Sentences with phrase «team against the ball»

The result was very few counter attacks each consisting of a handful of players against a well organised Benfica team against the ball, and ultimately very few scoring chances.

Not exact matches

If other teams are able to run the ball a lot against them, they will draft some good defensive players.

To give them a fighting chance against more talented teams, they emphasized fundamentals — tough defense, team play, ball control, hustle.

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.

As we saw when we were against Bayern and home, his ability (as well as Mesut's) to retain the ball in tight spaces under pressure, allows us to beat the first two lines of the high pressing FCB teams.

The Englishman can make runs down the flanks, catch on to quick through balls and would be better suited to play on the counter attack, which we may have to do against a team like Manchester City.

When Arsenal plays against smaller teams, we somehow manage to win the ball back, but playing against biger teams we play like basketball, leting the enemy attack and hope that they do nt succeed in scoring, rather then us winning the ball back.

i have been saying this for along time arsenal would be better surve with a defrent stile of play maker one who can shoot head the ball take on defender dribble into space.we all see it over on over again you don't need one killers pass to win game alot of team don't have ozil on create lots of chance against us.

The only team that Arsenal ever sat back against on if not on regular basis is Man city, expect wenger to employ Welbek up front, use long balls, attack from minute one, score one or two, then sit to start using counter.

Ozil is only very good if you have a better team than all the teams you are playing against, he needs to be in a team that has top players in every position and they all basically have to be very comfortable on the ball.

I hope the acquisition of welbe and sanchez is the start of us becoming a better pressing team, with the addition of chamberlain rosicky and Ramsey we have the personnel to not only limit opposition chances but also win the ball back quickly and counter effectively, something other teams do very well against us

oh dear, ppl are as if arsenal hav suddenly become title contenders.for a club like arsenal, beating teams which gives space and time on the ball ai nt a big deal.when the team starts to defend consistently and is able to create chances against defensive teams who press, then u can say arsenal hav become title - contenders...

Against slow mid table teams where we get so much space and time on the ball he looks fine, but when it matters in games of equal or better quality he never shows up.

Teams beat us bec we have trouble - ties to win the ball of the team which we are playing against.

They both love arsenal, they up the tempo when we are losing and they have the nerves to score against any team unlike ozil Since we lost fabregas, no one plays the ball over the top for us frequently, then we lost rosicky that drives through the middle, then we lost super Wilshere that drives through the middle and plays the ball over the top to injury and ref mismanagement, since then we've been playing the safe pass to the wing to cross like other EPL teams.

Against big teams in EPL, without 4 5 players in midfield, you will never have this amount of ball possession.

«We saw against Israel it can be quite difficult when a team has 10 or 11 players behind the ball, but we are delighted to have the fans back with us.

A few key contributors really struggled on the offensive side of the ball as their leading scorer and the leagues second leading scorer, Sterling Williams, was only able to muster 12 points against a very stingy Team Harlander D. Michael Halusek was able to put up 17 points while Chris Hicks chipped in with 10, unfortunately that just wasn't enough to get them past a very determined Team Harlander.

It'll be interesting to see how their group of 6 can control the ball against the 5 - man attack of Team Kowalczyk.

True true MOBELLA Even under pressure at the back they are passing the ball from one defender to another lol and against a pressing team like city mistakes happen quick

They came up against Team Apuli who shed themselves of a bad losing skid a couple weeks ago and are now playing their best ball of the year..

CLOVIS WEST KEYS TO VICTORY: Against top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the NiAgainst top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Niagainst Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Nike TOC.

St. Louis is still enjoying the win against the Nationals, but when it comes time to play ball again, they will ride the momentum of a four - run ninth inning on Friday night that saw the team's offense produce nine runs.

Miami doesn't want to play junk ball, but it has had to do so; junk ball isn't going to work against the Florida State team we've seen so far this year.

And now it has to face the team that got its deep - ball groove back against Michigan.

The coaching staff has decided to give personnel looks to the opposing offense to encourage running the ball against them and is willing to play the percentages of them being able to stop enough multiple play march down the field drives and be stingy enough about stopping touchdowns to allow this team to hold others to a low enough score to allow an average offensive showing by our offense to score enough points to win.

Carroll, however, was able to get the ball moving against Liverpool, and by finding pockets of space he allowed his team to create attacking opportunities.

However, looking at what Sutton is inviting the other team to do and extrapolating from that what his real fear is and what the real weakness of this defense is combined with the performance against Oakland shows that this is most likely not bad luck on 50/50 balls, but a true weakness that was desperately trying to be hidden by scheming.

Yess they all had a good game im happy for our boyz but im not going to rate anyone yet because for me thats a relegation tm & they're doing so poor right now, after the manure fa cup clash then ill rate the boyz, we always perform well against the small teams now is time to grow some serious balls & beat the hell out of manure when last we had a victory against them #COYG!!!

Some teams, like West Brom under Tony Pulis and Man U and Chelsea under Mourinho, do not try to keep the ball, so the idea that having a high possession percentage against them is proof of superiority is simply wrong.

Been delusional is one thing but I will die before I admit defeat against Arsenal before the ball is kicked against any team, we are no walk overs, at the moment it sounds as though our fans will spend most times cheering MSN rather than our boys!!!

Several of those top - 10 teams played against ball - control teams in Week 1, including Arkansas and Navy (and Florida didn't play anybody), while the Trojans played against a fellow up - tempo team, meaning the game had more total snaps available.

Beating West Ham comfortably is one thing, but their performance against Manchester United last month, where they looked totally limp from kickoff onwards, was a reminder that being able to punish small teams that sit deep and let you have the ball is a great quality for a team to have, but it is not enough to win a league on its own.

Basically, good teams were able to move the ball against Florida.

Not to mention that sometimes you need to run multiple ball handlers together against certain teams.

I'll be the first to admit counter attacking football and Arsenal should go together like cookies and cream but ever since the invicibles teams have refused adamantly to play high defensive lines against us and counters do not work if the opposition has a defensive 5 or 6 set up near the edge of their box when you finally get the ball up there.

Early in the year, without a decent DM, there was a lot of space between the defense and midfield and teams could drop a ball in there, and when Kos failed to stop it it would be 1 or 2 players against just Per.

The fan was one of several seen in the video kicking a red ball around the Plaza Mayor in Madrid city centre, ahead of his team's game against reigning European Champions Real Madrid.

2 of the 3 goals scored against Arsenal this season have come when the opposition gathered the ball, seemingly harmlessly, about 20 - 25 yards out and simply caught the entire Arsenal team relaxed and napping for just a brief moment — enough to sneak it by.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

The work of a DM is quite clear cut... Jam the opposition radar, don't let them find their range, constitute a nuisance to the opposition, if and when you win the ball, give it to a better ball playing / retaining team - mate, never complicate issues... 16 year old Reece Oxford did that superbly against Ozil especially, Le Coq for the most part has also done it.

lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.

GK, GK, GK we don't need one we have 2 maybe 3 decent options, on the other hand on the striker OG can play wonders at times (usually against lesser teams) but today he hardly touched the ball against ALBANIA yes ALBANIA....

We still struggle, look shaky and uncomfortable when we come up against any team that plays a high intensity game, teams that don't give us time on the ball, in your face etc all give us a hard time, Watford did that in the first half but poor final 3rd quality saved us, in the second half they were tired and knackered so we took advantage.

did u guys see how Chelsea pressured manu in the last 10 minutes, 93 % possession against manu in the last 10 min!!!! we can not do that against a league 1 team as long as Cazorla is not there to hold the ball and with only Giroud upfront.

With Mertesacker in the side, the team will have to be very cautious to play a high defensive line because as we saw against Chelsea, one precise through ball can take the big German out of the game.

Was it Ospina's fault to not clear the cross or let the opposition striker get upon yourselves to head the ball in the net... No our defenders couldn't defend that in first place... Even though Ospina tried to push the ball out of the net... but we were just unlucky... because it went inside... And goal line technology reported it as a goal... We were wasteful against the opposition goal... fair enough, it happens, but how come the players suddenly become useless for the team...

Teams kick - off against Arsenal and immediately put 10 behind the ball and they've got to try and break them down.

Meyer and his coaches forgot Elliott was on the team in the loss at Michigan State in 2015, and they only gave Dobbins / Weber the ball 16 times against Oklahoma, even though the pair averaged 6.3 yards a carry.

It a shame no one has stats for drawing opposition players out of play which Wilshere dose so well but sometimes his cought with the ball and he gets heavy tackle against him, I would like to see them both on the pitch and see what hapens, I'm sure it will be a high scoring game for both teams