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Post by Kingswaystokie on Nov 4, 2017 14:47:13 GMT
Exactly the same set-up as last Saturday at Watford, OK it worked there but not at home. One striker who isn't a striker up top is not right, allied to which I concur with the TV half time analysis " Stoke are at home and don't press at all ". We sit back on the halfway line and never attack the ball until it's well into our half, when we do get it there is absolutely no pace.
Before anyone asks, I wasn't there as I watched at home in Portugal, still got our season tickets and get over when we can.
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Post by nonameface on Nov 4, 2017 14:50:49 GMT
Normally I would want us to press more, but the last team in the division you commit against is Leicester. I'd say that their second goal was because we committed too many men forward which was probably a lapse of concentration.
Still in our next few games I'd like us to have a higher tempo and more pressing, which against Brighton and Palace I think is the better thing to do.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2017 14:51:37 GMT
Exactly the same set-up as last Saturday at Watford, OK it worked there but not at home. One striker who isn't a striker up top is not right, allied to which I concur with the TV half time analysis " Stoke are at home and don't press at all ". We sit back on the halfway line and never attack the ball until it's well into our half, when we do get it there is absolutely no pace. Before anyone asks, I wasn't there as I watched at home in Portugal, still got our season tickets and get over when we can. They have in Vardy what most teams don't have and that's the ability to turn defence into attack with one long ball, backed up by players with similar express pace who join him in breaking. I thought second half we got the balance right, pressing is all the rage and pundits love talking about it but two accurate passes and you're fucked if you're not careful..... |
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Post by liamo on Nov 4, 2017 14:56:27 GMT
Hughes got it spot on, you approach every game differently and pushing up on that Leicester side is akin to football suicide
He won't do it every home game but against Leicester you fight fire with fire, let them have the ball in their own half and don't leave any space in behind for Vardy
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Post by clarkeda on Nov 4, 2017 15:01:39 GMT
Best thing to do against a quick Leicester team
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Post by superheroantonius on Nov 4, 2017 15:04:14 GMT
Hughes got it spot on, you approach every game differently and pushing up on that Leicester side is akin to football suicide He won't do it every home game but against Leicester you fight fire with fire, let them have the ball in their own half and don't leave any space in behind for Vardy That's true of this one game but it's becoming a bit of a pattern We were the same v Bournemouth , in that we didn't wake up and come out to play until we were behind and looking like losing It's not tactics to wait until you are behind before you come out and play , it's stupidity |
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Post by stokemark on Nov 4, 2017 15:11:28 GMT
We don't have the players to play a pressing game never mind take it to the opposition
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