Sentences with phrase «passing up the pitch»

Our passing up the pitch is sloppy and we have a tendency to lose the ball before we a chance to bring the to ball to the box.

As you can see from this image, As Liverpool are trying to apply pressure to the Swansea defensive line following a direct pass up the pitch the front three have bunched centrally and are unable to provide width should the ball be brought under control by a Liverpool player.

Not exact matches

While defending, after we win the ball deep, there is no one to pass the ball to other than the striker, who is high up the pitch and also isolated.

If it makes him run much faster up and down the pitch, and shoot and score instead of trying to make needless passes that he knows will not end up in a goal especially when he's just outside the box, then YES give him the bloody shirt.

Yes you can dribble, pass the effing ball and get it up the pitch.

Arsenal's attack has been ineffective for most of the season so - far, slow and useless horizontal passing, no penetrating runs from attackers, and our defenders push wayyy to high up the pitch to try to facilitate the attack leaving acres of space for counter attacking teams to exploit.

We need to learn that if you can not pass to anyone then get the ball as far up the pitch as possible not fart around as Mustafi did and not pass without looking as Kos did.

For example, tight intricate exchange of passes, probing and control high up the pitch.

Further up the pitch, Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is likely to be passed fit to start the game and Theo Walcott is set to make the bench for the big clash.

Last year they were not pass - minded, but if Gus decided to loosen them up by pitching more — look out, opposition!

The game passed them by when at 1 - 0 it needed someone to take the reigns and lead vocally on the pitch no one stepped up.

Coq closed him off, blocked any pass he could have made and the big guy after a 50/50 body check had to give up and turn back up the pitch.

Deep - Lying Playmaker Operates in the space between the defence and the midfield, and aims to initiate attacking moves through pinpoint passes to players positioned higher up the pitch.

Yes they will, and it will be because of the next: Primary tasks of any DM: take out the opponent's playmaker or secondary striker move the ball around when your own playmaker isn't close or further up the pitch drop deep between the central defenders to provide another passing option

He will not venture high up the pitch because his slow running back acceleration and poor long distance pace will let him down, he most often pass the ball long and too quickly, this is also a problem for arsenal in a sense that he does not come out with the ball and allow his players enough time to take up better position.

Liverpool bought a donkey in Mario Balo, they just seem to be playing no striker with him on the pitch, no link up, poor passing, no effort, can't score, can't assist.

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 instinct is to join in further up the pitch, get a few forward passes going and try to weigh in with a few goals.

We need to press higher up the pitch and not wait for our opponents to settle, organize themselves and pass our «DM» for us to start defending, and when we have the ball, we need to have atleast two players (the Striker) and another midfielder willing to make runs in the box.

Hector had moved high up the pitch in anticipation of a pass from Ramsey.

Now he's playing higher up the pitch, but just playing useless passes when he is so much better than that.

Cazorla is now a vital cog in the way Arsenal play and he links both ends of the pitch together and sets the tempo with his passing, whether it is the simple stuff to keep us ticking or the defence splitting pass that sets up chances.

«In a normal game that was a great ball; pass to your teammate, go up the pitch.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

I have time and again said I do not understand what ramsey's role in the midfield is — Xhaka does not have pace and does not WANT to tackle (which is good because the moment he does we will be a man down)-- so why is then Ramsey bombing up the pitch — because everytime Xhaka misplaces a pass the opposition will easily outpace him and run straight at the defence.

When our passing game clearly wasnt working and dortmund was pressing us so high up the pitch why did nt we just tell welbeck and sanchez to run down the channels and hit diagonals to exploit the space behind their back 4.

I don't care where the club ends up by the end of that season, but I do know that I won't be as frustrated with the way they play on the pitch as I have been for at least four years now, since their failing tika - taka side pass, back pass style of football became too obvious.

which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course

Slowing the game down with back passes when we needed to speed it up, losing the ball for no reason and always leaving the back 4 exposed by running after the PSG midfielders when they had the ball because he was too for up the pitch.

This current Arsenal team has a bunch of players who play basic football (pass to whoever is free and run your ass up and down the pitch), completely no vision, they are not aware of their surronding and just switch off when they do nt have ball at their feet.

All the other players had their back to goal headed back down pitch to set up defending, while Alexis saw the back pass to the keeper and pounced.

say what you want, but ozil bulking up during his injury sez alot to me about how this guy wants to succeed, the speed of his decisions, the weight of his passes, the split second creativity, this guy is amazing, he is not flashy, but he is very unselfish on the pitch

Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield

Another key thing we realised is Xhaka has got to start alongside santi, don't get me wrong Coq was okish but the boy can't pass to save his life and for some reason drifts up the pitch quite frequently iv noticed that in every game that he's played.

THe Spaniard has completed more passes but Ozil is second and his tend to be further up the pitch.

This was full on defending in our area, not having to defend as a team higher up the pitch, but those challenges will still come with other teams that want to pass the ball.

A striker like Giroud allows your team to get up the pitch, sometimes regardless of the quality of the passes he is getting, because of his presence.

In his last three starts, the 24 - year - old has averaged 53 touches and has managed to get on the ball all over the pitch, suggesting he's been more than willing to offer himself up for a pass in each third.

We kicked off the day on the Academy's amazing outdoor pitches and you will never guess who turned up... Andre Wisdom, how cool, he even passed on some useful tips for use on the pitch and how he progressed through the Academy.

When you don't have the ball, you aggressively press high up the pitch to force misplaced passes (remember how the team did this in the first games of last season).

It summed up his knack of finding himself in the heart of the action, registering four key passes - more than anyone else on the pitch - and also putting in a real shift defensively, making more tackles than any of his team - mates (4).

As the above graphic shows, with an average of 106.9 passes per 90 minutes in Serie A this season, Jorginho thrives in taking responsibility for constructing his side's passing moves, often receiving the ball deep in his own half and linking with colleagues to move Napoli up the pitch.

His control of possession and incisive passing would complement Neustädter's defensive role, allowing more license for the forward line to push further up the pitch.

The midfielder set up three decent chances and had the most touches of anyone on the pitch, with Murphy adding: «His passing looks very nice and he has a determination to get back and retrieve the ball so there is a nice balance to his game.»

Positionally he looked much better than in previous matches and made a couple of good cross field passes but he'll still be looking to impose himself in matches more, both in regaining possession and breaking lines going up the pitch.

He cushions the pass with his left foot, pirouetting on the ball like a figure skater setting up for a spectacular finale, and slides the ball up the pitch with the outside of his right foot.

Here we have two players, gifted passers, sure, but slow as molasses and generally occupying the same space on the pitch, working a two man lateral passing game, rather than moving the ball up the pitch, forming triangles with the wingers or overlapping full backs.

He is scoring goals but more important is the work that he is putting in elsewhere on the pitch; getting involved in link up play, holding and passing well and heading away almost every opposition corner.

It has a far higher chance of ending up in the back of the net than any other pass on the pitch, essentially.

Deeply agree with you guys, where is Arsenal team we used to watch???? Where in the world is it???? Really really desapointed.I think this is the worse Arsenal team Ive ever seen.i know these guys are talented but may be AW worship them so much as stars so that they spend their time with Chicks and do nt have the force to fight on the pitch anymore.No encouragement from the coach, nor the assistant.Arsenal only thinks about making money, forcing the fans to support these young players, focusing on the idea of producing stars and sell them afterward but not buying stars to win games.I was really pssd off when I watch the Liverpool game agst hull city, Both teams were so alive and all strong during the game, fast play, pass accuracy, dynamism, combativity, never give up minded on evry single minute they fought for the ball.ManU had a draw today but You could see that they were fighting till the end.I do nt know WHAT DID WE DO TO WIN AGST MANU AND CHELSKI?????.