Quote Originally Posted by Balanbam00 View Post
malwayne: If you want an answer to how we played tonight, I would say just a little bit better than a 'pub team. If we play like this all season we are down! Yes, they (WBA) looked poor ,the only positive I can find, is we could have won it ,but also I think in about the 58th min they could also have scored. How did we play? 'Hoof ball' and needless 'head ball' comes to mind? Looking at the team tonight, I do not think we have a training ground or coaches. I would like to know what is S D 's game plan,if, and I say if, it is ''to keep the ball in the opponents half,so then less chance of them scoring ,and we could just 'nab' a goal.'' That produces this hoof ball football that we see! This type of football will leave the players with no confidence almost panicky,game after game,without the ability to think about or plan, with no imagination and no creativity. An example of being less confident? In the 2nd half the ball found its way to Johann B on the wing , it was passed back to Pieters who passed to Tawks, to Lawton, then back to the keeper Pope? When the ball is moving sideways 1-2-3 their defence comes out,by the time the ball comes over to Lawton his only sure way out is backwards to Pope. It has been said ,''While due to poor recruitment over the last few years (S D) he may not have much choice? But I would say ,its broke 'fix it' ! For that you have a training ground. Repeat an exercise until the player dreams about it in his sleep.
I can not understand Wood and Barnes both of them are attackers and what is served up to you ? Hoof ball !A ball punched upwards just aimlessly ,what can you do with that, most times a defender is pushing you in the back? Even if you touched the ball, is it aimed where your co-attacker can run on to it ? Can we say 90 % of this play leads nowhere? What type of football is this?
Sorry but I blame S D ,he is the Manager ,he says how the game should be played,football has to be attractive,fans want to enjoy. Unless something changes ,on this showing we are going to struggle all season.
The football has been very stale for a long time now Balan.Last night was a bad advertisement for the PL.I tried to put the recruitment team onto a creative player from here in Hungary but they are obviously not interested.Eventually it will turn fans away.