Sentences with phrase «possession games last»

The team also won all five of its single - possession games last year.

Not exact matches

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

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.

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 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.

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.

But I have been saying the same thing about Sanchez since last season, his first game in the Charity shield and then that game against Villa earlier last season when he played striker, I noticed that he was so poor in possession and can't link up play with his team mates, he has the worst passing for a player of his calibre..

Before a 13 - 6 win over UConn on Saturday, Holtz's Bulls had lost eight of their last nine one - possession games.

With the Rams facing a third - and - 1 on what was going to be their last real possession of the game with only 3:15 left in regulation, they decided to try to take a shot deep.

Against Man United last night, it was yet another of those games were Arsenal get loads of possession, but sloppy defensive lapses gift the whole three points to their opponents.

Last two games we were better at face offs likely due to Beagle and our possession is somewhere around 60/40

Very good game for the team but I don't think Villa is the kind of team to measure our progress, they are the worst team in possession out of all the teams, their average possession for this season together with last season is about 28 %.

Arsenal were second best all through last night's game at Crystal Palace, despite all our possession.

Out of form players include Ramsey (trying to be the worlds best player it seems, too many flick, wasting possession) Wilshere (too much dribbling and always wanting to do 1 - 2 everytime in opposition box) Ox (no 1 good game in 8 isn't good enough) Welbeck (not getting in goall scoring postion isn't wanting to make runs to receive passes) Cazorla (too many chances missed in last 5 games, alsmost all from the same position) Flamini (is not making enough tackles and isn't commanding the midfied) Mertesacker (Has lost positional awareness, reacting late to situations) Scszesny (can't make 3,4 or 5 good saves in a match, maximum is always 2) Monreal (although not really since he isn't a CB)

look wengerball is merely a concept borrowed from total football of the dutch, tiki taka from barca, an it does nt work if your missing key pieces as we always are.it had its time an it does not work anymore, possession football with no end product is why we looked rubbish last two seasons except the odd game - an i do stress odd,

Atleast in the early part of last season, we saw an Arsene Wenger that was willing to go into games with a pragmatic approach, closing out games with 1 - 0 leads and lesser possession stats!

And now some of our curent players know this too, I read the Cazorla article here where he said we have to be smart in some games... Our victory against ManCity last season was planned by the players... Our team in my opinion should either play pressing football (as we did against UTD at home) or be pragmatic... possession footbal now is not really working for us

I hope we don't try to play the defensive game because they are dangerous in and around our box, they were unlucky not to score one or two more goals in the first leg at Emirates and if they find their confidence with home advantage and their fans getting behind them it could be curtains for us, i don't think they will allow us the same space as they did last week so lets take the game to them early and keep the ball in their half with high possession,

This was Arsenal biggest problem last season, at times in game the entire Arsenal team went back to defend hence occupying a very small portion of the pitch allowing the opposition team the entire pitch and complete control of possession.

In their last two games City have come out of the blocks fast, dominated possession and played the other team off the park in comfortable wins oh wait.

Last Saturday's hosts ended the game with 51 % possession, which was a consequence of them controlling the game in the second 45 minutes and playing with the massive confidence they gained after Moussa Sissoko halved the deficit in the 48th minute.

It is also useless for them to play if they can only get the ball possession after the opponent defends in the last twenty minutes of the game.

If you assess the last 10 games Arsenal have lost at home, it was about dangerous possession for the teams who won.

Bell was suspended for the first three games of last season (later reduced to two) for a violation of the policy on substances of abuse after he was arrested for marijuana possession and DUI in the summer of 2014.

The Heisman Trophy winner ran through a Kansas City defense that struggled for most of the season, and he put the game on ice with a couple more first downs in the last three minutes that kept the Chiefs from getting another offensive possession.

Watching last nights game was painful by the fact that we were constantly harassed and pressed by a hard working and skilful Dortmund side who played to their strengths of pressuring Arsenal to relinquish possession and when the had it, they broke at pace and in numbers in a direct, rapier like manner.

Nine of Denver's 12 regular season wins came in one - possession games — the last Super Bowl winner to survive that many close calls before the playoffs had even started was the 1986 Giants — and whether or not those escape acts are a testament to the defending champs» merit or a qualifier to it is in the eye of the beholder.

However, since she began working with King in May 1989, she has acquired a new self - possession and a new grasp of her game, not to mention a record ninth Wimbledon singles title, which she won last summer.

The Tigers, who were 3 — 7 last season, have started 4 — 0, including a 42 — 28 win over Branson on Sept. 14; in that game Republic scored TDs on its first six possessions.

As seen in the pre-season friendly against Middlesborough last weekend, Di Matteo's side looked comfortable in possession in the first half and patiently built play from the back while dominating the tempo of the game.

In OT, Team Rhum ran the clock down for one last possession and Marin Kukoc would get to the rim and score the biggest bucket of the night, to earn Team Rhum the comeback W and a spot in the Championship Game!

Before the last play of the game, Homestead calls a timeout as they do have possession and the QB throws a TD pass so they can get on the scoreboard.

Its not just that Malone refused to play through Jokic half of the season but he's terrible in game coach, can't draw anything, he lost tons of games when he wasn't able to draw a shit for the last ball possession, even that game against Minnesota, was all luck, freaking Barton every time.

Despite Chicago closing the game in possession of the football, bettors likely didn't feel any comfort until the clock read «0:00» after seeing last week's Monday night debacle.

It's funny how for all our domination of possession in games, we always find a way to concede avoidable goals... our last 4games have been testament to this ugly trend.

He only lost 0.8 possessions per game in his last season at Juventus.

Watching the game last night, we were once again ponderous in possession, making life easy for Newcastle's defensive unit.

There are many things he has done really well in the last couple of games and throughout this season — that composure, calmness, level - headedness, strong aerially, concentration, winning the ball back and passing to team mates that exudes calm under heavy pressure, anticipating danger and cutting them out in advance, not giving away possession cheaply that may have cost the team, seeing good opportunities to quickly release team mates in forward positions from the back line, etc..

It is well known that when Leicester won the Premier League last season they recorded less overall possession than the opposition in many games.

Pochettino has always favoured a more possession - based game in contrast to Conte's Italian love for the Catenaccio and thus used his three - man last line of defense rather differently.

Even during each of the games we lost, we controlled possession for long periods and Cardiff's players strike me as so good that this shouldn't happen as regularly as I saw it happen last season.

Keeping possession is extremely important for the boss, and he was caught swearing at his players during the last minutes of the game at Napoli, angry with them for sending aimless long balls directly to the opposition.

Rider, already suspended for Friday night's season opener because he missed the team's final exhibition game last Sunday, said after yesterday's practice that he was only sitting in someone else's car and that the police did not find anything in his possession.

Bournemouth have an attacking philosophy which is reflected in their stats: they are mid table with 12 shots per game, they try to own possession against smaller teams and have 50 % on average this season, they are 8th in passing success rate with 81 %, they are second to last in aerial duels with just 12 per game... they are 19th in tackles, 16th in interceptions, they are 8th in dribbles, and 3rd in drawing fouls.

Chelsea lost the majority of their games last season despite dominating the play and possession.

72 % — Liverpool have averaged 72 % possession over their last three Premier League games versus Burnley.

While Leganes» mini-stretch didn't last long - Barcelona were quickly back to controlling the game through possession, but with the healthy lead there was little urgency in their play — as if they were already conserving energy before a difficult trip to Rome.

As this is a game where we will dominate possession and dictate play the French star will have a lot of freedom to venture forward and perhaps add to his brace from the Manchester derby last weekend.

Leicester won the league last year in a manner where they invariably had less possession than the opposition during games.