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Zonal Marking!

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In the last five of minutes of that game Villa had two corners!

Scored from one!

Conceded a penalty on the next one.

We are conceeding goals from all over the shop but with a alarming rate from crosses.

Is it time for Neil to look at our zonal marking system?
 
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JK said:
In the last five of minutes of that game Villa had two corners!

Scored from one!

Conceded a penalty on the next one.

We are conceeding goals from all over the shop but with a alarming rate from crosses.

Is it time for Neil to look at our zonal marking system?
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Simply put yes.

I mentioned it in the first half our defenders need to start holding the same line too.

We have looked suspect from set pieces since pre-season last year. I don't think it's right for us.
 
JK said:
In the last five of minutes of that game Villa had two corners!

Scored from one!

Conceded a penalty on the next one.

We are conceeding goals from all over the shop but with a alarming rate from crosses.

Is it time for Neil to look at our zonal marking system?
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Just posted an another thread, a zone has never scored a goal we are very good at zonal marking...
 
JK said:
In the last five of minutes of that game Villa had two corners!

Scored from one!

Conceded a penalty on the next one.

We are conceeding goals from all over the shop but with a alarming rate from crosses.

Is it time for Neil to look at our zonal marking system?

I suppose last season it worked well?
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100‰ and the lack of effort to stop the ball from coming in is ridiculous.
 
We use zonal marking because we don’t have many tall players and the opposition always seem to have a height advantage
 
Pilot said:
We use zonal marking because we don’t have many tall players and the opposition always seem to have a height advantage
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You get close enough to someone and you reduce their ability to attack the ball. They might be able to out jump you but not with any force or direction.
 
JK said:
In the last five of minutes of that game Villa had two corners!

Scored from one!

Conceded a penalty on the next one.

We are conceeding goals from all over the shop but with a alarming rate from crosses.

Is it time for Neil to look at our zonal marking system?
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Definitely not signs of a team fighting to retain life in the championship!
 
I’ve no strong opinion either way but when a team that man marks concedes a number of goals from set pieces, there isn’t an outcry asking to change to zonal marking.
 
excellent observation JK. Zonal marking only works for the most adept of teams. PNE aint one of them - its like watching a pub team defend at times. I am sure the players know their responsibilities better with man-to-man.
 
Final Stand said:
Definitely not signs of a team fighting to retain life in the championship!
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Disagree otherwise we would not have put them under so much pressure in the second half never mind scoring three. End of the day we could have lost and grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory but we came away with a point, a point I'd have been happy with at 7:45 tonight.

BTW I agree r.e. zonal marking, I have never liked us using it.
 
Got to be man to man marking for me.
Zonal marking just gives players the chance to pass the buck.
With man to man if your man scores then more often than not it's your fault end of.

It's got to be back to the very basics for our defence.

Nice One.
 
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Worthington said:
Got to be man to man marking for me.
Zonal marking just gives players the chance to pass the buck.
With man to man if you man scores then more often than not it's your fault end of.

It's got to be back to the very basics for our defence.

Nice One.
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Totally agree :thumbsup:
 
Worthington said:
Got to be man to man marking for me.
Zonal marking just gives players the chance to pass the buck.
With man to man if your man scores then more often than not it's your fault end of.

It's got to be back to the very basics for our defence.

Nice One.
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Being able to blame someone shouldn’t be the reasoning to use that method. It’s which one keeps the ball out of the net best, and last season that was Zonal.
 
Thread is a bit misleading.

We go half half and usually have done under Neil. We usually man mark 2/3 of the opponents biggest threats and then we have another 3-4 marking zones. Usually a couple on the edge of the box as well.

So we aren’t fully zonal, as the thread makes out. E.g Moult was man marking Tuanzebe when he came on (total mismatch) but that’s whats gonna happen when we have a small squad.
 
Didn't we win the first ball for their equaliser but just failed to clear?

It's just plain panic and no self belief at the moment.
 
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