Defence today

[Borobuddah]

I thought they were excellent, individual and helping each other. They were so calm was what really struck me.

Have we finally clicked at the back?

 

[sherlock]

Superb yesterday, long may it continue.

 

[Maccarone]

Engel has also come a long way, fair play to him,alot had written him off after a couple of games, shows it takes time to adjust to a new country, new league and new team mates and tactics

 

[Humpty]

The defence had much more protection because we had to play a lot of the game out of possession. I don’t envisage us playing that way again very often this season. Great display but remains to be seen whether we’ll have more of that defensive balance when we go back to our more expansive, possession based game.

 

[Paulroddam7]

Just thought it was more of a collective effort defensively, rather than the back 4 being so exposed.

 

[Ravshoutsatbeck]

I think there were few interesting tactical tweaks.

Fry would stick to the striker.
Howson would pull in to a centre back position at times while howson would push and press more.

This would at times allow space "in between the lines" when they broke the press but they panicked less because they had a good back line that was difficult to pass through.

We also allowed Faes the ball as the person to bring it up with Greenwood more focused inside to stop them playing through the middle - knowing that he wasn't fast or skilled enough to get away even with a lot of space.

Almost all their chances came from when they improved their press and we made bad decisions.

 

[WindyNook]

Brilliant defensive display by the whole team. Shout out for Izzy who helped RVB several times against Mavididi.
The only time we really looked like conceding was between 70 to 80 min where we tried to set up 3 goals for Leicester with poor balls across our back line

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Brilliant defensive display by the whole team. Shout out for Izzy who helped RVB several times against Mavididi.
The only time we really looked like conceding was between 70 to 80 min where we tried to set up 3 goals for Leicester with poor balls across our back line

Yes worth mentioning your second paragraph, I was amazed we got away with that given the opposition.

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

Engel has also come a long way, fair play to him,alot had written him off after a couple of games, shows it takes time to adjust to a new country, new league and new team mates and tactics

I can’t really remember the last time he got done by a winger, which is quite something considering what happened vs Sheff Wed

 

[speckyget]

With Clarke on the bench now, once Lenihan is fit the manager will have a real selection headache, of the good sort. Still prefer Dijksteel at right back mind.

 

[Diego]

With Clarke on the bench now, once Lenihan is fit the manager will have a real selection headache, of the good sort. Still prefer Dijksteel at right back mind.

VDB was outstanding yesterday. There will be some games that suit Dijksteel more though.

 

[Morton94]

Yes worth mentioning your second paragraph, I was amazed we got away with that given the opposition.

You get away with it a lot more when you have Super Seny Dieng in goal!

 

[speckyget]

VDB was outstanding yesterday. There will be some games that suit Dijksteel more though.

A lot of people phoning into BBC Tees seemed to agree with you. But for me Mavididi and even their fullback had him on toast too many times.

 

[Diego]

A lot of people phoning into BBC Tees seemed to agree with you. But for me Mavididi and even their fullback had him on toast too many times.

Nah. He was excellent. See if the Leicester fans think they had him on toast. They certainly never reading their board. He was my man of the match.

 

[newusername]

Engel has also come a long way, fair play to him,alot had written him off after a couple of games, shows it takes time to adjust to a new country, new league and new team mates and tactics

He has a ways to go but he's definitely improved.

 

[speckyget]

Rewind back to the start of the move where they hit the post. But, opinions eh?

 

[Humpty]

A lot of people phoning into BBC Tees seemed to agree with you. But for me Mavididi and even their fullback had him on toast too many times.

I thought RVDB had a good game yesterday but on his own Mavididi was a little too much for him. Fortunately Izzy Jones was outstanding out of possession. Between the two of them, we looked really solid down that flank.