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| Something To Ponder For Mr Mcleish; when defending........... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 24 2008, 10:34 AM (149 Views) | |
| birmingham200 | Mar 24 2008, 10:34 AM Post #1 |
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Geoff Horsfield
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as a team in open play the difference between us under bruce and mcleish is phenomenal however under Mr Mcleish 70% of the goals scotland conceded were from set pieces 70% of the goals blues have conceded this season have been from set pieces there must be loads of analysis available about where and how goals are conceded with opta and at professional level.................................... free kicks are tougher however a good centre half knows where the balls going by instinct and can drop off the line quicker to cover.....certainly noone should ever get a free header corners i dont get personally there's a 12 yard area to defend 2 men on the post..man mark their key couple of players ( e.g a laursen , lescott ) and then zonal defend with the other 6 or 7 players spend days with them in training if you have to attacking the ball from defensive positions and working on their 'spring' |
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| doc nick | Mar 24 2008, 10:38 AM Post #2 |
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Malcom Page
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you raise a very good point , but is that down to mcleish? both us and scotland have poor defences so this might be the problem more than anything else. |
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| birmingham200 | Mar 24 2008, 10:42 AM Post #3 |
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Geoff Horsfield
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kelly maik taylor and murphy are fine we'ld certainly be in a different position with kk and upson at their peak however the whole team defend set pieces |
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| doc nick | Mar 24 2008, 10:47 AM Post #4 |
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Malcom Page
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i dont disagree on that at all we need to geta good couple of decent defenders in the summer wheather we stay up or not. |
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