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Zonal Marking Again

Zonal Marking Again

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Seeing as how we only talk Zonal after we concede from a corner (Villa) I thought we should acknowledge that against Bolton and now Bristol we had 'far bigger' players against us and yet didnt conced from a free kick or corner.

Had we been man to man WHO would have marked Wheater or Beevers or Madine or Pratley?

Who would have picked up Juric or Flint or Baker or.... I think the point is clear....

Zonal helped us cope with far bigger teams - providing the jumpers jump - which Earl didnt do against Villa...

System ok by me after these 2 games
 
sports rehab said:
Seeing as how we only talk Zonal after we concede from a corner (Villa) I thought we should acknowledge that against Bolton and now Bristol we had 'far bigger' players against us and yet didnt conced from a free kick or corner.

Had we been man to man WHO would have marked Wheater or Beevers or Madine or Pratley?

Who would have picked up Juric or Flint or Baker or.... I think the point is clear....

Zonal helped us cope with far bigger teams - providing the jumpers jump - which Earl didnt do against Villa...

System ok by me after these 2 games
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Maxi took/takes a load of crosses he can't get through the crowd when we do zonal.
 
edgy said:
Who is maxi ?
Is his first name Austin?
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sports rehab said:
yet we still didnt concede ??? Bolton put all 4 massive men on Maxi their first corner and our front Zonal guy (O'Connor I think) headed it clear.,...
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Your missing the point

What makes you think we were playing zonal?

I will repeat maxwell takes crosses and I would add; more by some margin than anyone else in the championship. He takes next to none when we play zonal. When we play zonal we concede from set play,

I would also add that we defend deeper by getting into zones early in front of open play encouraging and helping teams to play across the back line. Our makeshift defence with lads not playing to their strengths made things worse by giving championship level players time and space square onto goal shooting with power and accuracy.

A gap in our pressing game whilst playing a zonal defence creats a space between the defensive line and midfield. The opposing team is given time to run through our defence with the ball at feet rather than using a through ball or the final pass is direct to players occupying the danger zone 6-8 yards out.

Does any of that sound familiar.

Whilst I expect the choice to play zonal at the time was a result of circumstance (maybe even a knee jerk reaction to the Fulam game) it is not a part of the high press game. In my opinion neither Bolton or Bristol were prone to zonal defending we were back to a high press, a more obvious back line, a more effective defensive midfield and outlet up the front.
 
We’ve conceded 1 goal from corners this season so whatever it is it is clearly working pretty well.
 
Oldbutnotdone said:
Your missing the point

What makes you think we were playing zonal?

I will repeat maxwell takes crosses and I would add; more by some margin than anyone else in the championship. He takes next to none when we play zonal. When we play zonal we concede from set play,

I would also add that we defend deeper by getting into zones early in front of open play encouraging and helping teams to play across the back line. Our makeshift defence with lads not playing to their strengths made things worse by giving championship level players time and space square onto goal shooting with power and accuracy.

A gap in our pressing game whilst playing a zonal defence creats a space between the defensive line and midfield. The opposing team is given time to run through our defence with the ball at feet rather than using a through ball or the final pass is direct to players occupying the danger zone 6-8 yards out.

Does any of that sound familiar.

Whilst I expect the choice to play zonal at the time was a result of circumstance (maybe even a knee jerk reaction to the Fulam game) it is not a part of the high press game. In my opinion neither Bolton or Bristol were prone to zonal defending we were back to a high press, a more obvious back line, a more effective defensive midfield and outlet up the front.
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err we are playing zonal at set pieces because we set up to defend 'zones' not mark men,,,.... its all about 'dead ball setup' not in play formation.
 
Oldbutnotdone said:
Your missing the point

What makes you think we were playing zonal?

I will repeat maxwell takes crosses and I would add; more by some margin than anyone else in the championship. He takes next to none when we play zonal. When we play zonal we concede from set play,

I would also add that we defend deeper by getting into zones early in front of open play encouraging and helping teams to play across the back line. Our makeshift defence with lads not playing to their strengths made things worse by giving championship level players time and space square onto goal shooting with power and accuracy.

A gap in our pressing game whilst playing a zonal defence creats a space between the defensive line and midfield. The opposing team is given time to run through our defence with the ball at feet rather than using a through ball or the final pass is direct to players occupying the danger zone 6-8 yards out.

Does any of that sound familiar.

Whilst I expect the choice to play zonal at the time was a result of circumstance (maybe even a knee jerk reaction to the Fulam game) it is not a part of the high press game. In my opinion neither Bolton or Bristol were prone to zonal defending we were back to a high press, a more obvious back line, a more effective defensive midfield and outlet up the front.
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You don't know what zonal marking is
 
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