Talking Tactics: Pass Map: Swansea City 0-0 Watford

[VitalFootballAdmin]

A look at Swansea City's passmap from Saturday's 0-0 draw at home against Watford, what was our main weakness in the game?


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[BrianMannebach]

Only Ajax in the last week of pass map data has used true wingers

 

[KevinE]

Exactly Brian, I've looked at quite a few passmaps and average formations now and very rarely come across midfielders playing wide, almost always the fullbacks offering width with inside forwards being used to offer more of a goal threat. I think Barrow and Montero need to adapt their game, always been too one dimensional for me.

 

[BrianMannebach]

Completely agree. They are straight line sprinters. They are not great technicians, thus, inside forwards they are not. Players on our team that could offer this: Gylfi (currently operates there), maybe Fer, and then either of the strikers. The changing of styles has seemed to have left us behind.

 

[MithrandirSwan]

BrianMannebach - 25/10/2016 22:38

Completely agree. They are straight line sprinters. They are not great technicians, thus, inside forwards they are not. Players on our team that could offer this: Gylfi (currently operates there), maybe Fer, and then either of the strikers. The changing of styles has seemed to have left us behind.

 I don't think either of the mentioned players have the pace to operate as really effective inside forwards or "wing-strikers". We need to buy at least one in January.

 

[BrianMannebach]

MithrandirSwan - 26/10/2016 13:35

BrianMannebach - 25/10/2016 22:38

Completely agree. They are straight line sprinters. They are not great technicians, thus, inside forwards they are not. Players on our team that could offer this: Gylfi (currently operates there), maybe Fer, and then either of the strikers. The changing of styles has seemed to have left us behind.

 I don't think either of the mentioned players have the pace to operate as really effective inside forwards or "wing-strikers". We need to buy at least one in January.

 I definitely agree. I was just listing the players we have at our disposal.

 

[KevinE]

Chadli would have been a great buy, already scoring and creating goals for WBA. Can play wide or more inside, quite a versatile attacking player, just what we needed, along with Allen - did we bother with any of them? No. Lacking ambition.