Back 4

Back 4 Too Deep, Too Static

Here's a quick clip of the Colgate back 4.  As the ball is played into the Hartwick striker, the Wade Martin holds him up and forces him backward well enough.  However, from that point onward, the back line (which is too deep to start with) never regains the ground given up as the ball is dropped, turned toward the far sideline, and played 60 plus yards across the field.  It's only one clip...but there are plenty more if anyone feels this isn't symptomatic of how our back 4 move (or not) in games.

The striker takes 4 touches, drops it to the mid who takes one or two touches while retreating nearly 10 yards, and then hits a pass 30 or more yards sideways...the Colgate back four don't gain yardage, but lose it, to the tune of 5 or 10 yards by the time the wide player takes a touch.  At least two players could have been put in offside positions- or if that's too close to pulling a trap- forced to check back to the winger with much less space to work between the holding mids and the back line.