Sentences with phrase «other than a defender»

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The problem is our defence and cdm Flamini: always help the other side Arteta: never was the player than we expect him, he injured most of the time, and lost the ball in dangerous situation Per: he is good just in corners but he is lazy and slow Our good defender is just kosc and chambers And also debuchy but we must play with out him aleast 1 month Gibbs and monreal are good players but they are not good defence So we are very delicate in big and important games

This should feel new to allot of our first team other than Ozil Ramsey Wilshere and some defenders.

Lucas on the other hand can be used against the defenders with more pace, as he is far more mobile than Giroud both on and off the ball.

The sad reality is I'd be so excited if we sign a striker and a defender that would be other than Giroud and Mertesacker.

If you've got other scoring options on your team but need a primary ball - handler and perimeter defender, there are a lot worse places to turn than this new card.

He is less aggressive but reads situations better than the two other defenders.

Further, they will start «definitive work» to sign the defender, and their bid to re-sign him is boosted by the fact that if the Spanish international is to leave Arsenal, he would prefer to return to Barca rather than join any other club.

In theory removing a defender may seem a good idea in an attacking sense, though with City as perhaps the only exception, we commit more numbers to our attacks than any other PL team...

However the one thing you should know is that with players getting used to each other, there will be a period of re adjustment and poor results and that is why in my article yesterday I proposed we get a defender that is a smaller ego than those we have but still has age on his side.

I can't think of any other keeper (Neuer maybe) who would think that running 7m to box a cross away is a better option than to let the defender try to do his job alone, and try to save the potential header from a GK position.

When you add in the other factors like take ons and aerial duels to get the total, only the defenders Amavi of Aston Villa and Pieters of Stoke have more than the Gunners midfielder.

to extend this dream, I am going to wish for Ozil to sign a new contract and for us to buy a decent defender, someone other than Evans.

ESPN had him on 7, more than all the other defenders.

He was much faster than our other defenders.

Another defender who hasn't been helped by the ongoing injury crisis, the Argentine international has played more than any other defender for United this year, and suffered badly from being forced to play with a different backline every week.

Other than defense (we only have 6/7 defenders) we could make a decent team out of it.

Sergio Ramos netted on Saturday night in Real Madrid's 3 - 1 victory over Malaga, and a graphic, released by Opta, shows that the Spaniard has now scored more goals than any other defender over the past decade.

Yes Mert is slow and has his faults like all other defenders but he is better than average.

not sure, but if you that's true then it's because we have no other striker than him... soft touches, double passes, hold up play are not great at all for striker... scoring goals from half chances, passing defenders, put fears into them, these are great not yours...

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

His 150 tackles in his first two seasons were more than any other defender in Badgers history.

But Bellerin's attacking qualities are really strong... For a RB he makes intelligent attacking decisions while passing, has no fear in taking defenders on and is blessed with as much rapid pace, if not more, than our other wingers.

We know Wenger thinks that keepers and defenders can have longer careers than other positions, but is Luiz really the answer to our defensive problems?

They haven't figured out their defense with no natural fullbacks stepping up (Hector is just ok, Kimmich looks promising but not there yet and may not end up being a defender anyway) and have no natural striker on the roster other than Gomez, who is now out.

Not buying a good alternative to Coq, not having an other class forward, not having a defender better than Per, not calculating for injuries after all these years are also not the fault of the players but again the fault of the manager.

A defenders peak is later than other positions given it requires less physicality and more experience / game smarts.

Debuchy didn't play any worse than the other defenders today.

He also made more passes than any other player and at a better success rate than all but the defenders.

arsenal as a big and rich club they didn't spent so much money to buy best players in the past years like the other big clubs so this time it is a must that arsenal buys best defender, midfielder and striker and as well keep Sanchez valuing the service that he will be giving next season mote than # 50 m which will also protect him not to play against arsenal at least for the coming season, and who knows after wards..

Welbz, however, possesses more attributes of a winger than Ramsey — played there (against his wishes) for multiple years with united, will stay wide and provide balance, will run at his his defender, will be another person in the box at the far post should Giroud miss the first ball — versus where Ramsey is on the complete other side of the field or at the first post or central channel in front of Giroud; has the pace and will look to run onto the end of balls from Mesut or Alexis.

Other than bellerin i do nt want to see a single senior squad defender in that XI we simply can not afford to risk it.

His game is too one - sided (too slow, can not take on defenders others than in the air, needs too much time to shoot, slows our game down) and he misses too many chances in big moment.

-- Mertesacker behind Mustafi and Koscielny: He is very slow, but I think he can read the game better than the other two defenders and has different style of defending.

Wenger must be ready to play players on their right positions other than stick out them all out of position in order to accommodate his favourites... i once said that Wenger is a manager who would go as far as playing a defender as a striker just to accommodate his favourites and was thumbed down.

i don't see any sense in the article apart from promoting england players by the way people on here praise the ox but none realises that his final product ends in the hands of the defenders after exciting us with he runs in to defenders, i don't mean to say he's bad but i'd prefer him in the middle because there he makes runs and shoot on sight other than in the wings where he hardly create a thing... put campbell, Sanchez and walcot in the wings.

I think gmv8 is right, there is something sinister going on behind the scenes, the way the team played today wasn't just usual wenger's fault, yes his time is up and he needs to retire but i think there is more to the team than we know, players weren't communicating with each other on the pitch, they weren't caring about the game at all, at one of the goals i saw ramsey was talking to another player and not giving a damn about the game at all, there is some internal crisis between players, some probably hate each other, the defenders and the midfield lost the ball too much that it seemed they are doing it deliberately, some players seem to want out but not gone yet that makes me think they want out not because of money or the club but because they hate each other, specially Ox and Sanchez!!

Arsenal plan to utilize him as a defender coach after he retires, but I think Arsenal need other defender coach with better ideas than Bould and Mertesacker.

Few bad controls... Missed 1 glorious chance... But he is better off the ball than Giroud who can take defenders with him which can make space for others... We need 3 - 4 quality players..

Other than Ashley Williams, we should sign one defender from Watford.

During defending other than 4 defenders 5 will be available.

Ospina is yet to concede, I don't care weather he wasn't tested, who knows may be he organize and talk to his defenders more than the other guy.

Though his ranking is technically only No. 2 in this statistical category, Houston has converted a whopping 30 more free throws than any of the top 23 other players in the country, a good indication of the success he has had fooling defenders.

We just need the finishing touch with a striker who scares defenders and perhaps one or two players who score 12 — 20 goals other than the striker (Iwobi?

We lack ambition at Arsenal we are the big club that is desperate for the title more than others but we are not showing hunger in our business, We have a scouting that is very poor as we have wasted a lot of Money on the wrong Sanchez is the only great player we have bought for decades, Ozil buy was mistake we had carzorla the we wanted a striker, we wssted money on xhaka, Elneny, chambers, welbeck, mustafi and finally in lacazette he lacks height and physicality to thrive in epl you saw yesterday he was suffocated by Chelsea defenders he did not look a threat at all, but hey let's blame Kreonke for paying the highest wage bill in Europe for Deadwoods... pooor management poor Arsenal what do you expect

If something / someone (other than a player) touches a ball going into the goal, the referee can award the goal if the ball goes in the goal and the touch had no impact on the defenders (unless in opponents» goal)

Other than that, props to him for bringing on more defenders and NOT attackers yesterday.

Other than that he is 1 of our best defenders and players.

Chapman is an incredible defender, no doubt, but he's thrown some balls to 1st that were off - line enough that most other 1st baseman probably wouldn't have caught them............... Yeah, I don't think the White Sox are quite as bad as they looked in Monday night's game, but I think they're lucky they play in the AL Central, which more times than not, is the weakest division in the AL..

We on the other hand sold 2 of our defenders and brought in replacements, this isn't to say that they will be worse than our defense last year our Chelsea's defense this year but to go out on a limb and say our defense is better than Chelsea's isn't a sensible claim to make.

Mahrez on the other is a better dribbler than lemar and can cause more harm to defenders.