‘Playing out from the back’

I’m pretty sure we didn’t play out from the back for most of the first leg? A bit odd that we didn’t come with any kind of “game management” ideas.
 
It's not just playing out of defence as a concept that's the issue, it's the execution sometimes, the choice of pass and the hesitation on the ball. Hackney playing Barlaser in to trouble tonight needlessly, Clarke coming out of defence with the ball and looking unsteady and playing sloppy passes.

Tonight it just happened time and time again, and I would guess that some of that was down to the pressure of the semi-final and playing at Stamford Bridge. He's by and large been really good for us since coming back in to the team after his injury, even in the first leg against these, but tonight Clarke was especially bad and sloppy I think. The hardest part to take about getting absolutely battered 6-1 is that they didn't have to work for it, it was never a 6-1 game, but we gifted them most of their goals being daft at the back. Just got more and more skittish as it went on.
 
atypical_boro said:
I’m pretty sure we didn’t play out from the back for most of the first leg? A bit odd that we didn’t come with any kind of “game management” ideas.
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That’s it though I think that was the game management approach. Hold on to the ball.

I have to say Carrick got it completely wrong tonight. I know it’s our style to play out from the back but we didn’t over do it in home leg and it paid dividends. Today we needed to turn them over and play in their half even if just to buy minutes and a breather but we didn’t and we’ve been hammered.

Hopefully he learns and we learn how to play to plan B.
 
The howson flip flopping from centre mid to centre back was as big an issue for me first half. Hope we don't try that again. Everytime he stepped up the gap between fry and vdb was too big.

With the over playing we take it too far at times. There's a balance, we overdid it against much better players time and time again.
 
atypical_boro said:
I’m pretty sure we didn’t play out from the back for most of the first leg? A bit odd that we didn’t come with any kind of “game management” ideas.
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Coburn was a big miss tonight tbf. Gave us an outlet in the first leg, along with Jones obviously.
But still play it into the channels, Rogers will win some of those 50/50 balls, even if he doesn't at least we're not continually giving the ball away in our own half.
 
StillCantPickAUsername said:
That’s it though I think that was the game management approach. Hold on to the ball.

I have to say Carrick got it completely wrong tonight. I know it’s our style to play out from the back but we didn’t over do it in home leg and it paid dividends. Today we needed to turn them over and play in their half even if just to buy minutes and a breather but we didn’t and we’ve been hammered.

Hopefully he learns and we learn how to play to plan B.
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That WAS our plan B.


Plan A are all in the infirmary.
 
dontheking said:
We're going nowhere this year. Probably not next year either, but need to stick at a system and be patient like Brighton and Brentford etc. That's the only sustainable way.
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IMHO, your spot on, but, Carrick Ball is not going to work here. You just can not polish a turd. I think he will be gone season end to a team who can play his style of football.
Will be great to watch.
We will will most likely get JW for a season.

Hope Im wrong, UTFB
Well done to the 4000 who made us all proud tonight.
 
Despite a the Chicken Licken analysis what today's game showed was the vast differences between a one billion pound team and one that cost about 25 mil. Nothing more than that really and Boro did tremendous to make it this far. I'll be having that as my lasting memory, not that massive gulf that money gets you.
UTB
 
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