WIDE FORWARDS #7 & 11

- Excellent ability to dribble / run with the ball at speed.

- Good touch control & crossing ability.

- Range of crossing - driven or curled for near post or central runners.

- Strong in 1v1 situations

- Pass quality – ability to penetrate a defense with a pass.

Finishing ability – balls in the air or on the ground.

- Creating wide and making out to in runs to break lines in behind 

TEAM IN POSSESSION

- Always in a position to receive the ball and go forward with first touch.

- Cross decision using M.O.D.E. (Moment, Observation, Decision, Execution). Timing of runs to meet crosses (far post run).

- Penetrating runs in behind the back four

- Combining with supporting players (2/3, 8, 10, 9)

- Patient – willing to continually make attacking runs without always receiving the ball.

TEAM NOT IN POSSESSION

- Recovery / positional interchange in transition.

- Strong communication with teammates.

- Ability to apply pressure and prevent an opposition counter.

- Intelligence to close spaces as a team.

- Passive and active phases, always thinking and assessing what could happen.