Alport Under 18's v Wem Analysis....

So here we go... when we had the ball in the defensive third... we had it easy with a 4v2 in our favour..

When we played into the middle third as the picture showed they never really pushed their wingers up... so therefore when we normally dominated in the middle we were always outnumbered 4 v 3.

And as we playing 4/3/3 is new to most of us, one of its weakness is it can become a very narrow formation... as shown below.
And if our wingbacks don't push up when the ball leaves the defensive third, we can become over ran which we were... As there were a number of times when we were attacking the goal mouth, me and Ben would turn and see we had 4 defenders on the half way line marking 2 players ??? :S again this is something we've not coached yet BUT its a natural thing to do BUT not anymore! :) as lets face it.... your not involved your job is to defend.... and as theres no one to defend, you need to push up and attack

 NOW compare it to the picture below with our wing backs pushing up (again we've not coached you this yet) but you can see how important and beneficial this is... As now Wem's wingers are marking our wing backs who WILL be playing wide, and thus leaves us with 3 v 2 in the middle WHICH as we did against drayton and vets proved... when we pass it about we dominate the middle!

 Now when we played it to george we did it two ways...
1 - we thumped it up to him, which always resulted in it coming right back, why ?? well look at the picture. They have 4 players we have 3, george always had BOTH CB's marking him!
2 - We played it to him on the floor from the middle third... this WORKED as George's movement allowed him to gain a yard to receive the ball, and either turn and get his head up orrrrr pass it back and keep possession

HOWEVER when george received the ball and turned, we usually ended up being outnumbered and losing the ball.... WHY? again they had 4 players we had 3!
SO again with our wing backs (think Daniel Alves) if lecca and i think jack? tucked in, and our wing backs pushed on and stayed wide, dragging Wem's fullbacks wide to mark them.
Suddenly we have a 3 v 2 in the middle. SO with a through ball, quick passing, movement and were attacking or through on their goal!
Or if there full backs don't mark our wing backs, we have an out ball to pass too, when we could then either attack and whip crosses in, or run inside....