Sentences with phrase «strong defensive line»

I said in my «3 players key to a Spurs victory» that Fazio could be able to stop Aguero, or at least keep a strong defensive line.

This is based upon a very strong defensive line, and a hardworking midfield.

Michigan loses only two starters on defense — defensive tackle Maurice Hurst and linebacker Mike McCray — and Chase Winovich's return will boost an already strong defensive line.

Despite the opposition consistently pushing forward to attempt to get some points on the board, the opposition struggled to break through a strong defensive line.

OSU returns an experienced quarterback, its leading rusher, three 200 - yard receivers, six offensive linemen with starting experience, most of a strong defensive line, and, perhaps as importantly, both coordinators.

We have had games where in with just some tactical discipline like keeping a strong defensive line we could have easily won..

When it clicks and you have the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in full flow but also functioning as parts of a well oiled machine, the Gunners have the ability to breach any defence and with a strong defensive line and midfield players who can control a game, there are the ingredients in north London to make a title winning team.

Despite the fact that Arsenal have a much stronger defensive line - up now available and have proved that we can defend well, not conceding a single goal in the three Premier League games before the derby loss, Arsene Wenger accepts that the Gunners can not just sit back.

Assuming that we get no new injuries this week (and Koscielny doesn't suffer a relapse with France), we should have our strongest defensive line - up in place once Bellerin is restored to the line - up.

Not exact matches

There is a lot of depth in the defensive line, which, if properly applied in a strong pass rush, could relieve some of the pressure on the secondary.

The Falcons should have a strong defense with a good returning nucleus on the defensive line and Mixon at free safety.

The secondary is helped by a defensive line that Tariq Bracy calls «big and strong,» and features 235 - pound senior defensive tackle Bryle Canlas, 260 - pound junior Mozes Gurrola, among others.

we've a strong midfield and lots of options in the forward line which affords him the luxury of doing so, mustafi is a different case though due to the defensive crisis we're having with koscielny the only experience cb fit to play so it was a no brainer to throw him in from the start.

«I played across the line from this defensive tackle who was big, strong and tough,» says Brooks.

So, Fairley or no Fairley, St. Louis's front four was going to be strong, but a defensive line, no matter how talented it is, can not alone lift a team to a winning record — or, in the Rams» case, a winning record for the first time in more than a decade.

The 24 - year - old reacted well to pounce for his side's winning goal, and from then on he led a strong defensive display to keep out one of the most deadly front lines in the country.

The 3rd line I view as being more of a strong defensive group with offensive capabilities.

Cech was expected to reinforce the Arsenal back line, to make the defensive aspects of the team much stronger.

He pointed out that we had too many defensive midfielders wanting to bomb forward and leaving space behind for potential counter attack, and if you read between the lines and use it as a source of info for analysis, you can clearly see he is implying we need to be stronger in the midfield by not losing ball possession, pressing more when we don't have the ball and not let ourselves exposed.

«We are talented, our quarterback is going to be good as always, and our line, both offensive and defensive, is very strong.»

and we have the same defensive line up... more or less... that was completely fragile against teams that are now stronger... seems to me theres a fine line between optimistic and delusional

As for the line - up, it is a bit defensive and IMO, the front three is not strong enough... Iwobi has a big task on his young shoulders today, lets see if he swim and not drown.

James said that the offensive line noticed familiar protections and calls watching last weeks» tape of Arkansas and the Gamecocks, where he noted that South Carolina's effort in the defensive front looked its strongest all season.

While there may still be a lack of depth, adding Walker and Mendy to the starting line - up will undoubtedly make them a stronger side, with the duo fitting the bill in terms of what Guardiola requires from his full - backs with their defensive qualities coupled with the pace and energy to get up and down the flanks.

Missouri's defensive line has also been strong — with star end Markus Golden back from injury, the Tigers held South Carolina's Mike Davis and Brandon Wilds to 4.7 yards per carry two weeks ago — but Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo might still get enough production from his running game to set Hutson Mason up with some easy throws.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Dave Gettleman is an old - school NFL executive who values winning in the trenches with strong offensive and defensive lines.

Behind the strength of the defensive line, De La Salle's defensive redemption will get help from a strong group of players in the secondary that includes juniors Tre White and Elijah Short, along with seniors Antoine Custer and Andrew Hernandez.

The Wolverines had one of the nation's best defenses last season and returned almost everyone to the defensive line and secondary — their two strongest defensive units.

Elsewhere on the defensive line, the defensive tackles had a strong day, as did defensive end Chris Smith, who the team traded for this year.

Milan will find it hard tonight against a well constructed team like Napoli, with a deadly attack with Higuain, Callejon or Insigne, and a strong and compacted defensive line.

then I strongly recommend your idea.Look at ManU, they are also opting the same tactics that you recommend but take a look at the vivacity and the dynamism of every ManU players on the pitch.They all attack together and defend together, and I beleive that you have also noticed this on ManU.If we want this line up to happen again then this is exactly the way that all Arsenal players should behave on the pitch.Defend together up fron the centre and attack together (Like sagna and Clichy do to back the wing upfront) And we had this line up during the startin of the season but our players were not strong enough to defend together.They did nt want to run when defendin but they all wanted to when attackin.Denilson has improved a lot on his defense, I must admit but he still got ta do more.And I personnaly beleive that all these 5defeats had a big impact and gave us a gud lesson on our defensive quality.This concerns all our mdfld players including Fab, I could also see him improving a lot on his defensiv quality after all of these Arsenal crisis.But for now we need Song for not loosin games anymore.

In this specific game, Sirigu and the Torino back line played such a strong defensive game because all three of our attacking players were able to create clear cut chances that on any other day would have been converted.

In war, no defensive line can be equally strong everywhere.