He's had what looks like KT tape or something similar on one of his knees each game, that's had me worried.
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He's had what looks like KT tape or something similar on one of his knees each game, that's had me worried.
Watching Tottenham in a 3-4-2-1 makes me wonder if this is what Vieira is going for with his 3-4-3.
The only real difference, and what makes it work for Spurs, is that the 2 pull wide to receive the ball in space. This gives the wide players in the 4 time to get up the field, and prevents us from getting trapped with a back 5. Against DC, we were horribly narrow up front, which made it hard for us to clear our lines.
Or, you know, just blame Pirlo.
The only real difference, and what makes it work for Spurs, is that the 2 pull wide to receive the ball in space. This gives the wide players in the 4 time to get up the field, and prevents us from getting trapped with a back 5. Against DC, we were horribly narrow up front, which made it hard for us to clear our lines.
Or, you know, just blame Pirlo.
That's not sports tape. That's one of these (you can see the logo on the pic):
http://statsports.com/technology/
They're one of the few bits of tech which FIFA allows to be worn during games.
A bit of extra background:
https://qz.com/214611/its-not-a-man-bra-its-a-wearable-technology-optimization-device/
Honest question about the W-M formation - aka the 3-2-2-3. How is a team supposed to defend wide in that setup? The midfielders are pinched inside and stacked. The forward wingers are too far upfield to help out well.
I assume the plan is to have the the outside backs do the wide defending. That seems to open up gaps in the middle, which I assume is addressed by having one or both of the defensive midfielders fall back into the box.
Anyone remember how we ran this early last year?
I assume the plan is to have the the outside backs do the wide defending. That seems to open up gaps in the middle, which I assume is addressed by having one or both of the defensive midfielders fall back into the box.
Anyone remember how we ran this early last year?
Wingers came back to defend. On defense it was more like a 5221 or 3421
We didn't hold the formation last year, so it wasn't really a WM, like dv said. What you describe is the reason its not used much anymore. Ever since full backs became offensive pieces, you've needed wide defenders. In today's game you'd need such an offensive threat that the other team couldn't afford to push up their FBs, I guess. I don;t see what Patrick's obsession is with it.
I think this is what it looks like when things go wrong. Our LCB and RCB don't come wide enough and this forces our wingers to come back and be wing backs and then we have no outlet and they stay pinned.
I think the only way we can make this work is if our lines are ridiculously close. At that point we are betting on our ability to work in tight spaces against theirs. Also our pace at the back and up front.
A lot of things have to go right, but when they do, it's glorious and brave. If a single thing goes wrong, it gets really ugly. That's the sort of blind commitment to idealism I fear CFG is prone to.
Brought in the Bx13 bus and parked it.
I forgot what game but there was a home game where we had 7 defensive backs at the end of a game.
I don't think this really tells us anything we don't know but still, it's nice that someone went through the trouble to make this.
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That's a cool vid. And I'm really glad it's been rendered almost entirely incorrect the last couple of matches. Sort of depressing to hear our old plan laid bare.
Set pieces: what even are they?
How is it possible that a professional team in the top league in the nation can't seem to ever* score from set pieces other than penalties? No team in the league fears conceding corners to us, and free kicks are hardly much more productive.
Do we think there's just a total lack of emphasis on set pieces by PV? Seems unlikely given how elaborate some of our corner routines are.
Is this just a weird statistical anomaly, and eventually we'll regress to the mean and start converting a normal amount of set pieces?
*I know we have scored a few goals from set pieces, but I think our relatively poor set piece productivity is a common enough observation.
How is it possible that a professional team in the top league in the nation can't seem to ever* score from set pieces other than penalties? No team in the league fears conceding corners to us, and free kicks are hardly much more productive.
Do we think there's just a total lack of emphasis on set pieces by PV? Seems unlikely given how elaborate some of our corner routines are.
Is this just a weird statistical anomaly, and eventually we'll regress to the mean and start converting a normal amount of set pieces?
*I know we have scored a few goals from set pieces, but I think our relatively poor set piece productivity is a common enough observation.
Sign Kei Kamara and you'll fix both problems.
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