The new way of coaching in Australia is the defence starts from the front.

If your coach is doing his/her job properly, it is often a fault from lack of defensive pressure from a more attacking player to create 1v1s against defenders.

The other new phenomenon which is good from a CB perspective, is that a lot more play in Ball Possession is directed through CBs by playing out from the back .

Edited by Decentric: 7/2/2014 04:30:38 PM

Lol, yeah. I played one game as CM; never again.

I used to do that too until the coach put me in MF once to teach me a lesson. After 20 mins I was breathing out my arse and never blamed the midfield again.

CB have it relatively good. I've always found that, provided you keep a cool head about you, most of the piss falls on the midfield and wing backs. Whenever we've conceded, I've always torn into the midfield irrespective of who was to blame.

I've played everywhere and copped the same amount of criticism everywhere. Four backs get beaten by two forwards but its the midfield's fault for not marking up or dropping quick enough. Its the fullbacks fault that he couldn't handle three players at once, even though he's been screaming for players to come across and help him for the last 10 minutes. The forwards are being lazy because their not getting anywhere near the through balls your playing to the opposite side of the field to where they are making a run.

I know for a fact that all CB's are better strikers than any strikers going around. If we weren't needed so much down the back we would be banging them in left, right and centre unlike those pampered namby boys up front.

Also a futsal keeper at a competitive level. However, in a weird way, I love an incompetent defence. It means I can show off my skills...

Can certainly relate to that mate!

i play state league futsal as a keeper. my game on the weekend my team was sluggish barely moved off the ball and made no effort to get back on counters. i made several cracking saves when we had no right not to concede. i did let one howler in however and im public enemy number 1. it sucks but it comes with the role i guess.

Not really in the right place, but imo goalkeepers have it much worse. If you know nothing about football every goal is their fault.

Having played a central defender during my entire less than illustrious career have been maligned for a few howlers that resulted in goals conceded, occasionally even the points lost. My defending partners copped equal amount of flak while the poor Goalies fared even worse. Tho at least at times they would however, have an odd moment of glory when making a spectacular save or two, especially at the Penalty shootout.
Attacking personnel on the other hand, had it on the platter. They would bask in praises and accolades for scoring an odd goal especially the winner. These men were hailed as heroes and saviours regardless of the number of sitters they missed.
Team’s forwards are much less likely to get carded (except for diving ), defence players however, are forced to make the last ditch tackles in order to avert a disaster often with unpleasant consequences.
Every lost game was defenders’ incompetence, lack of concentration, slothfulness or sheer stupidity but nobody mentioned the unproductive, slow and inept attackers for not winning.