Sentences with phrase «moving the ball quickly»

Arsenal are at their best when they move the ball quickly and the attacking players make forward runs.

I think Wenger needs to really serve Ozil well by bringing a patient ball distributor, not a runner, like Wilshere / Ramsey but a strategist, someone who can move the ball quickly when the pressure is on, someone who is not afraid to thread the ball in narrowest of spaces in split second openings, someone who lets the ball do the magic.

He dribbled past players and moved the ball quickly as well and nearly putting Alexis through and never giving up.

We want to move the ball quickly and press.»

It's going to be important for us to move the ball quickly and hopefully play around them, in between the lines to create opportunities.

Players that can interchange and move the ball quickly..

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

It seems the whole defence is scared to death of even running, of tackling, of marking opponents and of moving the ball quickly and confidently.

Move the ball quickly and keep that fluency in the opposition's half.

City have size and strength in midfield but if we add another number and move the ball quickly we can really hurt them.

Ozil is all about moving the ball quickly, whereas Wilshere holds the ball too long and tries to take on too many players.

You blamed AW because players were not moving the ball quickly enough... yet he was on the sidelines gesticulating for them to speed it up... You would be moaning if important players were injured before PSG game (huge game in our season), so therefore Giroud, Sanchez and Xhaka left out.

There were numerous occasions against Everton when Vardy sprinted 20 yards to block the ball down the line from the full - back, or force the centre - back to move the ball quickly, pushing him into an error.

However, Klopp's high tempo, the high pressing system also requires midfielders who are able to move the ball quickly.

Sevilla move the ball quickly and build attacks quickly as we saw in the first leg.

I believe our exellent movement off the ball was A key factor in this — good angles to play one - touch - stuff into gave us oppurtunity to move the ball quickly enough to create overloads and crossing positions.

Starting on the right hand side in our own half, we moved the ball quickly between Ozil, Ramsey and Oxlade - Chamberlain, Ozil finally laying it on for Giroud on the edge of the Bournemouth penalty area.

I thought Chambers did well and might make a decent Centre - back, Ramsey had a hard - working game and Xhaka moved the ball quickly and intelligently when he came on.

There is nothing showy about him but he moves the ball quickly, decisively and (critically) in the right direction.

City moved the ball quickly and with purpose from the off, and Chelsea couldn't live with it.

The ploy moved the ball quickly from side to side and stretched our narrow opponents out.

The Hornets manager will likely look to the likes of Étienne Capoue and Will Hughes to disrupt our flow and move the ball quickly to the newly arrived Andre Gray to try to catch our defense off guard — a strategy that's worked to great effect in the past.

They like to move the ball quickly out to these two in possession, often with the ball played straight out from the centre of the park.

Real Madrid were up for this match, they were sharp, moved the ball quickly and were frankly dominating their Catalan rivals early on.

When a team plays against Tottenham, they try to play deeper and then of course we have the possession, we try to move the ball quickly and it's hard to find the space.

Not exact matches

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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.

Both times (once the panic subsided) I just wanted it over with quickly so I could move on to the dirt nap that will free me from all the shtty obligations I have on this crappy dirt ball planet of ours.

After 8 minutes, pull the pan out of the oven, and, moving quickly, create indentations in the center of the cookie, using the back side of a spoon, or the same cookie scoop you used to form the balls of dough.

«The lads said afterwards that they thought they defended quite well and I agreed with them but they move the ball so quickly the concentration levels for defenders have to be 100 % all the time.

Leicester are so so direct, they get the ball and move it forward quickly and Spurs also...

Once they hit the grove they moved the ball so quickly and intelligently that they blew Benfica apart.

Not just that, not many players can move the distance Auba can in a sprint, passing the ball long will not only require a CF but also players around who can get forward and support the counter quickly, who is going to be quicker than Auba?

MSU quickly began moving the ball and a costly pass interference penalty put them near the goal line.

Even if he didn't run a lot, what concerned me was whenever he got the ball he moved it on quickly with a short simple pass, like he didn't want to be involved, lacking confidence?

this is also the only way you can see ball more with guardiola teams otherwise he will have 4 options for the passer you cut the angle in 2 - 3 they will move quickly using the other.

Against chelsea the penalty was a direct result of alexis losing the ball in dwfensive third which was quickly moved to harzard who was to the far right of the defensive area of arsenal.

PSG had all of the ball and move it very quickly.

When Arsenal moves up the pitch in the opposition box and loses the ball, because El Neny always hold a defensive position close to the ball allows him the time to divert the attack or win the ball back quickly.

Goosie swung quickly at this hanging lie before the rock could move and let the ball roll into deeper trouble.

The moment we lost the ball, all other players could not recover because the ball was quickly moved into space as they tried to exploit Mert's lack of pace.

Since mobility, quick on the turn and moving the ball around very quickly, is now the accepted norm at TOP level, which I stress, (as at lower league level they are still around) the days of true targetmen, strong, often not that quick but hard working and generally liked by teammates for always being an outlet for the long ball, when necessary, are fast disappearing.

Defenders are preferable to attackers, they are tougher, and you don't see many British defenders get out of the way of a quickly moving ball.

They move the ball up the field quickly and are always looking to penetrate the defence.

Seeking to avoid another Masters - like melee after Woods» improperly dropped a ball during his second round at Augusta, the PGA Tour moved quickly to quash any controversy by issuing a ruling on the matter as Tiger finished up his final round.

almost hit parker in the hands, parker never moved, I honestly don't think he saw the ball, brogdon chased parker down on the other end and said something, then quickly found his man to play defense, but this is not limited to 1 - 2 guys who are frustrated with him or isolated incidents.

Since Gab came into the side the team have been better balanced, also moving the ball forward more quickly and generally much more fluid and comfortable.

But Rob Kaminsky was a legitimate prospect, a first - rounder who has already adjusted well to professional ball and moved quickly.

which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course

decent but just not enough creativity in the middle of the park... elneny passes the ball backwards more than ramsey... xhaka does not move ball on quickly enough... iwobi fine but ox and bellerin looked very poor so still the same issue... quality midfield ballplayer and attacking options still needed