Passing Pressing & Counter pressing

[Nineteenx]

If you aspire to be a team doing all these things well, which with their abilities developed under Jurgen there should be no issue combining the 3

Yet in every game bar one there are numerous times you lose the ball & the opposition have 3 or more very good options to find immediately, often a couple they could release through on goal with the right pass

You’re not doing it anywhere near fucking right

You don’t need 6 players in space with no-one picked up should you lose it, as keeps happening continually to play a passing game

[JockStrap]

What should they be doing?

[Kev0909]

Yeah the system is totally shite, I really hope slot leaves soon

I don't fancy the chanpionship.

Slot & players aren't doing anything right, shocking.

[ianlfc]

Is this with 10 or 11 men on the pitch ?

[Insidious]

Would you prefer a line of 3 leading the press rather than a line of 4 Nineteen?

Do you see that sort of 4-2-4 deployment as an over-commit leaving us short centrally in front of the centre-backs?

[Nineteenx]

Exactly that we’ve been too easy to play through in too many games when we lose possession & we’re often light in the midfield, often with only Grav in there & the other 2 both ahead of their mids making it easy for them or their wide players to be released

It keeps happening & it’s like a repeat of how we lost it in 18-19 when teams kept releasing players down our right v Trent when Jurgen was playing 4231 which we fixed by bringing Hendo in at RCM

We had got away with it for a good while but we’ve just dropped 4 points from 9 through it

[CCTV]

Exactly that we’ve been too easy to play through in too many games when we lose possession & we’re often light in the midfield, often with only Grav in there & the other 2 both ahead of their mids making it easy for them or their wide players to be released

It keeps happening & it’s like a repeat of how we lost it in 18-19 when teams kept releasing players down our right v Trent when Jurgen was playing 4231 which we fixed by bringing Hendo in at RCM

We had got away with it for a good while but we’ve just dropped 4 points from 9 through it

In 18/19 we did better in 4231 than 433 as I recall. Points per game & goal difference.

We are leading Chelsea by 2 points with a game in hand in the pl. Best defensive record in the league.
Realistically a top 8 finish secured with 2 CL games to play. Konate has been missed.

4 winnable games to play before the January transfer window opens. Southampton in the EFL cup, Spurs away, Leicester at home & West Ham away in the PL. Konate, Bradley & Tsimi due back soon enough by reports. MacA & Robbo back from suspension.

Seems Zubimendi was on the summer shopping list. I'd go for a CB first in January.

[Nineteenx]

Keep working at it much improved first half v Saints in the cup & today

I would really like to see LFWD & RFWD up No9 dropping in & an aggressive Jurgen style press setting traps to nick it & plunder more on the counter for spells when we’re 2 or more goals to thr good

Rather than just sitting off deep letting them play

[CCTV]

In 18/19 we did better in 4231 than 433 as I recall. Points per game & goal difference.

We are leading Chelsea by 2 points with a game in hand in the pl. Best defensive record in the league.
Realistically a top 8 finish secured with 2 CL games to play. Konate has been missed.

4 winnable games to play before the January transfer window opens. Southampton in the EFL cup, Spurs away, Leicester at home & West Ham away in the PL. Konate, Bradley & Tsimi due back soon enough by reports. MacA & Robbo back from suspension.

Seems Zubimendi was on the summer shopping list. I'd go for a CB first in January.

Well in lads

[JockStrap]

Maybe you can explain which of the current CBs you’d replace with the new one in Jan.