If you take that to its extreme then the whole pitch is your zone2 CBs free to attack the ball is a form of zonal marking.
The Dyche version is both as you say - poorly thought out, coached and executed and as I maintain - not suitable for our players...yet more Sq peg / round hole-ism...AND 1 dimensional
Benitez (spits) did it just the same - it got him sacked...it'll get Dyche sacked
We're not too far apart really; I'll agree to let you disagreeOn an outswinger the zones need to be pushed up because the ball will obviously swing outwards. Our guys stayed in the 6 yard box.
It's planning and coaching, it isn't the system we're using.
We need to mark more than one space...it would be even easier to score against us if we ball-watched?
Then for that reason - I'm out.
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