Sentences with phrase «now holding the ball up»

Meanwhile Messi, having skipped around Andreas Christensen, is now holding the ball up just outside the area.

Not exact matches

the guy has improved, plus now we have our CR7 in AS17 who is delivering for us, so Giroud will be more important as he can hold up the ball and create for AS17 to take.

Suggesting that he was worried about the fact that West Ham have been playing competitive games for some weeks now while the Gunners were facing our first, Wenger hinted that he would have been reasonably happy with a draw and perhaps that is why he played Giroud to hold up the ball and Chamberlain and Cazorla on the flanks to keep more possession.

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.

Especially now that Ramsey has damaged his hamstring, That doesn't mean that Walcott is not capable of cutting into the box and running into goal scoring opportunitiest from here, if anything, he will end up having more opportunities, what with Giroud's hold up play from long balls.

Now the Arsenal fans can officially take the blame for his Lack of scoring form......... Cuz we asked him hold the ball up and be Less potent in front of goal right?

Since there's now pace on the wings either side of him, Giroud's ability to hold the ball up is very useful as it gives our wingers a chance to catch up to the play and make runs.

Now I am going to suggest that if we can't attract a world - class holding midfielder (not talking blood - n - guts destroyer here but more a cultured interceptor, reads the play well, tackles effectively, good passing range, breaks up attacks and recycles the ball quickly into attacking moves — so not Wanyama) to provide cover for the ever - improving Coquelin, we probably shouldn't worry too much because we have Rambo who can step into that role when Coquelin or Santi aren't available (injured / suspended).

Now there are a few reasons Inter had such control over the match including the energy and tenacity of Kondogbia and Gagliardini, the willingness of Candreva and Perisic to come back and help mark Milan's wingers (mainly Deelofeu - his speed was their main threat considering that Nagatomo had Suso in his back pocket), the high press on Milan's backline forcing them to go long to a striker that couldn't hold up the ball, and the fact that Medel and Miranda had Bacca under lock and key.

He gets it into feet, he holds the ball up, he scores goals, and he's the Italy centre forward now.»

Chamakh settled into an Alan Smith type of role — holding up the ball to allow others to come into play and I'm salivating at the prospect of us actually posing some threat at set pieces now.

So gather up the clothes and shoes that don't fit or flatter, the books you've already read, the collectibles that you don't really treasure, the treadmill or exercise ball you swore you'd use every morning but now serves mostly to hold clothes that either belong in the dresser or in the laundry hamper.

Whenever someone says the actor's name, you'll now see a glowering, menacing hulk of a man, one with a tattoo of a cross on the back of his shorn skull and balled fists held up in front of his battered face.

The FIFA series has been criticized in recent years for just being focused on the pace aspect of the sport but now they are taking a bit more of an interest in using a player's strength to hold the ball up, protect possession, and keep defenders and strikers at bay.