Matt Stevenson
First Team
Hi all,
I caught up on the last two EFL on Quest yesterday (Championship games only) and would estimate that about 1 in 6 of goals scored were due to a serious defensive blunder. Whilst I don't want to play hoofball as a default, have the Championship sides been seduced by Guardiola style possession and playing through the lines?
If I was writing a computer programme to analyses ways to maximise the chance of winning then I'd expect 'prohibiting passing around the back unless it was practically certain there couldn't be a goal conceded' would be in the final solution. With the goal on Saturday, even if Jefferson had got to Mepham's ball first, then he would still have been tightly marked and probably needed to have gone back to Mepham or Begovic, for them to boot it long. Why take the unnecessary risks of the extra two passes.
Can anyone think of any goals that have come directly from playing a 'risky' ball in our defensive third? I can remember one glorious move this season where we almost scored, but not much more (although my memory isn't perfect). I acknowledge that we may indirectly concede from losing possession from a long clearance, but I'd still rather their centre back has it, than their centre forward.
Am I just a footballing luddite, or I am being pragmatic? If someone does know the stats related to this (at our level, not at Champions League) then I'd be v interested to see them.
UTCIAD
Matt
I caught up on the last two EFL on Quest yesterday (Championship games only) and would estimate that about 1 in 6 of goals scored were due to a serious defensive blunder. Whilst I don't want to play hoofball as a default, have the Championship sides been seduced by Guardiola style possession and playing through the lines?
If I was writing a computer programme to analyses ways to maximise the chance of winning then I'd expect 'prohibiting passing around the back unless it was practically certain there couldn't be a goal conceded' would be in the final solution. With the goal on Saturday, even if Jefferson had got to Mepham's ball first, then he would still have been tightly marked and probably needed to have gone back to Mepham or Begovic, for them to boot it long. Why take the unnecessary risks of the extra two passes.
Can anyone think of any goals that have come directly from playing a 'risky' ball in our defensive third? I can remember one glorious move this season where we almost scored, but not much more (although my memory isn't perfect). I acknowledge that we may indirectly concede from losing possession from a long clearance, but I'd still rather their centre back has it, than their centre forward.
Am I just a footballing luddite, or I am being pragmatic? If someone does know the stats related to this (at our level, not at Champions League) then I'd be v interested to see them.
UTCIAD
Matt