Premier League ( midweek ) Games 2/3/4 March

On the VAR offside thing, i think you could tweak and keep tech to help the officials, whilst protecting the spectacle
- ditch the lines until the tech improves
- keep the current thing where the Lino keeps his flag down until the ball goes in
- if he puts his flag up and the VAR crew thinks it is marginal the ref goes to the monitor. If Lino doesn’t flag but VAR thinks it is marginal same happens
- Ref gets 60secs of footage only (it physically goes off after a minute) and can roll back and forth through the angles like they do in rugby
- if no definitive evidence to contrary then he goes with Lino call

cuts out the Milner/West ham howlers, supports the refereeing team

easy
 
super_city_si said:
tuchel has got his selection and tactics spot on so far tonight.
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Offensively absolutely. I was a little concerned that going with a back three against a front three might leave their centre backs one-on-one with a forward too often but to be fair Kanté and Chilwell have both been extremely diligent in plugging those gaps
 
Something interesting I've noticed, and its a change Pep has made that others have seemingly followed is the lack of a very high press from the top teams compared to the last few seasons.

Definitely see that the schedule has made managing fatigue a priority for sure, but I also think that teams have also developed better to handle the high press and that the risk-reward isn't as good as it use to be.

Teams are using their GK alot more, and using 5 players to connect with the GK from deep (CBs are also allowed in the box with the GK) means they can numerically beat any press if drilled properly. If the opposition then pushes numbers up with a stronger press, then you can just have your GK kick it long in the vacant spaces behind for your wingers, which is a big risk for the pressing team.

We were conceding alot to this from our high press, teams were either numerically beating our press or finding space behind and Pep logically changed us to instead counter press if the ball is lost or just sit deep if we don't get it back.

For this game, notice how useless Liverpool's press is against Chelsea, Chelsea are evading it like nothing, and now Liverpool have stopped trying.
 
FromPollockToSilva said:
Offensively absolutely. I was a little concerned that going with a back three against a front three might leave their centre backs one-on-one with a forward too often but to be fair Kanté and Chilwell have both been extremely diligent in plugging those gaps
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Yes he put kante and jorginho in front of them For protection. Like i said almost like liverpools MO the last seasom or two.
 
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