Defenders given new challenge by Bilic and Troost-Ekong is enjoying it watfordfc
Having a head coach who played in defence – and at the highest level – can only be a good thing if you are a defender yourself, and that is something William Troost-Ekong would concur with.
“The job of us at the back is to try and get the ball and then serve it to the real ball players in midfield and attack. As well as explaining and organising a new way of playing for the defenders, what else has Bilic brought to his first 10 games as head coach?“All of us probably knew that before he came in, but now we’ve worked with him we’ve all seen it in action.
“It was always our goal to try and sort our performances out before the World Cup break,” said Troost-Ekong. “I think the fact we haven’t quite hit the levels we want gives us confidence for when we do, plus it keeps us motivated to know we haven’t reached our full potential. There have been glimpses of it but not enough of it.
“Set-piece defending and the way we start games are the two things that were bad. We’ve too often looked vulnerable in the first ten minutes of games. That would give opponents confidence to push on and get the ball into our box. Having had to play against the impressive Coventry striker Viktor Gyokeres last weekend, Troost-Ekong then found himself up against the giant former England striker Andy Carroll towards the end of Tuesday’s game with Reading.
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