Zonal Marking

[Ringwood Jack]

Considering how many goals we concede from crosses is this because we have adopted zonal marking or are we just ball watchers?

 

[monmouth]

Considering how many goals we concede from crosses is this because we have adopted zonal marking or are we just ball watchers?

We’ve adopted fookal marking.

 

[TerryPHELAN]

Considering how many goals we concede from crosses is this because we have adopted zonal marking or are we just ball watchers?

I think there’s a more simple reason. It’s because our centre backs are shite

 

[bakajack]

Our centre backs seem to lack that love of the physical battle that the likes of Ashley Williams had. Ash loved to dominate the opposition striker be it from open play or from set pieces, he was all about getting in their grill and making sure that clean contact with a cross was impossible.

Its impossible to always win every ball, but its not impossible to stop the opponent from getting clean uncontested contact with the ball. The first Preston goal only goes in because the header was perfect and Cabango didn't challenge him at all so he could focus completely on the header. It's a contact sport but sometimes our players don't want to remember that.

 

[Pentyrchjack]

More like Zombie marking.

Darling caught napping yesterday plus on the wrong side of his man.

 

[Itchysphincter]

All our defenders are ball watchers. Cabango is the least bad defender, but not a good footballer, Darling is a slightly better footballer but a worse defender. Nathan Wood is a statue.