A continued shift toward defensive solidarity,
high pitch pressing and a few additions in the summer and this team will be one of the best in Europe.
Not exact matches
But he is one of the best off the ball runner that we have — opponents does not want to play
high defensive line or
press our midfielder
higher on the
pitch due to the threat he pose — you may argue that the long distance scorcher by Sanchez in the FA final is due to their CBs slow in closing him down, wearying of the Walcott threat.
We can beat any1 of those teams on our day, we have trouble like teams against dortmund who
press us
high up the
pitch, those 3 you just mentioned don't play a
pressing game and i truly believe we are capable of beating them.
Nevertheless, the hosts deserved plenty of credit for a resolute defensive display which saw them
press high up the
pitch and put the Viola under pressure when in possession.
AMN also has pace to burn which would help in
pressing high up the
pitch which would aid in opportunities being created, Xhaka is too vulnerable to counter attacks with his lack of pace and it has hurt us.
We aren't able to
press and penetrate West Ham because they're playing
higher up the
pitch.
I will just want Elneny to show more discipline instead of
pressing CB's so
high up the
pitch.
3 Ox and theo ate not starting and flapping around like headless chicken 4 as much as we have been leaking goals, I am happy mertesacker is not on the
pitch which allows us to play more expansive,
high pressing style of football.
It's up to us to produce our game, which is to be strong with our
high pressing on the
pitch.»
Campbell rather than the Ox as Ox can be a super sub, Campbell is better defensivly and as such I would want that to help
press higher up the
pitch.
Need to come out in this half and
press high up the
pitch.
The worse one was after the his goal against southampton at the kick off he told everyone to concentrate a
press high up the
pitch.
We
pressed and harried there player and won the ball
high up the
pitch and did well to capitalize on it.
Casemiro immediately understands the danger inherent in the situation (giving away the ball on your side of the
pitch to a speedy attacker that has the
high pressing attackers already with him).
when arsenal are
pressing high up the
pitch ramsey is one of the best player on the
pitch but we are on the backfoot like against liverpool he will stick out as one of the worst.
I would like a 3 man CM to help win the CM battles in games and dominate from the middle of the
pitch, could have 1 holding CM and 2 B2B alongside the holding player which could allow for a us to
press high up in a fake 3142 formation.
We need to
press higher up the
pitch and not wait for our opponents to settle, organize themselves and pass our «DM» for us to start defending, and when we have the ball, we need to have atleast two players (the Striker) and another midfielder willing to make runs in the box.
We could attack more effectively from deep versus Giroud's hold - up play which requiries
pressing so -
high up the
pitch against tight formations that we spend most of our time in the final 1 / 3rd inviting bad tackles.
I think myself and every fan alike knows exactly what sort of tactics each opposing team will use against us, very few try to play flowing football its either 1) park the bus and counter, 2)
High intensity and
press us up the
pitch, 3) extremely physical and kick our main player / players.
Wanyama was the holding CM and he allowed Schneiderlin to push forward, Schneiderlins done great in
pressing higher up the
pitch and worked well with Wanyama... don't forget that he made his name in the B2B role and not holding CM role ^.
Forwards were pushing
high up the
pitch pressing, then when city went past them the centre was easily bypassed.
Would improve our defense twenty percent, bench mertesacker and allow us to
press higher up the
pitch, hence more goals and he doesn't cost a cent just what the boss likes.
More importantly, we must
press teams that play from the back
high up the
pitch get quick scores and make the right subs no later the 60 minute
No teams in the prem
press high up the
pitch anymore you need to watch other leagues / teams like barca, bayern, dortmund, Atleti etc to see what
high pressing looks like
It was in few games like the Dortmund, Man United and Manoco ones where we conceded because we were
pressing high up the
pitch.
Against better sides I'd get more pace in the team so that we're more threatening on the counter attack as they're more likely to
press us
high up the
pitch, leaving space in behind.
Tottenham made a point of
pressing high up the
pitch and forcing City to go long rather than keep it down and play their usual style of football, and so Pep Guardiola will undoubtedly have plenty to think about heading into the second half to get his men back into the game.
When our passing game clearly wasnt working and dortmund was
pressing us so
high up the
pitch why did nt we just tell welbeck and sanchez to run down the channels and hit diagonals to exploit the space behind their back 4.
Not like they have to read the game in a completely different part of the
pitch, anticipate oppositions decisions at different points of the attack, withstand heavier
pressing and ball retention or pass in
higher traffic..
But, Everton, being the home side, would want to
press Arsenal
high up the
pitch and test slow movers in Mertesacker and Monreal.
Allegri is a very open minded coach with 3 styles of play 3 -4-3 like Conte or 4231 or 4 -1-4-1 but the team
press high the
pitch.
Pressing high up the
pitch or only in our own half?
High up the
pitch pressing, everytime we lose possession.
Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the
pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can
press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield
I like the fact that I did not see flamini in the last game because everyone tracked back to help out and even
pressed them
high up the
pitch, they fought for balls they would normally not fight for.
Then the rest of the clowns started
pressing higher up the
pitch and applying pressure and we got a foothold of the game again... Why they did nt do this when we were 1 - 0 up ill never understand... I wish sanchez could speak english so he could give players like podolski and wilshere a bollocking.
Crowd the midfield,
Press high up the
pitch, don't give the balls away unnecessarily in the midfield.
We were
pressed high up the
pitch, forcing errors from the back line.
In some ways, a Shadow Striker is similar in style to a Defensive Forward as they both look to
press opponents
high up the
pitch and drop in deeper if their team is out of possession.
To
press high up the
pitch means to collectively move up as a team, where the chance of exposing either the space in behind the defence or the space between the backline and midfield is
high.
At the start of the season they were impressive in their
high pressing up the
pitch but since they lost at Arsenal they seem a bit off the boil.
They
pressed higher up the
pitch and United fail to cope with constant pressure by Everton.
In Brendan Rodgers we have a man who believes in
high tempo, attacking football whereby the ball is won by
pressing opponents
high up the
pitch.
When you don't have the ball, you aggressively
press high up the
pitch to force misplaced passes (remember how the team did this in the first games of last season).
They are also able to come out,
press high up the
pitch to provoke mistakes and when they have the ball they can use it very effectively.»
Yet away from home, Arsenal have not
pressed high up the
pitch.
Tirelessly
pressing high up the
pitch — the attitude Klopp adores, as many know — Lallana was rightly chosen as Man of the Match by BT Sport after he ran the show.
The first 20 minutes played out as expected with Atletico
pressing really hard
high up the
pitch and not giving Bayern any chance to build play from the back.
They deserved those goals, because they
pressed high up the
pitch and forced those mistakes.
As Pochettino likes his team to
press high up the
pitch, he needs to have confidence in his chosen holding midfielder to be able to cope with mistakes that allow opposition attackers in break forward in space.