Anyone notice that Ampadu played more right sided in his holdering role. Also noted that Kamara played more left sided. This seemed to unbalance things. In the game before it was the other way around.
Other notable change was that The passing between the back four was extremely slow miss placed which meant players were always under pressure.
Southampton basically man marked James, Ampadu, Kamara and Summerville which nullifying most of our play. Added with our slow and inaccurate passing and the end result is terrible loss.
If Cooper plays then he needs a right footer next to him to balance his play. It better suited him as a player and to our team.
Ampadu needs to play a middle DCM as it look more free.
Kamara needs to play as a CM in front of the DCM allowing him to move left or right as needed.
James is like a Tasmanian devil, best in being used short burst. 90 minutes he becomes 1 dimensional and easy to mark out of the game.
While not a Cooper fan ( think he is past it for our team through injury) I believe that his biggest weakness is his lack of passing decisiveness. Generally his passing is slow & accurate, but because he takes so long to decide if it is forward or back means he put his team under pressure. Under Biesla he did not have this problem as much as he was trained to pass based on body position a situation which simplified the game allowing his whole hearted approach to work.
Examples
Cooper received ball from Meslier and had to play short pass to left back or long ball to right winger.
Cooper slide wider left and received ball back from left back and passes to Phillips 4m away who then pings a long ball wide left or right.
Under Farke he has to decide to to pass forward, backwards, sideways or carry the ball forward which is more total football styled. Cooper can do this but just not at this level as it is not natural for his game. On the other hand this suits Struijk, Rondon and even Cresswell (to a certain extent).
Ampadu playing style is dependent on how much movement is given from out wide left and right as he turns forward looking for movement and space to pass to. Without him getting fast ball from CB's he must generate ball speed himself meaning he has to hold the ball longer and not be able to pass, move, open space and time for others.
Basically Farke's system needs fast ball movement with 1 or 2 touch football. While not as regimented pattern based as Biesla's, it still is and allows for extra player thinking.
In a nut shell.
Biesla system created players to almost robotically shine through extremely exact detail of positioning, play and stamina.
Farkes system created for players to shine by taking the next step on the above by allowing individual flair shine through.
Imagine a Viduka, Kewell, Hernandez or Raphina in Farkes system? Or even a Batty & Speed pairing would shine as well.
Anyone notice that Ampadu played more right sided in his holdering role. Also noted that Kamara played more left sided. This seemed to unbalance things. In the game before it was the other way around.
Other notable change was that The passing between the back four was extremely slow miss placed which meant players were always under pressure.
Southampton basically man marked James, Ampadu, Kamara and Summerville which nullifying most of our play. Added with our slow and inaccurate passing and the end result is terrible loss.
If Cooper plays then he needs a right footer next to him to balance his play. It better suited him as a player and to our team.
Ampadu needs to play a middle DCM as it look more free.
Kamara needs to play as a CM in front of the DCM allowing him to move left or right as needed.
James is like a Tasmanian devil, best in being used short burst. 90 minutes he becomes 1 dimensional and easy to mark out of the game.