In the Boro and Blades games we scored early, then defended like demons for the rest of

the game. We basically stopped looking to attack. That's very difficult to sustain for 60-75 minutes, and there will inevitably be breaches. I'm hoping that Farke's next step will be to get the players to reset mentally if they get an early lead, and play as if it was still 0-0. If we do that, we've got the weapons to build a lead.

Posted By: Higher Wrather on September 27th 2017 at 10:45:54

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I wonder if opponents (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 27, 09:45:40
- They're probably amazed that we do it with a goalkeeper who'll never be a goalkeeper. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Sep 27, 11:10:11
  - maybe the hole sealed up? (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 27, 11:19:50
    - The evidence to support that position is unfortunately not strong. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Sep 27, 11:34:02
      - as time passes the situation is that the hole is indeed increasing (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 27, 11:37:58
- I wonder what has changed! How has he fixed it? We've gone from comedy defending to (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 27, 09:57:27
  - 9 hours 33 minutes since we conceded with Klose (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 27, 10:21:47
    - No klose no klean sheet (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 27, 11:20:08
    - Not sure we can say Klose vs franke is the single reason though? The rest are (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 27, 10:24:05
  - Klose in, no Martin, no Franke, 2 central midfielders in front, actually (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 27, 10:00:18
    - the bad defending was actually 3 games (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 27, 10:09:19
      - That's right. There was laughable over-reaction on here - as I kept saying, we'd defended (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Sep 27, 10:24:20
        
        I disagree on Klose/Franke but another factor is that these things tend to snowball and (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 27, 10:38:25
        
        On Klose, he plays as if it's his favourite hobby. He's good, but he's not a battler. (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Sep 27, 10:50:16
        
        In the Boro and Blades games we scored early, then defended like demons for the rest of (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Sep 27, 10:45:54
        
        yes - I still see this as stage 1, stage 2 is to build back up our possession so that (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 27, 10:48:03
        
        Yep. As he keeps saying: "defending is the basement (sic)" (NCFC) - Yellalee, Sep 27, 11:05:59
      - One thing I noticed in the text commentary last night (NCFC) - camcan, Sep 27, 10:18:25
        
        yes - one error was undoing us too easily. A few cynical fouls as well where they (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 27, 10:39:32
  - It almost feels like we might even be able to defend with martin. Or is that going too far (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 27, 09:58:05
    - ffs (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 27, 10:23:23
    - what did you put in your coffee this morning? (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 27, 10:01:42
      - Hanley I'd imagine (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 27, 10:10:22
    - That should not be risked. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 27, 10:00:40

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