Sentences with phrase «offensive than defensive»

Coq i think has tried to be more offensive than defensive this season which has become a problem for the team, he has some what neglected his defensive duties as a DM, i think his unwillingness and naivety in not fouling or stopping Hazard actually cost arsenal the game.

Not exact matches

If you attack Ukraine, nevertheless, this is somehow a defensive rather than an offensive operation.

And since the power of negation is a part of freedom, indeed a defining ingredient of it, the proposition is that freedom is a prerequisite of truth... the negation first operative in the experience of truth is defensive rather than offensive: it is concerned to parry a thrust of the world, not to harry its reserve....

With that logic, I am firmly in the camp that I'd rather have a defensive ace center than an offensive one.

I have more trust in this FO to nail defensive players late in the draft than I do offensive.

In every cluster, a team's non-conference strength of schedule and its offensive - defensive balance played a larger role than I anticipated.

... 11 had a difference of no more than 70 spots between their offensive and defensive rankings and ranked at least 12th in defensive efficiency.

... 17 had a difference of no more than 50 spots between their offensive and defensive efficiency rankings.

They played next to each other on the left side of the Raiders» offensive line for more than 200 games, forming such a formidable tandem that Doug Sutherland, a Minnesota Viking defensive tackle, once said, «They could block out the sun.»

He's much better offensive than Callum, but weaker defensive.

Ramsey and Elneny were picked to help soak up pressure, which they did, I have no problem people saying they want more from them but there was two more forwards on that pitch that done a whole lot less than they did, the reason for their (Ramsey Elneny) inclusion was a defensive standpoint, it's the offensive standpoint that completely let us down.

however, their defensive aspect of the game has remained untested most of the time considering that la liga teams always adopt the defensive tactics rather than offensive ones against barca.

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

We may end up seeing more defensive touchdowns than offensive ones for this game, but give me the over regardless of the number.

Since the Wizards are such a great defensive rebounding team, that's enough for them to not only survive but thrive on the boards in those small lineups, getting better numbers than their averages on both offensive and defensive rebound percentage.

It's unprecedented since the ACC expanded for it to lose significantly more offensive talent to the draft than defensive talent.

Milwaukee was actually a better offensive team last season (No. 13) than defensive (No. 19) one, but its need for a go - to scorer showed in the postseason.

Nine times in those 20 drafts, at least five more defensive players were picked than offensive players, but the reverse had never happened — until 2017.

The season before last 14 15 we did better with the points than last season even though we came second from last season we know we conceded many goals from set pieces and were very short on goal scoring the logic of this season was to fix the defensive department and the offensive department by introducing a defender to reduce the amount of goals conceded unless holding is to be the man we havent us of yet fixed the problem on the offensive department we all know the only offensive player is chuba apkom well else we have not addressed the problem so in reality I do not except Arsenal to finish the season with more than 70 points and personally think minimum point required to win the premier league is 85 points have we got that in our squad it will remain to be seen if chuba and holding are enough for a key to unlock the season we will soon find out but I think MR wenger is gambling with the introduction of new manageress which lives us with Liverpool and Leicester and who will take the points off united chelsea and city the next 6 games should give us the indication to what may happen to the long run for the new year

I don't think his job is to initiate attack, he's main job is to win the ball back and play a simple pass to our more offensive players, and he is not bad in possession as d stat and u re suggest, and I don't see any tactical reason behind carzola being backward order than ramsey being injured, nobody initiate our attack better than ramsey and dats d work of a box to box midfielder and not the defensive midfielder.

Its more important for a defensive lineman to show some ahleticism than an offensive lineman.

A two - touchdown favorite, they fell by two touchdowns because their offensive line couldn't get any sort of consistent push on the Red Raiders» defensive front and their secondary couldn't prevent a less - than - explosive offense from ripping off explosive passes downfield.

Xhaka, who I like, or at least I like the Xhaka who plays for the Swiss national squad, has shown to be in way over his head in the premiership... of course he showed late in the year that he can stretch the field with the long ball but our squad isn't really set - up for that style of play... most of his long passes are in the air not on the ground and our squad without Giroud, which should have been sold the minute the transfer window officially opened, is one of the smallest in England... we need someone who can pick out the runs of our forwards in the lanes and who is fast enough to come forward into space without conceding his defensive responsibilities... we rarely see him shoot or even be in a position on the field to do so, we rarely, if ever, see him used for set pieces and it appears that the only person at the club who has ever coached him up when it comes to tackling is Coq, which explains his atrocious disciplinary record... maybe it's me but didn't you see him coming in and contributing more from an offensive perspective, with his killer left foot, than a deep - lying midfielder... if that wasn't the case we are the stupidest team alive for taking him over Kante

Both teams possess vulnerable offensive lines, but Arkansas State's defensive line, a unit ranked fifth overall in adjusted sack rate, is much better equipped to generate pressure than the Blue Raiders» defensive line, which is ranked 47th.

While displaying a greater offensive skill level than expected, he also made a tangible defensive impact (5.5 blocks per 40 minutes).

Tactically, there's little to discuss — whilst the midfield offensive contribution was not great, the defensive record with a double pivot is far better than without, and even without a decent midfield contribution, Liverpool created enough to win.

Cleverley has made zero accurate through balls all season — this could be understood if you were the deepest lying defensive midfielder in the world but he's not, he's a general central midfielder by trade and you could argue he's meant to be more offensive than Michael Carrick.

These low averages point to Henderson, Wilshere and Barkley being more offensive than Cleverley which means Cleverley could force his way into Hodgson's thoughts by being the most defensive of the hopefuls.

His offensive run of play contributions were pretty minimal other than a late cross, but again his defensive work rate can not be overlooked.

Mississippi State is much better on the defensive line than USC is on the offensive line.

Schweinsteiger is far better than fellain... Why been defensive when you have offensive players.

I made sure I was helping people and on the defensive rather than the offensive side.»

Congress has been pressing the U.S. national security community to turn its attentions to the role of offensive rather than defensive capabilities, even dictating that most of the fiscal year 2015 funding for the Pentagon's Space Security and Defense Program go toward «development of offensive space control and active defense strategies and capabilities.»

One of the most popular RTS games for PC / Mac and iOS is Anomaly Warzone Earth which blends more action elements into the tower defense genre, making it more on the offensive side rather than defensive.

My recollection is that we lost two of three games, that I totally carried you the whole way, and that the only liability greater than your offensive game was your defensive game.

Personally I like to make sure that my portfolio is more defensive than offensive each year.

- no full distructibility - only small cover can be destroyed - vehicles only in some modes (and only 1 vehicle available on helmand)- tdm 12v12 - offensive / defensive killstreak system - movement is much faster than bfbc2

This particular racing game is a little different than there normal type of racing game that the company releases and that is because it is more of a kart racing style game with defensive and offensive power - ups you can use.

I like the ability to change the formation of the ships for offensive or defensive benefits, making the multiple ships on hand more than just eye candy but actually something that improves the game tactically, giving the player more to think about than most games of this type do.

The teams all play identically, with each squad having the same 20 or so offensive plays (about half and half pass and rush) and less than 10 defensive packages altogether.

The setting isn't the only thing that makes The Surge more than just a Dark Souls clone, as the combat, in particular, manages to be even deeper, with some interesting offensive and defensive options.

While both hitting and pitching are simpler and somewhat less exacting than found in the more realistic licensed counterparts, they still require skill, timing and a savvy reading of offensive and defensive options.

They often take more than just gunfire to take down too, meaning you've got to think things through carefully and balance out both offensive and defensive manoeuvres to take them down.

Your teammates will run offensive and defensive strategies that you can program or pick on the fly and respond more believably than they ever have before in a hockey game.

When they had better insights into what elements of play led to more wins better than most of the league, it created an opportunity for Billy Beane and the Oakland A's to create a winning team in the early 2000s that fit their budget with under - valued players by focusing on offensive play and disregarding defensive play, which was less important for winning baseball games.

Campbell: Analogy is generally more successful in silencing objections than in evincing truth, and on this account may more properly be styled the defensive arms of the orator than the offensive.

If allowed, it places the opposing party in a defensive mode, rather than an offensive one, strategically putting that party at a disadvantage.

Some insurers have programs which drivers can choose to take that help them learn «defensive» rather than «offensive» driving habits.

These are more focused battle spaces than anything the story mode provides, with fixed offensive / defensive emplacements that up to four players can make use of to keep the swarming enemies at bay.