It didn’t work sadly.Silly tactic with howson one minute a midfielder the next a centre half. Left a big gap right in front of glover as every time he stepped out the gap was too big between fry and van den berg.
Add to that the over play and we were done.
The arrogance of us to think we can play out from the back against top Premier league players utterly ridiculous tatics. You wouldn't expect defenders in a lower league team to go to say anfield and play out from the back but we thought it ok to let middling championship defenders play out against world class players absolute madnessNeville has done my head in but his analysis has been spot on, Carrick has to learn to adapt his style, I love the football we play but sometimes tactics have to change to suite the opposition as some of our playing staff are not quite good enough at the very top level.
I know we are hammered by injuries but the tactical tweaks / issues have been the same all season in the championship too.
Hopefully we learn a lot from this experience and punishment and take some Intesity into the final few months of the season and give it a good go.
Nor the manager or some of our wanted players are quite ready for the top just yet!
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Seem to remember Carrick playing a similar role under Fergie in big games? Didn't work tonight but Chelsea exploited it in a fashion that few of our usual opponents would have done.It didn’t work sadly.
I think we all knew it would be an uphill struggle tonight but as fans we wanted to believe, it is what we do. We need to get players fit, O'Brien is going to play a big part and it would be good to get a striker in.I’m just disappointed we gifted them so many goals, I mean we almost did the same in the first leg but for poor finishing. But when you concede the first through a mistake, surely you need to be more switched on after that.
Oh well, we’ll still have the memories of the first leg and the atmosphere we all enjoyed that night.
We got stuffed by Brighton last year and it didn’t derail our season. Focus back on the league and Sunderland at home.
The arrogance of us to think we can play out from the back against top Premier league players utterly ridiculous tatics. You wouldn't expect defenders in a lower league team to go to say anfield and play out from the back but we thought it ok to let middling championship defenders play out against world class players absolute madness
I hope Liverpool does to them what I`de like to do to them right now
They are best mates. I'm sure they weren't waiting to bump into each other on the pitch to have that conversation.Don't like the look of Palmer talking to Rogers behind his hand. Telling him to get that PL move no matter what.
I disagree completely you cant play out from the back against vastly superior players you have to be pragmatic. At least half the goals tonight were brought about from careless overplayingPlaying out is our style. We did it pretty well against Villa. To completely change tactics and start hoofing it would not have resulted in a better performance or result. Carrick stuck to his guns and what the players are used to and generally being successful with. Unfortunately never came off tonight. It was always a longshot.
Welllllll this didn’t age well.Let’s not freeze on the big stage boro! All I’m asking is not to be embarrassed and for every man to give his all!
I don’t entirely disagree with that, but don’t think we could play differently with who we had tonight.I disagree completely you cant play out from the back against vastly superior players you have to be pragmatic. At least half the goals tonight were brought about from careless overplaying
I disagree completely you cant play out from the back against vastly superior players you have to be pragmatic. At least half the goals tonight were brought about from careless overplaying
Absolutely fine against teams of the same standard but when theres a chasm in class its lunacyMany lower league teams do exactly that now and pretty much have since the rule change.
Were you saying that after the Villa game or the first leg to a lesser extent. The philosophy Carrick has is that you build up play from the back and have more space for the forwards. Ideally over time, we will have better individuals to implement this, but generally I think we will be successful more often than not, playing this way (obviously not tonight though).I disagree completely you cant play out from the back against vastly superior players you have to be pragmatic. At least half the goals tonight were brought about from careless overplaying
We gave them the win, no doubt about that, but there will be a mental difficulty playing against a team which cost the money they did, with all the guile and movement they have, on their home ground in a big game. Add to that our lack of outlet up front (and I’m not criticising Rogers) due to injuries.I disagree completely you cant play out from the back against vastly superior players you have to be pragmatic. At least half the goals tonight were brought about from careless overplaying
Against villa we did actually play it longer more oftenWere you saying that after the Villa game or the first leg to a lesser extent. The philosophy Carrick has is that you build up play from the back and have more space for the forwards. Ideally over time, we will have better individuals to implement this, but generally I think we will be successful more often than not, playing this way (obviously not tonight though).
He could have gone the other way and told the players to just lump it, but I'm sure the ball would have simply just been recycled and we'd be under the cosh again and eventually conceded!