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Mckenna said 10:15 - Dec 3 with 1833 views

gtsb1966

Teams play differently against us since the last time in the championship. If he knows this why cant we adapt then. I found that statement strange and worrying.

Mckenna said on 07:47 - Dec 4 with 113 views

muccletonjoe

Mckenna said on 11:26 - Dec 3 by TractorWood

I think that represents a good portion of games this season but not all by some distance. For example Blackburn played some good stuff and were unlucky not to win. Oxford were better than us. Wrexham did try and create and did look to win the the game until the 75th minute. Charlton humiliated us. Birmingham and Preston were pretty excellent against us and didn't just deploy cynical low block.

I do also think some people interpret other teams letting us have the ball as playing a low block. There are some managers who clearly do just let us have the ball knowing that we struggle to do anything with it sometimes. To me there is a difference between playing a low block and letting the other team have the ball in non threatening areas.

Yesterday we had 2 shots on target. Other games have been similar.

On the defensive side we have made costly errors. To me they are not freak accidents though. We play these very tight triangles in our own box to try and create this semi-counter by taking 3 opponents out of the game. KMcK has always employed this.

The cost of that is pretty frequent error and conceding what appear like silly goals. They are predictable errors. However, as we aren't scoring many goals they stand out as particularly stupid.

We play these little triangles in defence to bring out the opposition to press us. But the really stupid thing is when they do come out and press us and we get the ball past them , we are so slow with it that the players we have just gone past are back behind the ball again ! Welcome to McKennaball .

Mckenna said on 07:53 - Dec 4 with 81 views

badadski

Mckenna said on 07:47 - Dec 4 by muccletonjoe
We play these little triangles in defence to bring out the opposition to press us. But the really stupid thing is when they do come out and press us and we get the ball past them , we are so slow with it that the players we have just gone past are back behind the ball again ! Welcome to McKennaball .

It’s because no one is quick enough to break the lines. It’s the stupid thing that’s happening at the moment and mitigates why we even try it. Watched the under 21’s who play exactly the same way and who fudged it 3 times. Lucky oppo was crap and didn’t take advantage as should have had 2 goals from our playing out from the back mistakes.

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