Originally Posted by
NaeMairNeeps
Ah can agree ... partially.
... and yet, Ah've watched games, this season and last, where current personnel have demonstrated they at least have it in them to play the system described ... in supportive/shifting triangles ... moving the ball cleverly in the right direction, opening up space to move into, thereby creating opportunities.
The problem is ... if you don't push forward quick enough .... you have a ten man defence behind the ball .. with the nearest opposition player closing down the position of the ball .. or ball player. ..... So nae space nor time tae produce attractive attackin fitba!
If there's any merit in Thelin's approach, it is about movin' forward quickly from the mid ... and nae wastin' time and allowin defences tae settle by playin sideways and backwards passes in oor ain half.
'Heid - first" might nae be the wisest o' tactical buzzwords, but it beats 'hoof-baa' as well as the frustratin' spectacle o' Roos passoot tae a full back .. fa then passes tae a centre back ... fa passes tae ... blah blah ... only for the baa bein passed back tae Roos ... fa boots it up the field .... whereas if he had jist booted it up the field in the first place, the opposition might still hae been rinnin/facin' the wrang wye.
An alert defence able tae trust a midfield tae dae their ain jobs - creatin goal opportunities rether than helpin the defence - instead supportin the forwards seems tae me a sound approach.
We've complained a lot ower the past couple o' years ( and mair) o' haein too many mids ... and maybe we're right.
Hopefully JT will favour quality ower quantity in that aspect and we can move on fae the current "right ... we've got the baa ... fit div we dae noo?" scenarios.