Wing play - Coaching or Players?

RedStarUnited

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Isnt it crazy how all our winger’s basically play the same way? None of our wingers seem to want to take someone down the line. The amount of great ball switches that were wasted today when they landed on our wingers was shocking.

Sancho, Rashford now Garnacho and even Antony on the other wing all do the same thing when they receive the ball. Go backwards or try to come infield. And they do this time and time again in a single match to a point where I think its a coaching thing.
 
Inverted wingers rarely take their man down the line. It just doesn't happen.
 
We play with inverted forwards but for some reason our fullbacks have instructions to tuck inside rather than overlap. Not that Dalot can overlap and whip a decent ball in for shit. But still.
city and Liverpool spammed crosses for years and scored tones yet we seem afraid to do the same.
 
Ludens the Red said:
We play with inverted forwards but for some reason our fullbacks have instructions to tuck inside rather than overlap. Not that Dalot can overlap and whip a decent ball in for shit. But still.
city and Liverpool spammed crosses for years and scored tones yet we seem afraid to do the same.
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City do the same, but you'll find that Foden is actually the one on the left on his strong foot. And De Bruyne drifts into the space on the right on his strong foot.
 
I think it's coaching.

United can have Shaw and Dalot to continue down to the by-line and get a ball in.

Issue with Shaw is his crosses are always drifted really slow, and they're flat so opposition defenders really get plenty of time to beat a striker. You don't get a nice glancing header with his crosses, strikers need to generate their own power.

Dalot hits crosses on the floor so it's useless with those two.

I think Shaw, Dalot need to have plenty of practice crossing because they're shit at it and the ball always comes back to the midfield.
 
Skills said:
City do the same, but you'll find that Foden is actually the one on the left on his strong foot. And De Bruyne drifts into the space on the right on his strong foot.
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Occasionally, not all the time. You have to find the right balance. Cancelo and Walker still get wide and spam cut backs/crosses plenty.
I’m not sure what exactly it is we’re doing….
 
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