I think even more important….

Is that holding midfielder being able to receive it in a tight spot, turn and go forward. For example, putting Tettey in there would absolutely not help us play out from the back!

Too often, and it’s not his natural position, Kenny either passes it back and to the defence, which puts us in an even tighter spot, or loses the ball. Or if not Kenny in that role (e.g. if he’s dropped between the CBs) then who ever else it is.

Skipp was so good at receiving it and getting it forwards, through the press, to Emi et al.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on March 14th 2023 at 11:57:19

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Mobray spots the obvious (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 06:40:04
- would we be better with Lungi at CB, to have a ball player to break the press? (NCFC) - usacanary, Mar 14, 14:50:56
- I’m often reminded of NCFCMIKEWALKERVERSION2 at the moment (NCFC) - Nelsons final flanel, Mar 14, 11:42:08
- Sargent and Idah provide one of the best opportunities to bypass and win possession (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Mar 14, 09:31:19
  - You just want to hoof it up to the big lads? (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 09:32:30
    - I think we’d enjoy more possession in the final 1/3 so yes (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Mar 14, 15:35:03
- When did a team playing a different way last win the league? (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 14, 09:17:52
  - There's nothing wrong with it - it's how you set about breaking a press (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 09:19:15
    - I know i'm a broken record on this but the lack of a holding midfielder doesn't help (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 11:28:53
      - I think even more important…. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 14, 11:57:19
    - ✅ (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 14, 11:28:50
- Got away with it because we scored so many. (n/m) (NCFC) - canary_wharf, Mar 14, 09:15:08
  - And because Emi would drop deep into central areas (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 09:18:22
    - Is that true? (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Mar 14, 10:03:37
      - Sara isn't number 10. Nunez is, who spends his time on halfway (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 10:10:53
      - I think the difference is that (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Mar 14, 10:07:33
        
        I agree, its as much about the midfield as the defence (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 11:26:52
- And yet this is exactly the same back four that played that way (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 09:03:41
  - They made a lot of mistakes doing it then too. We got away with most of them and I think (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 09:04:52
    - Also, not that many teams pressed us then - they were too scared of us (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 14, 09:06:33
      - When you beat a press like that goal at Man City it's incredible (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Mar 14, 09:27:54
- If we all know it (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 14, 07:20:05
- Yep. When playing out from the back, we often resemble Bambi on ice. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Mar 14, 06:55:12
  - I’m all for it, but sometime it does seem to be overly risky. They don’t seem to tailor it (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 14, 07:13:25
    - We have conceded a few from it and we’ve conceded masses of chances from it (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 14, 07:55:31

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