Defending Set Pieces

[argietoffee]

Brands/Moshiri/Kenwright - you’d think someone would step in to help address this. Silva’s obviously been struggling with it for the last three years

I remember when Martinez was fired, Big Nev was very critical of Blue Bill. Nev said that Martinez needed to be helped and that in other eras of the club, that was exactly what would have been done. Martinez was allowed swing because nobody from above intervened to help him.

The model of "one manager Messiah" ain't working for us. Martinez /Koeman / Silva. The list will continue to grow.

Silva can set up a team to play good attacking football but until we regain some confidence, even our attacking play is piss poor.

If we are not going to help him organise us defensively, get rid. It is blatantly apparent he can not do it himself.

In no other business I know, would the Board / CEO allow the company to suffer due to the Chief Operating officer having a blind spot on one side of the business. They would get someone really good in to help him.

There is a huge test coming for Moshiri, Blaxendale, Brands and the Board.

 

[spectateur]

Just a thought. Are we really a dirty fouling team? Why do we commit so many (often pointless) fouls within 35m of the goal? Fewer free kicks= fewer goals conceded. What?

 

[Billefc]

Ffs we only bought the one book.....

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Which one???

 

[BernieH]

I don't know what the biggest mystery is, the disappearance of Amelia Earheart or the disappearance of our defence on set pieces

 

[Frang]

Just a thought. Are we really a dirty fouling team? Why do we commit so many (often pointless) fouls within 35m of the goal? Fewer free kicks= fewer goals conceded. What?

It's called basics.. And silva can not even instil basic requirements.

Let that sink in

And @davek is over the moon with this. Silva is the man

 

[mrb85]

Can any budding football coach out there tell me why we play such a high line when facing free kicks being taken from between our penalty area and the halfway line? We have everyone positioned a yard or two inside our own area, leaving a big gap therefore between our defenders and keeper. The free kick is then invariably put into this empty zone, leaving our defenders to back pedal whilst the opposing forwards dash forward to get on the end. Our defenders end up having to spring from their heels, while the opposition use their spring from the front of their feet and their forward monentum -- inevitably the opposition get the better leverage and jump higher.

 

[peteblue]

Which one???

The one hidden behind the two books....

 

[The binman chronicles]

Brands really needs to have a private word in Silva's lughole and politely suggest switching to man to man marking if he still wants to be in a job come May. If the training sessions aren't working then it shows we do not have the personnel up to the job. They can look to sign players who already successfully operate in a zonal system in future and he can try and revert back then.

 

[Death]

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Note Hull's position in 16/17, Watfords in 17/18 and of course ours so far in 18/19.

That's... no words. Need to come up with a new negative word for... that.

 

[Papa Shango]

Just a thought. Are we really a dirty fouling team? Why do we commit so many (often pointless) fouls within 35m of the goal? Fewer free kicks= fewer goals conceded. What?

We are a stupid team.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Whats annoying is Moshiri overlooked all of this and went belt & Braces for him interviewing not one other candidate.

In short - Farhad Moshiri is a complete clown who shouldn't be allowed near managerial appointments ever again.

 

[davids]

Brands really needs to have a private word in Silva's lughole and politely suggest switching to man to man marking if he still wants to be in a job come May. If the training sessions aren't working then it shows we do not have the personnel up to the job. They can look to sign players who already successfully operate in a zonal system in future and he can try and revert back then.

With forwards like DCL and Todun, zonal must work like a dream in training, meanwhile back in the real world.

 

[davids]

Zonal works when you have talented quick thinking defenders,so that if the attacking side load a zone they look for the late runner or adapt to pick up the changes. We have Keane.

 

[ijjysmith]

Zonal works when you have talented quick thinking defenders,so that if the attacking side load a zone they look for the late runner or adapt to pick up the changes. We have Keane.

And Zouma.

 

[The binman chronicles]

With forwards like DCL and Todun, zonal must work like a dream in training, meanwhile back in the real world.

I agree, but we have arguably the greatest header of a football on the payroll, so any deficiencies should be picked up on.