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  1. #1
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    Williams and Maynard both advocate a possession game, but Williams had his teams playing at a higher tempo, at least when we were attacking, and playing far more forward passes with attacking players given more individual freedom. Everything was quicker, more dynamic and immensely more entertaining to watch.

    If you were to summarise the difference in a sentence, I think Williams was basically just a better and more demanding coach than Maynard is.
    We saw the step up from Ardleyball when Williams arrived, and there's been a step back since Maynard arrived.

    The biggest problem Williams faced just before he left was that he didn't have strong enough defensive personnel to cope with the upgrade to League Two and the heavy workload such players have to handle in such an attacking system, but with the arrival of Platt and Bedeau in particular, Maynard has had more defensive quality to work with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jackal2 View Post
    Williams and Maynard both advocate a possession game, but Williams had his teams playing at a higher tempo, at least when we were attacking, and playing far more forward passes with attacking players given more individual freedom. Everything was quicker, more dynamic and immensely more entertaining to watch.

    If you were to summarise the difference in a sentence, I think Williams was basically just a better and more demanding coach than Maynard is.
    We saw the step up from Ardleyball when Williams arrived, and there's been a step back since Maynard arrived.

    The biggest problem Williams faced just before he left was that he didn't have strong enough defensive personnel to cope with the upgrade to League Two and the heavy workload such players have to handle in such an attacking system, but with the arrival of Platt and Bedeau in particular, Maynard has had more defensive quality to work with.
    Looking at the bench last night and the back up staff he’s got I feel for Maynard as he appears to be the only one doing the coaching etc. He’s. clearly learned to be a bit more aggressive lately with his red card and 3 yellows but after watching the guy left with the touchline job last night he stood there with arms folded or in his pockets a majority of the time.

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    ...Jackal... no he didn't...Williams had us passing teams to death so that the opposition had time to get back; then hit us on the break with us stranded up field. Ignoring our games v Salford, and a few others, SM introduced a more varied game as well as defending more effectively.

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