| Sorry to Dig up the Davis Going Forward Discussion again.... 12:30 - Jan 6 with 5326 views | Kievthegreat |
But I'm watching the highlights on MOTD2 and I'm still of the mind that it's poor play from the backline not to react, not over commitment from Davis. Although the pundits do disagree.
You can watch from 42:06 which is when we hit the post. At this point Davis is our furthest forward. However we've only got 4 men committed in their final third while Fulham have 8 (9 including GK).
42:10 Davis is making a challenge on the ball so can't retreat and still furthest forward. Still same numbers in the final third. So at this point we've got 6 players defending against 2 Fulham. Nowhere near over committed.
42:20 Fulham have gained possession and have put it out wide to their left back. Every town player is behind the ball and Fulham only have 4 in front of the ball. However every town player (bar the obvious one) is playing perfectly in shape as if Davis is there. 3 CBs in line, but only against one attacker; Burns in position, but marking no one; Morsy and Philips looking to keep close to the Fulham AMs in the middle. Then the Davis hole because Davis is still 15-20 yards behind.
This is the problem. The defensive line doesn't adjust to the lack of Davis. We didn't overcommit numbers and they've not countered in numbers. If the defence shifts leftwards, you make that cross field ball far more challenging and potentially cut out the play. Instead we've overcommitted defensively to our right and Fulham have pushed the space that wasn't closed.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a really sloppy tackle from Davis in the end and perhaps he could have put on the afterburners a fraction earlier to try and make up the space, but I'd be really disappointed in the backline and Phillips (as the DM on that side) for not responding to the threat if I was McKenna. |  | | |  |
| Sorry to Dig up the Davis Going Forward Discussion again.... on 06:04 - Jan 7 with 165 views | Blue_Heath |
| Sorry to Dig up the Davis Going Forward Discussion again.... on 21:35 - Jan 6 by BloomBlue |
We didn't over commit against Bournemouth, and actually a lot of Town fans were screaming 'push out', 'get it forward', 'don't sit back' and we lost that game from a winning position. |
To be fair I think Bournemouth are a very underrated side and pinned us back rather than us sitting back. |  | | |
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