Jeg sliter litt med en ting. Trener-apparatet og Monk får mye skryt for et flott, taktisk opplegg. Men kan virkelig 22% ballbesittelse på hjemmebane være et bevisst, taktisk valg??
For meg høres det mer ut som et feilende taktisk valg som ble kompansert for med hardt arbeid og press på ballfører? På bortebane mot Brighton hadde vi 40%. Joda, vi tapte 2-0, men Brighton fikk ingen spillemål. Kan dette være bedre taktisk, men slapt arbeid gjorde at vi tapte kampen?
Uansett, 2-0 mot Reading er et godt resultat.
Les her så skjønner du litt mer:
http://www.thecitytalking.com/leeds-united-2-0-reading-jaap-stams-circus-comes-to-town/
Dette er en artikkel etter mitt hjerte!
"It was like some fiendish revenge of Stam’s upon every midfielder he ever played behind who didn’t give him the ball. Reading played the game according to their own Stam-imposed set of regulations where any pass over more than ten yards was a £500 fine, any pass to a forward player was a £500 fine, and any pass to the goalkeeper, Ali Al Habsi, was a £1,000 bonus.
It will have been a lucrative night for the Reading team. The internet tells me Al Habsi had 53 touches of the ball; their ‘forward’, Dominic Samuel, had 11."