Sentences with phrase «side of the ball especially»

There are some serious threats on the offensive side of the ball especially when they add Barkley in the mix.

Not exact matches

«The deal makes a lot of sense for a number of reasons, especially with Amazon's local physical footprint already established on the AWS side of the house,» Ball said in a news statement.

Despite their wealth of talented prospects, the Timberwolves have struggled over the past few seasons — especially on the defensive side of the ball.

Poor officiating decisions been this way all year the officials are performing terribly poor finishing been this way all year laca will do better next year auba is to new to the club and epl he is finding how mich effort you need the hard way he should of scored and that is a blatant foul on mustafi people keep saying he put his hands up when he was hit, well that is the natural reaction when back pedaling eyes on ball and someone plants there feet and pits a shoulder in your back your arms come up its nature but we suffered again from poor finishin i do nt care what sport that is high action especially football and hockey of you do nt finish your chances you create when on top the other side most likely will when they get theres its been ou achilles heel this year we.cant kill games because we have missed our created.chances

While the Cardinals do present some interesting challenges, especially on the defensive side of the ball, the Bears want this one more.

Clearly there will always be awkwardness on the offensive side of the ball in these pairings, but I'm suddenly more encouraged that he could really play that defensive «4» to amazing success (especially given who will be having his back in the paint).

Florida showed the strength of their arms in the series opener, virtually silencing an LSU side that has demonstrated deep ball power all year — and especially here in Omaha.

However, Wilshere is clearly adding discipline, awareness, tackling and a great long range passing ability to his game and it might be a good idea for the Gunners to make use of that a bit more, especially in games against the weaker sides when we dominate the ball.

After a 5 - 11 season, Chicago is in sore need of a turnaround, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

More recently, it has been a case of incompetence in the defensive side of our game, we've tried to take the game to Chelsea and go guns blazing which put us at danger every time we lost the ball on the counter attack especially as we used to play a ridiculously high line.

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

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

However, that side of the ball needs plenty of help too, especially if Wilks switches over to a 4 - 3.

It was clear from Day 1 that David Beaty's first team in Lawrence would have little on either side of the ball, especially offense.

with the way chelsea play expect alot of those side passes trying to build up before us losing the ball and yes them counter attacking in the speed of light especially when bellerin and saed are bombing forward and the pass gets intercepted and they have to run from one end of the field to the other i have seen it to many times!!

I wasn't getting butthurt because Alabama was flagged, I was just just trying to note that UTSA had some pretty solid coaches on the defensive side of the ball (especially for a D2 program) who presumably worked with Davenport.

Even with the likes of Ozil, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, and Jack Wilshere distributing the ball, there has seemed to be a paucity of creative spark in the Arsenal side, especially when these big - name players have been absent or when opponents have been willing to put eleven men behind the ball.

Arsenal, on the other hand, have struggled to figure out the right balance, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

This can especially be a problem for Van Dijk if the rest of the side is struggling — in the same way a frustrated forward may drop ever deeper when his side struggles on the ball, Van Dijk can push ever higher up the pitch if the players ahead of him are struggling to influence the game.

For a couple of years now, this crave for a young, skillful wide playmaker (preferably left sided) has dated way back to the exits of Robert Pires (& Alex Hleb) from the club but following Samir Nasri's sparkling start to his Arsenal career, a sense of reassurance filled the Emirates with the ball at his feet, especially in his cracking third season.

There are plenty of players who can ping the ball around the pitch, especially against a side as defensive as Galati who hardly sent anyone upfield to put pressure on the ball in the areas where Rooney received it, but how many can unlock defences in the way Rooney can, score spectacular goals or just make things happen in the final third?

I wear a hat as much as possible to keep the sun off my face, especially since I'm on the side lines of t - ball games, soccer games, and swim lessons everyday!

On the debit side, the four - cylinder engine isn't exactly a ball of fire, and the plastic in the cabin feels somewhat downmarket (especially along the top of the doors and on top of the dash).

With many of the new additions, Madden NFL 25 is a dream for fans of the series, especially those fans of the offensive side of the ball.