| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? 09:10 - Dec 3 with 358 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
I do wonder whether they are so used to a system, and relying on certain triggers, that they dont know what to do when the opposition dont fall into our old trap.
If the opposition dont press, we dont seem to know what to do. |  |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:17 - Dec 3 with 326 views | Garv |
I think it would be different if we had a Delap or Moore type upfront. You can't play long and play off second balls with Ivan Azon. We should be able to do it with Hirst but he can't start every game and doesn't look the same as he did two years ago.
There are several problem areas but CF is definitely one. I don't think McKenna is too proud to play direct football. He changed his ethos somewhat after that Bristol Rovers game 3 years ago and we started turning teams around more. We could do it if we had the right players. I think recruitment ultimately has just not gone to plan at all. |  |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:19 - Dec 3 with 319 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:17 - Dec 3 by Garv |
I think it would be different if we had a Delap or Moore type upfront. You can't play long and play off second balls with Ivan Azon. We should be able to do it with Hirst but he can't start every game and doesn't look the same as he did two years ago.
There are several problem areas but CF is definitely one. I don't think McKenna is too proud to play direct football. He changed his ethos somewhat after that Bristol Rovers game 3 years ago and we started turning teams around more. We could do it if we had the right players. I think recruitment ultimately has just not gone to plan at all. |
Yes, I think we underestimate / forget the impact that Moore had in the second half of the promotion season. | |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:27 - Dec 3 with 285 views | ArnieM |
OP: no i dont think players do lack that intelligence. The problem with the game today is impulse and flare is literally coached out of them, and this is what's making the game sterile and frankly, boring 😴
You look at McK approach. Build from the back whatever presents.
How many times has there been a break on , a quick throw or punt out from the keeper? But no, its build from the back. The opportunity missed. Predictable and allows opponents to get back and set up in their defensive formation.
When was the last time we saw Davis on the overlap, players streaming girward on a quick counter attack? It doesnt happen anymore. Players are stifled |  |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:28 - Dec 3 with 271 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:27 - Dec 3 by ArnieM |
OP: no i dont think players do lack that intelligence. The problem with the game today is impulse and flare is literally coached out of them, and this is what's making the game sterile and frankly, boring 😴
You look at McK approach. Build from the back whatever presents.
How many times has there been a break on , a quick throw or punt out from the keeper? But no, its build from the back. The opportunity missed. Predictable and allows opponents to get back and set up in their defensive formation.
When was the last time we saw Davis on the overlap, players streaming girward on a quick counter attack? It doesnt happen anymore. Players are stifled |
I agree with this. That was primarily what I was getting at. | |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:36 - Dec 3 with 253 views | OldFart71 |
I have always believed due to the fact that I am not in any respect academic. Yes I have a couple of City & Guilds in catering, a boilermans certificate and an All Arms certificate in tentage repair but I still don't consider myself a brainy type. But what I do use most but not all the time is common sense and that's what a lot of brainy people don't have.
Football as a game involves up to sixteen people playing for parts of a game so to a large extent you are not just relying on what you do, but what a teammate does. A manager can't legislate for his goalie letting in a weak shot or his centre forward missing a sitter.
We are all grumbling about our form this year but if you look at the Premier League there's very few teams that are consistent even at the top. |  | | |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:40 - Dec 3 with 237 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:36 - Dec 3 by OldFart71 |
I have always believed due to the fact that I am not in any respect academic. Yes I have a couple of City & Guilds in catering, a boilermans certificate and an All Arms certificate in tentage repair but I still don't consider myself a brainy type. But what I do use most but not all the time is common sense and that's what a lot of brainy people don't have.
Football as a game involves up to sixteen people playing for parts of a game so to a large extent you are not just relying on what you do, but what a teammate does. A manager can't legislate for his goalie letting in a weak shot or his centre forward missing a sitter.
We are all grumbling about our form this year but if you look at the Premier League there's very few teams that are consistent even at the top. |
Thats not really what I was getting it.
But a manager can legislate for making too many changes each match, or not equipping his team with a Plan B, or the freedom to make their own decisions.
We have been off form for 18 months really, and certainly all this season. Its not a blip.
I do hope KM can turn it around though. | |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:41 - Dec 3 with 226 views | MattinLondon |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:27 - Dec 3 by ArnieM |
OP: no i dont think players do lack that intelligence. The problem with the game today is impulse and flare is literally coached out of them, and this is what's making the game sterile and frankly, boring 😴
You look at McK approach. Build from the back whatever presents.
How many times has there been a break on , a quick throw or punt out from the keeper? But no, its build from the back. The opportunity missed. Predictable and allows opponents to get back and set up in their defensive formation.
When was the last time we saw Davis on the overlap, players streaming girward on a quick counter attack? It doesnt happen anymore. Players are stifled |
No one was bored when we were beating teams continuously whilst in L1 or the Championship. I’m pretty sure that Coventry fans aren’t feeling bored at the moment.
The team plays too slowly with individual selfishness overriding making more team chances. |  | | |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:47 - Dec 3 with 203 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:41 - Dec 3 by MattinLondon |
No one was bored when we were beating teams continuously whilst in L1 or the Championship. I’m pretty sure that Coventry fans aren’t feeling bored at the moment.
The team plays too slowly with individual selfishness overriding making more team chances. |
I dont think we were too slow back then though, we used to get the ball forward from back to front quickly with the likes of Hladky, Morsy, Chappers and Burns. | |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:49 - Dec 3 with 193 views | MattinLondon |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:47 - Dec 3 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I dont think we were too slow back then though, we used to get the ball forward from back to front quickly with the likes of Hladky, Morsy, Chappers and Burns. |
I meant now rather than then. | | | |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:50 - Dec 3 with 192 views | Garv |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:19 - Dec 3 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Yes, I think we underestimate / forget the impact that Moore had in the second half of the promotion season. |
He did have a big impact but the irony is we were very happy to have Hirst back and he came straight back in when fit, and played the game that clinched promotion. I didn't love Moore, he was fairly immobile but scored some big goals and is obviously massive.
In hindsight we probably should have signed him when we went up. | |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:53 - Dec 3 with 181 views | Jon_456 |
I think there’s a little bit of that along with a lack of understanding of what it actually takes to be successful in the EFL.
Individually you could probably put any player from our current team into our 23/24 team and they’d do well. Collectively though, none of them seem to want to do the horrible stuff which is so important to grinding out results.
The lack of a proper number 10 also doesn’t help matters. As each week passes by, I’m more and more shocked that Egeli hasn’t been used there yet. The only player with the footwork and agility to play that role. | | | |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:53 - Dec 3 with 181 views | lazyblue |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:40 - Dec 3 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Thats not really what I was getting it.
But a manager can legislate for making too many changes each match, or not equipping his team with a Plan B, or the freedom to make their own decisions.
We have been off form for 18 months really, and certainly all this season. Its not a blip.
I do hope KM can turn it around though. |
Off for 18months , most of that was playing in the toughest league in the world after jumping from league 1. | | | |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:56 - Dec 3 with 166 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:53 - Dec 3 by lazyblue |
Off for 18months , most of that was playing in the toughest league in the world after jumping from league 1. |
Agreed, but it all feeds in to where we are now.
I am not blaming KM for us being p1ss poor in the Prem, as I agree it was a huge jump.
I did hope we might go down fighting though. | |
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| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:57 - Dec 3 with 159 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Do the players lack 'football intelligence'? on 09:50 - Dec 3 by Garv |
He did have a big impact but the irony is we were very happy to have Hirst back and he came straight back in when fit, and played the game that clinched promotion. I didn't love Moore, he was fairly immobile but scored some big goals and is obviously massive.
In hindsight we probably should have signed him when we went up. |
It was great to have a Plan B. | |
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