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Esoterica said:

Communication: Young teams like ours, lacking leaders, don't always communicate as much as they should so often players don't get the calls they need in order to understand what is happening behind them, so players pick the easy/safe option in the split second they get to make the decision.

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rob9872 said:

Also , footnote: why are some of our fans such twats? One guy who sits behind us (in box125 if you're reading you moron) dislikes Burge, Mason, Shipley, Meyler and Bakayoko in equal measure. Donkey, twat, hopeless some of his favoured outbursts - why do they even go?

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Esoterica said:

There are lot of reasons but often very circumstantial. In our specific case I've seen a few e.g.

Tactical: Buy your team some time to safely get the team shape back - when we play with a DM and 3 forwards our central midfield options can often be limited. In attack we're quite reliant on our fullbacks getting forward and one of the forwards dropping deeper to boost numbers and contribute to multiple phases of play. If the ball comes back quickly from an attack to our defenders the backpass eats up a few seconds while we get the shape back.

Loss of shape: Our defensive unit is very susceptible to dropping too deep when under pressure - our fullbacks young and inexperienced, Davies is a leader but his slow speed and warrior style naturally pulls him deep and neither WIllis or Hyam seem like natural vocal leaders. This stretches the lines between defense-midfield-attack which seems to happen to us quite regularly and then the ball needs to travel too far for a simple passing forward into an area swamped with opposition's midfield. It also becomes a lot of ground for our players to cover to contribute to multiple phases of play so movement reduces. For me this is quite a big contribution to our disjointed periods of play in games. Our style/formation needs a high back line to work well on the deck otherwise the back pass becomes the only simple option and gets overused.

Communication: Young teams like ours, lacking leaders, don't always communicate as much as they should so often players don't get the calls they need in order to understand what is happening behind them, so players pick the easy/safe option in the split second they get to make the decision.

Vision/Thinking 2 steps ahead: Sometimes the first pass forward is on but players with good football vision will assess what options the receiving player has and turn the pass down due to their lack of options. Someone like Bright or Bayliss you might risk a ball to into a tighter space knowing they are strong at rolling a player but sometimes it can be better to just reset and start again, especially if you are trying to play possession football. Better to go back or sideways and wait for the space to open up more.

Evolution of GK role: Goalkeepers like Allison or Ederson are a new breed when it comes to acting as an 11th outfield player. At our level being comfortable on the ball hasn't filtered down to keepers yet and they often don't think like outfield players. The default attitude is often that the further the ball is from goal, the less likely they are to concede so a safe backpass can often get launched instead of possession retained on the deck.

Just my thoughts on it anyway.

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