| Pep praises Saints for "defending with the ball" 14:10 - Oct 28 with 589 views | Ifonly |
I see that on Saturday's MOTD, Pep was complimentary about Saints, in particular the way we "defended with the ball". What he means is that we recycled possession instead of risking losing it by attacking. This denied City possession and meant that there were periods when City couldn't score because they didn't have the ball.
Wake up Pep lad. Perhaps, like your team, you're a bit tired after your Champions League week, but if this was an effective strategy then we wouldn't be bottom of the table with the worst goal difference. It might work for City, but we're more likely to turn the ball over in the defensive third resulting in an easy goal for the opposition. We managed to avoid that on Saturday (just) but it will happen again.
Meanwhile "defending with the ball" means that we are not attacking. What Pep describes as "defending with the ball" is mostly, when Saints do it, just pointless possession, where we bore the fans shitless and do nothing to threaten the opposition.
I'm from the old skool that thinks when you have the ball you should try to use it to score a goal instead of defending with it. That means moving the ball forward quickly before the opposition form a defensive block which is difficult to break down. Once again our best chances in this match came when we moved the ball quickly up the pitch instead of defending with it. Once again we will probably fail to learn from that.
Pep's compliments actually just sum up the chasm between City and Saints. They show how a tactic can make perfect sense for a team of world class players but be an exercise in stupidity for mediocre players like our lot. The fact that we didn't get absolutely walloped on Saturday doesn't change that. |  | | |  |
| Pep praises Saints for "defending with the ball" on 17:01 - Oct 28 with 491 views | kernow |
« Defending with the ball » is fine if you’re protecting a lead.
We needed to score to get anything from the game. | | | |
| Pep praises Saints for "defending with the ball" on 23:50 - Oct 28 with 388 views | sledger |
i think its all a scam by pep to praise meaningless posession,just makes it easier for them to win,dont be fooled by the 1-0 scoreline city should have had a hatfull | | | |
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