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

WallyA said:
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.
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Football evolves. The more that teams press, the more that they counter it. This is the counter to the counter.

Well done Pep for being ahead of the curve.
 
Liverpool’s high line has turned from their biggest strength to the biggest weakness
Take van dijk out they are a mess
 
Pingu the Penguin said:
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
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Basically it would be enough to simply admit there is a few centimeters tolerance in the system. If the lines are closer than that VAR should not change the ref decision.
 
Remember earlier in the season when people were bemoaning our forwards for not being clinical like Liverpool's?

How times have changed.
 
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