Sentences with phrase «of running at the defence»

Unlike the Ox and Walcott, Iwobi has no fear of running at the defence and he has confidence when the ball is at his feet.

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Yet at every turn the government runs to the defence of supply management, the most antiquated, anti-competitive sector of the Canadian economy.

An injury to Toby Alderweireld means Dier is set for a run in Tottenham's defence, while Southgate's comments about his intended style of play suggest he may fancy the Spurs man at the back.

goodness i can't believe it people will still defend him.You know something when Giroud misses many chances like at Monaco i did not criticize him even based on that you know why?its because he has always not been clinical.The only way a team can improve is by indentifying its problems and solving them.Arsenal has Giroud as the main cf and Welbeck as backup to him.Giroud has done well scoring some goals some too important but collectively he does more harm than good.Do not use moments to judge a player judge him based on content.Giroud does not excel in many games than he excels in games.As a main cf you need to be consistent.I see people here saying Giroud can not dribble he cant do this he cant do that but its a bit crazy to criticize him for that because every player has his own style.Giroud limitations as a player costs arsenal and will cost us a lot.Most importantly his poor finishing which has cost us several times.Not good enough.His style of play is ok for us but a striker who can take on players and run behind defences very well would make us very strong and also should be clinical.For Welbeck he needs to works on his finishing and composure by doing the basic things right.He rushes infront of goal too much.For now he is just above average.However he can excel if he works on improving.Giroud and Welbeck will always be a pain in arsenal's neck for most part.Some will call me stupid but hey at least i want to analyze the problem.People may support Giroud or Welbeck to lead the line next season but as the saying goes if you fool me once shame on you but if you fool me twice shame on me.Will you let Giroud and Welbeck fool you again?

All he brings is lack of motivation, excuses aplenty, usually involving «biased» or incompetant refs, no obvious coaching or even any understanding whatever of the need for defence and hard running, an injury crisis every season, discontent among fans, slavery to 70th minute subs, whether needed earlier or not, a belief in last millenium tactics (mostly indiscernable tactics), a love of waving his arms and shouting uselessly at the innocent fourth official (who does not make onfield decisions anyway!)

He's so much better there... a couple of good defence splitting passes and always makes a run into the box to add numbers... much more of a threat at number 10 than Ozil.

He has had a couple of good games there against schools for the blind (smaller clubs) but against good defences he will at most time one run ok and have 1 in 20 chance of scoring from it.

He will cause defences problems in the Prem much like how Aguiro and othe players that run at defenders with that low centre of gravity do.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

If Arsene Wenger and his assistants decide against adjusting their tactics to get the best out of their marquee summer signing by letting him run with the ball at defences, Lacazette needs to take the initiative by training and watching game film to learn how to thrive in Arsenal's system and in English football in general.

He's instructed by Wenger to run at the defence and draw the fouls in whereas for England, he's instructed to play deeper and ping the balls around which is much more productive way for him to play, yes he's injury prone and it frustrates me that he, among the rest of our players, is delicate.

He's always capable of defence breaking runs, but he had a willingness to have the ball at his feet and use it that often eludes him.

I would love to see The Ox running at the full backs every week because he has the pace and strength to cause havoc in the opposition defence, but just needs a run of games and to stay fit.

All of Anderson Talisca's qualities were on display last night, and he showed flashes of brilliance, but his goal was all too easy, as he made a clever run off the back of the defence at a corner before sweeping the bouncing ball into the net.

Well written, but I think it will fall on deaf ears, my fear is as follows, it will take a loss in money for the manager and board to change, this will only come if we finish out of the top 4, but knowing the board they would still give home a season to try again, I feel very sorry for Sanchez, he is total quality and deserves better, most of the other players look settled, turn up give70 % and get paid, no matter what level you play at you should come off the pitch thinking I gave everything, how many of our players could say that, they lack motivation, player for player we are as good if not better than athletico Madrid but they have a manger that gets 100 % out of every player, Klopp is the same, but why would they leave their clubs to come here with a boar that cares about money not entertainment, Wenger was a lucky manager he inherited a top defence now his luck has run out

I know joel is not liked by many, but he hasn't been given anywhere near a fair run, and his position ing around the box at the end was better than the clump of players we have who try to pass through a solod defence.

In their defence, they've shown a lot of character and heart since that defeat as a good run of form has pushed them up into fourth place, and Bellerin had a retort to Deeney's comments after their last - gasp win over Burnley at Turf Moor.

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

Alexis and Ox are quick, but they don't make runs without the ball like Theo does, they run at defences instead of in behind.

Ramsey needs to learn how to be disiplined in defence, when to time runs bombing forward and not at every chance as we have ozil in front of him who can find a needle in a haystack with a pass!

Despite being 35 years of age, the Little Mozart is still as explosive as he was when he first joined in 2006 and still possesses the ability to run at defenders, find a defence - splitting pass and also has a good shot on him.

Watching Henry picking up the ball just inside the opponents half, then running at the defence, going round a player, heading towards the edge of the box, opening up his body and you just knew the ball was going to curl inside the far post.

Arsenal are the holders and should put up a rugged defence of our trophy, and as we are playing the Hull team that gave us a run for our money at Wembley last May, we can not expect an easy game even though we are now the home side.

I didn't watch the match last night as I was on the field playing I ran my heels off I was in their faces I was angry I got a well - deserved yellow and could have been sent off later on I intercepted a good few balls and assisted with 2 goals and won the match From the highlights and the analysis I understand the Arsenal were weak in midfield the Arsenal needs an enforcer someone just like me a motivator and in the face of the opponents a thorn in the side I also believe MR wenger was at fault we all knew we would be weak in defence the least MR wenger should have had is a strong fresh midfield after all we had a tough encounter with city + traveling why didn't he use Rosciky, Carzola and Campbell On a different note I like chamberland stature he is tall and has pace and energy why not adapt him to the defensive midfield position with clear emphasis to be in the opponents face The arsenal and Mr wenger need to wake up fast now we have this weekend to prepare for Chelsea if we believe we are title contenders

I personally feel 4.3.3 with an interchanging front 3 of Welbeck, Walcott, Sanchez would work better, because as seen time and time againt Villas defence cant cope when they when Pacey strikers run at there defence Saido Mane's 2 min hatrick can confirm that.

OG wont do well in the FA cup final if he starts, Villa will hold a high line against Arsenal they cant park the bus there defence is crap, for OG its simple he hasn't got the pace or strength, you need a man who can run at the defender not hold the ball up, because of Okore Giroud will have an awful time he faster and stronger i think if Giroud is on he will be man marked (Okore's bitch all game) if you don't believe me watch the training footage of him manhandling Benteke...... Not an easy task.

Wenger will never ever sell am, that guy is the best midfielder England has seen in years, he plays like Messi just that he doesn't score like him, the perfectly weighted passes, defence splitting runs, dribbles too I'll prefer him at arsenal even if he spends the remaining of his career on the sick bed, believe me, he's that good and he's worth sticking with, and wenger knows He stuck with Ramsey whom he knows isn't as important as Wilshere, forget the goals.

Let's not go overboard over one performance.Elneney is bang average in his Premier League outings and nothing more.Agaist the Spuds at Wembley he was given the job to protect the defence and in the Second Half he was anonymous as they completely over ran us.He is a squad player and nothing more.If Wenger felt differently he would have used him more and when you think of the second rate performances of both Xhaka and Wilshere this season that really does sum it up.

We do not want Rooney exposing Mertesacker and it would be better if we can keep him from running at our last line of defence at all.

Our big problem is we concede far too much possession in the middle of the park, thus allowing opposing teams to run at our defence.

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They are two players capable of getting fans up off their seats in anticipation whenever they have the ball, and their powers of invention and sheer audacity when played in to run at defences may yet inspire United to land a spot in the top four before the season is out.

With Michu's main strength being running onto a through pass played by one of Swansea's more gifted ball players such as Britton or de Guzman there may be no better opponent to play against than Arsenal with their main problem in defence as seen at White Hart Lane last week is keeping a stable and aware defensive line once they have pushed up further out of their own half.

Wednesday's surprising collapse at Wembley would have hurt the Old Trafford boss more than anyone with their defence enjoying a good run of late.

Marco Asensio enjoyed their best moment of the first half when he ran at the Atletico defence only for Arrizabalaga to save his low shot just before the interval.

Before that, Schar was an important figure at the heart of Basel's defence during their run to the Europa League semi-final in 2013 and in the club's 2014/15 Champions League campaign, which ended in defeat to Porto in the last 16.

The addition of Alexis could be key as the former Barcelona winger adds a completely different dimension, who just needs the ball at his feet and can run beyond the defence.

He's been playing out of his skin but sometimes he's fed the ball and sometimes he will be running at the defence hoping to lay it off to someone in front of him (Valencia, jelavic, zarate, Carroll) but doesn't have the support there.

He would play on the left of the 4 -2-3-1 I would guess, but I might even be tempted to push him up alongside Harry Kane to really run at the Liverpool defence.

Willian ran at the heart of the Barcelona defence but Giroud was unable to read his final pass and then the home side were forced into another change as Sergio Busquets picked up a knock and was replaced by Andre Gomes.

It made the final few moments interesting as the visitors pushed for another, but they left it too late as Mansfield's defence stood firm and the forward players ran the clock down at the other end of the pitch.

Lacazette hit the ground running at the Emirates but he is already broadening the facets of his game, making him a far greater threat to Premier League defences.

Arsenal came out of that awful run, as you will recall, through the simple expedient of changing the format of the defence and going to five at the back.

Mourinho who felt incredible defensive mistakes were to blame for his team thrashing faulted teen striker Marcus Rashford for not tracking back enough, leaving space for Victor Moses to run at the defence of the Red Devils.

That run will have lifted the spirits of the players and the points accumulated during the unbeaten streak has helped their cause immensely, but Hull were ripped to pieces at the weekend and, despite Blackburn not boasting the sort of talent Martin O'Neill had at his disposal with Villa last Saturday, that pasting has to cast a few doubts into not only the managers mind but also the players, especially those who were playing in defence that day.

He also ran the entire length of the pitch, to beat Liverpool's entire defence, to set up Emmanuel Adebayor, in the Champions League quarter final at Anfield, which Arsenal controversially lost 4 - 2.

An unexpected burst of acceleration, a perfectly timed run that brings him to the exact spot at the perfect moment and freezes his would - be marker, Higuain once again leaving the defence trailing in his wake and the opposition goalkeeper sprawling.

Diego Costa was allowed the run at the Spurs defence before cutting a ball back across goal where Victor Moses was left in acres of space.

It's unlikely that Mkhitaryan's defence - splitting passes will be aimed at playing the 34 - year - old through for a run on goal, so how will Mourinho ensure his first two major signings in midfield and attack can bring the best out of each other?

Hazard right in the middle of «The Zone» as he ran at a terrified Brighton back three, but in defence they were less secure.