Weaver is someone I'll be watching in the replay. It seemed to me watching live that she was doing something she hadn't been with the regulars - turning inside the way you mention.
Typical Weaver-before; sprint to the byline, look inside for a target to cross in to. Weaver-last-night; sprint to the edge of the 18, cut back inside, try and…
Weaver is someone I'll be watching in the replay. It seemed to me watching live that she was doing something she hadn't been with the regulars - turning inside the way you mention.
Typical Weaver-before; sprint to the byline, look inside for a target to cross in to. Weaver-last-night; sprint to the edge of the 18, cut back inside, try and find a teammate in the crowd she'd helped create by dragging her defenders with her.
Not sure if it was pure instinct, or whether they'd been doing that in training, or what. but - as you also pointed out - it sure as hell didn't work.
Yeah, I remember commenting to my partner about this during the game...she wasn't going to the byline because the times she did, she had literally no runners. No one on the back post, no one trying to run onto a pass, nothing, she was the highest F in the final third....It's no wonder she was cutting back inside and trying to do it herself. The couple times she did pass, I remember thinking she should've shot instead.
She got to the byline a few times in the first half. There just weren’t a lot of players making runs, and not the run that Smith makes. There was the good chance that Izzy completely fucked.
I’d be really tempted to play Weaver centrally, honestly. It gives the thorns an important component of their play back - the early ball to the striker.
Weaver could definitely be the speed 9 that fits in this system. I would love to see the team play a 2 forward front instead of the 4-3-3. Izzy as the aerial threat and Weaver as the speed threat. Put more numbers in midfield and allow Sam and Liv to come forward. Play a double pivot to help Porter a bit more.
Weaver is someone I'll be watching in the replay. It seemed to me watching live that she was doing something she hadn't been with the regulars - turning inside the way you mention.
Typical Weaver-before; sprint to the byline, look inside for a target to cross in to. Weaver-last-night; sprint to the edge of the 18, cut back inside, try and find a teammate in the crowd she'd helped create by dragging her defenders with her.
Not sure if it was pure instinct, or whether they'd been doing that in training, or what. but - as you also pointed out - it sure as hell didn't work.
Yeah, I remember commenting to my partner about this during the game...she wasn't going to the byline because the times she did, she had literally no runners. No one on the back post, no one trying to run onto a pass, nothing, she was the highest F in the final third....It's no wonder she was cutting back inside and trying to do it herself. The couple times she did pass, I remember thinking she should've shot instead.
She got to the byline a few times in the first half. There just weren’t a lot of players making runs, and not the run that Smith makes. There was the good chance that Izzy completely fucked.
I’d be really tempted to play Weaver centrally, honestly. It gives the thorns an important component of their play back - the early ball to the striker.
Weaver could definitely be the speed 9 that fits in this system. I would love to see the team play a 2 forward front instead of the 4-3-3. Izzy as the aerial threat and Weaver as the speed threat. Put more numbers in midfield and allow Sam and Liv to come forward. Play a double pivot to help Porter a bit more.