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Stills don't show the whole picture. If he bends his run to his left like good strikers do rather than going forward in a straight line bang in front of where the ball is Fleck easily slips him in, instead he just runs forward in a straight line and goes offside
Nice double down. Stills don’t show the full picture, but they clearly slow he had at least two chances to put him clear through. Once Fleck doesn’t give him the ball then he’s offside because he should have been played in.
I am glad someone else has mentioned this, I thought I was seeing things. He didn’t even peel off to take away a defender just ran in front of Fleck but 3 yards off sideGreat anticipation running offside in front of Fleck as he breaks through making it impossible to get the ball to him
You were seeing things. Where could he peel off to, stay onside, not cross Sharp’s run and take a defender (who’s no where near him to start with) away from Fleck?
Thanks for these.
Yeah, I'm sure last week he would have probably played the pass but he thought he could bury it.
Yes, I paused the still just after his touch because it highlights perfectly where he should have played him in but chose not to.
I'll bow down to your superior football knowledge then pal, to be fair Alan shearer on match of the day always advises strikers to run three yards offside, directly in the line of the ball and just stop... so you might be right
Bro, Fleck could and should have played Brewster in. End of.
Excuse the clumsiness as I’m not used to posting like this. However the point stands he ran , as another poster stated, in a straight line in front of Fleck but three yards offside.
Your desperation for Brewster to be rubbish is making you look very silly here.
Brewster was onside when he made the run, Fleck chose not to release it (in his defense he may have thought Brewster was already offside as he was ahead in acres of space), the defenders held their line causing Brewster to end up offside.
Which, in turn, means he can’t be that far away from being injured.
Billy makes the same run on the right hand side it’s to counter Preston shooting up and playing the offside trap. Effective if Brewster and billy slow or stop to come onside then Preston can shuffle over to crowd out fleck knowing the two strikers have removed themselves from the game effectively and a rapid breakaway becomes a slower move trying to unpick a set defence.
I’ve posted the pictures so unless the camera angle is creating a problem it’s a pretty easy concept to see he is offside in every single one until Fleck is in the box? At which point he could square it but he also has the right to try and finish.
Agree to an extent, Billy is on the right holding his position and occupying a defender , he’s offside initially but that doesn’t matter as I think he’s just trying to give Fleck space. My issue is Brewster doesn’t offer anything he neither makes himself an option as he’s offside nor does he take a defender away from Fleck. Yes at the end of the move Fleck could square it but he’s also entitled to have a go.
Brewster makes the early dart as fleck is in the centre circle he’s the first option which fleck elects not to take after this he checks and drifts into a scoring position either as a later option or for the second phase should it bounce off the keeper he’s in prime position I’ve no issue with a striker doing this billy made his early career out of doing it finding space in the box and on this occasion Brewster does that. Fleck is entitled to take it on but if he does he has to score which he didn’t because the other options available to him are certain goals and with the game at 1-1 it arguably wasn’t the time for selfishness.
Correct, if Brewster runs to the left he gives Fleck three options 1/ go it alone down the middle 2/ slip it right to Sharp 3/ slip it left to Brewster all he did was get in the way meaning Flecks options are cut he should have scored mind.
You've just screenshot the view once the opportunity to play him through has gone and he can't disappear, can't go left else he pulled the defender towards Fleck and they let him go anyway because he'll be way offside. If he goes right then he's into Sharp's run and his defender. He literally has nowhere to go once the pass isn't released. This is shown by your screenshots.
What is his XG and the XG of the separate chances we've created for him?
I disagree with that it’s literally a split second when the ball arrives at Flecks feet unexpectedly and you’re saying he should instinctively knock it forward straight away first time for the split second Brewster is on side? I mean it’s possible but most footballers would take a touch to control it and look up. As soon as he does that then Brewster should peel to the left and that is what the pictures show.
I think my screenshots show that he could play it first time, or even on his second forward touch, both captured above.
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