19-09-2021, 03:53 PM
(19-09-2021, 02:54 PM)Bluebob Wrote: Why is it we are 1-2 down Cambridge win a corner and we have everyone in the box defending it, why not stick at least one striker on the halfway line then this pulls at least 2 of there players back. Jackett teams were the same. Just doesn’t make sense to me.
almost all modern teams set up defensive first. We used to laugh at the Italians (for instance) all "funneling back to defend! We bought in loads of foreign coaches and managers, made the FA coaching compulsory and have take a lot of the fun out of the game.