I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think that's part of building your team is trying to anticipate where your team is going and to a certain extent where, especially defensively because you have to react to what they put on the field. Defensively you have to be able to defend those things.
It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.
The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.
We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.
Defensively, from a team standpoint, I didn't feel I played very well. Very rarely was I satisfied with how I played.
We have to back each other up no matter what. Defense, you have to do your job, and offense has to do theirs.
A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.
I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your opponent to assimilate in practice and then in games it is even harder to match.
I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.
Defence is our best attack.