Sentences with phrase «players on the ball»

Passes are misplaced, runs mistimed, we lose the ball very easy and the player on the ball has no options to pass to.

Although Flamini is not the greatest player on the ball, his presence in the midfield allows the other midfielders more freedom to commit to the attacks while at the same time not exposing us on the counter.

He will also often have to track the player on the ball as opposed to players making runs — this means less diagonal coverage which obviously adds to distance covered.

Chelsea have better players on the ball than Arsenal.

This was needed to slow down Louisville as they had a fast player on the ball that our normal scheme would be a touch slow for.

There are approximately two players on the ball at any given time, and 20 who are not.

I'm starting to believe there are some people here who have a crush on Xhaka want to brain wash others with his display regardless good or bad and today he was clearly terrible and made two fatal mistakes and if compared to Elneny the later made the 1st goal assist and almost not one touch wrong on the ball despite the few back and side passes which were necessary against a team playing zone defense intimidating any Arsenal player on the ball

Wenger appears to recognize that a team requires a good player on the ball in the DM pos, if you look at pre gazidis era then we see Wenger had made sure we had quality in those roles.

The Brazilian defensive midfielder is solid in his tacking and has the ability to pass and beat players on the ball.

Unlike his Dutch adversary, Klopp may not be a manager who seeks victory through smothering opponents with possession but he too requires a certain level of slickness from his players on the ball and coherency from his team as a group in order for his own tactics to be effective rather than wasteful and chaotic.

Too often there was no movement to give options to the player on the ball, just resulting in sideways passes.

When the opposition have set their midfield platform Liverpool will press the player on the ball in defensive triangles using the Center Forward, Central Midfielder and Wide Attacker to close down the space.

They will pressure in boxes and triangles in order to close midfield space, with 1 player looking to press the player on the ball and the other 3 forming a triangle to close the channels.

Often Chelsea had two players on the ball in possession when Tottenham were in the final third.

«He is a fantastic player on the ball, very technical,» said Aquilani's former team - mate and one - time Liverpool man John Arne Riise.

«Sam's game - plan is always to defend as a team — but, just like we do with Iceland, he will want to have Gylfi and the other creative players on the ball in the final third as much as possible,» said Bergsson.

Not exact matches

Taylor said the Assistant Coaches Program, one of several league initiatives aimed at finding former players work, was established to help players fine - tune their skills, make connections, and, hopefully, find work on the other side of the ball.

On the other hand, if the major studios drop the ball and successful new studios never materialize, we could lose out in one of the few creative tech industries where Canada is a real player.

On Wednesday, Lonzo Ball's younger brothers, LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, landed in Lithuania along with family patriarch LaVar Ball to begin their careers as professional basketball players with their new team, Prienu Vytautas.

Cameron Bancroft, the player caught who was caught trying to rough up the ball with some yellow tape on the field during the Third Test against South Africa in Cape Town last weekend, has been banned for nine months.

If a professional football player fumbles the ball, he needs to get that play out of his mind so he can concentrate on the next play.

As an inexperienced player, the only feel you may experience on the golf course is the feel of the sand under your feet after you've put another ball into the trap.

Although that team doesn't not have as many star players as our side, they beat us on the admittedly widely held but elusive principle that sharing the ball leads to more goals (and better defense) than impressive dribbling or individuality.

At the CyberNet Expo in San Franciso earlier this summer, members of the adult industry gathered on the Friday night for a «Players Ball.»

That's a fine argument, except that plenty of other players have been handed the ball on the 1 only to run into a wall.

In addition to the usual players (carrots, onions, celery), this loaded take on traditional matzo ball soup also features fennel and kale for a hearty, healthful bowl.

He also isn't afraid to challenge a player one - on - one and also doesn't lose the ball as often as he keeps the ball close to his feet and has a low centre of gravity.

After less than a season of Class A ball at Modesto, Calif., Reggie went on to Double A Birmingham at a time when black players were housed separately from white players, an injustice that Reggie took with quiet equanimity.

Coquelin's defending is excellent.In fact i've watched many DM's Arsenal have been linked and he's better than some of them defensive wise.How many top DM's will keep the likes of Silva, Coutinho and Modric (12/13) quiet throughout a match?It takes top defending to do that.His biggest problem is that he's not adventurous and doesn't hold the ball with authority.It's just that I feel he's not given the appreciation he deserves.He's a good squad player to have and when on form can do well against top teams.

Another beautiful thing about our B2B choice is that they all have experience at playing wide at one point or another, depending on what side the ball is at they could adapt in real time to becomming a wide player for periods.

Depending on form, they are all viable B2B players who will put their foot in and happy to have the ball at their feet.

many players had chances normally its a score in all arsenal matches arsenal put up a good fight arsenal keep a high percentage of the ball with high number of passes attaching regularly with many chances on target go begging These chances got to score on the board We are coming into a an important hard busy period were we will need to be in form running on all cylinders

he and Cazorla are a partnership that consists of 2 short players, both slow on the ball and Le Coq leaves the back 4 too exposed.

Yes it has played a part but, for example, there is nothing unlucky about allowing both Wayne Rooney and Angel Di Maria easy one on one chances against your keeper or having a keeper who allows himself to get taken out by his own player because he didn't claim the ball.

He loves playing us, because he knows if they play with physicality and crowd the 18 yard area, we will just pass the ball around with no real penetration or threat but 70 % possession and the wait for an opportunity to hit us on the counter, All teams know that if you frustrate our passing style then we are vulnerable.A trait of all recent wenger teams.Hughes as a player was a stylish bruiser and thats how his team are set up.

As for Giroud, he's really not cut to be an Arsenal striker coz I've never seen him running with the ball and taking on opposition players and score a goal ala Henry.

The bold player will hit for the right side of the green on his second and try to draw the ball from right to left.

That being said Wenger was right to move him on, we would do well do the same with Theo, a player I use to love but seems to have lost his edge, doesn't play to his strenght (his pace) and lacks a good final ball.

He is the ideal player for us: very efficient on the RW, great work rate and attitude to recover the ball and he is about the only player who has the potential to replace our unique Santi in a few years.

there is no doubt that we need a midfielder with the ability to dribble, fast but having a good players is not only enough, hard training for stamina, strength as a team to continuously press on the opponents not to give them time and space to settle and win the ball, go fast to the goal destabilize the defense, fiercely fight around the goal to create a space and shoot on goal with the strong power and on target needed and wenger also has to be hard and serious for the accomplishment of this.as we have seen with such a spirit even with the defence all reserve we won FA CUP

Per is very slow, I wish he was faster atimes but ppl under rate him a lot and please football is not all about pace; Per plays with his brains and we tend to applaud players who play with more aggression unfortunately he doesn't; I will use an eg, if it was Per marking Hazard instead of Koscielny in d build up to the chelsea penalty, he would have probably gone backwards trying to stay on d right side of hazard so he doesn't shoot and narrowing d angle so that our goalie easily picks up d ball, that's how Per plays and to me that's subtle but intelligent option in that scenario but that style of play doesn't get plenty credit.

I know those are big boots to fill, and there isn't many players on the planet who we believe is ready to take over from Santi, but we need someone who could potentially do it, and I see Barkley as a player who can find some amazing balls and dictate play on a good day, and maybe (just maybe) Arsene Wenger could get a consistent tune out of him.

The guy had a great game v west ham but his ego lets him down, but Wenger his comments on the defensive cock ups, it is the same comments on all the losses so surely he needs to rectify the prob Number one drop the BF German that can't head a ball can't run he is a liability every time he puts on the shirt even Debuchy jumps higher than him Gibbs can't defend he is a nice guy but not first choice L Back Chocqelen has proved he is a good player that can get better what we need is an Ozil type midfielder that has more guts to play good balls through to runners not high balls that you hope will find a target So a defender that can defend a left back and a midfielder and then look out enough is enough on what the problems are If the car won't run right you Fix it Wenger now is the time to FIX it CB

High work rate players in midfield and attack for 70 + minute a game (when not on the ball), Sanchez, Welbeck, Cazorla and Coquelin and Elneny.

Iwobi recked my head last night he was weak and misplaced many passes he cant seem to control the ball its always running away from him he should not be in the middle in the middle you need good ball controllers with good eyes for passes long and short on the ground and above the ground >> > waterford yesterday were on top of us with no space giving to our players and we were scattered all over the place with no vision or leader ship too goals in the space of 3 minuets ok the first goal was a fluke but come on the second one???? and thats all what it takes to loose a match many times this season we cant play when the opposition seats in our face we have no cohesion or understanding we crumble away we need to start the game together as a unit a compact unit

benteke is begging for the ball in created space, on our key build ups giroud was left behind the mids in useless territory, so much skill, just tends to link w defensive players instead of in space, if he does not score this match, and i hope he does!

On another note he's given some balls that are forward players (except Sanchez) haven't been able to finish.

An anchor man is expected to provide cover for the back four, hang back win balls and the pass it on to the more creative players to contribute to the attacks.

the reason Wenger allways play Ramsey because he on giroud is the only players who make them self available inside the box the rest like to stand outside waiting for the ball

Against West Ham he went to intercept a Hammer on the wing near the corner flag and in a dangerous position for a cross, he closed the player down but whe a West Ham player arrived behind him and an Arsenal player was closing from his right he dropped back to cover the pass to the 2nd West Ham player instead of trying to win the ball.