This is also the problem with the diamond formation - with no width the onus is on the full backs to make lung busting 70-80 runs (and returns) many times during the 90 minutes - it is no surprise that when the ball is lost upfield and a counter attack quickly mounted that the FB is out position...and there won't be midfield cover.
> On 20 August 2014 at 10:47 Ed Morrish <edmorr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From watching the Boro match, this seems to be a problem exacerbated by the > unthinking desire to close down the opposition. I lost track of the number of > times Austin - and Murphy and Tongue - ran at an opponent in position - only > for a simple pass to leave them horrendously out of position and a massive > great gap in front of our defence. I mean, if you're doing that, so it to > players you're plausibly going to trouble, and fill in the gaps behind other > players doing it. > > Turns out, then, that there's such a thing as "putting in too much of a > shift". > > Ed. > > > On 20 Aug 2014, at 10:15, Simon McNally <simon_mcna...@sky.com> wrote: > > > > The player at the base of the diamond needs to be good positionally but > > Austin doesn't have a clue. > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
