I'm looking for the reason Smith has appeared to abandon his ideology that has served him so well for most of his managerial career. The odd game I can understand but to persist with something that clearly isn't working is baffling. We now play alehouse football, reliant on set pieces rather than good football complimented by set pieces.There has to be some reason...
Our setpiece coach ,seems to have missed a trick ,on the defensive side of things. Why don’t we leave two pacey or even sluggish players ,on the halfway line ,giving us an out ball and restricting the amount of players the opposition could send forward.
Quote from: tony scott on October 29, 2021, 06:05:40 AMOur setpiece coach ,seems to have missed a trick ,on the defensive side of things. Why don’t we leave two pacey or even sluggish players ,on the halfway line ,giving us an out ball and restricting the amount of players the opposition could send forward.I'm no tactician, and have never even seen a copy of Inverting the Pyramid, but I can't understand why we don't do this. I'd leave three men up.
I've always thought you should leave at least one player up the pitch, otherwise you have to try and play out from a congested area, hoof the ball or make sure your keeper gets possession.
Quote from: tony scott on October 29, 2021, 06:05:40 AMOur setpiece coach ,seems to have missed a trick ,on the defensive side of things. Why don’t we leave two pacey or even sluggish players ,on the halfway line ,giving us an out ball and restricting the amount of players the opposition could send forward.As Wolves did. The only team I can recall that has done that recently - they left 3 out, giving their keeper more space to operate and their opponents more to think about immediately after the kick.
I would back Bailey in a foot race against anyone virtually in the league and certainly defenders so any half decent ball out of defence towards the centre of the field is bound to give us at least a chance as well as improving us defensively? Maybe I’m not being scientific enough.
Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on October 29, 2021, 01:38:38 PMI would back Bailey in a foot race against anyone virtually in the league and certainly defenders so any half decent ball out of defence towards the centre of the field is bound to give us at least a chance as well as improving us defensively? Maybe I’m not being scientific enough.Alright tactics Tim