Forwards have big opportunity to impact a game. No, not just because of goals, but because they are the first line of defense.

If your forwards to can have a sense of urgency and attack the opposing backs when appropriate, you'll have a lot less pressure against you. Often, forwards will not get down and dirty and really make an effort to stop an outside back from playing a longer ball or challenging on a ball from the center-back to the outside-back. Even if the forward can just slide in front of the upcoming pass and knock it out for a throw-in, you've delayed the opponents attack.

Forwards running around like crazy is not the goal. But, timely challenges and pressure is.

Pressure you forwards to pressure.