Crashoutcassius
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Lvg was great for 4 games vs sides that didn't park the bus
We couldn't do anything else apart from that
We couldn't do anything else apart from that
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Wow, what a complicated opinion. They key to a successful high pressing teams is to get players who are good at the 98%.Disclaimer fitness is important too
But not as important as minimising the gap between your forwards and backline. The reason for this is you need to keep your players close enough to the action to always be involved at stealing the ball. It takes huge balls to do this as a manager as you're giving up space in behind, and if it goes wrong you look like tits. But it's the risk/reward of this type of football.
The closest we've come to playing this kind of football is under LVG. However, our attack was impotent under him so it doesn't guarantee attacking football. Under Louis we'd regain the ball and recycle it back, because we didn't know how to cut through the opposition. And I think Van Gaal showed you dont exactly need 3 Kantes to play this type of football - he often had Carrick/Schweinsteiger and Fellaini in his midfield.
Im not sure you can say that, they came 8th!Klopp had them playing the way he wanted, by the end of the season he took over. Just lacked the quality to get the results he's getting now (I'd argue they were a better pressing team in his first 3 seasons than they were last season), but they were a formidable pressing team not long after he took over.
While it may not have been De Gea's fault, but the goal against Southampton could have been handled a lot better by him. The punch out was poor and he was static on his line for the cross in.Can’t play a high line with two ‘not-quick’ cbs and a keeper who can’t leave his line to sweep or distribute the ball very well.
Swap Lindelof for Tuanzabe and move on from De Gea. Then we can play that way.
David was one of the best in the world for a few years but his time has passed. His only above average quality......reflexes (which were truly world class) have either slowed or will slow.
He can, the league position doesn't mean they didn't play to the style he wanted. The problem he had that first season was having come in 3 months into the season, the team had been prepared in pre-season for another manager, so they where not conditioned for his style of football. I recal them suffering for that later in the season with muscle injuries. Something that isn't an issue now. Plus of course, there where players in that team who simply where not suited to his systems. Now the players they have bought has been bought with his systems in mind.Im not sure you can say that, they came 8th!
You say that but under Van Gaal, De Gea did come out a lot more. He was no Neuer or Allison, but he was a lot more willing to leave his line and cover for the space behind the CBs.You need to have pace in the defence when you are playing high up the pitch. Even though our CBs are not quite rapid, I think the FBs should be able to cover that, both Luke and AWB are fast.
But I agree about the part where a keeper who's more comfortable with the ball, and more importantly coming out is crucial. If we play that way with DDG, who doesn't move an inch from goal, we'll concede a lot of goals on the counter.
And like many posters said, it needs to be a proper unit that is pressing. Not some individuals pressing. If one or two players don't press, then it becomes pointless, and actually backfires.
The good thing is we have a decent foundation for this type of football. Most of our players can press. But it needs to be coached properly, and I'm not sure if Ole is up to the task.