Playing out from the back

[Eric the Half a Bee]

But if you lose it there it's not immediately dangerous, is it ?

No, but keep doing that and you keep offering the opposition the chance to start attacks. On MNF yesterday the two pundits were saying that the recent errors were due to mistakes by defenders.

If your defenders aren't capable of playing the ball out from the back, they don't do it. If they are, surely it's better to have possession than whack it long and enter the lottery.