NWCherries98
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The home game against City last season was one of the more controversial ones I can remember, because of our approach to the game; with the sitting back and the complete lack of any kind of offense throughout; even after conceding.
Personally I didn't have a huge issue with our approach; I thought it was an impressive display of pure defending and organisation, that was undone by an unfortunate goal. I can definitely see where people are coming from when they say they hated that performance, particularly being at home, with our identity being built around expansive football and all that. So the question is, do we want to see a repeat of these tactics next Sunday, or do you want to see us go for it a bit more and risk getting spanked?
If we're going for uber defense again, I think I'd prefer it to look like this:
--------------Ramsdale--------------
Smith--Mepham--Cook--Ake--Rico
----Billing---Lerma---H. Wilson----
---------Wilson--------King---------
If we were to lean in to the counterattack a bit more, then maybe something like this:
------------Ramsdale------------
Smith-----Cook----Ake-----Rico
-------Lerma-------Billing-------
H Wilson-------King-------Fraser
--------------Wilson--------------
If we utilise our pace effectively and get our players in and around their box on the break, especially with VAR now in play, I see no reason why we can't shithouse our way to a point 3.
Personally I didn't have a huge issue with our approach; I thought it was an impressive display of pure defending and organisation, that was undone by an unfortunate goal. I can definitely see where people are coming from when they say they hated that performance, particularly being at home, with our identity being built around expansive football and all that. So the question is, do we want to see a repeat of these tactics next Sunday, or do you want to see us go for it a bit more and risk getting spanked?
If we're going for uber defense again, I think I'd prefer it to look like this:
--------------Ramsdale--------------
Smith--Mepham--Cook--Ake--Rico
----Billing---Lerma---H. Wilson----
---------Wilson--------King---------
If we were to lean in to the counterattack a bit more, then maybe something like this:
------------Ramsdale------------
Smith-----Cook----Ake-----Rico
-------Lerma-------Billing-------
H Wilson-------King-------Fraser
--------------Wilson--------------
If we utilise our pace effectively and get our players in and around their box on the break, especially with VAR now in play, I see no reason why we can't shithouse our way to a point 3.