Genuine question…do you think it will work? And if so, why?
Not who you quoted, but I think it can work.
They didn't perform well tonight, but there looked to be potential there for an effective unit, both on and off the ball, the main issue I saw is that the players weren't operating in tandem - often one or two would press, while others stood watching or reacted too slowly. It was the same story on the ball most of the time, players not expecting a pass they received, reacting too slowly to loose or 50/50 balls, and generally not being on the same wavelength with each other. We were a half stride away from shutting down a lot of the counter attacks before they really started, so hopefully that's something we can work on in training so players are more coherent with the counter press.
We were also giving the ball away while the team was unbalanced, either due to a poor ball or a receiving player not anticipating the pass, and those patterns can be drilled, so that we're losing the ball in safer areas or when we're set to take a risk. Which, again, would give us a lot more control.