Sentences with phrase «who holds the ball»

Like the other arsenals players who hold the ball passing aside but with any porpuse?

He is a strong and mobile player who holds the ball well, runs with the ball, dribbles well, hardly gets bullied of the ball, passes well and is clinical.

McKinley just avoided a shitty cut block attempt, came in basically unmolested, and tackled a QB who held the ball a mite too long.

The whole Team - even Backroom staff are to blame (even Alexis who held the ball TOO MUCH on some days / made too many wrong passes), NOT JUST WENGER!

His ability is never in question, but what still surprises me is his work rate, he makes most other players look average with his work rate, I say lets go get more players with this attitude and play a high pressing game, I also think we should sell either Ramsey or Witshire, and for me it would be Jack, average players who holds the ball too long, and with a crap attitude

Much of Burkina Faso's best first - half work came from Bance, who held the ball up effectively and had his own sights of goal too.

Eduardo has never recovered, Djibril Cisse, loss of pace, loss of bravery, loss of confidence, loss of hope... they never tackle who holds the ball for too long anymore..

Not exact matches

It's easy to see how the 29 - year - old could do a job for this United side, who looked sorely lacking of creativity in their recent defeat to Manchester City, when they failed to get a hold of the ball and create much to trouble their opponents.

Considering that Arsenal are likely to sit deep at White Hart Lane, it would make sense to start with a targetman who can hold the ball up and bring others into play.

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY My nine - year - old golden retriever, Whit, was upset that another golden, Winnie, who can hold only three tennis balls, was featured in ANIMALS IN THE CROWD (Dec. 22 - 29).

Having some players who prefer the casual passing game, or some who tend to hold onto the ball for too long.

Welbeck, for all his hard effort can not hold the ball up, yet he took Giroud off who can hold the ball up.

For example, he does not hold onto the ball for long periods and he tend to become less of a goal threat as the match progresses, his entire game seems to transform into a player who specialises into doing a containing job as oppose to attaching the opposition.

the guy has improved, plus now we have our CR7 in AS17 who is delivering for us, so Giroud will be more important as he can hold up the ball and create for AS17 to take.

Coach Ray Mears, who favors a very deliberate style, was supposed to be worried about the new rule designed to cut down on holding the ball for more than five seconds in the area from midcourt to just above the foul circle.

He holds the ball for others to do the finishing when he is surrounded, defends especially set pieces, wins aerial battles and is generally a focal point who will fight defences.

Gundogen is an intelligent passer of the ball while not being a stranger to playing a deeper holding role, his fitness is his only real main concern but that can play in our favour by having Coquelin who just seems to want to be better and better.

As for pressing higher up, Vardy moves about and his movement is nothing Giroud has ever done, if we go back to before Giroud then you will see how RvP was moving around to get the ball and be active in the game, not a static fool like Giroud who could only hold the ball up for others... which slows down any attack we make.

The difference between a target centre forward and a striker is that «A target man waits for the ball to be put at his foot or his head for him to score and most times a centre forward holds on to the ball with his back to goal waiting for runners to run in to receive a pass from him so he can position or free himself to score but a STRIKER is a player who runs to meet the ball.

At around 81 minutes the ball gets played back to Schez who looks for OG way down the pitch and OG holds off a defender while having the ball hit his chest and the ball falls to his feet.

Then the Eagles got hit with a holding call on a bad Matt Ryan throw to create a first down situation where Matt Ryan held on to the ball forever before throwing an incomplete to Levine Toilolo, who was virtually blanketed.

Joseph Girard, who holds the scoring record for the state of New York after three years, continues seeing movement on his crystal ball in favor of the Wolverines.

Vieira = Tough tackling B2B CM who could keep hold of the ball even if surrounded.

It was TERRY ROZIER who swooped in to pick off an awful decision by Bojan Bogdanovic to throw a cross-court pass instead of holding onto the ball with five seconds left:

It was clear we needed a player who could hold the ball at his feet and create spaces, that player is always Iwobi since Sanchez left but you delusional fans will never know his worth.

But unfortunately, Mr wenger went for Lucas Perez who has no aerial game and lacks balance and strength to hold up the ball, he also does not take enough touches of the ball and appears slow in the Premier league.

Christian Benteke came on late to help us hold the ball up for Allen — who was potentially Liverpool's Man of the Match.

Beginners, and players who are uncertain of their game, tend to grab the club and hang on like grim death, or else they hold the shaft gingerly as if they were afraid of the damage they might inflict on the ball.

We want a striker who can score 20 + goals a season not Just some target man and can hold the ball up!

Ramsey — overpaid, overused, injury prone, not clinical enough as a passer or finisher and he's played out of position way too much to the detriment of our supposed offensive and defensive schemes... obviously I think he has some skills and I'm pleased he didn't let his horrible injury years ago end his career but he holds on to the ball too much, gives away the ball too often and too cheaply, doesn't play good enough defensively considering the previous concern and often finds himself to far up the pitch way too often for a guy who doesn't score or assist near enough... better suited for Wales where the team is set up to accommodate his and Bales skills

Wenger will buy a lone striker who has physical strength and able to hold the ball up well.

Arsenal need a focal point striker someone who could operate in tight spaces, lean into defenders hold the ball up with skills and control allowing his wide players like Sanchez and Walcott to make runs into the box and hence sustain pressure on the opposition.

I still don't see how he is a super sub.He's labelled as a super sub just because of this season.Those matches when he scored he was supposed to be played because we needed an aerial presence.A lot of those matches had he started we could've won because we needed aerial presence.But the thing is that his abilities don't suit him as a super sub.I mean he holds up the ball well and is great in the air and that's just about it.He's actually the one one who needs service and who needs players around him to open up defences for him to receive the pass and not vice versa.Super subs actually provide they are not the one's to be provided for.In Giroud's case he was supposed to start in those in matches as Sanchez was not up to the task in aerial battles.Giroud will not be able to affect a match if the opponents are as good in the air.

Though I am a person who believes «If you are going to the ground, HOLD ONTO THE F @ & % ING BALL NO MATTER WHAT!»

Ball said on an Arizona talk radio show his son, Lonzo, would only play for the Los Angeles Lakers, who currently hold the third - best odds at the No. 1 pick but could lose their draft pick altogether.

he cant hold the ball» like who?

Arsenal are recovering and slowly getting back some confidence and fluidity in their game, played 120 mins on sunday and needed to rotate various players who were obviously not fully recovered and who were certain» red flags» for muscular injuries if theyd started (ie, ox, ramsey, holding) Leicester did not deserve anything at all, they were ultra defensive, yes worked hard I agree but its easier to defend with 9 behind the ball for vast periods of the game.

I would argue that when Dennis gave the ball away which he hardly did we had holding midfielders and a defence who knew what to do.

The best players are player who are capable of holding on to the ball without running with it.

It was obvious that Ellen should have been the first to come on in place of Ozil who can't seem to trap a ball or hold on to it.

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

Wenger wants old fashioned centre - forwards who play very deep (virtually midfield) and make runs forward, hold the ball up, etc..

If we play 3 -4-2-1 again then we need a strong presence who can hold the ball up which in the PL usually means a bigger physique (but not always).

He's a bit overrated I must say.I also don't get those who are asking him to tackle well.The fact is he's not a good tackler.I fear Wenger has made him untouchable in our team such that even if he plays badly he still starts.I mean if people are saying he's not a DM in the first place then is he also a CM?If he's a CM does he have the quality to play along side a DM?These are the questions we need to ask ourselves.If he's a CM then he's good at distributing from deep and also up top but he can't hold thd ball in tight spaces or dribble which is very important.If he's a DM then he simply can't defend.That's why for us to be successful in the long term with him we need a hybrid midfielder or what I call a defensive box to box midfielder.

... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...

Ramsay is a great player, but when you play a team who have capacity to retain the ball, then you equally need a middle which could hold the ball much more.

Deny it all you want but since Fabregas left Arsenal our frre flowing football has really declined.It feels like am the only one who thinks we lack real penetration and ideas in the final third of opponents.Also in 14/15 sesson I lost count of our misplaced passes and poor gameplay overall.We've been very very poor in our passing game for some seasons now.For a game like this to work you need players whonhold the ball very well and are possession efficient.Look at the Arsenal starting lineup and compare it to that of years back and you'll know what I mean.We have very few possession efficient players which is causing this problem.We don't have many players who can actually hold the ball and play the ball.That's what differentiates us from the top passing teams.

What is wengers obsession with giroud... hand balls sanchez goal bound cracker and gets effort disallowed... 2 missed sitters... constantly giving the ball away... cant hold up play... we desperately need a striker who can put the ball in the net... ffs how much longer have we got to put up with him..

2 pos that let us down last season, a CF and a holding CM who can pass the ball.

A striker who can not hold on to ball and face opposition keeper is not a striker.