They don’t?
I know there are tactical trends you do and don’t like, but there has to be a reason behind them beyond collective delusions of grandeur.
They don’t?Why does everyone else play out from the back and get caught out every game?
Chess is a good analogy for this. Why do amateur players tend to copy the openings of the elite players? Because that’s the trend. But what works for the elite doesn’t necessarily work for people without the skills or understanding to make it work.They don’t?
I know there are tactical trends you do and don’t like, but there has to be a reason behind them beyond collective delusions of grandeur.
We’re not talking about amateurs though - these are professional teams all gravitating to a particular tactic. They’re all heavily incentivised to play whatever style they can to win, they get no benefit from imitating the top teams. And clearly it’s not as straightforward as “every team who’s not Liverpool/a grand master gets hammered if they play this way”.Chess is a good analogy for this. Why do amateur players tend to copy the openings of the elite players? Because that’s the trend. But what works for the elite doesn’t necessarily work for people without the skills or understanding to make it work.
Spot on BSBChess is a good analogy for this. Why do amateur players tend to copy the openings of the elite players? Because that’s the trend. But what works for the elite doesn’t necessarily work for people without the skills or understanding to make it work.
They don’t?
I know there are tactical trends you do and don’t like, but there has to be a reason behind them beyond collective delusions of grandeur.
I thought I answered that-in theory it helps you on the counter.We’re not talking about amateurs though - these are professional teams all gravitating to a particular tactic. They’re all heavily incentivised to play whatever style they can to win, they get no benefit from imitating the top teams. And clearly it’s not as straightforward as “every team who’s not Liverpool/a grand master gets hammered if they play this way”.
I’m just curious what the actual rationale is for leaving everyone back - I doubt it’s some kind of Emperor’s New Clothes thing.
I keep wishing would try Simms or even Haji out as a near post target man like that.Not a rant on defending them but did anyone see Arsenal last night? They just keep scoring corners.
It reminds me of the time McAllister used to hang it up at the near post for Willow or Dublin, they'd just flick it on or in the back of the net!
Simms has scored at least two this season in that fashionI keep wishing would try Simms or even Haji out as a near post target man like that.
Anybody at the near post would be an improvement.Don't get me wrong IMO Rudoni takes a good corner but a bit of variation wouldn't go a miss.I keep wishing would try Simms or even Haji out as a near post target man like that.
I think in open play, at least the one I remember was. For corners he has not been near post.Simms has scored at least two this season in that fashion
Seemed like he was against Watford and Luton?I think in open play, at least the one I remember was. For corners he has not been near post.
That’s how I remember it,Seemed like he was against Watford and Luton?
Totally agree plus the more players you have back the more deflections you get very often to our disadvantage.Two players with pace inside our own half have both straight down the middle if need be will require 3 back.We went through a phase a while back of having everyone back for corners, and then changed to leaving one or two up. We seem to have reverted this season. Personally I think it means that if we do manage to clear the ball from an opponents corner, it ends up coming straight back because there is no one in sky blue to collect that clearance and try to counter. An opposition corner becomes a relatively prolonged period of pressure on our defence.
In the Boothroyd days, the stats showed that the quicker teams got the ball into the opposition area, the more qoals they would score and hence the more games they would win. So many teams played a variant of hoof ball.We’re not talking about amateurs though - these are professional teams all gravitating to a particular tactic. They’re all heavily incentivised to play whatever style they can to win, they get no benefit from imitating the top teams. And clearly it’s not as straightforward as “every team who’s not Liverpool/a grand master gets hammered if they play this way”.
I’m just curious what the actual rationale is for leaving everyone back - I doubt it’s some kind of Emperor’s New Clothes thing.
It isn’t a new tactic, they’ve ripped it off here. Guess the dinosaurs among us actually knew what we were talking about!
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