>From watching the Boro match, this seems to be a problem exacerbated by the >unthinking desire to close down the opposition. I lost track of the number of >times Austin - and Murphy and Tongue - ran at an opponent in position - only >for a simple pass to leave them horrendously out of position and a massive >great gap in front of our defence. I mean, if you're doing that, so it to >players you're plausibly going to trouble, and fill in the gaps behind other >players doing it.
Turns out, then, that there's such a thing as "putting in too much of a shift". Ed. > On 20 Aug 2014, at 10:15, Simon McNally <simon_mcna...@sky.com> wrote: > > The player at the base of the diamond needs to be good positionally but > Austin doesn't have a clue. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
