Have a look at the image below - this is just as the players start to move to cover those who are unmarked.
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Alderweireld has to move forward because the player in front of him can receive the ball to feet and needs covering. So he moves forward enough to block any run if the ball comes in to feet and still gives him a chance of blocking the header (which he does to some extent). Foyth has to cover forward when he sees Alderweireld go (not knowing he will stop his run) because if Alderweireld goes all the way to the man in front, the one in front of Foyth would be able to receive the ball to feet.
That leaves Rose with a choice - mark a man who can only receive the ball to his head or cover one or both of the two players who are about to be completely free in the box and able to receive the ball to feet. He shouldn't have been left in that position, but if he expects to be first choice at a club at our level he should be making better decisions.
[emoji14] That's a good one.
I'm sure I do. I'd also rather employ an intelligent beginner than a trained fool to assist me.
I've agreed that Rose shouldn't be left alone there - I didn't call them out because I wasn't watching very carefully and didn't see who left them. In fact, if you'd asked who was still on the pitch at that point I'd have struggled to tell you.
What I did see when the commentator got all excited and I looked up, was Rose getting dragged inside when it was the least good choice of all the ones he had - not a rare occurrence for him.
No, that's because you value halfwits training halfwits over natural intelligence - I prefer the opposite. Obviously, the right people being trained in the right manner by the right people is a positive. But there are too many halfwits (and I'm being generous by half there) involved in football, especially in the UK, for that training and experience to have any merit by itself. What worth is a badge Tim Sherwood is bright enough to earn?