Enzo Maresca needs to be more willing to show less predictability

One factor I seen within the Southampton win final night time was that we had been getting probably the most pleasure when it comes to attacking play when Filip Jorgensen lobbed a brief cross ahead or hit a floor cross by to Pedro Neto, slightly than passing it backwards and forwards to Enzo Fernandez hoping that we may squeeze a cross by the press.

After all, once you play by a excessive press it might have excessive rewards. But in addition, for those who don’t play by it, and you’re enjoying in opposition to good attackers and a well-drilled press, you’re at actual danger of conceding an enormous likelihood or a objective. I see that as scoring an personal objective, if the opposition rating from us having possession from our personal goalkeeper. It’s simply as dangerous.

Conceding a objective from this may not really occur that usually, however it does put us below immense strain and in danger.

I really felt sorry for Filip Jorgensen final night time. He had simply made an enormous mistake to lose us the sport in opposition to Aston Villa on the weekend, you might see he was feeling the strain. And enjoying out from the again in opposition to Southampton he was a nervous wreck. The gang felt it, his crew mates felt it, everybody felt and noticed it. It was removed from best. You may moan at followers for groaning when this occurs, however can you actually blame them!?

It was so irritating to see Fernandez simply preserve giving the ball again to Jorgensen in actually tight areas, then Jorgensen give it to Levi Colwill or Tosin Adarabioyo in much more tighter areas as a result of they may not get out. This simply encourages the squeez and the nearer we get to our objective then, the extra harmful it turns into.

The largest situation was that Saints had been man-marking, so there wasn’t the obtainable choices for Jorgensen to cross to. So enjoying out from the again and attempting to play by the press was what we needed to attempt to do. However was it? Or is that this simply the one means that Maresca desires us to play? Sadly, it sounds just like the latter.

Maresca stated on Jorgensen getting jeered by followers when kicking quick out from the again:

“My message to Filip was for those who play a protracted ball, I’ll change you, I’m very glad. It’s troublesome for all of the keepers [when that happens] however they only must observe the plan.”

I really can’t imagine what I’m studying right here. He’s forcing his goalkeeper to ALWAYS play quick. Why? Why can’t you turn it up typically? Why does it at all times should be this fashion? I actually don’t perceive it. I get you might have a method of play and means of enjoying the sport, however why so cussed to it? I get that is the trendy means of enjoying. However why not be capable to change issues up below circumstances the place the opposition are man-marking and there are not any choices for the keeper? That is my largest gripe with Maresca and people who employed him, his lack of flexibility in his techniques and lack of pragmatism. I believe any modern-day supervisor to succeed on the prime degree now wants to have the ability to modify and adapt. Soccer for me is transferring on from pure possession play that noticed Pep Guardiola succeed for therefore lengthy. Groups are adapting to it and studying how one can play in opposition to it. Taking part in out from the again is just not one thing I’m in opposition to in any respect and see the professionals, however a few of the greatest groups now are extra hybrid with this and can search for passes additional ahead if they’re on. Some even use the extra quaint means of getting a goal man, think about that?

I’ll return to my first sentence, Chelsea received their most success when it comes to getting up the pitch quick and doing extra than simply passing the ball throughout our 18-yard field when Jorgensen determined to cross a bit additional ahead, clearly in opposition to the orders of his supervisor who threatened to sub him off if he stored doing that! What the hell!?

I’m not saying the keeper ought to aimlessly lump it ahead. However what Chelsea had final night time was really focus in Pedro Neto, who’s surprisingly sturdy and good holding the ball up. Jorgensen may see that and used him a few instances with some lengthy floor passes that by-passed the excessive press. This was the important thing to get by as a result of Neto’s clever and fast motion to get away from his marker.

I additionally noticed a few good lobbed passes by Jorgensen to get by the preliminary press, they usually labored fairly effectively principally as effectively. Even the commentators final night time may see that this was what Chelsea wanted to do on this second.

Why would you not wish to use unpredictable performs in addition to merely simply passing out quick? I actually don’t perceive it. Be various, change it up, trump your opponents, adapt to how they’re setup. It’s all frequent sense, no?

Why stick with a means of enjoying when it was clearly not working (first 25 minutes)? My god that was so bland, so gradual, and so frustratingly annoying simply watching Jorgensen passing it backwards and forwards to Fernandez while the Saints attackers had been getting nearer and nearer to nipping in and profitable the ball again. We received useless fortunate there. Towards a greater opposition, we might have been severely punished doing that.

I’m not some old skool ‘route one’ smash it ahead sort of man. However I’m very balanced in nature and in life, so I wish to see us having and utilizing different choices to have the ability to play out when the quick passing is just not working. Why would you even wish to play so predictable ALL the time?

However sadly our supervisor is caught with a technique and a technique solely. Bookmark this text, as a result of this fashion of cussed pondering goes to come back again to hang-out us quickly. I admit after we can play by a press then it really works effectively, however do now we have the standard goalkeepers and centre backs to have the ability to do that proper now? No, we completely don’t.