kel varnsen
Established Member
Re: ashley cole
gilberto's pass was horrid; that's what caused lehmann to be sent off. cole tried to do the right thing; follow eto'o. the reason is, as i said, because no one was putting the player with the ball(ronaldinho) under pressure. pires tried to tackle, but failed. that meant that ronaldinho could run straight at out back four; which in turn meant that our back four had to drop back and follow eto'o. from there on, it just went too fast. eto'o got away.
cole, or anyone else in the back four, are not to blame for that situation.
Rohit said:kel varnsen said:Rohit said:Jermaine said:am i the only one that saw ashley cole play etoo onside when lehmann brought etoo down? cole played etoo onside it was obvious
We had just won the ball and got it out of our defense and before we knew Hleb had lost the ball to Ronaldinhio who threaded that pass to Eto'o within two touches of getting the ball,we can blame Hleb or Gilberto too for a stupid 15 yard pass to the chest of Hleb.
defending 101
zonal defense:
when there is no one pressing the player with the ball, the defenders are supposed to fall back and stay with the attackers. offside traps are, almost exclusively, used when there is someone putting the player with the ball under pressure...
Did Hleb have the ball ?
No,he took it on his chest and before he could even get it under control it was taken away.
I am not condoning Cole for playing Eto'o offside though,but fact is it was a fcukall pass from Gilberto,can't really blame Hleb,he probably didn't have a chance to clear it.
gilberto's pass was horrid; that's what caused lehmann to be sent off. cole tried to do the right thing; follow eto'o. the reason is, as i said, because no one was putting the player with the ball(ronaldinho) under pressure. pires tried to tackle, but failed. that meant that ronaldinho could run straight at out back four; which in turn meant that our back four had to drop back and follow eto'o. from there on, it just went too fast. eto'o got away.
cole, or anyone else in the back four, are not to blame for that situation.