| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. 20:38 - Sep 29 with 661 views | TheBoyBlue |
But too many touches, very little impulsive play, taking too long on the ball, running into crowds.
However, stop the daft challenges and avoid getting dragged into the game the Czechs want it to become and you have to expect that they'll get worn down and England's quality should come through. |  |
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| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 22:33 - Sep 29 with 555 views | Scuzzer |
Lets all play the Pep way. |  |
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| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 22:42 - Sep 29 with 540 views | EdwardF |
It's template football |  |
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| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 00:12 - Sep 30 with 493 views | armchaircritic59 |
| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 22:42 - Sep 29 by EdwardF |
It's template football |
Yep, page whatever of the coaching manual. At least they stop short of taking one each onto the pitch with them, for frequent reference. |  | | |
| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 08:31 - Sep 30 with 377 views | RobTheMonk |
We need more mavericks in the game. Cherki is one, but he plays for the team that shall not be named.
We have one in Enciso - exciting players who will suddenly dribble past the people and bang one in from 30 yards. |  | | |
| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 08:35 - Sep 30 with 373 views | Swansea_Blue |
| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 22:42 - Sep 29 by EdwardF |
It's template football |
I’ve no idea who played last night, but that’s a common theme across football now unfortunately. It’s probably worse in the Championship and below where you have players who struggle to implement it. That’s why you end up with Football By Numbers managers like Russell Martin boring the pants of fans with predictable and error-play play as players struggle to beat a press. |  |
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| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 12:44 - Sep 30 with 292 views | jayessess |
This is some rose-tinted glasses stuff. I've been watching football since the 1990s and it was *always* boring to watch internationals were one high-ranked team was trying to score past a defensive low-ranked team. That's not a "modern football" problem, it's a "9 men all defending the penalty area" problem. |  |
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| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 19:05 - Sep 30 with 184 views | armchaircritic59 |
| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 12:44 - Sep 30 by jayessess |
This is some rose-tinted glasses stuff. I've been watching football since the 1990s and it was *always* boring to watch internationals were one high-ranked team was trying to score past a defensive low-ranked team. That's not a "modern football" problem, it's a "9 men all defending the penalty area" problem. |
But where does the idea of 9 men defending the penalty area come from? I've been watching football since the earlyish 1960's and it wasn't boring then. Fitness of players has improved markedly for sure. Pure technical ability? Very little to nothing. | | | |
| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 20:08 - Sep 30 with 129 views | TheBoyBlue |
| It's not a modern issue in football, not just with England tonight. on 12:44 - Sep 30 by jayessess |
This is some rose-tinted glasses stuff. I've been watching football since the 1990s and it was *always* boring to watch internationals were one high-ranked team was trying to score past a defensive low-ranked team. That's not a "modern football" problem, it's a "9 men all defending the penalty area" problem. |
That wasn't the point I was making (so possibly my bad for not explaining it very well!). Rather that these players always seem to take so many extra touches, slow things down, often when there's really good opportunities on. Shots that could be taken, crosses made, but passed up because they seem to be programmed to make the short easy pass. Or they will hold on to the ball too long and run straight into 2 or 3 players. Some really strange decision making at times. It isn't necessarily boring, just frustrating.
Like I said, not just an issue with England last night, but modern football generally. | |
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