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Indeed !
I'm sure Benteke would appreciate Trippier's crosses from the right flank - he has a terrific record of 'Assists'.

apart from big paycheques, what has Roy Hodgeson ever achieved in football ?

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

Zonal marking seems to be like a prevent defense in the NFL. It prevents you from winning.

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Zonal marking looks bad when it goes wrong, but it's more effective in general. Defenders are focused on attacking the ball (not standing still as some pundits seem to insist) as it comes into their zone, not trying to watch the ball and man at the same time.

It's the same argument as having a man on the posts. The one time out of 100 that the ball goes in and you don't have someone there it looks bad, but you have to factor in the 15 times our of 100 that having that player in the box instead of standing useless on the post meant you dealt with the corner easily and forgot about it.

Not saying Silva's zonal marking at Hull was good by the way, but the idea that it doesn't work at all is just lazy. In Hull's case it's difficult to tell if he just didn't have the players to do it, the time to properly change it or genuinely can't coach defensively.

Personally, I thought overall he did a pretty good job under the circumstances. Best players sold in Jan and already struggling, he had no right to even get them to the penultimate game with a chance of survival.

Employee of the month is a good example of how someone can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

I worry about Mancini as I wonder how he would do at a club our size - without bothering to google I'm not sure he's done that? We aren't likely to be spending £100 million this summer. Ranieri's stock is low after this season and his inability to turn things round worries me.

Dyche would be perfect in terms of his approach to football (solid defence and counter attack). I like him and he really seems like he knows what he is doing but your point over the current players staying is a worry, plus who is he likely to attract (although Heaton would be fantastic).

Liverpool used 'Zonal marking' when the won the Championship in the days of Hansen etc.
Howard Wilkinson used it for many,many years and implemented it in many of the England teams when he was the FA's technical director.
And sometimes these days you will see a combination of Zonal and man-to-man marking when defending corners etc.