I think the 2 biggest differences for us this season will be experience in the back 4, and Sanchez in front. Keeping them fit will be the key from here on.
Yes fair point about Okore. But disposing of Colin's was probably a mistake in hindsight.
Collins and Dunne could still have been useful if they were fit, hungry, concentrating, had the right attitude and cared for AVFC. Other than that, yeah...
Quote from: ozzjim on August 24, 2014, 11:07:38 PMI think the 2 biggest differences for us this season will be experience in the back 4, and Sanchez in front. Keeping them fit will be the key from here on. Yep I think experience at the back is really important, and we look so much better. I think Sanchez will allow Westwood to be a better player, but we really need to add creativity to the squad now.
A lot of the above is true. But the best way to stop the opposition scoring is to keep the ball. If we get 40% possession we've done well. So the defence will always be under more pressureSimilarly, although we tend to think we are shit at attacking and defending set pieces, I wonder if we're actually that bad as a proportion of set pieces taken for and against? I'm assuming we tend to get fewer and concede more corners than most