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13 May 2020 13:06:45
Hi Ed's. Can I ask opinions on Canavaro and Nesta? I remember Nesta breaking through at Lazio but I thought at the time he was over rated and well behind Canavaro in terms of quality. But after he moved to Milan he lived up to the hype and became amazing and in my opinion the better player of the two.
{Ed001's Note - personally I thought both players were fantastic defenders, at a time when defenders could actually defend. The more experienced they got the better they got. I am not sure I could choose between them. The quality of their teammates makes a huge difference too, and you have to say Nesta was not always blessed with the same level of defensive partners as Cannavaro. Both were clever and good at the traditional dirty tricks of the period too. Hard to say who was actually better.}
1.) 13 May 2020 13:39:27
Thanks for your time Ed. I agree both excellent. I used to watch Serie A as a kid as it was the only regular football on terrestrial telly. I was fascinated by players like Baresi and Ferrara who made defending look so easy. On the rare occasions they were beaten they would simply wipe someone out.
{Ed001's Note - I loved Baresi, he was my favourite player of that era. He made defending into an art form.}
2.) 14 May 2020 06:15:38
Cheers Ed. I’ve noticed by some of your replies that you seem very interested in the defensive side of the game. Am I right in thinking you’re a defender yourself?
{Ed001's Note - I love the defensive side but I was actually a midfielder, I modelled myself on Souness. Though the only bit I mastered was the scything tackle that got nowhere near the ball! I think it is that the more I watch the game, the more I see how little a player actually needs to do to improve the defensive aspect of their game. Unfortunately the focus is so obsessively on technique throughout the academies, no one is learning to read the game and position themselves properly. Defenders are midfielders playing at the back so they can keep possession these days and that leads to so many soft goals when they are caught out of position. You see the centre backs moving to get into space, rather than getting into position to watch the opposition forwards.
I was always interested in how I could do something better, I would spend hours just kicking a ball against a wall. You can't learn better technique by watching games but you can learn positioning through watching and improve your defending.}
3.) 14 May 2020 11:46:02
To be fair Souness would be tough for anybody to emulate as he had everything in his locker. Even though Molby wasn’t a defender I learnt that by watching him you don’t have to run round like a headless chicken to be effective. He used to just sit in the middle and when he got the ball his head was straight up looking to do something with it.
{Ed001's Note - the thing that really made him so good is that he already had a picture in his head of where everyone was and he only lifted his head up to hit the pass, rather than to look what to do. That is why he seemed to have so much time. It was simply that he already knew so didn't have to think about it, he just did it.}
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14 May 2020 11:46:02
To be fair Souness would be tough for anybody to emulate as he had everything in his locker. Even though Molby wasn’t a defender I learnt that by watching him you don’t have to run round like a headless chicken to be effective. He used to just sit in the middle and when he got the ball his head was straight up looking to do something with it.
{Ed001's Note - the thing that really made him so good is that he already had a picture in his head of where everyone was and he only lifted his head up to hit the pass, rather than to look what to do. That is why he seemed to have so much time. It was simply that he already knew so didn't have to think about it, he just did it.}
14 May 2020 06:15:38
Cheers Ed. I’ve noticed by some of your replies that you seem very interested in the defensive side of the game. Am I right in thinking you’re a defender yourself?
{Ed001's Note - I love the defensive side but I was actually a midfielder, I modelled myself on Souness. Though the only bit I mastered was the scything tackle that got nowhere near the ball! I think it is that the more I watch the game, the more I see how little a player actually needs to do to improve the defensive aspect of their game. Unfortunately the focus is so obsessively on technique throughout the academies, no one is learning to read the game and position themselves properly. Defenders are midfielders playing at the back so they can keep possession these days and that leads to so many soft goals when they are caught out of position. You see the centre backs moving to get into space, rather than getting into position to watch the opposition forwards.
I was always interested in how I could do something better, I would spend hours just kicking a ball against a wall. You can't learn better technique by watching games but you can learn positioning through watching and improve your defending.}
13 May 2020 13:39:27
Thanks for your time Ed. I agree both excellent. I used to watch Serie A as a kid as it was the only regular football on terrestrial telly. I was fascinated by players like Baresi and Ferrara who made defending look so easy. On the rare occasions they were beaten they would simply wipe someone out.
{Ed001's Note - I loved Baresi, he was my favourite player of that era. He made defending into an art form.}