Reply With QuoteIt's not rocket science is it? Stop the crosses, tackle the players and head the ball away.Originally Posted by Kelton
Job done.
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We do not have a defensive coach. IB and MD are not going to put right the glaring problems we have in conceding from set pieces, corners or crosses. We need to address this now. If we dont we will carry on with a problem that simply wont go away and it will hold us back. It will be folly to start a new season with the same problems.
Im waiting for people to say we have Cameron who will put things right but thats wishful thinking. Ellis couldnt last season and it will be worse IMO this season if we have Rawlinson playing in the centre of a 3. Cameron will play on the left.
Unless we bring in an experienced defensive coach we will not stop the soft goals and fail
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It's not rocket science is it? Stop the crosses, tackle the players and head the ball away.
Job done.
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Jesus....could have let me know before I bought a season ticket. Thanks a bunch.
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How much practical day to day football management experience do you have kelton?
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Looks like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse didn't get the weekend off after all.
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It would be interesting to hear IB’s thoughts on how we stop being a soft touch at set plays, which has been an ongoing problem since, I would say, Shola Ameobi left. We need some height and muscle in the middle of the park too, to help out in these situations, so let’s see who we (hopefully) bring in this week.
Logic says we’re not going to get promoted if we’re conceding two goals a game, as we did too often last season. It’s only “acceptable” to be involved in high-scoring games if you’re winning most of them.
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I appreciate the sentiments of your post and of course defending set pieces, corners and crosses is a fundamental part of the game. Too many times in the past Notts have conceded two goals a game and when you do that it becomes difficult to win football matches. The Moniz attacking style of if they score three we will score four is fine, you just need to make sure you have the potency to score such an amount of goals at the other end.
I do think that its more a case of fine tuning in defence and is not a crisis of sorts. In season one we had the second best defence in this league conceding 38 goals. That was one goal a game. In season two we conceded 41 goals which was the 5th best in this league. Again that was effectively one goal a game.
Likewise one advantage we have compared to past seasons we still have the core of the defence of the past two years with the likes of Slocombe, Rawlinson, Lacey at the heart of it.
To put it into context if we can concede five goals less than we did last season that is a title winning defence. We are not far off in my opinion.
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Coming from Scandinavian football isn't like coming from South America, defending set pieces has to be a big feature of play in Norway/Sweden.
Then again a Head Coach might want to delegate that area...but wouldn't Doyle have enough experience to do it?
I think Cameron, Rawlinson, Lacey, Wootton, plus an experienced keeper in Slocombe is more than a good start..
What we need then is the likes of Brindley, Chicksen to toughen up (necessary if they're going to be in 3 a lot of the time), make life as hard for the attackers as possible, never flinch and expect and accept a nut to the face as part of the jobI'm not sure they really embraced that part of the job last season and that has to change
Also, with Reeves and Doyle gone - we will be a taller team overall most probably.
I don't think this has to be an Achilles heel, so no need for IB to call in the cavalry before he even has his squad!
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Hang on a minute. Ardley was vilified for being a ‘defensive’ coach.
We have a coach now who wants us on the front foot and attacking teams. That might leave us exposed at times but thats how IB wants us to play.
In terms of defending from set plays, it’s a relatively simple concept. Mark your man or zone. And win your header. The problems Notts have had is that we don’t or haven’t had enough height in the team and so it’s easier to expose that and blame it on poor defending. Teams look for a mismatch. If you put a ball into an area where we have 2 players over 6ft but the opposition have 4, then statistically speaking they will win some of those headers.
As some have already said, conceding hasn’t been a massive issue. No real concerns for me.
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