Chi-town blues
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Man marking without marking is the shittiest system. Players should take responsibilities not the system.
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The obssession with zonal marking
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CitizenTID
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Yeah think I prefer zonal as we work as a team to defend the ball so there's more chance of getting rid, whereas 1v1 marking, if the opposition player is a better header of the ball/taller than ours then we're goosed.
East Level 2
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But you wouldn't set up 1 v 1 with a poor header marking a good header. That's more likely to occur with zonal.M24 Citizen said:Yeah think I prefer zonal as we work as a team to defend the ball so there's more chance of getting rid, whereas 1v1 marking, if the opposition player is a better header of the ball/taller than ours then we're goosed.
The main advantage with zonal, as someone spent a lot of time telling me on the way back, is that you don't have players wrestling each other in the box risking a penalty. It also allows the defenders to concentrate on the ball rather than the opposition.
The big problem with zonal is that it looks so bloody pathetic when it goes wrong.
The marking from corners on Sunday was just a sick joke and couldn't be described as one to one, zonal or anything relating to football in general.
LookIfoundmyKnob
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East Level 2 said:But you wouldn't set up 1 v 1 with a poor header marking a good header. That's more likely to occur with zonal.M24 Citizen said:Yeah think I prefer zonal as we work as a team to defend the ball so there's more chance of getting rid, whereas 1v1 marking, if the opposition player is a better header of the ball/taller than ours then we're goosed.
The main advantage with zonal, as someone spent a lot of time telling me on the way back, is that you don't have players wrestling each other in the box risking a penalty. It also allows the defenders to concentrate on the ball rather than the opposition.
The big problem with zonal is that it looks so bloody pathetic when it goes wrong.
The marking from corners on Sunday was just a sick joke and couldn't be described as one to one, zonal or anything relating to football in general.
Problem with that is that you have to know your opponent pretty well and have to be extremely well prepared or it all goes to shit.
Garcia should have stepped up and headed it out. It's going to frustrating not having Kompany in the back. Completely insane to think 1 man can do the job of 4 people.
Zonal marking is better for defending set pieces as we have found out against Cardiff on Sunday. Hopefully Pellegrini will get the balance right away from home and the two goal we had scored away from home is enough to get the 3 points.
chicagoblues said:Man marking without marking is the shittiest system. Players should take responsibilities not the system.
Zabaleta was marking Campbell in both corners but he couldn't stop him.
MCC
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Zonal marking all day long forme. Served us well under Mancini and as soon as we changed it we look vulnerable every time the ball comes In from a corner.