| Lack of aggression 13:22 - Feb 4 with 3399 views | itfc48 |
One thing I've noticed during this recent run is we're a lot less aggressive in the press and also lacking aggression going into duels compared to the early season when we really rattled a number of teams. Morsy in particular seems to have really reigned himself in and his aggression is a huge part of his game.
Since parking the bus against Arsenal and Chelsea are we now stuck in two minds?
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| Lack of aggression on 22:55 - Feb 4 with 298 views | Ryorry |
| Lack of aggression on 14:54 - Feb 4 by portmanking |
We train as hard (or even harder?) as we play on gameday. I do wonder if that's starting to have an effect.
You only have to look at Luton's squad this season to see how much last season took it out of them. We're going to need to overhaul the middle of the park next season, whichever league we're in. |
This more than anything else I’ve read, is quite concerning - players’ bodies just being run down to empty? Surely the back room staff, with all the analytics at their disposal, would be able and willing to change things if the system isn’t working? |  |
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| Lack of aggression on 23:06 - Feb 4 with 280 views | TractorFrog |
| Lack of aggression on 13:29 - Feb 4 by textbackup |
We look, to me, like individuals now, as opposed to a unit all playing in a well drilled/coach way.
Too many seem to be doing their own thing, where as before (and I know the levels are different) we had Donacian on an overlap, Wes looking for a move from chappers, Broadhead knowing chappers was going to be in a certain place without even looking… etc.
Not seeing much in the way of patterns of play.
Used to follow a really good ITFC tactics page on Twitter, would break down parts of the games, but not seen them post recently. Maybe it’s a sign he/she isn’t seeing these patterns either! |
The new signings have disrupted this a bit but you can’t stick with the same team forever. Liam Delap doesn’t fit the system as well as George Hirst but he has the extra quality so it’s worth it. Arguably the same applies to Omari Hutchinson. I think the idea was to find a new system with all these new players playing as a unit, but it hasn’t worked yet because many of them haven’t been as good as expected. The fact that most of them look like signings for the future suggests McKenna will stick around if we get relegated, I think.
Definitely the main strength of last year’s team was how they played as a unit. They had the extra experience of playing together so Burgess knew where to pick out Davis, then when Davis runs up the pitch, he knows Luongo will drop into the space behind him and give him more freedom to get forward. He knows Broadhead will cut inside and draw defenders away from him. He knows Hirst will get into the box and draw defenders that way, while Chaplin will hover in that pocket of space on the edge of the box in case he wants to cutback. The decision making is much easier when you know what your teammates around you are doing. That is what McKenna surely wanted to replicate with this year’s team.
What he probably can’t replicate is the passion, energy and desire of last season’s team, as that comes from the momentum from the league one promotion and the excitement of pushing for a double promotion. New signings who weren’t here for the journey won’t have that kind of devotion for the club yet.
Those two factors are why this year’s team is made of better players, but last year’s was a better team. |  |
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