I think your youtube is more for those who don't seem to understand what I'm talking about, all of that is exactly what I talk about, but it's only covering the right side, a feature of our play that has been missing since we had to change a lot of things last season, he been working it in those areas on the right drawing lots of players in before going back to centre (in one pass) for a first time switch out to the left for Mane in space or Robbo arriving in acres of it, and or Robbo setting off immediately looking to be found, or to be in a great position to support Mane or win or contest any second ball as soon as he sees that ball going back to the No6 in that scenario, what Hoddle described very accurately as chain reaction movement
I think some of the triggers for players movements need to be worked and and instilled, the automation I spoke so much about us losing through enforced changes last season, Mane and Robbo are both miles better players with the automation and constants of other players movement and actually both need that to play at their best levels, I've continually backed both because I understand this, I understood it before it was lost
I the 5 at the back low block situation, the best position to find Trent and to work for him arriving into space in is deeper just outside the line of their LCB, with RCM occupying the LB/LWB and Mo occupying the LCB (One of my major gripes of the second half v Chelsea), from there he can do any number of things, Mo can go take the LCB either way for the RCM to be released or for a cross, low ball or threaded ball through the channel Mo's opened
What we've lost on the left entirely is Mane staying our side of the full back and timing his runs for those medium to longer balls, running on a diagonal, beyond/inside the RB/RWB looking to run in behind the RCB and Gini's positioning, supported by Robbo's automatic movement to pick up the second ball if the defender gets something on it but it's played well enough he can't clear it effectively. And not just the medium to longer balls either, Mane making inside out runs to be found in behind the opposition FB/RWB drawing the RCB across, we didn't try or utilise any of that v Chelsea second half either.
The video isn't actually correct on the point of teams stopping Robbo and Mane and Trent, it was working perfectly well at the start of last season prior to the injuries and got us goals, because the synchronisation and automation was so finely tuned, teams knew what was coming, tried to stop it, but couldn't
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