seagull1970
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Was it just me that thought the goal kicks to a defender in the box weren’t a good idea with 3 Watford players on the edge of the area ? I understand why we tried it but it didn’t seem to work for me.
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[Albion] Playing out from the back yesterday.....
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SussexSeahawk
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It does create a large amount of space further up the field: it's risky for the pressing team as well. Pressing man for man across half the pitch means it only takes one pass for you to have a free man and a potential attack. City consistently destroyed teams last year when they tried to press their goal kicks last year.
Our out-ball yesterday in those situations looked to be Ryan playing it out to one of the wing-backs who could then either play it first time back to the centre-back or into central midfield. Obviously it's not going to work every time but I am sure we will stick with it.
Our out-ball yesterday in those situations looked to be Ryan playing it out to one of the wing-backs who could then either play it first time back to the centre-back or into central midfield. Obviously it's not going to work every time but I am sure we will stick with it.
LamieRobertson
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Potter likes to play that way ...hopefully our home crowd will be patient ...at least with three centre backs there are more options
dingodan
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You only need to watch this to see the point of it.
Look at 0:27. When I first saw that I thought, "f*ck me, is that really the best idea?", 15 seconds later (0:42) I completely understood it.
Also, the first highlight, the goal against City (which I genuinely consider possibly the best goal I have ever seen), the initial pass from the GK on about 0:07 seconds. They broke their press and boom, all of a sudden City needed to defend, and they needed to do so with 7 players the wrong side of the ball. I saw us try that kind of thing quite alot yesterday.
Is it a risk? Yes, no doubt. Can it pay dividends if you master it? Massively.
Look at 0:27. When I first saw that I thought, "f*ck me, is that really the best idea?", 15 seconds later (0:42) I completely understood it.
Also, the first highlight, the goal against City (which I genuinely consider possibly the best goal I have ever seen), the initial pass from the GK on about 0:07 seconds. They broke their press and boom, all of a sudden City needed to defend, and they needed to do so with 7 players the wrong side of the ball. I saw us try that kind of thing quite alot yesterday.
Is it a risk? Yes, no doubt. Can it pay dividends if you master it? Massively.