- Are we going to press the ball or are we going to drop off?
- Are we dropping off for a reason?
- If we drop what is the set up?
- If they have unpressurised possession, they have a numerical overload and a
big space to play in. Sometimes you have to accept that they have it and allow
them to have the ball.
So now we drop off, what do we now.
Front man or however many we have. They just slide accross, sometimes they will
take gambles, if they have an extra touch we can nick it. Sometimes he'll just
be able to get across and force play in a certain direction. Slide all other
players accorss so we are nice and tight and compact the unit is nice and tight
so there is no room to
- Play behind
- Very diffecult to get around the sides. They have to come back out to come
back in.
- Very diffecult to play through the gaps because they are small.
People are set up in places to defend. Get the set up right, we work on inside
pressuring from mid field, send them into bodies try to break up the attack.
- How do you do that? Answer you intercept or you spoil etc.
- What do you need to do next ?
- You need to think about playing forward, get players
into forward positions where you can break. The positions they take up have
got to be behind the defenders inbetween defenders sometimes the most advanced
players showing in front of defenders.You split up the players you then say
to the player in front of the ball can you play to the furthest forward etc.
So you get into the principles of getting those movement between defenders getting
behind, defenders and playing the ball as far forward as possible. You need
to maintain momentum.
- Having played the ball up can you push up. Push up to support behind, support
in advance of the ball, push up and compact space behind the ball, make sure
if the ball changes hands again that they can't counter. Thats your insurance,
this screen in front of the defence.
- Dont let players back onto the back four,
tell them when to stop. You want these distances the centre midfield three you
dont want them flat, more of a pyramid shape. They play the ball around the
back and get frustrated at the lack of passing oportunities so they force it.
- You cant always counter attack you must recognise when it is on and when its
not.
As soon as the ball passes in, he sprints wide, safe possesion. Get all eleven
back, he hardly ever picks up, football in front of him, can we have mid field
players on the edge of the box, who are ready to break out. Slide them in.
- Look for quality of passes, final cross, final shot.
- If the keeper gets it with one up he can throw it from the edge of the area
delivery depend on the forward, whilst its travelling the midfield men have
a chance to support. When the ball arrives someone should be running central
& someone should be running wide.
- Front players don't have to work their bollocks off. He only has to apply token
pressure. As the ball has gone beyond him he is a player to be hit.
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