Luka Vuskovic

[metalgear]

Burky's 1st law of defending:

Good defenders tackle.
Great defenders intercept.
The best defenders threaten the pass so much that the ball is never even attempted

 

[Roland Beurre]

Burky's 1st law of defending:

Good defenders tackle.
Great defenders intercept.
The best defenders threaten the pass so much that the ball is never even attempted

Isn't that three laws?

 

[Bullet]

Isn't that three laws?

I finally got around to googling Roland Butter.
What?

 

[braineclipse]

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The best are also really good when that "mistake" has been made.

Most of those "mistakes" aren't mistakes of the defenders, but by players ahead of them. Maybe that wasn't true when Maldini played in some of the best organised defensive setups in the world, but certainly the norm most of the time.

There's only so much a CB can do to make the pass impossible. And some of the best CBs and defenders in the world have been excellent when things go wrong (whoever made the mistake), including Maldini. That's a big part in what's made them great.

 

[Kandi1977]

1 tackle all game?

Alderweireld very rarely tackled anyone, yet was one of the best defenders we've ever had.

 

[metalgear]

The best are also really good when that "mistake" has been made.

Most of those "mistakes" aren't mistakes of the defenders, but by players ahead of them. Maybe that wasn't true when Maldini played in some of the best organised defensive setups in the world, but certainly the norm most of the time.

There's only so much a CB can do to make the pass impossible. And some of the best CBs and defenders in the world have been excellent when things go wrong (whoever made the mistake), including Maldini. That's a big part in what's made them great.

players during those time had a lot of say in terms of in game management. they didn't really have to stick to the coach's game plan unlike today. maldini was seldom caught out because he was always conservative and more than ready to drop his defence line to ensure that he could catch the through balls. and coaches then trusted (and even relied) on players like these then.

its a different time now its true.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

Burky's 1st law of defending:

Good defenders tackle.
Great defenders intercept.
The best defenders threaten the pass so much that the ball is never even attempted

Back in the dark ages when I first had any coaching the great Bill Shipwright (Watford centteback) use to tell us the most important things to do was stay on your feet and don't let the ball bounce if you're going to head it. Terrible information to me as my hero was Dave Mackay and I loved a sliding tackle no matter what surface we trained on.