Sentences with phrase «of some of the possession game»

We are more focused on defending than we have been in a few years, especially the midfielders tracking back and the fullbacks sitting deeper, but it has come at the cost of some of the possession game.

Not exact matches

They caught a break when Nikola Vucevic missed the second of two free throws, keeping it a one - possession game.

The New York Giants» decision to bench Eli Manning in favor of Geno Smith for Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders is being met with harsh criticism, and no critic is louder or in possession of a larger megaphone than long - time New York sports talk radio host Mike Francesa.

Clemson had won 14 of its last 16 one - possession games, a rate of clutchitude that simply isn't maintainable.

i think some people have a short memory, not so long ago we would have lost these kind of games, do you remember the days when we had the lion, s share of possession and god knows how many chances to score without doing so everybody was giving out, yesterday everybody (including the players) knows we didn, t play well, had one chance and scored, we need to look at the bigger picture every team is going to have blips the season is a long one, look at liverpool they reminded me of us they drew a blank having missed loads of chances!

«It is a game where you had a lot of possession but there were tired legs and you are prone to counter-attacks.

«We had passages of the game where we had good possession but we were not dangerous so I think this is what we lacked today.

but i think a big influencing factor in the previous games (where we had low possession %'s) is our lack of rotation and ever present injuries.

He will surely make it boring.I saw the stat of Che and MU game, MU had 70 % possession and had a better stat in everything.They definetly parked the bus, I just don't understand why he is called «special one».

He said after the game: «We had a lot of possession.

Rooney's side saw a lot of the play in a game they will feel disappointed not to have picked up at least a point, having had 70 per cent possession, and limiting Chelsea to only two shots on target.

The combination of the compressed post-London schedule and the mental / emotional toll of playing these every - possession - has - to - matter basketball games is leading to an understandable lack of sharpness and execution against good teams.

I'd still wager we're going to look to play a possession game against 90 % of the PL teams.

Coquelin, Flamini and Ramsey are not of that same mould, Victor Wanyama and Villiam Carvaho are good defensive midfielders but do not control the flow of a game, they are more likely to a rest or stays static when their team is in possession of the ball.

There were multiple times late in the second half where the Seminoles appeared to be buried, and each one of those times they fought back and got themselves into a one possession game.

That is the reality at Arsenal and the fans still singing «there is only one Arsene Wenger» (I pity those fools and deluded fans who still think that winning a game of football is by having the most possession and not taking a shot... Soon they will believe they won the league by finishing second, third or even fourth...), I applaud you.

He had the whole interlull period without a game and made a silly tackle following a silly loss of possession.

I have said before yesterdays game that we need a top class forward and dm to challenge having watched yesterdays diabolical performance i feel we need to ad a out and out winger to the team playing ozil or carzola out left is not working pedro would have been a fantastic signing but looks like he is going to man u. I thought coq passing yesterday was terrible we need someone who can do both jobs sit in front of back 4 but when in possession have the quality to make things happen coq lacks the 2nd part by a long way.

The sudden offensive success had a bit of an ulterior effect — after allowing just 11.2 possessions per game for opponents through nine games, the Cardinal allowed 12.7 over the last three regular season games.

Aw has lost the plot with his tactics as well.Teams read him and play us out of games.We only tend to play well when opponents give us room to play in the midfield — like Everton did.When opponents park the bus and cramp out Ozil and Sanchez, Wenger doesn't have a plan.All the possession and no goals wont win you games.

at the start of this season, we were playing a different type of game: we were letting the other teams have more possession and we were winning more often than we are now.

Jamal Crawford scored 13 points on 4 - of - 11 shooting, toying with his possessions much of the game.

Later in the game on the Vikings next possession, Harbaugh called another timeout (when he was already out of timeouts), and challenged another play.

The Packers» defense allows only 84 rushing yards and plummets the Washington offense into ineptitude on its last five possessions of the game, which went this way — punt, punt, ball over on downs three times.

It also leads to less of a possession based game and we PLAY BETTER when can use our pace and skill to counter-attack (at least) some of the time

Arteta does do a great job of keeping possession and dictating the pace of the game, but he is much more effective when Arsenal are playing the so - called lower clubs.

NOTES: Toronto C Patrick Marleau skated in his 1,551 st regular - season game, passing Alex Delvecchio for sole possession of 13th place on the NHL's games played list.

A quarter of the way through the game, Arsenal had much more possession as usual but hadn't tested Fabianski once, while Swansea have had 3 good chances.

The Sooners allowed three touchdown drives of 69 yards or more to start the Texas Tech game, then seven points in the Red Raiders» final nine possessions.

Team Bernkopf would take their final timeout and game plan for what they had hoped would not be their final possession of the season..

The signing of Xhaka provides a huge boost to the Gunners, and even though he has the ability to play a crucial role in his new side's possession game, his main value to the team will be to allow Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere further freedom in the final third.

All of a sudden it was a 1 Goal Game with the momentum fully in Team Harris» possession..

If they can take care of business, there's a chance there would either be a 3 - way tie for first (if Rasky beats Guggenheim) or they can be in sole possession of second and a Game back of Guggenheim (if Guggenheim beats Rasky), and with a Week 7 Rivalry match - up with Team Guggenheim looming..

This was a one possession Game in its closing moments and they really were knocking on the door of their biggest W to date.

It has played a role in the Sooners winning seven of their last eight one - possession games.

Missouri had been one of the country's better free - throw shooting teams throughout the season, but its performance at the charity stripe has hindered them in a their last two losses, both one - possession games.

He lacks the skills to protect the ball when in possession and often gets robbed because of that, but can read the game very well and has great finishing ability.

These guys have dropped one - possession games to 2 of the League's Top 5 in the first few weeks of the year.

Fred and Seri would add more physicality and real energy in the middle of the pitch, while Jorginho has shown he can dictate the tempo of games and boss things with possession for Napoli.

Arsenal were having the lions share of possession and had 64 % in the first quarter of the game.

They have multiple match - ups all over the court at any given point and I think they are «built for the Playoffs» where I think the tempo of the games will slow down as teams will start to treasure possessions (much like in the NBA).

However, Team Harmelech really controlled the tempo and on crucial possessions of the game they got their desired outcome.

They are doing a good job of controlling the ball as it seems possession is a very important part of their Game..

There were no parts of the game we had any solid possession.

On it's own, of course, possession does not win you a football match, but when you see that we also have the highest number of successful through balls per game as well as the most successful dribbles.

As a major importance to their style of play it is no surprise that Arsenal control almost 5 % more of their games in possession.

i know klopp (i believe he will be perfecting his tactics maybe might add a bit more possession play to his game and management skills while on leave) likes to have big control in the transfers of his clubs so this might be a more smoother move for the club in future.

Harden's assist percentage (the percentage of possessions that end with a Harden assist when Harden's in the game) was 19.3 last year, an incredibly high number for a shooting guard.

look at our possession stat since Carzola got injured especially at away games, Ramsey works for the team and produces but IMO is selfish for not doing just what is needed of him.

Lee definitely has some weaknesses to his game but he's gotten a whole lot better at making quick, simple plays when he's not under immediate pressure (to break out of the DZ or to sustain possession in the OZ).