New era are we going to see the end of

[pete 318]

3 at the back and back to 2 CB's.

Zonal Marking and back to man to man.

Creativity in the middle more than the singular reliance on Normann provided by Todd and Billy.

A midfield capable of protecting the defence.

Selections based on ability and not favouritism.

Proper man management and not singling individuals out for banishment without cause.

And a wish list of more goals and clean sheets are a requisite.

Not much to ask for but little of this under Farke at PL level.  Heresy I know but however good he was his past his sell by date.  ..

[cambridgeshire canary 6,680]

You sure about that?

[yellowandgreen 34]

I’d like to see the return of game changing substitutions and last gasp winners.

[AJ 1,218]

Definitely sounds like we might have seen the end of Zonal Marking based on his comments

[hepphep 175]

1 minute ago, AJ said:

Definitely sounds like we might have seen the end of Zonal Marking based on his comments

Or maybe we start to do it proper way!

[dylanisabaddog 4,877]

If we stop zonal marking we would be one of the very few teams in the top 4 leagues in Europe to do so. Very worrying 

[AJ 1,218]

11 minutes ago, dylanisabaddog said:

If we stop zonal marking we would be one of the very few teams in the top 4 leagues in Europe to do so. Very worrying 

Well, maybe not completely get rid of, not everyone does Zonal Marking like we did, we were often terrible at defending set pieces under Farke

[dylanisabaddog 4,877]

16 minutes ago, AJ said:

Well, maybe not completely get rid of, not everyone does Zonal Marking like we did, we were often terrible at defending set pieces under Farke

Zonal marking reduces goals conceded from corners by around 75%. 

[Google Bot 3,259]

Smith picked up wins against Man Utd and Everton with a 3-5-2 this season, so don't rule out 3 CB's.

I think he prefers to go zonal on set pieces too?  As mentioned above, there's a big difference between well executed zonal marking and not.  I don't care what system we use, as long as it's implemented as best as possible.

That said, we haven't the largest squad, If we allow big forwards to nod home with Aarons eye-line with their rear ends then that needs to be sorted.

Edited November 19, 2021 by Google Bot

[Petriix 2,834]

15 hours ago, pete said:

3 at the back and back to 2 CB's.

Zonal Marking and back to man to man.

Creativity in the middle more than the singular reliance on Normann provided by Todd and Billy.

A midfield capable of protecting the defence.

Selections based on ability and not favouritism.

Proper man management and not singling individuals out for banishment without cause.

And a wish list of more goals and clean sheets are a requisite.

Not much to ask for but little of this under Farke at PL level.  Heresy I know but however good he was his past his sell by date.  ..

You've lost the continuity of the post. It starts asking 'are we going to see the end of' then lists a couple of things that we might stop doing, but then goes on with a list of things we might do.

Maybe change it to 'are we going to see...' then add 'the end of' to the first two items?

[Robert N. LiM 4,246]

Would love to see a graph that correlates 'complaining about zonal marking' with 'voted for Brexit'

[Terminally Yellow 2,448]

16 hours ago, dylanisabaddog said:

If we stop zonal marking we would be one of the very few teams in the top 4 leagues in Europe to do so. Very worrying 

It doesn't matter how many other sides do it, we're so bad at zonal marking we might as well give other systems a go.

[dylanisabaddog 4,877]

1 hour ago, Robert N. LiM said:

Would love to see a graph that correlates 'complaining about zonal marking' with 'voted for Brexit'

Graphs with one line on them are boring