Sentences with phrase «n't playing high line»

Mertesacker looked good tonight because we weren't playing high line defense we were defending deep and almost every time we were defending high he was caught out of position or easily to run him off

you can't play a high line of defense without good pressing game, or you will get caught, no meter how good your CB's are.

Try to learn from his mistakes, and not play a high line against man city, chelsea, and liverpool ever again!

Mert is top quality but with him in the side Arsenal can't play a high line at any point in the game against top sides... Chelsea game, Barca game seems to demonstrate this very very very clearly.

Wenger DO NT play a high line for this game as this is what pool will be hoping for with there fast forwards.

Not exact matches

Five years ago, things started to relax, and it wasn't just the food: The Clash played on the speakers, the chairs were backless, and customers balked at the long lines rather than the high prices.

To me the fact that we have a striker in Giroud that can not make runs beyond the defence allows teams to play a high line against us which makes our midfield struggle with space.

Bottom line, if he is angered bench the players who were not good enough and play those who deserve some game time based on the Southampton game or on games where they had a positive impact: - Take Özil out and play Ox in the hole (he has to understand your the highest paid player of the club, your given freedom like nobody else and your even seeking even more money with a new contract you can't play like that ever and go AWOL)- Put Sanchez on the wing or up top but put Welbeck in (Walcott didn't track back near enough for the Alsonso goal)- Iwobi has been bright from the wing let him play there - Xhaka has to go back in the holding midfield role and I would take out Coquelin because he could've taken a foul on the hazard's goal.

But he is one of the best off the ball runner that we have — opponents does not want to play high defensive line or press our midfielder higher on the pitch due to the threat he pose — you may argue that the long distance scorcher by Sanchez in the FA final is due to their CBs slow in closing him down, wearying of the Walcott threat.

This is simple a very intelligent child can solve this problem.Firstly today our keeper was very poor however i know he will come good.By the way why is Paulista no getting his chance.What i have observed about arsenal since we signed Mertesacker from day one and since he started playing is that Mertesacker hardly gets involved you will usually see him a few times because he does not want to get caught out.e has always been a weak link in the defence even in his greatest performances here.When i see us playing with a high line and he is there i always laugh.It is just a mistake waiting to happen and i can tell u that it will happen again this season.Secondly why is Ramsey Cazorla and Ozil playing in the same line - up in a 4 -5-1 formation.That is just not right though it will win you some matches due to individual brilliance.It wont work at all.Lastly the least i say about Giroud the better i am not judging him on one game.One would imagine if he was not french and like chinese will he be getting these chances under Wenger.To me he will always be an average player and i will stand by my word even if he has good games.

Also because we play a very high tempo game and often use high lines at the back to support our play Mertesacker shouldn't be in our back four... why can't both our CBs have pace?

Don't worry if teams play a high line like Southampton we will also see Alexis and Theo burn them.

When you are playing football and you got a high ball to control the slightest touch will push you off it for sure eguaro pushed mustafi but mustafi should have stock his leg out to bring him down or elbowed him in the face well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones period

I beleive this team in form will get the best out of barca and even beat them Barcelona plays with high line with high pressure with cazorla, ozil and sanchez ability to get the ball from tight spaces we can pass the first defence line and go counter attacking with theo and sanchez with some magical passes from our wizard we can put the fear in there team and could get a win atleast at the emirates but since cazorla and coquelin are not sure to be playing i feel it will be very hard to get a positive result but let's give it a go we have nothing to lose

I really do nt fault Mert for this, he is who he is, Arsene knew he was slow but still decided to play him on a high line.

Guys have too much on the line to just roll over and play dead, not the least of which is making sure they aren't putting bullshit on film for other prospective employers to see should their current team use that high draft pick the following spring to replace them.

Per looks good bc we're not playing a high - line so our D is more compact so his immobility becomes less of an issue.

Those players you highlighted do not play in a team that goes gung - ho in attack, if you consider Arsenal set - up we play so high up the pitch that we leave our defence exposed, there are even times when our defenders also play a very high line and all this is Wenger's instruction...

I'll be the first to admit counter attacking football and Arsenal should go together like cookies and cream but ever since the invicibles teams have refused adamantly to play high defensive lines against us and counters do not work if the opposition has a defensive 5 or 6 set up near the edge of their box when you finally get the ball up there.

Playing a CB that can not actually run, in a system that uses a high defensive line is suicide!

if Arsene doesn't trust Gabriel then he needs to find another CB, he should stop playing Merts against top teams using high - line tactics.

4 -2-3-1 was the formation that we used when we were humiliated by Chelsea, City and Liverpool, it simply didn't work against fast opposition when we played such a high line.

I don't expect us to play with a high line defence at the Santiago Bernabeu just the way PSG did.

Look at ramsey, he can't even have a good pass completion stats and can't control the midfeild and spends most of his time in the opposition box trying to score when he should help defensively and serve as an outlet for the defence and then playing mertesacker in a high line defence.

Choices, choices, choices, that's what happened to our once free - flowing, beautiful on the eyes brand of football... the move from Highbury was a friggin hoax played on all Gunner fans... North London football is now for the fat cats and wannabes, not for those of us who rather watch from home because we love the game and we would rather not pay a weeks wage to get a seat a 1/4 mile from the field of play... much like a high - end business that once cared deeply for the artisans who toiled to create something quite brilliant, they have become an assembly - line factory trying to get the most for the least while still raising the prices of their product..

If only Giroud it's not as bad — Defence plays high line, but this still gives space for Sanchez (obviously not this match) and others to run into

I'd have focused more on Torres (which I did), the lack of CB depth (I'd prefer to have two quality CBs to back up a 3 back rather than just one with one of the starters being a converted CDM), the lack of players who fit the outside mid role well in this formation (which, hey, maybe that's part of what you were referring to), and the fact that when you play more attackers higher up the pitch, it often requires a team to be able to implement a high pressuring defensive line (Dempsey and Bruin are not suited for that).

1) Players never track back leaving too much space which gets exploited 2) Arsenal play a very bad high line system 3) Not enough players come back to defend during Counterattacks

Playing with such high defensive line requires guts and high confidence, the things that Arsenal does not have currently.

I expect us to play differently to the game against Villa as Pearson will surely not be stupid enough to play a high line against us at the Emirates.

Hopefully Mertesacker doesn't play, but if he does, then Wenger shouldn't use the same suicidal high line.

That's true, but then again, that was because we were playing such a high defensive line with a defender that couldn't run.

Some defenses play a high line, Giroud can't run behind, but Lacazette can run behind the defenses sell the keeper a dummy and tap the ball into an empty net.

There is however two drawbacks to Giroud type of forward play, one, when our midfielders are not allowed to play their game and provide for Giroud, he can not provide for himself using trickery, two, he can not out run or out pace any defense who chose to play a high line.

I don't know why we have to automatically start playing a high line after 50 minutes as it was still 1 - 0.

Only if we play a high line, Per is really great when we have our backs to the wall and the def can't push forward... which I would bet that Barca could force upon us.

Ospina might be better if we play a high line, am not sure which team will control possession.

Aubumeyang, average although he didn't get any service at all despite Spurs playing a high line.

The reason terry seemed so good is that Chelsea rarely play a high line like we have in the recent past so that terry isn't abused for his lack of pace like mertesacker has happen once in a while.

But mertesacker does very well with his positioning to limit this in our lineup which allows us to play they high line even though it isn't a system that is built to suit him.

«If Leonard doesn't play, the line will jump to -9 and would likely close higher,» according to Scott Cooley, a spokesman from Bookmaker.

In our system, we play a high line with the FBs flying forward, rightly or not.

He's just not the guy we want in our back 4 if we're going to play the high line.

Opsina saved us a couple times already, we can't keep playing that high line against their quick forwards.

It's not unusual for high school teams to play games in college stadiums, but it's definitely uncommon for teams to cross state lines (or several state lines) to do it.

Playing SAS in Anfield with a high line with Per was not a smart choice last year.

The line is too high on paper, but I can't play a Rodgers-less Packers team a week after they got eliminated from the playoffs.

WEAKNESSES: Turnover prone in college and needs to better protect the football, specifically with his pocket movements (21 fumbles in his 24 starts)... elongated, wind - up release... chaotic lower body throwing mechanics, influencing his ball placement... too willing to deliver off - balance without setting his feet... bad habit of locking onto targets, leading defenders to the intended receiver... made too many high - risk throws in college, not locating lurking defensive backs... spotty offensive line play in 2017 caused him to play skittish and quicken his reads / movements, leading to mistakes... relatively inexperienced, playing only one full season at quarterback in high school and two years at USC... durable in college, but missed his junior season after a broken foot (Sept. 2013), requiring surgery.

Where they might have some joy is through the likes of Mata, Martial and Rashford so Arsenal do not want to play too high a line and encourage the fast breakaway, but with Coquelin and Xhaka and Ramsey in front of our defence we should be able to cope.

Surely our manager couldn't be deluded enough as to think we would win playing a high line and leaving the slowest defender in Europe exposed??