Re: Credit to Stoke

We consistently struggle to against the high press especially when it is being played against possibly limited players but ones that are aggressive, disciplined out of position and hold a good shape.

Davies almost never had that to contend with that in league 1 and he doesn't seem to have got any close to figuring it out. We always revert to recycling the ball along the back. Which then invites further pressure and then instead of trying to play forward to exploit the press we go further back to keeper.

The least said about Beadles distribution from long balls the better but also apart from Stanno no one really presents themselves as an option.