I watched dortmund lose at home to hertha Berlin yesterday, and it was a relief to see How They played.
This is a team in a bad run of form, but with great players all over. However, the looked very similar to us this season. Lot's of neat passing, but Whenever They gained territory They passed it back to the cb's having to start over again.
It was also lack of movement, preventing the free-flowing fotball they are known for. The pass started the run, instead of the opposite.
All this tidy passing resulted eventually in a lot of breaks, letting Berlin counter attack throughout the the game. It should also be mentioned that even having to sit back and defend a Lead for the entire second half, Hertha never looked threatened.
I feel there is a lot of similarities to our team here, and that maybe there is light in the end of the tunnel.
Maybe, just maybe, the psycoligacal aspect of the game is far greater Than we believe? And maybe, When confidence is lost, Even the best players look average and make poor decisions.
This can also be to AVBs defence, that this kind of shit happens and it's hard to work your way around it, and it's very difficult to implement your philosophy to the team in the extent you want. But also, it's on AVBs shoulders that he didn't work his way through this.
The new manager (or Timmmeeeey) must be good at man-management and restore confidence and belief!
Just an observation... (And my first thread
)
This is a team in a bad run of form, but with great players all over. However, the looked very similar to us this season. Lot's of neat passing, but Whenever They gained territory They passed it back to the cb's having to start over again.
It was also lack of movement, preventing the free-flowing fotball they are known for. The pass started the run, instead of the opposite.
All this tidy passing resulted eventually in a lot of breaks, letting Berlin counter attack throughout the the game. It should also be mentioned that even having to sit back and defend a Lead for the entire second half, Hertha never looked threatened.
I feel there is a lot of similarities to our team here, and that maybe there is light in the end of the tunnel.
Maybe, just maybe, the psycoligacal aspect of the game is far greater Than we believe? And maybe, When confidence is lost, Even the best players look average and make poor decisions.
This can also be to AVBs defence, that this kind of shit happens and it's hard to work your way around it, and it's very difficult to implement your philosophy to the team in the extent you want. But also, it's on AVBs shoulders that he didn't work his way through this.
The new manager (or Timmmeeeey) must be good at man-management and restore confidence and belief!
Just an observation... (And my first thread
)
