carl_feedthegoat wrote:I hope you brought a cushion for that tree.
Beefymcfc wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:I hope you brought a cushion for that tree.
That's my tree, fucker!
Cheers Doug.
ruralblue wrote:Were Huws and Lopes there Doug or any other kids training with the 1st team??
Douglas Higginbottom wrote: Lopes was but I don't think Huws was.There was one other tho but I am keeping quiet till tomorrow :)
getdressedmctavish wrote:don't know what you think, Doug but for me the biggest tactical improvement over he who shall not be named for fear of neo Christian self flagellation breaking out is that we have worked on crossers and attackers having a clear idea of where to be. How often under the aforesaid did two strikers appear at the near post and the ball at the far. How often did Zab break into the box and no one apparently have a clue where it was going.And, as somesay, it aint rocket science.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:getdressedmctavish wrote:don't know what you think, Doug but for me the biggest tactical improvement over he who shall not be named for fear of neo Christian self flagellation breaking out is that we have worked on crossers and attackers having a clear idea of where to be. How often under the aforesaid did two strikers appear at the near post and the ball at the far. How often did Zab break into the box and no one apparently have a clue where it was going.And, as somesay, it aint rocket science.
Funny, I often saw Vinnie making that near post run at corners when he who shall not be named was in charge.
Ted Hughes wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:getdressedmctavish wrote:don't know what you think, Doug but for me the biggest tactical improvement over he who shall not be named for fear of neo Christian self flagellation breaking out is that we have worked on crossers and attackers having a clear idea of where to be. How often under the aforesaid did two strikers appear at the near post and the ball at the far. How often did Zab break into the box and no one apparently have a clue where it was going.And, as somesay, it aint rocket science.
Funny, I often saw Vinnie making that near post run at corners when he who shall not be named was in charge.
At corners you saw it once or twice, but nothing like the kind of planning we are seeing now. You didn't often see many strikers making near post runs or crosses finding their man near post far post on the ground or in the air, & you didn't see strikers stepping over the ball when one runs in behind etc etc etc.
Last year, when we played Watford. Their shit strikers had more idea of how to combine together than our world class ones did.
Doug.
Is your 'secret' extra player Denayer & are we going to play 3-4-3 like the U16s apparently did yesterday ?
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:getdressedmctavish wrote:don't know what you think, Doug but for me the biggest tactical improvement over he who shall not be named for fear of neo Christian self flagellation breaking out is that we have worked on crossers and attackers having a clear idea of where to be. How often under the aforesaid did two strikers appear at the near post and the ball at the far. How often did Zab break into the box and no one apparently have a clue where it was going.And, as somesay, it aint rocket science.
Funny, I often saw Vinnie making that near post run at corners when he who shall not be named was in charge.
At corners you saw it once or twice, but nothing like the kind of planning we are seeing now. You didn't often see many strikers making near post runs or crosses finding their man near post far post on the ground or in the air, & you didn't see strikers stepping over the ball when one runs in behind etc etc etc.
Last year, when we played Watford. Their shit strikers had more idea of how to combine together than our world class ones did.
Doug.
Is your 'secret' extra player Denayer & are we going to play 3-4-3 like the U16s apparently did yesterday ?
I saw it quite often in fact. The problem being lack of variation and also poor deliveries. The variation part has definitely been adressed by Pellegrini and when those near post runs are being made they're not just being made by the same player every time with Demichelis, Kolarov and Garcia getting in on the act this season.
Ted Hughes wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:getdressedmctavish wrote:don't know what you think, Doug but for me the biggest tactical improvement over he who shall not be named for fear of neo Christian self flagellation breaking out is that we have worked on crossers and attackers having a clear idea of where to be. How often under the aforesaid did two strikers appear at the near post and the ball at the far. How often did Zab break into the box and no one apparently have a clue where it was going.And, as somesay, it aint rocket science.
Funny, I often saw Vinnie making that near post run at corners when he who shall not be named was in charge.
At corners you saw it once or twice, but nothing like the kind of planning we are seeing now. You didn't often see many strikers making near post runs or crosses finding their man near post far post on the ground or in the air, & you didn't see strikers stepping over the ball when one runs in behind etc etc etc.
Last year, when we played Watford. Their shit strikers had more idea of how to combine together than our world class ones did.
Doug.
Is your 'secret' extra player Denayer & are we going to play 3-4-3 like the U16s apparently did yesterday ?
I saw it quite often in fact. The problem being lack of variation and also poor deliveries. The variation part has definitely been adressed by Pellegrini and when those near post runs are being made they're not just being made by the same player every time with Demichelis, Kolarov and Garcia getting in on the act this season.
Agree. But there are always players making runs to the near post at corner kicks everywhere. The difference is that now they are doing it for a reason & there is a decent chance the ball may be involved. Rarely in the past did the ball actually have anything to do with it, that's what I mean by my 'once or twice' comment.
What mctavish is talking about though, is more purpose from open play & players going near/far post in the expectation the ball may go there (still not doing it enough yet imo, but getting there).
I used to sit in line & watch our overlapping fullbacks run through, dither, then pass the ball to the nearest defender or back to a player stood trying to cross on his wrong foot with nobody to cross to, whilst our strikers stood on the edge of the box or at the far post & it drove me mental. It was such a waste of talent.
And we NEVER hit a first time cross, & on the flukey occasion we did, none of the strikers was expecting it because it never happens.
We had one wide move, the one we did v the rags with Milner/Richards etc. Everyone saw that on the day, & that was half our attacking plan sussed for the next two years.
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:How would you rate Micah's chances of starting Doug? I'm guessing if he wasn't fully involved the day before a game they would be slim.
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