Their fowards exploited the space between our CB and FB and made
a lot of diagonal runs to confuse our defence. That seems to be a
major weakness in our defence.
Eg. X is the Luton striker
-------------Carson----------------
Finnan--X--Sami--Carra--Riise
And when they attack in numbers, Finnan moves forward to engage
their winger. X makes a diagonal run and moves into the space left
behind by Finnan. Sami will have no choice but to follow. Sami does
not have the pace to handle pacy strikers. That is the point when
our defence is most vulnerable.
-----------------Carson-----------------
------X-- Sami-------------------
---------------------------Carra----Riise
--Finnan----
We usually rely on our offside trap to prevent situations like
this. Finnan, Sami and Carra usually employ the offside trap well
(evident from the replays).
Riise/ Traore are poor in positioning and are frequently too slow
to stay in line.
The same situations arose when we play Chelsea at Anfield and
against Bolton.
Solution:
1 CB with pace
+ 1 new LB who has better positioning.
Thoughts anyone?
