Sentences with phrase «to hold up the ball»

Didn't hold up the ball well enough and just isn't clinical.

He is good at holding up the ball for other player to arrive.

He kisses 10 times more than he scores, plus he hasn't got the strength or no - how of holding up the ball.

He likes a target man holding up the ball.

With few exceptions, nobody can hold up the ball anymore.

But with his back to goal, holding up the ball etc, it gets found out far too regularly.

He can't hold up the ball and rarely defends.

He is our target man hold up the ball and trying to get his head on crosses.

He's strong on the ball, capable of holding up the ball with his back to goal and brushing off defensive pressure, but frequently lays it off quickly to his teammates — either back to the midfielders behind him or to the sides, before moving into space to receive it back again.

He can hold up the ball when he is on form, he can bring others into play and IMO we should seriously consider the prospect of 2CF being a tactic so we can see the best out of Giroud alongside Lacazette.

Giroud's introduction made an obvious difference in holding up the ball but he wasn't clinical enough.

As if he holds the ball better than Rooney, Aguero, Costa Watch Aguero hold up the ball while running at you and turning you inside out at the same time.

For me, we won't be in need of a frontman holding up the ball as it will most likely be parking the bus and getting a couple of counter attacks.

Icardi seems to have been instructed to play very strong with his back to the net, hold up the ball for as long as positive and then distribute out wide which once again encourages the play down the middle.This very strong central philosophy may not be the most complimentary style to Mauro Icardi's journey to being top goal scorer of the league but it played such a crucial role in getting a wide variety of different players on the score sheet instead of relying on Icardi and Perisic.

What about vincent janssen He has scored 14 goals in his last 11 games and made 3 assists He is a complete striker he can hold up the ball amd he can run behind defenders even he is not very fast he also play with his two legs and give very nice passes He is only 21 My ideal world will be if we got a super striker like zlatan and get this guy for the next years I'm sure he will be a beast in the coming years

Walcott is fine but is at best average holding up the ball.

Also Laca will need to drop, hold up the ball more and be the late arrival into the box rather than a target man.

Walcotts too 1 dimensional as a Cf atm, he can't hold up the ball very well or play well with his back to goal.In those tough away matches it will be very difficult to retain possession with Theo upfront

giroud is not a pacy footballer; he certainly proved that the euro 2016 but his positioning is great not to mention holding up the ball.

Oribe Peralta has done an excellent job of replacing his national team mate Raul Jimenez, becoming America's do - everything target man who does just as much work holding up the ball and setting up his teammates as he does scoring.

Midfielders hunting for that ball in packs, who ever is playing as a winger to help out his fullback, strikers holding up the ball, running in behind and occupying the opposing defenders..

And no disrespect to Olivier Giroud, but the Frenchman who is not blessed with pace in the first place had his hands full holding up the ball and being a target man to run on to any clever balls from Ozil.

Giroud does not score, assist and hold up ball effectively for one game then he is completely shite, useless, lamp post, etc... He is no where be the top striker we need but he can be a super-sub, a plan B that people cried out at the time when we had Van Persie.

Palace were hanging on at the end after Yaya Toure had pulled it back to 2 - 1 and they were running out of steam, which is why Pardew replaced Murray with Sanogo in the loan striker role and our young French striker did well to hold up the ball on a few occasions to stop the relentless pressure.

We do not need Giroud to hold up the ball which holds up the speed of the attack as we got Ozil, the assist master on the pitch.

OG holds up the ball, is an excellent target man, and brilliant aerially, whereas Alexis can shoot on goal from all distances and angles, and is more nimble, and sees more opportunities — maybe why he is better coming in from a little deeper than Giroud.

His 8 Clear Cut Chances Created along with 30 overall Chances Created point towards a forward who holds up the ball well, and his understanding with Gerrard should see the Three Lions score a few.

Not only is he failing to find team - mates with simple passes, but he is also failing at the basics, like holding up the ball and dribbling.

Matri: 7 Did all that he could leading the line, holding up the ball pretty well and taking his chances when they came.

Too much was being asked of him — either he had to take down and hold up a ball without much support, or he was being asked to create penetration by linking play between the lines, which isn't one of his clear strengths.

Perhaps, with Ibrahimovic holding up the ball, Rooney surging through midfield and a more dynamic defensive duo at centre - back, he may harbour similar plans for United.

Holds up the ball does layoff.

Fernando Torres (9): In the first half, Torres was active in holding up the ball and had a really good chance to score that was straight at the keeper.

If you ask Theo to hold up the ball with his back to goal he will be crunched.

As long as Arsene is committed to holdup play and forces any striker playing through the middle to hold up the ball so much, Giroud is about as good a fit as anyone we are linked with.

Olivier Giroud: 8.0 / 10 — Scored the crucial second goal and held up the ball really well throughout the 90 minutes.

Giroud [7/10] Olivier came on late in the game and did a superb job of holding up the ball.

Perez has strength to hold up the ball as well as running with ball.

Standing at five - foot - nine, he isn't the tallest player and is instead at his best when deployed behind a larger, stronger strike partner to hold up the ball for him to run onto and find space around rather than play as the sort of target man or «nine - and - a-half» that can play as a lone forward in the heart of a front three.

Couldn't hold up the ball, failed to make and runs in the behind and struggled to have any impact inside the box.

The French international, under immense pressure from compatriot, and ex-club mate Yanga - Mbiwa, held up the ball well, twisted and set up Lukas Podolski who had the easy task of tapping home the ball, with only the keeper to beat.

His strength, his ability to hold up the ball and lay it off, his one touch passes in the box, his ability to tie up a couple of defenders, his ability in the air, and, when he is on form he scores.