KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Another false LFC myth resurrected by the media

Completely agree with the entire article. Defending has less to do with what system you are playing and more to do with the players implimenting it. Same as attacking systems. If the players are working hard and in the right positions they won't be there for the final ball.

The future of defending is actually the zonal system. Sadly we dont have the players to play man to man system or the zonal one.

personally i think the future of defending is a mix of both systems ...... but i do wish we would put players on the posts no matter what system we use ...... and at least one player on the edge of the box to fight for balls breaking there ..... but i don't think either of them are the fault of the system we use but rafa's personal choice

i think more of our problem than defending set pieces is learning not to give them away in the first place ..... our ball retention has been awful this season .... it needs to be improved so the defence is not under such pressure every game

As already mentioned it doesn't matter what system you use - as long as you are doing it well. The worrying thing is not that we are persisting with zonal marking, but that despite us being vulnerable from set pieces for a while now, it doesn't seem to be improving.

A few seasons ago we had a really good defensive record, but now every time a team get a corner or a free kick near goal against us it's a worry.

I don't know what is done in training to practice these things, but I would be happier to see someone go on the posts at least to minimise the dangers.

a mix of both systems is ideal indeed.so fecking true..both the systems are not the ideal and our defenders too are having a bad patch.so doesnt matter the system we r using..

Talking of false myths, what is Mark Lawrenson on about last night on BBC highlights programme about Masch. He says his body language against Leeds proved he didn't want to be there & wanted to be in Barcelona. How the hell did he work that out!

this media never spares Liverpool and believe u me it has its toll on the viewers and the readers..hard to bear

Yet another example of someone in the media who's trying to sell his personal opinions as facts to the viewers...Same thing the last weekend when Kevin Keegan said that Jamie Carragher dislikes the zonal marking system just beacuse he showed frustration after we conceded a goal...

lawro was a great player but he is a crap pundit - he loves the sound of his own voice and just rambles on like he has any real insight when he clearly does not

yeah but he could have just said what you did ........ instead he tried to make it seem like he has some kind of insight into it