2023-02-11, 10:05 PM - Word count:
In my more recent testing with the Pressing forward on defense I've been seeing the player drop further than I think that I ever expected. Like ten people may read this at most so its not worth doing picture by picture analysis but especially because the striker role is intended to be in an attack mode for maintain the pictured formation, that the false nine and deep laying forward drops back to the AMC line, the Pressing forward being on defense causes it to drop all the way behind AMC's. I think this is really interesting because It may function more and more like a Ball winning midfielder that we actually want from it.
I thought that this series was ending but I'm pretty sure that instead next week is going to be that podcast rant I was hinting as a possibility. Because this is actually a lot bigger then I was thinking it would be if its true.
So, a big problem is that there are some just beautiful and cheap "space covering" type players with huge motors and just tons of stamina. But its really hard to see why you want them at the highest level. Mid to low level teams can make a lot of value from these types of players as they cover for the failings of their teammates. But when they're thrown in to a top tier team that doesn't have these same failings they just end up getting lost and exposed for their technical and mental failings. Even then if you're talking about a serious team that relies on a stout defence and violent counterattacks you don't want a player that moves around so much, you want them to already be in the right spot. It goes back to the failure of relevance for BWM's where they're the best defensive role on the team but ultimately make the team worse due to moving out of the defensive shape that is the critical component of modern defenses.
I've based this thread of posts on an attacking defender thinking that its a CB type that I'm proposing. Trashing the BWM is like the core conceit of it but, digging into it I think that the answer was there the whole time. If BWM's flaw is breaking a defensive shape why not just not have them involved in the defensive shape?
I thought that this series was ending but I'm pretty sure that instead next week is going to be that podcast rant I was hinting as a possibility. Because this is actually a lot bigger then I was thinking it would be if its true.
So, a big problem is that there are some just beautiful and cheap "space covering" type players with huge motors and just tons of stamina. But its really hard to see why you want them at the highest level. Mid to low level teams can make a lot of value from these types of players as they cover for the failings of their teammates. But when they're thrown in to a top tier team that doesn't have these same failings they just end up getting lost and exposed for their technical and mental failings. Even then if you're talking about a serious team that relies on a stout defence and violent counterattacks you don't want a player that moves around so much, you want them to already be in the right spot. It goes back to the failure of relevance for BWM's where they're the best defensive role on the team but ultimately make the team worse due to moving out of the defensive shape that is the critical component of modern defenses.
I've based this thread of posts on an attacking defender thinking that its a CB type that I'm proposing. Trashing the BWM is like the core conceit of it but, digging into it I think that the answer was there the whole time. If BWM's flaw is breaking a defensive shape why not just not have them involved in the defensive shape?
