Asunto: [U21] Damianek1410

Again, it was not possible to win against a weaker rival. I don't know what to do anymore. Our attackers do not score three 100% of the situations, and our defender shoots an own goal without being attacked by the opponent.

Keep trying mate

Onto next week.. it wasn't a defeat. Work on your next opponent... It will come

I watched the game (nice to see my wee boy playing a part). I haven't watched any other U21 games so I'm only referring to this one. Things I would do if I were drawing the tactic after this game:
The left wing (Benrahma) was way to up the pitch for the duration of the game (1% def) and so many times the left back was exposed (the positioning didn't help either). Benrahma looked decent at tackling as far as I've seen, he could still go up the pitch when the team gets the ball but he would do a lot more tracking back. So many times in the game he is not involved. Plus, playing with a wing requires high experience and I doubt players under 21 have it.
Williams is not coming too much in his own half too.
Bowyer plays way too narrow and only covers a liniar area, not much to the left or right, only 5% def for his postion is too little. He could cover a bigger range and let Foden and Williams deal with the last pass. Foden ended with 37% def.
The defence is way too static, allows gaps, doesn't move from left to right and because mids don't track back there's a gap in front of them when they're pushed back.
Throw-ins around the box: Benrahma should be the receiver OR one of the strikers should come towards the edge of the box. At the other end, again, same problem, mids not tracking back and the opponents throw-ins are to unmarked players and easily redirected towards the goal.
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thanks for these comments, I will try to change tactics for the next match :)

I'm gonna get the blame, nice one ha ha.
Once again, the above was a piece of MY mind, not at all a telling off. You do your best, I'm sure you're doing it better than me. I'm just a hindsight pundit.

We are all armchair supporters eh?

;)

We'd easily get a job at talksport

Defo!!! Me , you ,woodsy and super Ally ;)

Ally is wasted at that radio station, he should be Match of the day pundit, the guy is awesome!

He is that mate ;)

England U21 - Scotland U21 1:0

well done mate :)

Thanks :)

Well done ;)

Druid's Cup

I would like to invite You to Druid's Cup link above. We will see if England has chance to win this tournament. I would like to invite you to discussion link above :)

Looking at the U21 Squad, although results dont look great....... the players that the U21 manager has promoted and Produced are looking good ;)
he has done a fantastic job of bringing them forward :P

i am hoping to take them a step forward.............