Field Positioning Quotes

You need to know exactly where to be on the pitch at all times.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

On the field, MS epitomises calmness and, from a cricket point of view, has the best angle in terms of field placements.

Usually a captain will allow his bowler to set the field, while exercising overall control and maintaining the authority to step in if he sees fit.

Fotball strategy does not originate in a scrimmage. It is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.

There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter.

I like to push the ball down the field when it's there. There's also times you just take the underneath one.

Sometimes, they do a great job covering everyone downfield, so you just have to checkdown and hit a tight end to convert. That's just how we play ball.

If you want to speak about scoring goals, you should judge every midfielder the same way.

The problem with just wanting to punt it deep and out of bounds every time is that most punters can't do that. Most guys shank and pull their kicks when they try that, so you have to get a guy who punts the ball high and gets hang time.

What I want is to recover the ball as near to the other box as we can, and when we have the ball, play.

If I'm playing higher up the pitch, it's important I don't get carried away and start dropping too deep and I stay in my position.

When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.

I like to be active in space in behind the opposition's midfield. That's where I can hurt the opponent most of all.

Sometimes when I play on the wing, I have to remind myself to stay out wide because I tend to naturally drift in towards the ball. I try to get on the ball and make something happen.

If my play is not to run and chase the ball, if my play is to stay backside, then I've got to stay backside. I've got to be disciplined. I can't run across the field and chase stuff that's not mine.

I've tried to put myself in every position possible to be able to catch the football. Until you challenge yourself at a particular catch, or a particular area of the field to make a particular catch, you would never know if you can make that catch.

When it comes down to it, it's about putting the players on the field that will be the best 11.

Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass.

I think there's a ton of carryover with the two sports, lacrosse and football.

In the middle, it gives you lots of options. You can make a run on the right, on the left, deep in the center. It's a big advantage.

As a younger player, I never really thought about where I should be on the field. It was just about doing a job.

For somebody like me who doesn't bowl, it's important to contribute in the field, and I've worked hard on that, slip catching.

Goals often come from a mistake much further up the field, yet the analysis and blame will always be on the defence.

Making passes is what I prefer the most.