Anything was difficult for us today, to pass the ball, to win it back.
The fans, though, do seem to appreciate the fact that we are able to pass the ball around.
The forwards are going in slow motion, the defense gives them acres of space, the midfielders have an eternity to pass the ball.
Campbell, the centre of attention once again, appeared to pass the ball back to Fabianski and was shocked to see his keeper pick up the ball.
It was the away side who eventually made the breakthrough when Offiong got the better of debutant Jamie Duff and kept his composure to pass the ball beyond the helpless Fraser.
With Brazilians Ilsinho and Rodrigues Jadson at the creative hub they began to pass the ball with stunning speed and efficiency, enjoying the zip they could get from the wet surface as they made Fulham chase shadows.
In basketball, John Stockton who is the all-time leader in assists in NBA history knew the strengths and capabilities of his teammates enough to know where to pass the ball to, and how individual teammates could be set up for success probably better than anyone in basketball history.
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The first step is simply for a player to note the time it takes for the ball to pass a fixed point to get a rough approximation of the velocity of the ball.
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Arsenal grabbed a controversial equalizer in the 52nd minute when Cesc Fabregas latched on to Andrey Arshavin's pass to slip the ball through Jaaskelainen's legs but there had appeared to be an earlier foul when William Gallas appeared to catch Mark Davies on the ankle.
The Republic of Ireland international, in only his third appearance of the campaign after a knee injury, latched on to Nigel Reo-Coker's pass to slide the ball past Paddy Kenny in the United goal.
Daniel Cousin put Hull in front, capitalising on Tal Ben-Haim's awful back-pass to flick the ball past Joe Hart, who later went off injured.
The ball eventually found it's way to Giteau, who popped up a pass to Drew Mitchell, who juggled the ball several times before touching down.
One of the team's more established players, Nadir Belhadj, was among the most frustrated, as he attempted to link up play and pass the ball around.
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Diamond tried to usher the ball back to Howard with his chest but the defender did not get enough on the pass, allowing Rooney to nip in and lob the ball into the net.
Andy Powell, fresh from some barn-storming displays for Wales, was on hand to take the scoring pass, only for his scrum-half to spin the ball behind his supporting number eight.
Mostly, the game will be remembered for Parseghian's gutsy decision right at the end to call a deep pass out of his own end zone, the ball going to a little-used tight end who managed to make a juggling catch along the sideline before tumbling into the Alabama bench, right in front of the Bear.
Seconds later, Walcott ran into the area to meet a lofted pass from Rooney but had to rush his shot and clipped the ball narrowly over.
Reid powered his way into the Birmingham box before slipping a pass to Dickov, whose dummy allowed the ball to run through to Jansen.
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Latching on to a pass from Marouane Chamakh, who appeared to control the ball with his arm in the build-up, Bendtner raced clear and fired off target, only for his shot to get a helpful diversion off the sliding Clarke and into the far corner.
But Fuller put Stoke ahead with a turn of pace fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt would have admired, as he moved on to Lawrence's pass, neatly flicked the ball round Laursen and outpaced the Villa defender to score from a tight angle.
From the 3:45 mark in the fourth quarter, when they were down four, 91-87, to the final minute, when Smith threw that ill-fated pass to James, Anthony didn't touch the ball on offense.
David Graham's pass allowed Offiong to claim the ball inside the right corner of the penalty area.
The youngster showed good pace, and excellent balance on the slippy surface, to latch onto a through-pass and slide the ball under Brian Murphy in the Swansea goal.
Petri Pasanen managed to block Ljungberg's pass to Reyes with a sliding tackle, but the ball broke kindly for Henry, who finished with aplomb.
Brunt latched on to a misplaced back-pass by James Chambers to beat goalkeeper Sullivan to the ball and the Northern Irishman was able to simply roll the ball into the empty net for his 13th goal of the season and the Baggies 100th goal in all competitions this campaign.
He had to shed defensive tackle Linval Joseph to heave the ball to tight end Rob Gronkowski, but Giants linebacker Chase Blackburn intercepted the pass.
Another Munster score soon followed, the forwards driving to suck in the defence before the ball was spun wide to Mafi, who was stopped but popped the pass for O'Leary to shunt over.
Nikica Jelavic then ran on to a woeful back-pass from Richie Towell to round Graeme Smith and roll the ball home.
On the restart, Rovers survived an early scare close to their own line but when, on his return to action, Rob Purdham flung out a wild pass on 44 minutes Dobson snatched the ball to race 80 metres to claim his second try.
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