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Why the counter attack didn't function
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 mattteo  25 Feb 17 7.31pm |
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in the 2nd half? First half was good in terms of pressing and possession. But counter attack didn't work and it's strange for a team consisting of Zaha, Townsend, van Aanholt etc. Any idea why? What do you guys think? Should the counter attack phase be exercised more in training?
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| Username Horsham 25 Feb 17 7.36pm |
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Originally posted by mattteo
in the 2nd half? First half was good in terms of pressing and possession. But counter attack didn't work and it's strange for a team consisting of Zaha, Townsend, van Aanholt etc. Any idea why? What do you guys think? Should the counter attack phase be exercised more in training?
We didn't score, but we created chances. Benteke had two good efforts, Townsend had two good efforts (one he should have squared for Benteke), Zaha had a decent shot from and a 1-2 with Benteke that didn't come off. He also played in McArthur just after he'd come on. Puncheon put PVA in behind nicely. We lost a bit of shape when Punch and Jimmy/Yohan dropped too deep but I thought we still looked dangerous when Andros/Wilf/Benteke had the ball.
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| FairweatherEagle London 25 Feb 17 7.38pm |
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We had a few good counter attacks in the second half, but it looked to me like we kept giving the ball away cheaply as we were nervous. That resulted in a lot of potential counter attacks being snuffed out. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we need to get more confident on the ball, though we didn't do to badly in the first half. I think that will help more than specifically practising counter attacks.
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| Palaceoaks Croydon 25 Feb 17 7.38pm |
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I think you should get a life and be happy with a win!!
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coulsdoneagle  London 25 Feb 17 7.39pm |
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Seemed to work pretty well, we did win. I can think of instances like the the 2 on 2 with Benteke that Andros should have done better with. I think the team as a whole dropped deeper after we scored and fought well for the 1-0 we didn't need to expose ourselves so didn't commit to the counter too much. I think we can expect to see more of that with BFS, when we score we will drop deep and cling on for the lead.
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| Mad4palace 25 Feb 17 8.21pm |
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Zaha is better on the counter when played on the right, he seems to run into traffic when trying to break on the left and doesn't seem to take the ball into his feet correctly on the left. Bolasie was much better playing on his 'unnatural' side especially on the counter. It's annoying having one of Townsend or Zaha on their less favoured side. I thought we should have brought. I would have brought Zaha off for Schlupp if Van Aanholt had not gone down with cramp.
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| spartakev2 Anerley 25 Feb 17 8.30pm |
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Difficult to counter attack when boro never really pushed many players forward, even when they were one down. They are really in danger of getting relegated unless they get a bit more adventurous.
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| miss smith london 25 Feb 17 8.38pm |
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we could have scored at least 3 goals in the 2nd half, i thought we had more chances in the 2nd half than in the first half
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| Booted Eagle Bristol 25 Feb 17 8.48pm |
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I think we ran out of puff in the 2nd half and just could not keep up the intensity of the first half. This allowed Boro to start seeing our goal and gaining in confidence.
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| HeathMan Purley 25 Feb 17 8.49pm |
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I think the team as a whole dropped deeper after we scored and fought well for the 1-0 we didn't need to expose ourselves so didn't commit to the counter too much. I think we can expect to see more of that with BFS, when we score we will drop deep and cling on for the lead. Clinging on for the lead has been one of the past problems - those around me were delighted with the goal, and concerned whenever our team fell back to leave 3/4 of the pitch to allow shots at our goal. COYP
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| essetwentyone london 27 Feb 17 12.07am |
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Originally posted by mattteo
in the 2nd half? First half was good in terms of pressing and possession. But counter attack didn't work and it's strange for a team consisting of Zaha, Townsend, van Aanholt etc. Any idea why? What do you guys think? Should the counter attack phase be exercised more in training? Stupid question.
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james03  Bangkok 27 Feb 17 1.02am |
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Boro showed no real intent in the first half. Sam was determined that we kept what we had so we sat deeper. They do not have any real pace in the side to get in behind us but there was no point going all Pardew when we were 1-0 up. I thought we were always well in control of the situation.
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