Wednesday 30 December 2009

Barry's role

One of the main features of the Mancini era to date has been the return of a degree of tactical discipline. We were famously cavalier under Hughes, and our poor defensive record could be just as attributable to our throwing bodies forward as to individual defensive errors. The change of emphasis from Roberto Mancini is seen here in the changing role of Gareth Barry. At White Hart Lane - the last game before the board decided to sack Hughes - Gareth Barry made most of his passes in Spurs' half, but in drifting forward he made us too easy to break down. At Molineux, though, with the exception of one or two forays down the left, Barry has stuck closer to Nigel de Jong and made us harder to break down.










by Guardian Chalkboards

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