I really think your club can do better than Poch Edin..
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He is only young Mata, Rodgers wasn't particularly outstanding initially, but with time learnt and developed well as a coach.
Bielsa's teams are famed for their much worse form after xmas.......
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Seasons over
The fight to not finish in the Europa has begun
Against us maybe? I was drunk watching the game and all I can really remember is being p1ssed and p1ssed off, Surely use pressed us well that game?
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Most of the players are not suited, also it is difficult to play a high line when your centre backs are about as quick as a tree dwelling sloth
Lamela has his faults but along with Kane and eriksen he does press along...maybe mason aswell..
comment by Chronic - 100% behind Poch (U3423)
posted 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Bielsa's teams are famed for their much worse form after xmas.......
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I think that was unfair criticism though. Marseille have hardly fallen off, yes they lost the last two games but that was against PSG & Bordeaux.
They have recently demolished Toulouse (6-1) and Lens (4-0).
We played a pressing game against City, which worked to an extent. And then we went down to 10 men and it all went to pot.
comment by Mata's Left Foot - Kylie Jenner (U11781)
posted 4 hours, 20 minutes ago
I really think your club can do better than Poch Edin..
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Really? Who?
comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
comment by Chronic - 100% behind Poch (U3423)
posted 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Bielsa's teams are famed for their much worse form after xmas.......
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I think that was unfair criticism though. Marseille have hardly fallen off, yes they lost the last two games but that was against PSG & Bordeaux.
They have recently demolished Toulouse (6-1) and Lens (4-0).
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fair enough
The point of this article though, was what did people think was the problem for our sheit pressing?
i genuinely think we don't have the legs across the team to do it.
certain members can. but others cannot.
alternatively we don't have the intelligence to execute the game plan consistently
I think that is probably the answer as well Chronic, but I remember that Nigel Atkins got Southampton playing pressing football well. I wonder if Poch inherited a good pressing side or developed one.
One things is for sure, if we don't have the legs to press, then why do we bother getting Kane and Eriksen to run about madly?
I think Poch has confused himself. Because we started winning games in the last 10 minutes this got him thinking it was down to fitness and we could exploit teams in the last 10 minutes - this was particularly evident in the Burnley game where the tactics were clearly to pass it side to side, backwards, side to side and backwards and to try and nick it in the 80+ mins of the game.
As you say, the pressing game stopped some time ago and I think Poch has kind of lost himself a bit.
It’s probably a bit late in the day to try out new systems but we need to start trying to win the game from the off - not rely on the opposition tiring out.
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posted on 16/4/15
I really think your club can do better than Poch Edin..
posted on 16/4/15
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posted on 16/4/15
He is only young Mata, Rodgers wasn't particularly outstanding initially, but with time learnt and developed well as a coach.
posted on 16/4/15
Bielsa's teams are famed for their much worse form after xmas.......
posted on 16/4/15
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posted on 16/4/15
Seasons over
The fight to not finish in the Europa has begun
posted on 16/4/15
Against us maybe? I was drunk watching the game and all I can really remember is being p1ssed and p1ssed off, Surely use pressed us well that game?
posted on 16/4/15
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posted on 16/4/15
Most of the players are not suited, also it is difficult to play a high line when your centre backs are about as quick as a tree dwelling sloth
posted on 16/4/15
Lamela has his faults but along with Kane and eriksen he does press along...maybe mason aswell..
posted on 16/4/15
comment by Chronic - 100% behind Poch (U3423)
posted 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Bielsa's teams are famed for their much worse form after xmas.......
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I think that was unfair criticism though. Marseille have hardly fallen off, yes they lost the last two games but that was against PSG & Bordeaux.
They have recently demolished Toulouse (6-1) and Lens (4-0).
posted on 16/4/15
We played a pressing game against City, which worked to an extent. And then we went down to 10 men and it all went to pot.
posted on 16/4/15
comment by Mata's Left Foot - Kylie Jenner (U11781)
posted 4 hours, 20 minutes ago
I really think your club can do better than Poch Edin..
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Really? Who?
posted on 16/4/15
comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
comment by Chronic - 100% behind Poch (U3423)
posted 2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Bielsa's teams are famed for their much worse form after xmas.......
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I think that was unfair criticism though. Marseille have hardly fallen off, yes they lost the last two games but that was against PSG & Bordeaux.
They have recently demolished Toulouse (6-1) and Lens (4-0).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
fair enough
posted on 16/4/15
The point of this article though, was what did people think was the problem for our sheit pressing?
posted on 16/4/15
i genuinely think we don't have the legs across the team to do it.
certain members can. but others cannot.
alternatively we don't have the intelligence to execute the game plan consistently
posted on 16/4/15
I think that is probably the answer as well Chronic, but I remember that Nigel Atkins got Southampton playing pressing football well. I wonder if Poch inherited a good pressing side or developed one.
One things is for sure, if we don't have the legs to press, then why do we bother getting Kane and Eriksen to run about madly?
posted on 17/4/15
I think Poch has confused himself. Because we started winning games in the last 10 minutes this got him thinking it was down to fitness and we could exploit teams in the last 10 minutes - this was particularly evident in the Burnley game where the tactics were clearly to pass it side to side, backwards, side to side and backwards and to try and nick it in the 80+ mins of the game.
As you say, the pressing game stopped some time ago and I think Poch has kind of lost himself a bit.
It’s probably a bit late in the day to try out new systems but we need to start trying to win the game from the off - not rely on the opposition tiring out.
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