Sentences with phrase «side of the ball if»

They'll need to find more offense and clean up a few things on the defensive side of the ball if they plan on staying in the Top - 5 in the Week 3 Power Rankings.

However, the team will need to get back to the drawing board to shore up a few things on the defensive side of the ball if they plan on getting a few more wins before closing out the regular season.

Not exact matches

Sometimes it seems unfair, this incongruity, and I know you often want to feel the wild side of your father, to be thrown in the air, to be curled up in a ball and squeezed, to run through the house as if you are being chased by a roaring lion.

If all the comments on belief blog were a cartoon there would be a Scotsman (not a true one), there would be a straw man on fire, and there would be Hitler (for the Hitler card) and the three of them would be used as tennis balls being batted back and forth between the opposing sides.

If your dough is still sticking to the side of the bowl, add more flour, half a cup at a time, and knead for a minute on medium speed until a ball of elastic, but not sticky, dough forms.

If you find that the dough is on the drier side, add 1 - 2 tbsp of ice cold water and gently incorporate it into the dough using your fingers and try forming the dough ball again.

If you want to make it hard and sliced well, then cook well it it leaves the sides of pan and easily comes together as a ball.

- Cook for about 3 minutes per side (you can gently press each ball down with the back of a spatula to form a thick pancake if it makes things easier.)

Add the balls and fry for 5 - 7 minutes (reduce heat if burning), shifting the pan to turn sides of balls every minute or two to form a golden crust fairly evenly around the balls.

It may, for instance, be 2 a.m. and you'll be trying to extricate him from a smoke - filled party on the Lower East Side, and you just know that if he makes the ten - yard trip across the room to retrieve his jacket, he'll bounce from conversation to conversation with as much chance of making it back to his starting place as a beach ball at a rock concert, meaning there's no way you're leaving for another hour.

And Kossy too should take the blame, all he had to do is stay goal side and not force himself to get in front of Mane... If he was patient enough to just stand his ground instead of trying to nick the ball by getting in front of Mane..

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.

Monreal has really made a difference to the left side Gibbs plays to many balls back and across to the centre backs he is so prone now to get injured he doesent go forward and his defending is woefull can't see him even playing for England again, don't get me wrong I do like him but his game has declined Play him as a sub as Monreal if one of the defenders is injured can fill in like Sagna did CB

That's a satisfying way to go 3 - 9, even if it involved growth on only one side of the ball.

If they can add a bit more on the Offensive side of the ball they could really take the leap and grab the Crown next season.

Have they really been tested on the defensive side of the ball this year and if so, by who?

When you are playing football and you got a high ball to control the slightest touch will push you off it for sure eguaro pushed mustafi but mustafi should have stock his leg out to bring him down or elbowed him in the face well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones period

If you have Mert in front of Schez and OG a bit to the side but also in front of Schez a ball with not enough height doesn't get through 90 % of the time.

Trying to find the silver lining here, and it might be a stretch, but if Mullen now has to spend more time with the offense, maybe he finally goes full hands off on the defensive side of the ball?

Aside from the goal though, he's been one of, if not the best, players on the pitch in the last two games, as his all - round technical quality on the ball is making a huge different for Fernando Santos and his men, and he looks like he is going to relish playing a pivotal role in Guardiola's side next season and beyond.

Can never tell if knj sucked here because he was running under del rio a «defensive guy»... rio never took over play calling on d which tells me rio already had his nose up knjs buttocks a little more than he should, normally coaches that are from one side of the ball take control before they use a guy as an escape goat...

Collins running through the right A gap forced Lynch, if handed the ball on read option, to keep the run front side instead of cutting back.

If you are not elite on both sides of the ball, you're going to show up on these lists twice.

«With Hector, he's such an attack - minded full back, very good on the ball, great passer, that if he learns the defensive side of being a full back — when to go, the positional side, when to tackle, when not to tackle, when to drop off — then he is going to be a top, top full back.

I know quite a bit about Tampa 2 having been a part of the defenses that gave it its name, and one thing I can tell you is that if the quarterback throws the ball up the sideline and there are no other routes to distract the safety to that side, it should be an interception.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

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

But ultimately it all depends on who is on the pitch and if luck is on Arsenal's side, we'd have Santi Cazorla ready to put the ball in the back of the net.

If we try to completely boss the ball and build as slowly as we have been (which is what we'll most likely do because Arsene is stubborn and will refuse to change from the way we played that got a Tennis Score hung on us last time) we'll go out in the 433 with Ramsey and Jack ahead of Arteta, Alexis on one side, a no. 10 on the other, and Welbeck up top.

FC's stats also coincide with our latest fad of letting the other side have possession — defensive stats will «improve» if you only have the ball 30 - 40 % of the time.

Holding said he wants to leave last January so wenger played him and now he's re payed us with giving the ball away over and over again for the first goal and we obviously need a proper defense coz our only central CBs are koscielny n mertesacker so van dijk should of been our first target along side lacazette but wenger thinks monreal n kolansinac are CBs we would of won this game by a lot of goals if we could defend but being cheap won't allow that

, Arsenal is not a charity, Arsenal is a football club trying to to win EPL, not a charity trying to help a player who is overated and useless, he got pay to play a football, not to operate patients and he got 75m a week to be able to pass the ball correctly, never mind score or assist, I get 480 # / week if my confidence is low my boss will give me a kick at back side to sort my self out or the door, we do not have to risk our chance of winning the game for a sake of Ox, bench him, the best player plays, we don't gonna miss is scoring ability or his assist, we will be less frustrated if he is on the bench typical English player!

But let's get one thing straight that does not mean ramsey is a class act etc etc far from it he is bang average and yes wenger is purely playing him becuase of his work rate nothing else, the guy is clumsy, dilly dallys on the ball too often slowing things down if it wasn't for the excellent bellerin the right hand side would be non existent.

Oxy great for runs but lacks ball control if he can work on that side of his game he will be great but we can be nip picking let's say well done to the squad and you have raised your bar now so keep it up CB

Yes we have improved we have become more aware we have started to show some maturity when facing the top dogs and that's the difference between us this season and us getting SMASHED by all of the top teams last season and if you watch football you can see that the city side are not a patch on their former selves nor Liverpool nor even chelski, we are NOT another 49 unbeaten squad not yet and not for a while until the improvements are made, Yea credit where its due of course but lets NOT RUN AWAY WITH THE IDEA WE ARE WORLD BEATERS JUST YET EH, AKB's are the reason we'll never improve as a fan base because they can see NO wrong in anything the board or AW does, Im no AOB but I do see the need for self criticism and improvement and at BIGGUN its not a ridiculous statement at all we have improved but they have also been off the ball and that why we're having a good run.

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

Through balls from Ramsey and Carzola (if he finds his boots) and factor in big Welbeck's turn of speed with Sanchez pulling defenders all over the left side of the pitch and we could (if Wenger doesn't slow it down) have some beautiful attacking / counter attacking football on the horizon.

My argument is if we were as prolific as the other side, such statistics that suggest we are moving the ball around without getting close to put in in the back of the net is unsettling.

The only player I'm ever confident of taking free kicks is Podolski but that's only if the ball is spot on the right side so he can use that cannon of a left foot of his.

I didn't watch the match last night as I was on the field playing I ran my heels off I was in their faces I was angry I got a well - deserved yellow and could have been sent off later on I intercepted a good few balls and assisted with 2 goals and won the match From the highlights and the analysis I understand the Arsenal were weak in midfield the Arsenal needs an enforcer someone just like me a motivator and in the face of the opponents a thorn in the side I also believe MR wenger was at fault we all knew we would be weak in defence the least MR wenger should have had is a strong fresh midfield after all we had a tough encounter with city + traveling why didn't he use Rosciky, Carzola and Campbell On a different note I like chamberland stature he is tall and has pace and energy why not adapt him to the defensive midfield position with clear emphasis to be in the opponents face The arsenal and Mr wenger need to wake up fast now we have this weekend to prepare for Chelsea if we believe we are title contenders

If the Tampa - 2 implodes again this year — injuries or not — would think there's a change made on that side of the ball.

If you do nt have the fast wingers crossing balls in the second option for Giroud is fast balls into him with players either side of him that he can play through an Target man Amc of sorts however once again we do not play this system.

If we get stronger play from the lines on both sides of the ball, we are a much better team by virtue of that fact alone.

Maybe if they had hung out with him at the fishing hole, or watched him heft 120 - pound bales of hay in the summer heat, they would have had a better idea of what side of the ball to put him on.

how many people noticed during the koln game that sanches lost the ball more than 6 times few wont notice cos he was running at defenders and scored a good goal, but believe, me if koln was a good side arsenal would have lost that match due to alexis lost of possession in the middle, i will stick with welbeck, and bring in alex later.

If they can't trade down, then they'll look to help out the defensive side of the ball and then draft a guy like EJ Manuel or Ryan Nassib later on.

Of course, it would help if he could get both sides of the ball fully functioning at oncOf course, it would help if he could get both sides of the ball fully functioning at oncof the ball fully functioning at once.

Ozil needs to be played more centrally if we hope to benefit from his creativity with the ball and Welbeck's first touch is far too sloppy to be played along side Lacazette... we need to find a formation which allows more service to those making runs from the middle of the pitch... Lacazette can not play so much with his back to goal or we're simply playing the same unsuccessful offensive scheme we played with Giroud, who is much better in that type of role... I can only hope we keep Sanchez and purchase a true defensive midfielder then switch to a 4 -4-1-1, which allows us to have Ozil play more centrally with Sead and Sanchez on the left side and Ox and Bellerin on the right, which would stretch defences so much that we could overwhelm most opponents with both runs in behind and overlapping runs out wide

From that POV, it probably wouldn't matter whether it was Thomas Dimitroff (the guy whose neglect of the defense led the team to have to do a complete rebuild in the first place) or some other guy with weakened GM powers, if you devote almost every high value pick for six years to one side of the ball, that side of the ball will probably get better.

If they can sure up the Defensive side of the ball they are going to give lots of Teams issues come later in the season.