Do we need a defensive coach?

[Wandering Willy]

[Prufrock]

See I think once you let folk have time to pick out a cross when you are trying to deal with the runs and movement of Rooney and Hernandez then you are in big trouble! When you are facing those two, pressure on the ball in midfield and out wide is crucial. A good through ball or cross with their movement, sharpness and pace and even England centre halves like Cahill will struggle!

To put pressure on the ball out wide you need support. 1v1 defending is about delaying. With Petrov in front and Mark Davies inside, it clearly wasn't going to happen for our left back. We could have swapped for theirs and we'd still have been bummed.

[Prufrock]

All of them

According to my level two coach, who has worked with quite a few premiership clubs, not very many at all. He said almost all clubs have coaches specific to attacking play, and very few for defending. My own 'inkling' is that we don't count amongst the few.

[Hoboh]

who the feck is Steve Davis?

Are you serious?

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Just answers my question!!!
Real experienced non entity.
With a background as illustrious as that I'm suprised he ain't at a "top four" club
The man is clearly "good at his job" hope he gets his "just reward"

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Perhaps we should get Sammy Lee. Or Bobby Charlton.

[thebish]

Perhaps we should get Sammy Lee. Or Bobby Charlton.

or Coyle and Allardyce - the dream team!

[BL3]

Real experienced non entity.

Probably someone you can identify with then... apart from the 'experienced' bit obviously.

[steviewander]

YES.

Get Big Sam back.

[Hoboh]

Real experienced non entity.

Probably someone you can identify with then... apart from the 'experienced' bit obviously.

Don't be a daft lad our defence leaks more than the titanic and you think the man who's job it is to plug them is doing a "good job"?
Coyle aside it's time to remove some of the Burnley Dingle mafia Owen brought with him, they are clearly out of their depth!

[TKIZ!]

YES.

Get Big Sam back.

Yeah, that'll be the answer to all our prayers, that will.

Feck sake, give Coyle a break. This is why football is being dragged down because people are insistent on instant-o-matic success.

[Choppers]

...because people are insistent on instant-o-matic success.

Is that the same as "not losing every match"?

[BL3]

Don't be a daft lad our defence leaks more than the titanic and you think the man who's job it is to plug them is doing a "good job"?

I don't know why you put that bit in quotation marks as if it's something i actually said, rather than something you just made up.