footballoholic
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When playing completely narrow, you will give away a lot of space down the flanks and if the opponents are moving up-field as a unit, then they will have no problem holding possession in wide positions, dragging your players out of position.
Basically, you are playing an extreme type of football, looking for short passing all the time and extremely narrow, all this within a narrow formation. I suspect that whilst the tactic gets you results, its probably more down to the players rather than the approach and when you come up against teams that take advantage against the flaws of your tactic, the players skills just is not enough.
I guess you're right and i kind of realise that. But i play my full-backs as wingbacks who hug the touchline so they kind of make up for the lack of width i'm hoping. Well my results have improved markedly since i started using this and i no longer get outplayed at grounds like Emirates and Old Trafford and usually control these matches. I realise the tactic is a bit extreme and needs tweaking but i thought i'd leave it as it is till the season end as long as as results are okay. So far its been 33 W 5D 1L. 77 For 17 Against