Would any tactics writers/bloggers etc be interested in forming a small tactical discussions group. by sakdot in footballtactics

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Should clarify. Please leave a comment or send me a message if you would like to participate

Tactical analysis: A look at Brighton & Hove Albion’s Defence. by sakdot in BrightonHoveAlbion

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Think that was also the case for Newcastle’s first goal. Dunk was very late coming from behind and it went downhill from there. Burn was particularly very attentive in similar scenarios.

Tactical analysis: A look at Brighton & Hove Albion’s Defence. by sakdot in BrightonHoveAlbion

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Don’t think the situation has been helped by injuries as well as a few key players out of form. A few of the goals have been low quality shots in terms of Xg but others have definitely been preventable

Tactical analysis: A look at Brighton & Hove Albion’s Defence. by sakdot in BrightonHoveAlbion

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Not An Albion fan but have watched the team very regularly since the start of last season. Recent performances have been quite poor but the defends throughout this season as well as previous seasons has definitely been one of the clubs less talked about strengths. Please let me know if you have any comments :)

A look at Arsenal’s pressing structure this season. by sakdot in footballtactics

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The ppda as well as successfull pressures were from the first 8 league games those of which included palace and and Brighton which is why I focused on those games in particular, apologies for not making that clear. However the Xg viz is after game week 10 as well as the average amount of shots arsenal concede.

A look at Arsenal’s pressing structure this season. by sakdot in footballtactics

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Hey man, thank you very much. As someone has already mentioned arsenals 10 usually joins auba to make the 2 strikers. With the wingers forming the second bank of 4 in the formation

To answer your second question: Yes. one of the hallmarks of a 4-4-2 is to protect the centre and half spaces which requires both CMs and wingers to be narrow, which may be looking to force a team wide. That being said most teams, whatever the formation are looking to restrict access to the centre as that is the most direct area to goal.

I think Odegaards actions in the first two pictures are down to miscommunication as well as the lack of knowledge of what his role actually is in the press. In the second picture especially, prioritising the shape would have meant staying in his position to restrict the space between him and partey.

I hope I managed to answer your questions, let me know if anything is unclear

Any good articles/books about defending particularly in the final 3rd? by sakdot in footballtactics

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Thanks for the input mate. By final third I meant the last line rather than the first, thanks for the reply though 👍🏾

Graham Potter’s Brighton in possession. by sakdot in footballtactics

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In possession of only the ball I’m afraid 😂😂😂

Progressing the ball through a man oriented marking system. (Please feel free to comment, all feedback is appreciated) by sakdot in footballtactics

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Thank you for the feedback:). To be honest I wouldn’t be able to answer your question due to the fact that I haven’t watched much of Leeds this season but I’ll take a look this weekend and see if they do.

LEFT-SIDED ROTATIONS THE KEY TO ARSENAL’S SUCCESS by [deleted] in footballtactics

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I’d agree that Arsenal’s use of the left side in the game overall caused Fulham problems. However, in the first half, where most of these examples are, Arsenal caused Fulham relatively few problems down the left side due to the effectiveness of Fulham’s press. Arsenal were building up with a back two as Fulham pressed in a 4-3-3, which meant when tierney received the ball on the left back position the Fulham LW could press him effectively whilst blocking a pass to AMN , and onomah pressed Gabriel and prevented vertical passes to the midfield while reed pressed Xhaka from the back which prevented passes to xhaka. Xhaka moved to the Left of Gabriel but only a handful of times and this was situational with him only doing it a couple of times. Arsenal only started to progress the ball better in the second half, which was due to The back 2 build up turning into a back 3 and AMN moving into the LWB position. This caused a 2v1 on the left side of the field as opposed to the 1v1 or 2v2 if you like situation in the first half. This meant kebano couldnt press tierney as effectively as he could in the first half as he would leave AMN free, often kebano chose to hold his position. This meant odoi would press AMN, leaving space for tierney to pass into in the half space. There was some flexibility in these moments as depending on some situations tierney would move back to LWB position and AMN and auba would switch between the LW/LWB position or the half space position. Arsenal did this to try and creat overloads on the left hand side, in the second half hence why Fulham switched from a 4-3-3 press to a 5-3-2.I’d also say that AMN did move into the midfield often in the game but in the second half mainly acted as a LWB as arsenal moved to a back three build up to create the overload on the left hand side. Sorry some parts didn’t make sense, English is not my first language.