brite blu sky wrote:excellent and interesting report again Doug..
seems a shift to training for attack is well and truly in place nowadays.
Would be great to read your thoughts on the evolution of the training sessions under Mancini.. towards or at the end of the season.
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:brite blu sky wrote:excellent and interesting report again Doug..
seems a shift to training for attack is well and truly in place nowadays.
Would be great to read your thoughts on the evolution of the training sessions under Mancini.. towards or at the end of the season.
There is definitely more emphasis on attacking play now in the sessions they have which, as you suggest and many have said, sounds about right after the initial focus on the defence which was clearly the priority.It isn't all attacking play though as virtually every day they still spend a little time on the formation/shape aspects of the play which is really about about when we haven't got the ball.But less and less on pure defensive issues like the zonal defensive positions from corners.Today in fact they spent a little time specifically on positions for our corners which they havent done much on before.
Two other things which have evolved a bit are the timing of the sessions and the preparation/organisation for them. The sessions are not always at the same time but it seems to be they are a little more settled and the timings not left until the last minute as on occasion I think they had been. The preparation also seems better,more organised with more attention to detail. Maybe only little things but often those little details matter.
brite blu sky wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:brite blu sky wrote:excellent and interesting report again Doug..
seems a shift to training for attack is well and truly in place nowadays.
Would be great to read your thoughts on the evolution of the training sessions under Mancini.. towards or at the end of the season.
There is definitely more emphasis on attacking play now in the sessions they have which, as you suggest and many have said, sounds about right after the initial focus on the defence which was clearly the priority.It isn't all attacking play though as virtually every day they still spend a little time on the formation/shape aspects of the play which is really about about when we haven't got the ball.But less and less on pure defensive issues like the zonal defensive positions from corners.Today in fact they spent a little time specifically on positions for our corners which they havent done much on before.
Two other things which have evolved a bit are the timing of the sessions and the preparation/organisation for them. The sessions are not always at the same time but it seems to be they are a little more settled and the timings not left until the last minute as on occasion I think they had been. The preparation also seems better,more organised with more attention to detail. Maybe only little things but often those little details matter.
i suppose that figures too, more attention to detail.. something that is difficult when it is more about 'crisis management'
It is great to know that things are settling as that shows in itself that there is progress there.
Must be great for you Doug to have seen so much of this behind the scenes stuff in what is shaping up to be a momentus season for City.
Beefymcfc wrote:Eh Doug, do you know if the lads still get together the night before the game like they did when Mancio came in?
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Eh Doug, do you know if the lads still get together the night before the game like they did when Mancio came in?
I think they do but I am not 100% sure
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:brite blu sky wrote:excellent and interesting report again Doug..
seems a shift to training for attack is well and truly in place nowadays.
Would be great to read your thoughts on the evolution of the training sessions under Mancini.. towards or at the end of the season.
There is definitely more emphasis on attacking play now in the sessions they have which, as you suggest and many have said, sounds about right after the initial focus on the defence which was clearly the priority.It isn't all attacking play though as virtually every day they still spend a little time on the formation/shape aspects of the play which is really about about when we haven't got the ball.But less and less on pure defensive issues like the zonal defensive positions from corners.Today in fact they spent a little time specifically on positions for our corners which they havent done much on before.
Two other things which have evolved a bit are the timing of the sessions and the preparation/organisation for them. The sessions are not always at the same time but it seems to be they are a little more settled and the timings not left until the last minute as on occasion I think they had been. The preparation also seems better,more organised with more attention to detail. Maybe only little things but often those little details matter.
carl_feedthegoat wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:brite blu sky wrote:excellent and interesting report again Doug..
seems a shift to training for attack is well and truly in place nowadays.
Would be great to read your thoughts on the evolution of the training sessions under Mancini.. towards or at the end of the season.
There is definitely more emphasis on attacking play now in the sessions they have which, as you suggest and many have said, sounds about right after the initial focus on the defence which was clearly the priority.It isn't all attacking play though as virtually every day they still spend a little time on the formation/shape aspects of the play which is really about about when we haven't got the ball.But less and less on pure defensive issues like the zonal defensive positions from corners.Today in fact they spent a little time specifically on positions for our corners which they havent done much on before.
Two other things which have evolved a bit are the timing of the sessions and the preparation/organisation for them. The sessions are not always at the same time but it seems to be they are a little more settled and the timings not left until the last minute as on occasion I think they had been. The preparation also seems better,more organised with more attention to detail. Maybe only little things but often those little details matter.
Maybe we were all to quick to judge Mancini with his defensive set ups for the last few months..me included.
It seems he has sorted out the defense and has now let them off the leash to attack..just as long as when it comes to defending every player plays his part??? Its either that or he has realized that we were getting nowhere with the defensive line ups he kept on putting out?
Who knows......good to hear that we are now concentrating on our main strengh now..which is attack from the off.
brite blu sky wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:brite blu sky wrote:excellent and interesting report again Doug..
seems a shift to training for attack is well and truly in place nowadays.
Would be great to read your thoughts on the evolution of the training sessions under Mancini.. towards or at the end of the season.
There is definitely more emphasis on attacking play now in the sessions they have which, as you suggest and many have said, sounds about right after the initial focus on the defence which was clearly the priority.It isn't all attacking play though as virtually every day they still spend a little time on the formation/shape aspects of the play which is really about about when we haven't got the ball.But less and less on pure defensive issues like the zonal defensive positions from corners.Today in fact they spent a little time specifically on positions for our corners which they havent done much on before.
Two other things which have evolved a bit are the timing of the sessions and the preparation/organisation for them. The sessions are not always at the same time but it seems to be they are a little more settled and the timings not left until the last minute as on occasion I think they had been. The preparation also seems better,more organised with more attention to detail. Maybe only little things but often those little details matter.
Maybe we were all to quick to judge Mancini with his defensive set ups for the last few months..me included.
It seems he has sorted out the defense and has now let them off the leash to attack..just as long as when it comes to defending every player plays his part??? Its either that or he has realized that we were getting nowhere with the defensive line ups he kept on putting out?
Who knows......good to hear that we are now concentrating on our main strengh now..which is attack from the off.
well it makes a lot of sense that he had to shore things up first.. and i doubt any of us think he is stupid so it is probably safe to say he had a plan of what needed to happen. It is interesting though because IF it is as it seems and he feels we have got the defensive capacity lets say 'good enough' then we may well be in for a treat or two in the next 6 games..
Ted Hughes wrote:brite blu sky wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:brite blu sky wrote:excellent and interesting report again Doug..
seems a shift to training for attack is well and truly in place nowadays.
Would be great to read your thoughts on the evolution of the training sessions under Mancini.. towards or at the end of the season.
There is definitely more emphasis on attacking play now in the sessions they have which, as you suggest and many have said, sounds about right after the initial focus on the defence which was clearly the priority.It isn't all attacking play though as virtually every day they still spend a little time on the formation/shape aspects of the play which is really about about when we haven't got the ball.But less and less on pure defensive issues like the zonal defensive positions from corners.Today in fact they spent a little time specifically on positions for our corners which they havent done much on before.
Two other things which have evolved a bit are the timing of the sessions and the preparation/organisation for them. The sessions are not always at the same time but it seems to be they are a little more settled and the timings not left until the last minute as on occasion I think they had been. The preparation also seems better,more organised with more attention to detail. Maybe only little things but often those little details matter.
Maybe we were all to quick to judge Mancini with his defensive set ups for the last few months..me included.
It seems he has sorted out the defense and has now let them off the leash to attack..just as long as when it comes to defending every player plays his part??? Its either that or he has realized that we were getting nowhere with the defensive line ups he kept on putting out?
Who knows......good to hear that we are now concentrating on our main strengh now..which is attack from the off.
well it makes a lot of sense that he had to shore things up first.. and i doubt any of us think he is stupid so it is probably safe to say he had a plan of what needed to happen. It is interesting though because IF it is as it seems and he feels we have got the defensive capacity lets say 'good enough' then we may well be in for a treat or two in the next 6 games..
I think that's the best bet; to concentrate on attack for most of the games we have left. We still have a lot of defensive weaknesses but it takes time to solve stuff like that unless you just stick everyone behind the ball, like we did when he 1st came. We may as well go for it now & he can do some more intense work on the defence in pre-season. We can be a bit more cautious v rags & Arsenal but we should still be looking to get 4-5 players forward on the break.
brite blu sky wrote:Lets see what we can do against Birmingham before we carried away.
But basically i would agree that attacking the rags will pay off. In fact i have noticed that they really panic when someone runs straight at the heart of the defence, as opposed to going wide for a ball into the box, which they seem much more comfortable dealing with. Perhaps unfortunately i have suffered watching more of their games than i usually would, but im serious they have a big weakness and it is players running straight out of midfield straight at them.
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