Sentences with phrase «niggly player»

Not exact matches

The thing which always baffles me is how niggly injuries always seem to resurface with our players.

He is no made for high pressing, opposition players target him for the first 15 minutes of these big games, they intimidate him, a few niggly tackles here and there, a few shoulder burges and that will be it for Ozil for the rest of the game.

«You can not look too far ahead, the only thing we can do as a backroom staff is make sure the squad is fresh and ready to go because we don't want to be in a position where we are short of players with niggly injuries and players coming back from internationals.»

That would explain why the silly niggly little fouls are often ignored when committed by our opponents but given when committed by our players, and why yellow cards are given seemingly more quickly to our players than the opposition.

Preston also increasingly became tetchy with niggly fouls and players going down easily to try and break up play.