Zonal marking

Grand Master Ram Rod

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Said it before and I'll say it again, this needs to be dropped, worst way of defending and the players don't know how to do it either. Plus bringing every player back like he does, leads to packed penalty areas, leads to players getting into each others way, leads to goals against us and what use is players like SWP and Ireland back there anyway.

The one time he left a player (Ade) on the half way line against Stoke in the league, he got Faye sent off. This is an advantage to leave players on the half way line for quick breaks, less packed area and possible goal scoring opportunities.

Stoke's second goal on Wednesday was partly down to Given and partly down to a packed area of defenders not knowing what they were doing cos of zonal bollocks. Two went for the ball as well as Given, neither won the header and they both ended up in Given's way. I think Given was wrong to come but I think he'd have had a better chance of getting the ball if the area wasn't so packed, just like he did when Hughes was in charge.
 
You have a very short memory my friend.
I lost count of the number of goals we conceded from corners when Hughes was in charge with man to man marking and leaving two or three players upfield.
 
For 90 minutes we defended them fine.

They are throw in specialists of course they are going to score one or two ffs.
 
Grand Master Ram Rod said:
Said it before and I'll say it again, this needs to be dropped, worst way of defending and the players don't know how to do it either. Plus bringing every player back like he does, leads to packed penalty areas, leads to players getting into each others way, leads to goals against us and what use is players like SWP and Ireland back there anyway.

The one time he left a player (Ade) on the half way line against Stoke in the league, he got Faye sent off. This is an advantage to leave players on the half way line for quick breaks, less packed area and possible goal scoring opportunities.

Stoke's second goal on Wednesday was partly down to Given and partly down to a packed area of defenders not knowing what they were doing cos of zonal bollocks. Two went for the ball as well as Given, neither won the header and they both ended up in Given's way. I think Given was wrong to come but I think he'd have had a better chance of getting the ball if the area wasn't so packed, just like he did when Hughes was in charge.

The only part of it that i would change is to leave at least 2 players on the halfway line for a quick break, ie; SWP, Bellers. If you look at the stats since we have used Zonal marking we have conceded only 2 or 3 from set pieces, far less than the man marking previously used by Hughes. The idea of Zonal marking is to attack the ball if it comes into your zone, IMO we have done it pretty well so far.
 
This pisses me off because people don't realise that Zonal Marking is the easiest way of defending set pieces. Trust me i've played under both and Zonal is far more comfortable and easier to deal with. You do concede from them but not half as much as when you man mark. As with both, if the ball is a peach and you get beaten to it, it will go in.

Question for you Grand Master Ram Rod. How many goals have we conceded from Zonal marking this season and then tell me how many we have conceded from man marking.

The goals we have conceded to Stoke (2 legit and 1 dissalowed) would never have happend if we had a keeper who came and collected balls and demanded his six yard box.

I think since we've used Zonal Marking the stat for cleared balls from our box from free kicks, corners and throw ins should be very very high. I've never seen us clear our box so efficently before.
 

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