We need a defender around 6'2+ who will win header after header. We've no height at the back whatsoever and are always being out jumped/muscled. Webster would have been ideal
Giuseppe Bellusci is 6ft 1in. Will that do?
If he spikes his hair up then yh
We need more than defenders on the posts from corners to sort our defence out.
Start with 2 centre backs and a left back
I think we must have been marking the posts on Saturday.We certainly didn't mark the opposition.
Thats how the champions in 92 did it.
Firstly they took a short corner with two attackers out on the wing - so you have to send a second defender out to provide cover.
As for whether you put defenders on the post, this topic is mentioned in the 'Secret Footballer' book - where the author says that statistically more goals are prevented by defenders competing for the ball rather than standing on the post.
It would be nice to think this was a specific instruction from Hockaday, but as our defence was a total shambles I doubt it was.
Coaches usually tend to use Zonal marking methods rather than man for man marking but I very much doubt C0-ckaday even knows what zonal marking is.
Simply too advanced for the likes of him.
A defender on the post will pretty much eliminate a threat of conceding a goal in that area anyway. Just the other 3/4 of the goal to aim at at
Middleton - opinions are split on that, even at the highest levels. The key thing is that all the defenders are working to a system where each one knows what his job is which (as the free header at the free kick showed) they didn't.
"A defender on the post will pretty much eliminate a threat of conceding a goal in that area anyway." Sorry, but that's nonsense. You might as well put all your players on the goal line and let the opposition have free headers.
Most teams operate a system with 1 man on the near post and a man who is at the back but not on the post, but is near enough to get there if need be.
We didn't have men free to man the posts there were 7 players marking the penalty spot.
"We didn't have men free to man the posts there were 7 players marking the penalty spot".
Jonty, that was a cracker, full marks for that comment, it was true, but hilarious.
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posted on 11/8/14
We need a defender around 6'2+ who will win header after header. We've no height at the back whatsoever and are always being out jumped/muscled. Webster would have been ideal
posted on 11/8/14
Giuseppe Bellusci is 6ft 1in. Will that do?
posted on 11/8/14
If he spikes his hair up then yh
posted on 11/8/14
We need more than defenders on the posts from corners to sort our defence out.
Start with 2 centre backs and a left back
posted on 11/8/14
Hanging baskets?
posted on 11/8/14
I think we must have been marking the posts on Saturday.We certainly didn't mark the opposition.
posted on 11/8/14
Thats how the champions in 92 did it.
posted on 11/8/14
Lots of lego would help
posted on 11/8/14
Firstly they took a short corner with two attackers out on the wing - so you have to send a second defender out to provide cover.
As for whether you put defenders on the post, this topic is mentioned in the 'Secret Footballer' book - where the author says that statistically more goals are prevented by defenders competing for the ball rather than standing on the post.
It would be nice to think this was a specific instruction from Hockaday, but as our defence was a total shambles I doubt it was.
posted on 11/8/14
Coaches usually tend to use Zonal marking methods rather than man for man marking but I very much doubt C0-ckaday even knows what zonal marking is.
Simply too advanced for the likes of him.
posted on 11/8/14
A defender on the post will pretty much eliminate a threat of conceding a goal in that area anyway. Just the other 3/4 of the goal to aim at at
posted on 11/8/14
Middleton - opinions are split on that, even at the highest levels. The key thing is that all the defenders are working to a system where each one knows what his job is which (as the free header at the free kick showed) they didn't.
"A defender on the post will pretty much eliminate a threat of conceding a goal in that area anyway." Sorry, but that's nonsense. You might as well put all your players on the goal line and let the opposition have free headers.
posted on 11/8/14
Most teams operate a system with 1 man on the near post and a man who is at the back but not on the post, but is near enough to get there if need be.
posted on 11/8/14
We didn't have men free to man the posts there were 7 players marking the penalty spot.
posted on 12/8/14
"We didn't have men free to man the posts there were 7 players marking the penalty spot".
Jonty, that was a cracker, full marks for that comment, it was true, but hilarious.
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