HughieG
19-08-2021, 08:17 AM
that Bruce hasn't learned after all these years that sitting back and going all-in on defence is not the way to protect a 1-0 lead.
Never mind whether or not you are a defensive manager in style or not, tactically it is an appalling disposition to make as it basically invites the opposition, who are now in need of a goal to get anything out the match, to attack and gain confidence etc. - in our case against players like Krafth with limited defensive skills!
Certain tactics requires a certain standard of quality from players, and of course we can't play the Pep-way with the players we have and get away with it. But there's a long way from doing that to getting 10 men behind the ball each time we take the lead.
Rafa is a defensive manager in many ways, but he knew which buttons to push and when to do it in order to get the win. Sometimes his plans failed, but at least he had a plan that was more sophisticated than parking the bus and crossing his fingers.
Never mind whether or not you are a defensive manager in style or not, tactically it is an appalling disposition to make as it basically invites the opposition, who are now in need of a goal to get anything out the match, to attack and gain confidence etc. - in our case against players like Krafth with limited defensive skills!
Certain tactics requires a certain standard of quality from players, and of course we can't play the Pep-way with the players we have and get away with it. But there's a long way from doing that to getting 10 men behind the ball each time we take the lead.
Rafa is a defensive manager in many ways, but he knew which buttons to push and when to do it in order to get the win. Sometimes his plans failed, but at least he had a plan that was more sophisticated than parking the bus and crossing his fingers.