Marc Skinner: Man United Women coach defends unusual tactical tweak
Manchester United Women were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw with West Ham United.The result means that they have lost ground in the race for the top three.They currently sit in third place, but Arsena...
Marc Skinner: Man United Women coach defends unusual tactical tweak Manchester United Women were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw with West Ham United. The result means that they have lost ground in the race for the top three. They currently sit in third place, but Arsenal are only three points behind with two games in hand on Marc Skinner’s side.
United were looking for a positive response after the bitter defeat to Chelsea in the League Cup final, but they could not find what they were looking for. After the match, the club’s official website caught up with Skinner, and he gave his thoughts on a frustrating night in London. Wasteful Skinner claimed that United were poor in the boxes against Chelsea on Sunday and had a similar complaint over the match last night.
He admitted that West Ham would be happy with the point, but that the crux of the issue in his team’s performance was once again composure in front of goal. Skinner explained, “from our perspective, we were just a little bit wasteful. I think we had the game plan, but people don’t see it — you think it’s a football pitch, you see green grass, but it’s bobbly for both teams.
” The manager continued to lambast the state of the pitch at the Chigwell Construction Stadium by asserting, “West Ham would like to play a different style as well, but when you’re playing here, there’s going to be an extra bobble. It slows everything down, allows their block to get into shape. At times it looked almost like a game of tennis — but one-half tennis, and we had them.