Ironbark
Well-Known Member
I realise as teams don't tend to 'press' when attacking. We defended as a block, but when we took possession they often didn't press initially and rather than leap forward we slowed it down, invited them to press, drew them backwards and stretched them out, then drove forward. It's how we created chances.
It worked and they were reluctant to press knowing we wanted them to. They like teams bombing forward and opening up to counter against. Jacko knew this and played this tactic.
Truth is we were lucky too. We looked flaky when they did press us and we didn't look assured once the backline had that pressure and tried to play out. Against a more aggressive team we probably cough up a few goals playing like that. But hopefully we change strategy against high pressing teams (I really, really hope we do). But I do still think that a lot of WSWs reluctance to press came from our approach to their game.
