AR87
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Not sure what any of this even means, but sureBecause defending is City’s strength? They get away with it because they dominate possession and are a better overall side. When they do lose it’s because they can’t defend.
Not sure what any of this even means, but sureBecause defending is City’s strength? They get away with it because they dominate possession and are a better overall side. When they do lose it’s because they can’t defend.
Yep, James on the left it is.Interesting, lets see how it pans out then! Starting tonight vs Burnley!
No mate, I think you'll find he's an upside down 6.A false false 9 means we pretend he’s a false 9 but really he’s a 9. Subtle difference to a false quasi false 9 which is where you pretend he’s a quasi false 9 but he’s actually a false 9
. You killed me with this. I read it with the voice of angry german officerAntony Martial, Position: Nein Nein Nine.
The English media’s hatred for zonal marking is hilarious. It’s used by some of the best managers ever but without fail any time it concedes the pundits in England will lose their shit about zonal marking being shit.City under Pep use zonal marking, so I guess he's plain dumb too.
None of the players have come out showing any discontent either which means he must be doing something right.Ole's tactics are usually good. In a year I've heard one valid complaint about tactics and coaching. Set pieces.
The rest is noise from people who don't get football and think our current squad should be winning each week despite being weak as feck. Just stupid people who laugh at every ladbible meme.
It's getting boring.
Yet he has about the same amount of goals and helped Rashford have more than Mane.... the issue has been lack of goals coming from the obvious weak link James. Even Greenwood is getting a good number of goals from his play with MartialThis is all well and good but for the fact that Martial doesn't have nearly the same work ethic as Firmino.
James should be our back up for Rashford, he's not a starting right winger, especially without Pogba. With Pogba you could tell Wan-Bissaka to hold back or play the role Guardiola sometimes has Walker playing, but without him (perhaps McTominay could also play this role?) it doesn't really work.Yet he has about the same amount of goals and helped Rashford have more than Mane.... the issue has been lack of goals coming from the obvious weak link James. Even Greenwood is getting a good number of goals from his play with Martial
I think a lot of that is perspective. There’s a lack of experience that’s evident (no, Molde does not count ffs), but he’s far more tactically astute than people realise. I think he’s suffered greatly from poor squad depth and injuries to key players.People exaggerate. He's not clueless but come across as mediocre in this sense especially in light of some of the top managers our rival's have and others Europe has seen in recent years. Woild be great if he changes people's viewpoint
Martial is the least of our problems when comparing the effectiveness of the strategy to Liverpool. Salah is WC winger who has averaged 34.4 goals and 21.2 assists over the past 2.5 seasons. Liverpool have the best RB in the world who has assisted 27 goals over the past 1.5 seasons, and one of the best LBs in the world averaging 12.7 assists in the past 1.5 seasons.This is all well and good but for the fact that Martial doesn't have nearly the same work ethic as Firmino.
We see the obvious downside to it when the likes of VVD can so easily target the space taken up by the smaller defender - in our case Williams on Sunday.The English media’s hatred for zonal marking is hilarious. It’s used by some of the best managers ever but without fail any time it concedes the pundits in England will lose their shit about zonal marking being shit.
Nailed it. Maybe late substitutions have been an issue too, but in general there’s rarely been a game where I felt as if we haven’t at least come in with a plan to exploit our opponents weaknesses.Ole's tactics are usually good. In a year I've heard one valid complaint about tactics and coaching. Set pieces.
The rest is noise from people who don't get football and think our current squad should be winning each week despite being weak as feck. Just stupid people who laugh at every ladbible meme.
It's getting boring.
Poch and Tuchel- first thing they will do is sign 2 new full backs who can attack. Their system doesnt work if you dont have capable attacking full backs.Good read. I don't know if Ole is the man to take us forward but I will surely say this he will leave a much better squad than has predecessors did. The likes of Poch or Tuchel would love to manage this young squad.
In part, I agree. Nothing wrong with Zonal marking and as you say it works everywhere even in teams that go onto win the odd Champions League here and World Cup there. It's not foolproof or perfect though. So any mistake or goal will be picked up as a failing player, failing system, overpaid for Maguire, It's all Pogbas fault in the current climateThe English media’s hatred for zonal marking is hilarious. It’s used by some of the best managers ever but without fail any time it concedes the pundits in England will lose their shit about zonal marking being shit.
Do you often struggle with reading?Not sure what any of this even means, but sure
Evra said after the game that in Italy they used zonal most of the time except at corners they'd go man for man so that they didn't caught out with height/size mismatches.The English media’s hatred for zonal marking is hilarious. It’s used by some of the best managers ever but without fail any time it concedes the pundits in England will lose their shit about zonal marking being shit.
Ah of course, and unlike these plebians you just "get" football don't you Steve. Perhaps people, like me, are sick of seeing the same old same old in nearly every single match, bar the odd bit of individual brilliance, its pass side to side at the back, smash along the floor at pace because nobody is coming short for it and movement is crap, or a hopeful punt forward, 90% of the time it usually doesn't step outside these borders, if you haven't seen that since he's been here then I don't know what matches you've been watching. "Usually good" people say its the Ole out people who have the agenda but come on, can count on one, maybe two hands the amount of matches where the tactics have actually looked "good" since he's got here really.Ole's tactics are usually good. In a year I've heard one valid complaint about tactics and coaching. Set pieces.
The rest is noise from people who don't get football and think our current squad should be winning each week despite being weak as feck. Just stupid people who laugh at every ladbible meme.
It's getting boring.
In brandon WIlliams we have a young full back who knows how to attack and more important how to cross. Wan Bissaka may not be your Marcelo or Valencia attacking wise but the boy has shown he can go forward and even put in some decent crosses. Sometimes we as fans have to show some patience in these players.Poch and Tuchel- first thing they will do is sign 2 new full backs who can attack. Their system doesnt work if you dont have capable attacking full backs.
Not especially. I do struggle with incoherent ramblings though.Do you often struggle with reading?
I agree with this. His ability to make in-game changes to turn games around are definitely questionable at best.I've been harping on about it, but our starting tactics are often on point (Arsenal, City were rare misses). The problem is when a game is calling out for a change, or if the opposition switch up how they play in the middle of the game, we take too long to react.
Maybe that's partly on the players as well, we need intelligent Carrick types to understand what's going on and direct other players on the field, but Ole's game management is pretty terrible.
Read it watched the Clips. He’s still a crap coach as he gets our tacticed by every good coach he comes up against. So I don’t know what clear analysis you said you explained but clearly our tactics are crap. Also if he was so clever and wanted full backs to push up maybe don’t spend £50m on a RB who was already not regarded as being good in the attack.I will make a bet that 90% of the haters or the Ole out in here don’t even read the whole article. They don’t even listen to the sensible reason from explanation, can’t expect them to even read an article about a manger they don’t even have faith in.
Great read, which also exactly what I had explained it many times that makes me bored to do it over and over again.
It's hilarious because all teams use it, man marking is extremely rare nowadays in open play, you only see it on set pieces.The English media’s hatred for zonal marking is hilarious. It’s used by some of the best managers ever but without fail any time it concedes the pundits in England will lose their shit about zonal marking being shit.
Funny that. What’s also funny is watching people bemused when a coach with the same players gets players playing a different way and show improved results. Like Rodgers just as an example. The dumbfound look on there face is priceless.Ole's tactics are usually good. In a year I've heard one valid complaint about tactics and coaching. Set pieces.
The rest is noise from people who don't get football and think our current squad should be winning each week despite being weak as feck. Just stupid people who laugh at every ladbible meme.
It's getting boring.