Sheffsteel
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Over the past few seasons the big question has been how can previously ordinary players go away to PL clubs last season and out play them (remember Spurs away last season). Lets not forget that Basham was ordinary even at league 1 level....so how come last season he played like Frans Beckenbauer at a much higher level?
The secret of our success is the overlapping centre back system.
Jack O’Connell isn‘t the greatest centre back but he’s a very capable left back with great crossing ability.
It‘s a brilliant idea to play O’Connell in a back 3...with Egan covering his mistakes....then encourage O’Conell to work as a team with Enda.
They both defend as a pair and they also attack down the wing as a pair. So it’s easy for Enda....when he’s in difficulty he always has O’Connell available to pass to.
Chris Basham wasn’t even that good as a centre back in league 1 but he also has Egan next to him covering his mistakes.
However Basham is Mr Versatile, he can comfortably play right back and midfield...he has the best engine...best stamina at the club.
So he’s asked to forge a partnership with Baldock....so they attack as a pair and defend as a pair.
This makes Baldock’s job much easier because when he’s in difficult he often has Bashan available to pass to.
Also Basham is encouraged to race forward totally unmarked in the opposition penalty area.
Basically the overlapping centre system was Taylor made for O’Connell and Basham.....it brings out all their strengths and hides away all their weaknesses.
Reasons for our poor season are probably complacency, a shorter Summer pre-season preparation time and then a loss of confidence.
But the underlying reason for this seasons failure is no plan B.......this isn’t a secret....we were the same in league 1 and the Championship,
Take away Duffy and we lacked creativity...We became too reliant on our legendary over load the wings match winning tactic.
The O’Connell- Stevens partnership has been built over several seasons....the Basham-Baldock partnership has been built over several seasons.
Take away O’Connell away and Stevens becomes ordinary again. Take away Basham away and Baldock becomes ordinary again.
So the question is do we keep O’Connell and Basham and return back to Knills highly successful over lapping centre back tactic? or should we scrap it and start with a new formation. My only concern is that on an individual level don’t think many of our players are that good....probably average Championship standard at best.
Team work where everyone is so well drilled knowing their jobs will often beat teams consisting of higher quality individuals (we saw that last season).
I think we need to pick Knills brain and learn from Wilders success.....then pass that knowledge to the new manager to use
The new manager need to adopt Knills tried and tested tactic but work on more plan B’s....like attacking from midfield.
Basically as the song goes we shouldn’t need to “rip it up and start again”.
The secret of our success is the overlapping centre back system.
Jack O’Connell isn‘t the greatest centre back but he’s a very capable left back with great crossing ability.
It‘s a brilliant idea to play O’Connell in a back 3...with Egan covering his mistakes....then encourage O’Conell to work as a team with Enda.
They both defend as a pair and they also attack down the wing as a pair. So it’s easy for Enda....when he’s in difficulty he always has O’Connell available to pass to.
Chris Basham wasn’t even that good as a centre back in league 1 but he also has Egan next to him covering his mistakes.
However Basham is Mr Versatile, he can comfortably play right back and midfield...he has the best engine...best stamina at the club.
So he’s asked to forge a partnership with Baldock....so they attack as a pair and defend as a pair.
This makes Baldock’s job much easier because when he’s in difficult he often has Bashan available to pass to.
Also Basham is encouraged to race forward totally unmarked in the opposition penalty area.
Basically the overlapping centre system was Taylor made for O’Connell and Basham.....it brings out all their strengths and hides away all their weaknesses.
Reasons for our poor season are probably complacency, a shorter Summer pre-season preparation time and then a loss of confidence.
But the underlying reason for this seasons failure is no plan B.......this isn’t a secret....we were the same in league 1 and the Championship,
Take away Duffy and we lacked creativity...We became too reliant on our legendary over load the wings match winning tactic.
The O’Connell- Stevens partnership has been built over several seasons....the Basham-Baldock partnership has been built over several seasons.
Take away O’Connell away and Stevens becomes ordinary again. Take away Basham away and Baldock becomes ordinary again.
So the question is do we keep O’Connell and Basham and return back to Knills highly successful over lapping centre back tactic? or should we scrap it and start with a new formation. My only concern is that on an individual level don’t think many of our players are that good....probably average Championship standard at best.
Team work where everyone is so well drilled knowing their jobs will often beat teams consisting of higher quality individuals (we saw that last season).
I think we need to pick Knills brain and learn from Wilders success.....then pass that knowledge to the new manager to use
The new manager need to adopt Knills tried and tested tactic but work on more plan B’s....like attacking from midfield.
Basically as the song goes we shouldn’t need to “rip it up and start again”.
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