold the ball up well.

He's quick, holds the ball up well and works hard.

Wenger will buy a lone striker who has physical strength and able to hold the ball up well.

Giroud holds ball up well and Welbeck runs behind defenders.

He held the ball up well and caused Villa all sorts of problems.

Swansea scorer Llorente held the ball up well, but was offered little support from his teammates.

Giroud is a fantastic header of the ball and can hold the ball up well to create chances for his other teammates.

I chose Joel up top simply because he holds the ball up well, good at laying it off on the counter, and, has the speed to devastate the slow Everton CBs.

That has the potential to be killer — defences can't press high or Alexis will hit them with pace, sitting in their own box won't help either, Giroud is strong in the air and can hold the ball up well, plus both Alexis and Giroud are poachers in the box.

France want a player who can hold the ball up well, is good at bringing midfielders into play and has an aerial threat.

Ozil can hold the ball up better than Giroud, he may not be as tall or strong but he can keep the ball and release it at the right time unlike Giroud recently.

Christian Benteke — 7/10 — Held the ball up well during his 20 minute stint, and his presence forced Lallana's winner.

Maybe Laca holds the ball up better, but then again, Auba's better in the air, and his extra pace means he can stretch the defense in a way Laca can't and in a way that gets handicapped (though not entirely erased) on the wing.

«Albion fans will know all about him; he's a physical striker that holds the ball up well, and he's capable of scoring goals, which we he hope he will continue back here.»

And Giroud is so important for our play as he holds the ball up well and links brilliantly with our attacking midfielders.

United upped their attempts with the full - backs getting more involved as Ibrahimovic held the ball up better than Rashford, with his towering strength and presence in front of the box, thereby bringing his teammates into play — most importantly Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

With a strength that belies his slight frame, the forward can hold the ball up well and his pace made him a valuable asset at both U18 and EDS level.

Vladislav Ignatjev sliced wide when Manuel Fernandes held the ball up well, Koke offering Guilherme a comfortable save from a curling 25 - yard strike at the other end.

Held the ball up well and provided a great outlet up front when the team were in trouble.

He played in a two up front with Harry Kane, and held the ball up well once again and put in a strong performance.

Mario Balotelli — 6.5 Ploughed a lone furrow up front but held the ball up well.

Personally I'm a big fan of Firmino leading the line for this Liverpool team, he possesses every attribute a striker playing in Klopp's system requires, he holds the ball up well, links the play, has very intelligent movement and is the Reds best presser of the ball.

Held the ball up well aswell.

Held the ball up well in the latter stages, put lads on their arses a few times.

Not exact matches

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.

Do you think it would hold up well to make as balls or veggies burger patties?

Danielle — This isn't a drop cookie; they don't hold up well when shaped into balls.

Both Ramsey and Cazorla can defend and score as well and I am expecting a very tight match for Ozil to control the ball and make the right pass... Ramesy for Cesc and Coq for Hazard (tight m2m)... I am sure Monreal will handle his back very well and I hope the same for Bellerin against Hazard... Giroud will find difficulties to hold up the ball against Cahill and Tery, he must be on his day... Welback to do them the same of Utd game... Gabriel should start most of the remaining games, BFG should be benched next season

Didn't hold up the ball well enough and just isn't clinical.

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.

Walcott is fine but is at best average holding up the ball.

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.

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.

Ramsey — overpaid, overused, injury prone, not clinical enough as a passer or finisher and he's played out of position way too much to the detriment of our supposed offensive and defensive schemes... obviously I think he has some skills and I'm pleased he didn't let his horrible injury years ago end his career but he holds on to the ball too much, gives away the ball too often and too cheaply, doesn't play good enough defensively considering the previous concern and often finds himself to far up the pitch way too often for a guy who doesn't score or assist near enough... better suited for Wales where the team is set up to accommodate his and Bales skills

Talk all you want about how good he is technically and how well he holds up the ball with is back to goal.

When we are playing the bigger boys, we have to be more cautious and sit back more than we usually do i think this line up is good as we can also attack them with pace and counter attack and we can even hold on to the ball more if we need to.

He showed his scoring instinct today with 2 good finishes but his all around game does not impress me, beside 2 weakness above his hold up ball is only OK while his touch a bit heavy as well.

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.

Walcott now wants to play the right wing, Sanchez best attributes is charging defenders and fullbacks with the ball at his feet commencing from deep and wide areas his weakness is holding a position high up the pitch alongside defenders and allowing midfielders to feed him balls.

For me leaving him up field is good for now as he can hold the ball up and walk faster then most players.

To me it is better to miss completely rather than hold up waiting for a run and end up turning the ball over.

«Walcott is improving game after game, he holds the ball better up front, his movement is great and both of them scored, which is what you want.

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.

As if he holds the ball better than Rooney, Aguero, Costa Watch Aguero hold up the ball while running at you and turning you inside out at the same time.

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 runs deep to win the ball, he holds up the ball and distributes it to better placed players.

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.