The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[The Fury]

NiKKoM said:

The Fury said:

English defences are awful at the moment. This past weekend, there were at least 3 goals in every game but 1 and in most it was 4 or more in the Prem. Great for spectators but still...

thats because english teams have no patience.. i find it funny that people in england are saying Van Gaals "style" of playing is strange cause its based on possession.. like its a culture shock..

Yeah, we don't like slow posessive football. It's dull. Barcelona and Spain a few years ago where the best teams in the world but so boooorrring to watch. But that doesn't explain why they can't defend. Many of the goals let in aren't to do with pure football skill (some are obviously) but defensive mistakes. Take the Leicester Arsenal game, finished 2-5. Arsenals goals came from the fact Leicester, even though they are playing Arsenal who had Walcott up front played a high defensive line meaning Walcott easily ran passed them on numerous occastions. While Arsenal let in a counter attack and the other one they just stood around while Vardy shot.