Defender Quotes

You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold. - Tiffeny Milbrett

You can sense the tension in opposing defenders when Craig is around. They cannot afford to switch off because he exploits lapses. He scored two great goals and could have had a hat-trick. - Mark Hughes

With the lack of a goalkeeper and the lack of a center midfielder, we have no flow. If we do get the ball to our forwards, we have one or two against four or five defenders, so we don't stand that much of a chance. Everything's pretty much in our end. - Dave Stewart

With Nellie, we tried it the other way. Nellie was brilliant for what he did, but for whatever reason, it didn't work. All of our guys want to win a championship, and this is a system they understand and buy into. We've got guys who might not be great defenders, but they work hard at that end. Now, we're more geared to play defense. - Mark Cuban

With four guys wide, you've got to move (defenders) out of the box. - Barry Alvarez

With Andre's speed, he could have been one of those guys where two (defenders) have to go with him. It could have been a great advantage for us getting other guys open. That's one of the big advantages we have with Andre. - Chris Leak

When you do that, you make their defenders have to make different decisions and adjust to what you're doing. - Colin Clarke

When you cut to the chase, that's what defenders are supposed to be about and that's his strength. Any time you have a solid presence in the heart of your defense that gives confidence to the goalkeepers and the players around him. - Bruce Arena