Watching the Norwich game and the West Brom game, Im just wondering what has happened to our defence?!
The Norwich players where making simple runs and no one in the defence was following. Normally our defence is really good and we keep a lot of clean sheets but judging on this season so far our defence looks like the worst part of our team. We are starting to play a really high line allowing players in the other team to make simple runs and every time Norwich went on the attack they looked like scoring.
So do you think that are defence is looking poor and who do you think are back four should be and should we sign a defender or hope Luiz will improve our defence.
I would play.....
Ivanovic..........Terry..............Luiz...............Cole
Our Defence
posted on 28/8/11
Big teams:
Ivanovic, Terry, Luiz, Cole
Small teams:
Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Cole/Bertrand
posted on 28/8/11
because boas has a new style of playing the offside trap or atleast trying to and it keeps backfiring.
posted on 28/8/11
My other worry which I forgot to put is as AVB is playing a high line, Luiz wont improve it as he likes to attack a lot....
posted on 28/8/11
It's because we are not defending as a team. He is trying to have a high defensive line, putting pressure on the opposition high up the pitch, it's just that we got lazy players that don't press.
posted on 28/8/11
It because we're not pressuring enough, AVB likes to play a high line (like Barca) which means we have to pressure the opposition otherwise they can just keep on playing balls over the top which is a nightmare as a player to defend against.
Also the lack of communication between the defence when trying to play the offside trap.
posted on 28/8/11
I think Luiz will eventually make a big difference - he's got the speed and skill, but he's not yet a reliable defender.
Meanwhile we'll keep seeing Brana and JT get exposed. It needs to be addressed, and quickly.
posted on 29/8/11
The highline is a problem; Alex,Terry and Ivanovic are not exactly quick.Offside trap is not working AVB needs to change that or we will conceed alot of goals this season.