Question about zonal marking...

[Craig_H]

On t'other site I have

You visit OTHER sites?


*feels betrayed*

[Jack D Rips]

I love Rafa but I'll never understand zonal marking

Space never scored a goal

[Howard_lfc]

You visit OTHER sites?


*feels betrayed*

:whistles nonchalontly

[dww]

I hate that too. I love Rafa but this is one of my complaints about him.

To be fair both Arsenal and Man United do this too most of the time. The difference is that both of those teams release players more quickly into the counter attack and attack quickly and as a team.

I like to see it varied at time sin terms of having someone upfield but I think that zonal marking is effective and it's benefits out weigh it's deficiencies. The problem is that you need to break more quickly after the event and too frequently our players get to the half way line and pass sideway or look to simply keep possession.

[Shaggy]

On t'other site I have - but not since monday Shags.

You may have even read the posts where I've said he's been our most consistent player of late Nothing and nobody will change my mind about paying that kind of money for a holding midfielder when we're already well stocked and we crying out for creativity and wide players.

He was excellent retrieving possession again last night. Worked his proverbial argentinian bollocks off.

Haha I know where you stand mate...just yankin your chain.

I love Rafa but I'll never understand zonal marking

Space never scored a goal

For me this is a really simplistic way of looking at it. I don't have the time at the moment to provide the detailed response this requires, but there's been a few great articles lately that have explained the merits of zonal marking very well indeed.

Think one of 'em was a combined effort on the BBC from Hansen and Howard Wilkinson (don't let that put you off).

I know if I coached my own team (which one day I'd like to do), I would implement a zonal marking system. Every time.

[Jack D Rips]

Haha I know where you stand mate...just yankin your chain.



For me this is a really simplistic way of looking at it. I don't have the time at the moment to provide the detailed response this requires, but there's been a few great articles lately that have explained the merits of zonal marking very well indeed.

Think one of 'em was a combined effort on the BBC from Hansen and Howard Wilkinson (don't let that put you off).

I know if I coached my own team (which one day I'd like to do), I would implement a zonal marking system. Every time.

Sorry Shaggy I fell into a deep sleep when you mentioned HW, and just woke up. I know the arguments for zonal marking, but being an old stager I just cant see past the merits of man marking, in much the same way I cant see past the merits of a winger hitting an early cross from level with the corner of the box being preferable to a cross from the endline