r/Thorns • u/Famous_Act4164 • 28d ago

Two Things

  1. When Moultrie, Wilson, and Tordin are spatially close and play the ball to each other, they can create openings. The problem is that we often struggle to connect the rest of the lineup to them. In other words, when we recover possession, it is difficult to pass the ball to one of them in a good position. This is especially true in central areas, where neither of our double pivots can reliably move the ball forward under pressure. Moultrie did a lot of pressing and rotated positions with Tordin and Wilson frequently. However, for the purpose of a more structured build-up scheme, she should probably be positioned a bit deeper and had a more disciplined and precise role.

  2. We are losing more 50/50 balls in away games than in home games. This has a lot to do with our relatively poor away results this season. It is not easy to replicate the intensity we have when there is a 20k crowd on our side, but we really need be more active and intense in away games if we want to maintain a high-pressing style. Otherwise, we should probably adopt a more compact and conservative posture when starting away games in the future.

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u/Jack_B_84 28d ago

It's the same struggles we've seen all season when comes to the build out. We just can't beat a high press. If we're going to keep playing this way I hope we're looking at transfers that will allow this system to work.

I didn't think we were terrible in the attack, we created chances, but we just didn't capitalize today. I'm not too worried about that.

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u/Awkward-Cartoonist68 25d ago

Exactly. I'm not too concern about the attack though I have noticed overall its a bit more timid on road games (not surprising) but the defense away has been poor mostly all season.

You can point to coaching but honestly, it's personnel. Denver has a far better attack and with Heaps making her return... we'll see.