Vardy and the low block

[Sol thewall Bamba]

"low block" is very much flavour of the month isn't it, come out of nowhere and now every other post includes it

[HighPeakFox]

4 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

"low block" is very much flavour of the month isn't it, come out of nowhere and now every other post includes it

Yes, it's very much 'next level' punditry, isn't it?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

19 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Yes, it's very much 'next level' punditry, isn't it?

Just this season's "gegenpress".

[HighPeakFox]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Just this season's "gegenpress".

I yearn for the days of players 'bombing on' with 'a lot of quality'.

[Tuna]

Overlapping centre backs.

[Aus Fox]

There is a reason that Vardy has scored against almost every Premier League team he has faced. He can do it all, if the supply is there he will score goals.

[fuchsntf]

14 hours ago, Sampson said:

I'd never heard the term "low block" until a couple of months ago, now it's everywhere.

 

What is it with modern football punditry trying to create new terms for styles of play or positions on the pitch that have existed for decades?

Posters Watching and listening to USA -football-speach, I suppose..

 

[Poznan34]

14 hours ago, Sampson said:

I'd never heard the term "low block" until a couple of months ago, now it's everywhere.

 

What is it with modern football punditry trying to create new terms for styles of play or positions on the pitch that have existed for decades?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

[sacreblueits442]

...the earliest comment which referenced a "Low Block" on this forum came from @BeecheySept. 2018!!!

This information was a quick search, there might be others, but it was all I could find at short notice.

[gurru991]

The low block played with the semi high press works best when utilizing the left side overload with overlapping goalkeepers.

 

[nnfox]

Vardy is quality.

 

I understand the OP's position though.  I've said it before that our game is mainly about trying to slide balls through to get Vardy or Barnes in a one on one situation with the keeper.  When the opposition play a high line it's very effective.  Our problem is that we don't try and do anything differently when we are against a low block.  There just isn't the space and opportunities to exploit what little space there is, is much more difficult.  The question is, do we persist in playing this way because Vardy is in the team, or do we play like that regardless of the personnel?

 

Taking chances isn't so much of a problem, creating chances is.

 

The fact of the matter is that we need different ways of scoring goals.

 

Vardy is well capable of scoring a range of goals, but even against a low block, he is still isolated in the box.

 

Against a team that is happy to concede possession to us and sit back, I'd like to see Nacho on.  He is a very, very good finisher of chances in the box.  Him and Vardy both in there would mean their defenders have more to worry about.  With 3 or 4 of Tielemans/Praet/Barnes/Perez/Maddison/Under plus the full backs, we should be creating more chances.  A lot more.

[Sampson]

9 hours ago, Poznan34 said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

Not an illusion though is it?

 

The use of the term has exploded in the past few months whereas no one used it a few years ago and all it does is explain a concept that's existed for at least 60 years.