The Russell Martin way

[the_idiotb_stardson]

That would be good but is it that simple? You need a certain quality of player and we haven’t got the £ so presumably the idea is to produce your own so what are we doing wrong?

That's a valid point although I maintain that it can be taught to very young players who by the time they reach the first team should be comfortable with the passing game.

Which brings me back to the idea above, that as a club we need to get with it.

Time to rip up the hoofball manual and play some proper stuff.

[great_fire]

That's a valid point although I maintain that it can be taught to very young players who by the time they reach the first team should be comfortable with the passing game.

Which brings me back to the idea above, that as a club we need to get with it.

Time to rip up the hoofball manual and play some proper stuff.

We already tried it didn't we when we hired Mark Burton as academy manager, that's the way he taught John Stones to play football.

But he didn't seem to stay long.

[the_idiotb_stardson]

We already tried it didn't we when we hired Mark Burton as academy manager, that's the way he taught John Stones to play football.

But he didn't seem to stay long.

We don't just need to try it. We need it to be our whole philosophy. Part of our whole philosophy. Hoof it football is soon to be a thing of the past.

We adapt or we sink

[ragingpup]

Don't Crewe subscribe to the pure passing game thing? Remember them losing heavily week in week out yet persevering with the defenders trying to pass it around the penalty area with the keeper. Wonder how their fans feel about this post

[great_fire]

We don't just need to try it. We need it to be our whole philosophy. Part of our whole philosophy. Hoof it football is soon to be a thing of the past.

We adapt or we sink

I don't know exactly what happened subsequently but in hiring Burton I'm guessing that was the intention.