Philosophy not formation is the issue really
Farke is a total devotee of Pep's philosophy, and believes you defend by having possession of the ball (the other team can't score while you have the ball). But that only works if you have better players than your opponents and can have 60-70% possession of the ball, which Pep has always had. It is indeed a fantastic tactic if you can do that, as we demonstrated last season. But at this level we will never have good enough players to do that so it will never succeed. Our whole approach is based on us having the ball, hence us consistently looking clueless when we don't. Doubt we even practice it much. I haven't seen anything this season, in either our approach or the players we've bought, to suggest we are going to try anything even vaguely different. It's both admirably ambitious and naively suicidal at the same time.
Posted By: mr carra on August 22nd 2021 at 13:13:58
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- I can see yday being a bit of a turning point game (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 22, 12:57:04
- Everyone knew they were write off games (NCFC) - camcan, Aug 22, 14:46:38
- Agreed lets not write the season off after playing a couple of Europe's elite (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Aug 22, 13:27:28
- Hope so. Couldn’t get a clearer steer on how not to play. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 22, 13:23:17
- Does it make recruitment harder do you think or still the case … (NCFC) - loz, Aug 22, 13:22:58
- Philosophy not formation is the issue really (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 22, 13:13:58
- To some extent (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 22, 14:45:46
- Isn’t the flip side of that philosophy that if you don’t have the ball (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Aug 22, 13:34:32
- It should be (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 22, 13:39:23
- Odd's on we'd get nil point from both games at anytime (NCFC) - inutero, Aug 22, 13:07:28
- You’re more optimistic than me which is good. (n/m) (NCFC) - Biggles, Aug 22, 12:57:55
- Yday was the first time (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 22, 13:01:49
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