| FFS 16:33 - Jan 31 with 605 views | RetroBlue |
We are incapable of beating a lo block side ... we move the ball far too slowly to get this tactic. |  |
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| FFS on 16:34 - Jan 31 with 579 views | blueoutlook |
McKenna ought to have ideas how to beat the low block now. He has come up against it plenty of times. Blo0dy useless! |  | | |
| FFS on 16:38 - Jan 31 with 515 views | Blue_Uprising |
| FFS on 16:34 - Jan 31 by blueoutlook |
McKenna ought to have ideas how to beat the low block now. He has come up against it plenty of times. Blo0dy useless! |
It almost feels like at times it’s our strategy to let them get as set as possible before we attempt to start an attack. |  | | |
| FFS on 17:34 - Jan 31 with 421 views | GeoffSentence |
Preston are everything we struggle against. Two compact lines in fromt of us, no space to play though them, and qwe didnt have any idea on how to play overt or artound them.
Very physical. I'd say they won the physical battle albeit with a lot of help from the ref.
How long has McKenna been here? 4 years? This has been a problem from day one and he still doesn't seem to be able to work out how to beat this style of play. |  |
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| FFS on 17:36 - Jan 31 with 402 views | Benters |
| FFS on 17:34 - Jan 31 by GeoffSentence |
Preston are everything we struggle against. Two compact lines in fromt of us, no space to play though them, and qwe didnt have any idea on how to play overt or artound them.
Very physical. I'd say they won the physical battle albeit with a lot of help from the ref.
How long has McKenna been here? 4 years? This has been a problem from day one and he still doesn't seem to be able to work out how to beat this style of play. |
It’s almost as if Preston knew this.. |  |
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| FFS on 17:59 - Jan 31 with 344 views | RetroBlue |
| FFS on 17:36 - Jan 31 by Benters |
It’s almost as if Preston knew this.. |
So down to tactics and ability to change/ adapt tactics then. | |
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| FFS on 18:03 - Jan 31 with 309 views | Herbivore |
| FFS on 17:59 - Jan 31 by RetroBlue |
So down to tactics and ability to change/ adapt tactics then. |
Or down to missing three absolute sitters and the ref bottling giving us another pen? Our xG today was over 2, we created plenty but were wasteful. Games like today are frustrating even if you find a way to win as only one side is trying to play football. It's hard to take a team apart when they are sat as compact as Preston were. But reality is we created more than enough to win that game today. And we did mix our tactics up, we went direct a fair few times to try and exploit what little space they left. We didn't fail to win today because of our tactics. |  |
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| FFS on 18:03 - Jan 31 with 309 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I can see what we are trying to do but I think at times we need more 2024 chaos (like injury time ended up), even when we try and be patient we leave ourselves exposed in games like today.
KM is backing us to score at least one at keep a clean sheet against these type of teams, often works today was massively frustrating though.
When we don’t have a Philogene worldie in our locker it doesn’t help either. They’ll be back soon enough. [Post edited 31 Jan 18:05]
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| FFS on 18:04 - Jan 31 with 300 views | Kievthegreat |
| FFS on 17:34 - Jan 31 by GeoffSentence |
Preston are everything we struggle against. Two compact lines in fromt of us, no space to play though them, and qwe didnt have any idea on how to play overt or artound them.
Very physical. I'd say they won the physical battle albeit with a lot of help from the ref.
How long has McKenna been here? 4 years? This has been a problem from day one and he still doesn't seem to be able to work out how to beat this style of play. |
He did find a way in the tail end of 22/23. Best way to beat a team playing a low block is be clinical with our chances (because we do have them) and score before they do so they have to leave their shape and open up.
Since League 1, we've not really needed to break a low block besides a few isolated games. 23/24 in the Championship, teams were way more open with us, 24/25 we were against far better and more expansive teams who simply didn't need to. |  | | |
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| FFS on 18:11 - Jan 31 with 233 views | FrimleyBlue |
| FFS on 18:03 - Jan 31 by Herbivore |
Or down to missing three absolute sitters and the ref bottling giving us another pen? Our xG today was over 2, we created plenty but were wasteful. Games like today are frustrating even if you find a way to win as only one side is trying to play football. It's hard to take a team apart when they are sat as compact as Preston were. But reality is we created more than enough to win that game today. And we did mix our tactics up, we went direct a fair few times to try and exploit what little space they left. We didn't fail to win today because of our tactics. |
Could be said tho herbz for better finishing they too could have had a couple.
Weve bemoaned missed chances a lot this season. Its a positive because at least we created every game. But for so long now we are bemoaning missing easy chances. That then doesnt help as the game progresses as it slowed down and it became a bit of town slowly passing around then preston breaking once we lost the ball.
How as a manager do you handle Clarke for example with that chance. Its great youve got a pen. Its great youve scored some handy goals. But time and time again we either fail to score with a pis poor effort or we take the wrong option on trying to use the strongest foot. How do you manage that.. can it be changed? Or are these players so one dimensional they cant change. ( hope you see where im coming from with that, I know what I want to say but dont know if ive said it correctly ) |  |
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| FFS on 18:16 - Jan 31 with 197 views | BloomBlue |
We beat Oxford & Blackburn at home recently and both played a low block.
Preston went lower than ever, their team started with 3 defenders, 6 midfielders and 1 attacker. Apparently its the first game this season they've only started with 1 player in attack.
That's their perogative and we need to move the ball quicker to open up low block teams. Yes we do struggle against low block teams but to say we're incapable of beating any is incorrect. |  | | |
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