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The Art of Defending 18:49 - Feb 29 with 7125 viewsLblock

Done with crayons and potato prints

Hats off to Dom Ball today, full of energy commitment and desire.
Worked hard to protect the back four
I’d of feared for us without him.

Can we please drop the zonal bollox? We’ve not got the players for it!

Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal

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The Art of Defending on 19:00 - Feb 29 with 5483 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

An inverted shit sandwich.
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The Art of Defending on 19:36 - Feb 29 with 5307 viewsGloucs_R

Just seen the goals. Two completely unmarked for their second and their first looked 5 yards offside

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The Art of Defending on 20:43 - Feb 29 with 5106 viewsstevec

If we’re intending to make any progression next season MW needs to revisit his strategy for defending corners, it’s comical.
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The Art of Defending on 22:33 - Feb 29 with 4884 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

The Art of Defending on 20:43 - Feb 29 by stevec

If we’re intending to make any progression next season MW needs to revisit his strategy for defending corners, it’s comical.


Genuinely don't recall us conceding that many from corners. Would love to see a stat on it. I think we concede so many in general because we commit to attack more.

Wasn't there today so i'll take your word for it that our defending was terrible.
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The Art of Defending on 23:50 - Feb 29 with 4751 viewstimcocking

Yes our defending at set pieces has moved from a piss take to an absolute bloody joke. Which is a backwards step.
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The Art of Defending on 00:00 - Mar 1 with 4743 viewswombat

The Art of Defending on 23:50 - Feb 29 by timcocking

Yes our defending at set pieces has moved from a piss take to an absolute bloody joke. Which is a backwards step.


It’s MW biggest issue he won’t change it when it simply doesn’t work as long at the able in the box is half decent the oppo will get a chance of scoring

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The Art of Defending on 00:02 - Mar 1 with 4734 viewstimcocking

The Art of Defending on 22:33 - Feb 29 by BazzaInTheLoft

Genuinely don't recall us conceding that many from corners. Would love to see a stat on it. I think we concede so many in general because we commit to attack more.

Wasn't there today so i'll take your word for it that our defending was terrible.
[Post edited 29 Feb 2020 22:35]


Unless i heard wrong, we've conceded more goals from set pieces than all the other 91 league clubs this year, haven't we?
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The Art of Defending on 00:07 - Mar 1 with 4730 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

The Art of Defending on 00:02 - Mar 1 by timcocking

Unless i heard wrong, we've conceded more goals from set pieces than all the other 91 league clubs this year, haven't we?


Might be true but I can’t find it 🤷‍♂️
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The Art of Defending on 00:10 - Mar 1 with 4723 viewskensalriser

What is true is that we've conceded more goals than the entire bloody division except Luton.

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The Art of Defending on 00:31 - Mar 1 with 4701 viewsBazzaInTheLoft

The Art of Defending on 00:10 - Mar 1 by kensalriser

What is true is that we've conceded more goals than the entire bloody division except Luton.


Third in the goals for Column too!

This has been a exciting if not a successful season.
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The Art of Defending on 01:25 - Mar 1 with 4650 viewsdixiedean

The Art of Defending on 00:00 - Mar 1 by wombat

It’s MW biggest issue he won’t change it when it simply doesn’t work as long at the able in the box is half decent the oppo will get a chance of scoring


Generally I'm behind Warburton but the defending from set plays has to change. They've spent 6-9 months practising a system which clearly doesn't work. We have 4 people on the 6 yard box ( usually 3 of which are our best headers ) and 3 marking 4 attackers on the edge of the box . So guess what , the 4th one is always unmarked ! The defenders on 6 yard box only head it if the delivery is crap; if it's a good ball in they're out of the game , hence we concede so many from corners. They must analyse this to death so why be so stubborn and not change it ?
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The Art of Defending on 02:16 - Mar 1 with 4619 viewsqueensparker

How to score from a corner against QPR.

Put your two strongest in the air at the far corner of the 18 yard box or a bit nearer to taste.

Crowd the box with cannon fodder.

Float it to the back post for your two big men to attack.

Profit.
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The Art of Defending on 08:12 - Mar 1 with 4383 viewsjonno

The Art of Defending on 01:25 - Mar 1 by dixiedean

Generally I'm behind Warburton but the defending from set plays has to change. They've spent 6-9 months practising a system which clearly doesn't work. We have 4 people on the 6 yard box ( usually 3 of which are our best headers ) and 3 marking 4 attackers on the edge of the box . So guess what , the 4th one is always unmarked ! The defenders on 6 yard box only head it if the delivery is crap; if it's a good ball in they're out of the game , hence we concede so many from corners. They must analyse this to death so why be so stubborn and not change it ?


Defending is very simple you have to get to any ball first that is coming into or around the box, otherwise you are in trouble. We are consistently second to those balls, look at the second goal yesterday for a prime example.Tyhat is why we concede so many goals.
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The Art of Defending on 08:58 - Mar 1 with 4287 viewsBrianMcCarthy

I've looked but can't find an article on the rationale behind defending zonally against corners. I mean they're must be a reason so many coaches employ it. I just can't see it at the moment.

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The Art of Defending on 09:22 - Mar 1 with 4235 viewssmegma

The Art of Defending on 08:58 - Mar 1 by BrianMcCarthy

I've looked but can't find an article on the rationale behind defending zonally against corners. I mean they're must be a reason so many coaches employ it. I just can't see it at the moment.


As someone once said , " a zone has never scored a goal, a footballer does".... or something like that. It's the biggest nonsense ever created.
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The Art of Defending on 09:42 - Mar 1 with 4201 viewsDejR_vu

The Art of Defending on 01:25 - Mar 1 by dixiedean

Generally I'm behind Warburton but the defending from set plays has to change. They've spent 6-9 months practising a system which clearly doesn't work. We have 4 people on the 6 yard box ( usually 3 of which are our best headers ) and 3 marking 4 attackers on the edge of the box . So guess what , the 4th one is always unmarked ! The defenders on 6 yard box only head it if the delivery is crap; if it's a good ball in they're out of the game , hence we concede so many from corners. They must analyse this to death so why be so stubborn and not change it ?


I suspect they think that, in time, it will improve. Like everything in life, you get better with practice.

If we’re going to do the same as every one else we’ll likely get similar results to everyone else, unless we have the best players available who can make a difference to how successful the system is. We clearly don’t have the best players so we need a system that makes the whole greater than the sum of the parts. It looks like we’re trying to do that but, because it’s difficult, we’re going to have to go through some pain.

Also, it’s not as if we’ve been watertight at the back before this season.

Given what he’s managed to achieve in the short time he’s been here i’m inclined to give MW the benefit of the doubt.

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The Art of Defending on 10:02 - Mar 1 with 4164 viewslondonscottish

That statto bloke from Opta on the pod the other week said that Rangers were about spot on in terms of the ratio of chances created to goals scored but about 10 points down on goal threats to goals conceded.

So, yeah, lots of mistakes at the back.

In other news Leeds were WAY behind on changes created to goals scored. Like 20 points down or something.

In other words the Opta stats back what everyone's been saying.

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The Art of Defending on 11:16 - Mar 1 with 4064 viewsTacticalR

The Art of Defending on 01:25 - Mar 1 by dixiedean

Generally I'm behind Warburton but the defending from set plays has to change. They've spent 6-9 months practising a system which clearly doesn't work. We have 4 people on the 6 yard box ( usually 3 of which are our best headers ) and 3 marking 4 attackers on the edge of the box . So guess what , the 4th one is always unmarked ! The defenders on 6 yard box only head it if the delivery is crap; if it's a good ball in they're out of the game , hence we concede so many from corners. They must analyse this to death so why be so stubborn and not change it ?


Yes, someone sitting near me just before the corner was taken said: 'we've got one bloke trying to mark two players'.

Air hostess clique

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The Art of Defending on 12:56 - Mar 1 with 3989 viewsLadbrokeR

The Art of Defending on 00:02 - Mar 1 by timcocking

Unless i heard wrong, we've conceded more goals from set pieces than all the other 91 league clubs this year, haven't we?


Well if this is the case then it should be the first thing to address on Monday.
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The Art of Defending on 13:10 - Mar 1 with 3971 viewsAngelsone9

The Art of Defending on 00:00 - Mar 1 by wombat

It’s MW biggest issue he won’t change it when it simply doesn’t work as long at the able in the box is half decent the oppo will get a chance of scoring


The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
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The Art of Defending on 13:22 - Mar 1 with 3948 viewskensalriser

The Art of Defending on 13:10 - Mar 1 by Angelsone9

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.


Except it's not and Einstein never said it.

Definition of stupidity more like.

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The Art of Defending on 13:44 - Mar 1 with 3923 viewsterryb

The player who won the first header was man marked by Cameron.

It is impossible for a defender to win every ball that is played into the area so we must expect to be under pressure from some of them. It is possible that we lose too many of them though!

I've not seen any sugestions from us that the Brum defending was that bad when Hugill won the ball & Pugh was all alone to score!
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The Art of Defending on 14:35 - Mar 1 with 3884 viewsNorthantsHoop

The Art of Defending on 13:44 - Mar 1 by terryb

The player who won the first header was man marked by Cameron.

It is impossible for a defender to win every ball that is played into the area so we must expect to be under pressure from some of them. It is possible that we lose too many of them though!

I've not seen any sugestions from us that the Brum defending was that bad when Hugill won the ball & Pugh was all alone to score!


I don't think we are going to improve much defensively this season, although Barbet coming back has made us a bit tighter and solid. Personally think their first goal was a bit of a shocker, although Hogan did look offside to me, Masterson unlucky not to have scrambled it clear. Good point on our first goal about Hugill getting header in and Pugh scoring easily. Great game to watch yesterday, both sides evenly matched and on balance, draw a fair result.
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The Art of Defending on 15:07 - Mar 1 with 3863 viewsQPROslo

The Art of Defending on 14:35 - Mar 1 by NorthantsHoop

I don't think we are going to improve much defensively this season, although Barbet coming back has made us a bit tighter and solid. Personally think their first goal was a bit of a shocker, although Hogan did look offside to me, Masterson unlucky not to have scrambled it clear. Good point on our first goal about Hugill getting header in and Pugh scoring easily. Great game to watch yesterday, both sides evenly matched and on balance, draw a fair result.


Barbet has improved our play out from the back, but I think we lost much of what defensive strength we had in the air with the departure of the BFL.
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The Art of Defending on 15:12 - Mar 1 with 3855 viewsderbyhoop

Their 2nd goal yesterday was almost a replica of the one Forest scored, but was disallowed for moving ball.

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