Sentences with phrase «lacks ball skill»

He lacks ball skill and doesn't have a reliable jumper yet.

Yes he is fast but lacks ball skill to go with it.

Not exact matches

«He has pace, strength and good dribbling skills, but lacks in what is seen as the most important attributes in todays game - «THE FINAL BALL».

He lacks the skills to protect the ball when in possession and often gets robbed because of that, but can read the game very well and has great finishing ability.

The issue has never been a lack of skill players that could get open or do something with the ball in their hands.

Xhaka — paid $ 3 million more for him than Kante was sold for... another of the many ridiculous Wenger sanctioned moves... like some of his skills, especially his long - ball potential but he's looked a shadow of his Swiss National team self and that really worries me... too slow and can't seem to master the timing needed to tackle in the open field... this might have something to do with the lack of leadership and coaching on this team, made more obvious by the fact that when he plays with Coquelin he plays in a deeper role (WTF???)

I actually think Wenger let him go because of a lack of ball playing skills, passing link up etc skills usually associated with midfielders.

We have Debuchy, Sanchez, Ramsey, Wilshere, Campbell, Rosicky, Chamberlain, Walcott, Welbeck... All these players have pace and work rate, as well as technical skill, but we can't tell them to press high when they lose the ball or to bring chaos to the opponent's defence because not only do we lack cover in midfield and central defense, we also play them out of position.

Most of Premiere League players play with this basic of football, maybe because they are lacking of ball control skills or do not have the bravery to keep the ball and waiting for better chances.

He doesn't really help in defending, lacks of workrate, very rarely create forward through passes and doesn't have enough ball control skill to hold the ball for more than two touches.

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

His position is out wide, more effective there, has the pace, but still lacking some of the technical skill in possession of the ball and his still set is that of a wide player

Because some players got robbed most of the time, due to their lack of skills when possessing the ball.

One of the qualities we all miss him for (since he lacks an abundance of pace and ball skills) is his fighting spirit.

I think he is not lazy, but he lacks the skill to possess the ball under the opponent's heavy pressure.

Exactly, I agree with you gunner and by the way, Wanyama is also good on the ball, if you watched him first half of the season when they were above us on the table, just because he is big doesn't mean he lacks ball playing skills

Overall, his lack of play strength vs. NFL defensive backs is a concern, but his athletic traits, feel as a route runner and ball skills project him as a No. 2/3 NFL receiver who can play outside or in the slot, adding value as a punt returner.

Now, while is is obviously gifted, pacey, and skilled on the ball, Ox lacks vision and football (soccer) knowledge.

I didn't see any flashes of brilliance, only a deliberate handball and lack of skills when possessing the ball, which led to getting robbed most of the times.

He got robbed many times, because his lack of skills when possessing the ball.

He also lacks of skills when possessing the ball, which made him got robbed many times.

-- Ozil: A player with nice ideas and creative, but he lacks the skills to penetrate, could not possess the ball longer and produced a lot of bad first touches.

Cristiano Ronaldo used to be a lot like Eden Hazard, talented with pace, skill, and ball control, the only thing that was lacking was his goal scoring ability, now Ronaldo scores a lot more goals, but not in the most respectful way, it's annoying to see him dive.

What he lacks in grace and ball skills he makes up for with tenacity and positioning, often finding himself in the right place to clean up a loose ball in the box or put a header on frame.

Often lacking the stability of the former Manchester United defender or the ball playing skills of Oranje legend Frank de Boer, many of the centre backs the Dutch youth academies produce simply don't seem good enough.

«If you have very little on your CV then a job in a service environment is not a bad idea,» says Ball, and that's especially true for science graduates because employers often worry that they lack people skills.

It's a bit sad, a bit pathetic, to watch the forensic geeks in attack mode, parsing away, moving the ball beautifully, demanding citations, the hand - wringing European elegant ball - players like Bart, the water - carriers, the hard men of midfield, not lacking in skill themselves but still able (indeed, preferring?)