Which brings me onto another of my thoughts about 'how football is always done'. I wonder what would happen if a team decided to leave 3 or 4 players up front whilst defending a corner. Or take it to the extreme, leave on 1 or 2 players back. How would this affect the opposition - would...
I was thinking this through the other day. We need to be better at how we attack on the break from pressurised positions. That relies upon skill, good ball retention, less 'panic' when clearing and of course pace to stretch the opposition.
As an aside, I hope we practice working the ball...