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Josh Williams

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
273 total appearances

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The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

The build-up that we've just mentioned and then the pressing side of things.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

Two departments really that I put quite heavily on the coach and we looked largely clueless when it comes to both.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

Yeah, I take the point, and this goes back to his pressing scheme, you know, the idea of always having a one-man advantage at the back versus in the high press, resulting in the high press getting beaten a lot of the time, but then it doesn't usually result in a chance being created because you have that advantage at the back.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

So I get it.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

But I don't think it presents you with a platform to control games if your high press is getting beat consistently.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

I don't think it manifests very well in the crowd, seeing the team get beat with the high press teams playing out and getting cut open and things like that.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

And it goes back, it's kind of a little bit like you standing in front of me here and me having five darts.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

And me closing my eyes and throwing the five darts, not hitting you with any of them and thinking that that was a good process because none of the darts have hit you.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

The problem with that and the problem with the approach is Chelsea could have easily scored two or three if they'd have got a shot off and Cucurella was involved in quite a few of them.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

It goes back to last season as well.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

There's quite a few instances with this approach where it hasn't resulted in product in the box.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

But it could have.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

You feel like it could have.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

And you'd like the ball to just stay further away.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

And it felt like it did under Klopp.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

It did under Pete Guardiola.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

And when Arsenal are doing this passive block stuff, they don't get cut open.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

So, yeah, I don't know.

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

What do you think about all that?

The Anfield Wrap
Chelsea & The Race For Europe: The Trends

Yeah.