Where are our weaknesses ? the whole bleedin defence !What coaching drills do you suggest?
Where are our actual weaknesses?
What coaching drills do you suggest?
Where are our actual weaknesses?
Defence fell over in the wind so will need to start again from scratch.:laugh:
We almost seem like we need a sweeper
Don't like the sound of that last line hobo ,fir enough If you're in a shower cubicle ,but could be messy in a communal bath.
What do people see as defence though, is it just four players.
There were two good crosses drilled into our box and met well with two good attacking headers, well taken goals. When you get to that point you are asking a lot of you centre backs and keeper.
I am not saying they could not have dealt with it better, but there are easier options to deal with it else where on the pitch..wide midfield, wing backs, full backs depending on your formation.
If the people in front of the back four don't do their shift the back four will always look shit!
Kg82 "concentration". I agree, but I am sure Pressley doesn't say, when you get back to 2-2 lads just switch off and take a breather...I am sure SP is as gutted and lived as the travelling fans were.
Alex Ferguson said blow your stack in the dressing room. Monday morning all is forgotten and it is back to coaching and building confidence in your players.
What do people see as defence though, is it just four players.
There were two good crosses drilled into our box and met well with two good attacking headers, well taken goals. When you get to that point you are asking a lot of you centre backs and keeper.
I am not saying they could not have dealt with it better, but there are easier options to deal with it else where on the pitch..wide midfield, wing backs, full backs depending on your formation.
If the people in front of the back four don't do their shift the back four will always look shit!
Kg82 "concentration". I agree, but I am sure Pressley doesn't say, when you get back to 2-2 lads just switch off and take a breather...I am sure SP is as gutted and lived as the travelling fans were.
Alex Ferguson said blow your stack in the dressing room. Monday morning all is forgotten and it is back to coaching and building confidence in your players.
I agree, from a Bradford point of view it is two excellent crosses and bullet headers. They got into the crossing positions far too easily and then had too much time to deliver the cross.
What do people see as defence though, is it just four players.
There were two good crosses drilled into our box and met well with two good attacking headers, well taken goals. When you get to that point you are asking a lot of you centre backs and keeper.
I am not saying they could not have dealt with it better, but there are easier options to deal with it else where on the pitch..wide midfield, wing backs, full backs depending on your formation.
If the people in front of the back four don't do their shift the back four will always look shit!
Kg82 "concentration". I agree, but I am sure Pressley doesn't say, when you get back to 2-2 lads just switch off and take a breather...I am sure SP is as gutted and lived as the travelling fans were.
Alex Ferguson said blow your stack in the dressing room. Monday morning all is forgotten and it is back to coaching and building confidence in your players.
I absolutely despise zonal marking and how it was brought in was beyond me. All the training and education I ever had growing up there is only 1 way and thats man marking, pick your man, for the next 90 minutes he is your man, don't give him an inch. Win your battles. Let him know your there. And When you attack the ball, communicate with your team to cover your position. It is that simple. Zonal marking where your marking space and trying to predict the next move is poor. The amount of times watching City where they had a free kick inside our half, Cyrus Christie for example would be 5-7 yards away from his wide man watching him, the wide man would have his hand up in the air and the free kick would come straight over to him, Christie then closes down, whips the ball in and they have a chance and on some occasion I remember, score. Well you would generally nullify that by man marking and winning the header when the free kick comes!
Neil McFarlane played as a defensive midfielder and takes a lot of our training. OK, he's no CB but surely he knows the defensive side to a game?
We let too many crosses come into the box. Stop the supply at source.
We let too many crosses come into the box. Stop the supply at source.
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