Sentences with phrase «number of defenders in»

Books themselves lack the same number of defenders in these circumstances.

If he didn't get moved to safety or receiver, he'd get crammed into some simplified scheme that had him counting the number of defenders in the box and then deciding whether to execute the read - option or throw to wideouts running a dumbed - down route tree.

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The defenders of institutionalized Christianity are in a panic over dwindling numbers but rather than ask why people are leaving and wondering if perhaps there is a reason they resort to guilt trips and subtle threats to keep people showing up.

Sounds good to me, especially if the player in question is Mats Hummels, who has been the subject of a number of Arsenal transfer rumours from various media sources this week, including the Daily Express with their report that Wenger was preparing to bid # 32 million for the brilliant German defender.

Now however all that has changed and the Gunners can proudly argue that they have a number of quality defenders, some of which are considered to be amongst some of the very best in the Premier League and Europe!

Even though the Arsenal and Spain star Hector Bellerin has been saying the right things in recent times on the subject of his future as a Gunner amid the growing number of Arsenal transfer rumours about his potential return to Spain's La Liga with his boyhood club FC Barcelona, we really wanted this to be confirmed by the defender signing a new contract with Arsenal.

The Catalan giants are also believed to be looking to strengthen in his position this summer, having relied on Sergi Roberto as a makeshift defender in the role this term, but despite a number of reasons to believe Hector could be on his way, his team - mate Monreal claims he isn't.

The Daily Star claims Man United have scouted 21 - year - old Elland Road defender Charlie Taylor on a number of occasions, and report that the Premier League side could make a # 4m bid for the former England Under 19 international in January.

As reported by Squawka.com, his performance in the local derby was pulled apart by the former Everton and Republic of Ireland defender Kevin Kilbane who thought Debuchy was not using his loaf and was guilty a number of times of forgetting the importance of defending.

although Ozil wears number 11, he plays a number 10 role and for me a number 10 is not only a creator of chances but a finisher of chances, Ozil is not a goal threat in any major way, he gets himself in lovely positions but refuse to shoot or take on the one defender in his path.

I am therefore confident that if we can get a decent number of bodies back and bring in 2 central defenders we will finish strongly.

Mind you, Southampton lost 8 key players plus a manager in the transfer window, they now sit fourth, 3 pts ahead of us.We can no longer use injuries as an excuse because we have always had them, and if wenger was a smart manager, he would have addressed this problem by having better squad depth, but instead he chose to send a defender out on loan despite being short in numbers at the back, foolishly chose not to sign a defender despite an array of good defenders on show at the world cup.So now who is to blame?I guess it's anyone or anything but Wenger.

Allan Murray, assistant director of Stevens» testing tanks, had been doing this sort of thing since the days when Harold S. Vanderbilt brought in early models of the Cup Defender Ranger, whose scaled - down hull still hangs above the Number One tank.

Rodgers is set to complete the # 12m signing of adaptable Ajax defender Alderweireld with a deal aid to have been agreed in principal by the Amsterdam club who seem resigned to losing a number of their top talents this summer.

The young defender looked accomplished on his senior bow in the Community Shield and Arsene Wenger may well be ready to use the former Southampton man in a relatively prominent role, not least as the 19 year old displays maturity beyond his years but also because he can fill in effectively in a number of roles.

The Belgium defender is expected to have a bright future in the game and has recently been linked with a number of Premier League sides.

Most of the time outside of that, he's giving you terrible defense (and he hasn't been a good defender in years) and looking for his own numbers.

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Wengers should have just added a very good DM and another quicker defender to treat those kind of problems but eish he is too stubborn to drop his new captain or Flamini and he had to change the formation to make sure the midfield players defend and attack in numbers with one DM to always protect the defense but this is not happening and Wenger will not change that until maybe 2 or 3 years because he is not under any pressure to do well after all!

He has been the subject of quite a number of Arsenal transfer rumours before, but the latest statement from the Switzerland international central defender Fabian Schar is sure to make him the subject of many more in the next few weeks and months.

The pair have already clashed earlier in the summer as the Toffees manager hit out at his opposite number following their public pursuit of highly - rated defender John Stones during the transfer window [via Telegraph Sport].

He has some great stats, helping Roma sit 2nd with the 2nd best def record in Seria A, yes Roma have good defenders BUT Szcz has still had to make a number of saves which can be seen in his saves per goal.

They remain in a number of conversations as they search for a back - up central defender and a holding midfielder, but currently it looks like nobody will be arriving at Emirates Stadium.

The greatest goalkeepers command their defense and make very little number of saves per game, if a goalkeeper has to rely on his own reflexes rather than use the defenders in front of him as human shields, then there is a big problem!

The injury crisis we're currently in has been placed entirely on his shoulders and maybe rightly so (selling and loaning out defenders when we are short on numbers) for me that's the only crime he committed but if someone has the full picture of what happened in summer enlighten me because maybe just maybe he wanted to bring in a defender but the board didn't avail the funds to him.

Theo is an expensive failure and to keep giving him the chance when he has repaid the clubs faith with being a bottler and acting as if he's a lazy git (watched him a number of seasons ago against Blackburn away and all he did was run up and down the wing without even calling for the ball to draw defenders away from the centre) I hate to say it but in my mind Alan Hansen was right when he said that «Walcott has not got a natural footballers brain» It infuriated me at the time but its been proven to be true I feel he's been collecting his money for too long without a result to justify keeping him in our employment.

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

Sagna has yet to agree terms on a new Arsenal contract with his current deal coming to an end in the summer and the experienced defender has been linked with interest from a number of clubs including PSG, Monaco and Inter.

Garay performed exceptionally for Argentina at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and was one of a number of central defenders available relatively affordably this summer who United passed on, but this report suggests that they could look to rectify that error by prising him away from the Russian league leaders in January.

The Mirror are also reporting that the Portuguese international looks to have a number of options available to him, with Juventus eyeing him up as a potential replacement for the departing Dani Alves, whilst Barcelona also have him as an option should they fail in their attempts to sign Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin.

We are one of the 2 smallest squad (in numbers) with Burnley in the league... I mean what the f*ck is going here??? We are even short in defensive option since we only have 6 defenders!!!! WTF!!

Putting aside my intense hatred for terry aside on a number of factors, You're wrong on this one my friend... Terry was by far the best defender in the league, its not just me saying it, he stats prove it he was unanimously voted by the rest of the players in the league into the pfa team of the year... Don't let your love of Arsenal cloud the obvious were talking of a man who has had more world team of the year and uefa team of the year appearance's, that Per can only dream of having... Having rose tinted glasses on would have you thinking Giroud was the worlds bes striker and theo walcott is on an equal ability to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Pulis spoke about the number of key injuries that Arsene Wenger has had to cope with, as an earlier Just Arsenal post explained, but our German defender was much more specific in his own comments and pointed to the amazing effect and positive impact that our Chile international forward Alexis Sanchez can have on a game if he is fit and in form.

Before writing this article, I was counting the number of central defenders we have and I suddenly realized that if and when Wenger does bring in Mustafi or whoever his real defensive target is, we will have six central defenders for two positions.

Burnley defender Michael Keane has announced he is leaving Turfmoor at the end of the season, which has no doubt alerted the attention of a number of big clubs in the Premier League.

Actually this has nothing to do with the media playing on our emotions, but has everything to do with the fact that an overwhelming number of fans, and critics have recognised that Arsenal are in need of a world class striker and defender (attacking right - wing midfielder not as much).

Should Blind be converted into a centre - back for the upcoming season then it's likely to save van Gaal some money in the transfer market as he has been linked with a number of defenders since the start of the summer but has not been able to secure any of his transfer targets just yet.

The Spanish defender has been strongly linked with a number of big - named sides, including Barcelona, Paris Saint - Germain and Manchester City in recent transfer windows, and one offer is believed to have come in from the Citizens last summer.

The defender did start to impress in our new 3 -4-2-1 formation last term, but we still have a number of players who appear ahead of him.

Another decent bet, in my opinion, is on the amount of goals scored, with both clubs» defences leaking goals due to the number of injured defenders we have.

Bolton are looking to bring in a number of additions before the transfer window slams shut, as detailed by this source, and having sold Gary Cahill to Chelsea, Coyle brought in American defender Tim Ream, knowing that shoring up his defence must take top priority.

Failure to strengthen at key times in either the summer or january is nothing short of brainless and ambitionless especially for a top team with champions league and premier league ambitions (sorry we are there to make up the numbers) Year after year we see either a striker midfielder or defender become injured and we lose momentum because either the board or Wenger see otherwise..

Its ridiculous putting in defenders from relegation threatened teams, especially going by stats... sure the amount of shit they had to deal with its no wonder they have high numbers, what about the percentages from successful.

Chivas left glaring holes in the middle of the park (evidenced by the sheer number of plays our central defenders made in the attacking half) which certainly demonstrated they were set up to play against this system.

In 2013/14, no Premier League defender of any nationality made more interceptions (104) or won more aerial duels (171) than Davies; those disparate disciplines show his equal comfort reading the game or reacting to physical presence, while he contributed the second - highest number of tackles won for a centre - back (56, one behind Swansea's Chico Flores).

The defender was linked with a number of European clubs, including Arsenal, following a solid 2013 - 14 campaign with Olympiakos and came close to joining Everton in 2012.

Brazilian defender Alex is said to be the subject of a renewed bid from QPR and the 29 year old is believed to be keen on a possible short distance move to Loftus Road though a number of club's on the continent are also interested in the former PSV man.

Eric Bailly has put in a number of assured performances since arriving at Manchester United from Villarreal for # 30 million this summer, with the 22 - year - old defender showing maturity beyond his age.

18 year - old Kurt Zouma is one of the most in - demand defenders in world football currently, with a number of Europe's elite clubs allegedly following the Frenchman.

The England defender is back to full fitness following a number of injuries in the past 12 - months, but Jose Mourinho is clearly unconvinced by him at this moment in time.