Thought it was Luiz's best game in a while. Cut out the silly errors, and tried to quickly get us going forward with neat passes. He still at times has a tendency to over-play/try a clever pass in a tight situation and we lose the ball in dangerous areas as a result. Only happened a couple of times yesterday, thankfully.I feel bad for Keinan. That was his first start in a year and he's completely isolated most of the time, feeding off scraps. There's been plenty of games where Watkins has been just as anonymous. As part of our evolution, playing an average of five-ten yards further up the pitch will help bring our strikers more into games and get the best out of them. I'd like Davis to start with Watkins for the rest of the season just to give us a Plan B to think about for next season but the way Dean spoke about 4-4-2 in the pre-match presser suggests that he is not a fan of it unless we're chasing a game.
Quote from: eamonn on May 14, 2021, 11:32:20 AMThought it was Luiz's best game in a while. Cut out the silly errors, and tried to quickly get us going forward with neat passes. He still at times has a tendency to over-play/try a clever pass in a tight situation and we lose the ball in dangerous areas as a result. Only happened a couple of times yesterday, thankfully.I feel bad for Keinan. That was his first start in a year and he's completely isolated most of the time, feeding off scraps. There's been plenty of games where Watkins has been just as anonymous. As part of our evolution, playing an average of five-ten yards further up the pitch will help bring our strikers more into games and get the best out of them. I'd like Davis to start with Watkins for the rest of the season just to give us a Plan B to think about for next season but the way Dean spoke about 4-4-2 in the pre-match presser suggests that he is not a fan of it unless we're chasing a game. The drawback with 442 is that the midfield have less freedom and can get overrun by teams with a 5. That means Jack, for example, gets pushed back and the front 2 can get be as isolated as KD was last night.
I put on the transfer's thread - Luiz had most touches of any player on the pitch last night (84) and a pass completion rate of 92.7% so a lot of misconception that he kept giving the ball away!
Quote from: Chris Smith on May 14, 2021, 11:37:34 AMQuote from: eamonn on May 14, 2021, 11:32:20 AMThought it was Luiz's best game in a while. Cut out the silly errors, and tried to quickly get us going forward with neat passes. He still at times has a tendency to over-play/try a clever pass in a tight situation and we lose the ball in dangerous areas as a result. Only happened a couple of times yesterday, thankfully.I feel bad for Keinan. That was his first start in a year and he's completely isolated most of the time, feeding off scraps. There's been plenty of games where Watkins has been just as anonymous. As part of our evolution, playing an average of five-ten yards further up the pitch will help bring our strikers more into games and get the best out of them. I'd like Davis to start with Watkins for the rest of the season just to give us a Plan B to think about for next season but the way Dean spoke about 4-4-2 in the pre-match presser suggests that he is not a fan of it unless we're chasing a game. The drawback with 442 is that the midfield have less freedom and can get overrun by teams with a 5. That means Jack, for example, gets pushed back and the front 2 can get be as isolated as KD was last night.True...but last night Everton played with Ricarlison (sp?) and DCL up-front. Had Watkins been fit, that might have been a game for both him and Davis (and no effing Barkley). There must be other teams who play with two strikers?
Yes but whatever their team was on paper they were actually playing a 5 2 1 2 With Coleman and Digne as wing backs and Doucoure and Allan sitting in front. the 3 attacking players stayed higher up the pitch mainly because their plan in attack was quick counter-attacks and crosses. Given who their manager is I thought their approach was fucking awful.
Quote from: Duncan Shaw on May 14, 2021, 11:39:30 AMI put on the transfer's thread - Luiz had most touches of any player on the pitch last night (84) and a pass completion rate of 92.7% so a lot of misconception that he kept giving the ball away!I thought he was very good. The role of he plays is very under-appreciated and he seems to be developing into an excellent player (with some bumps along the road of course.)
Quote from: paul_e on May 14, 2021, 12:14:46 PMYes but whatever their team was on paper they were actually playing a 5 2 1 2 With Coleman and Digne as wing backs and Doucoure and Allan sitting in front. the 3 attacking players stayed higher up the pitch mainly because their plan in attack was quick counter-attacks and crosses. Given who their manager is I thought their approach was fucking awful.They had a lot more attacking intent than we did second half, and spent more time in our ⅓ than we did in theirs.