Blues, Baggies, Hull (1 reply)
All 3 teams played against opposition with 10 men. Baggies and Blackburn both played teams much higher than them in the table but still managed to win. We also played the most time with a man advantage
I have zero knowledge when it comes to analyses formations and patterns of play but from looking at the subs and the intention of the changes, we failed miserably
Blackburn kept Ohashi on and brought on Dapo Afolayan and Jorgensen. Also brought on Baradji for a slow, ageing Forshaw. Huge attack intent
Baggies kept on Maja and Heggebo (subbed on 90mins) and replaced Jed Wallace with Jimoh.
Both had 2 strikers on with attacking 8s and 10s all utilised
Now for Blues. Osman for Gray was like for like, as was Stansfield for Priske. Doyle for Solis was also like for like with Doyle clearly instructed to dictate the play from deep which I kind of understand
The one that got me was Laird for Vicente. Now we have 3 at back which is fine when chasing a winner but ended up having Iwata, Roberts and Vicente getting in each others way on the right. Then on the left we had Gray slowing the game down and then trying to be the main character, with Paik having to shift over to support him.
This put all of the focus on playing wide which Sheffield very easily nullified. Unlike Blackburn and dare I say Baggies, we failed to see a chance for Roberts, Fujimoto, Vicente, or even Gray or Stansfield to sit in advance, central role.
Both Baggies and Blackburn maintained a strong front line with midfielders behind them to back it. We over complicated the wide areas and with no plan B to attack through the middle
I have zero knowledge when it comes to analyses formations and patterns of play but from looking at the subs and the intention of the changes, we failed miserably
Blackburn kept Ohashi on and brought on Dapo Afolayan and Jorgensen. Also brought on Baradji for a slow, ageing Forshaw. Huge attack intent
Baggies kept on Maja and Heggebo (subbed on 90mins) and replaced Jed Wallace with Jimoh.
Both had 2 strikers on with attacking 8s and 10s all utilised
Now for Blues. Osman for Gray was like for like, as was Stansfield for Priske. Doyle for Solis was also like for like with Doyle clearly instructed to dictate the play from deep which I kind of understand
The one that got me was Laird for Vicente. Now we have 3 at back which is fine when chasing a winner but ended up having Iwata, Roberts and Vicente getting in each others way on the right. Then on the left we had Gray slowing the game down and then trying to be the main character, with Paik having to shift over to support him.
This put all of the focus on playing wide which Sheffield very easily nullified. Unlike Blackburn and dare I say Baggies, we failed to see a chance for Roberts, Fujimoto, Vicente, or even Gray or Stansfield to sit in advance, central role.
Both Baggies and Blackburn maintained a strong front line with midfielders behind them to back it. We over complicated the wide areas and with no plan B to attack through the middle