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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... 22:46 - Dec 15 with 626 viewsDubtractor

If we are going to persist with this as we have tried to all season, and I think we should, then it simply has to be Edmundson and Woolfenden.

Toto and Burgess are so unsuited to it that it becomes almost funny to watch teams play against it. Both are decent enough stoppers, though not exactly perfect, but Toto looks almost scared with the ball, and I've not seen a CB aimlessly shank the ball as often as Burgess in the 2 games against Barrow.

Woolfenden hasn't had a great couple of seasons, but I think overall he is a better bet than those 2.

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:47 - Dec 15 with 593 viewspointofblue

The first half was hysterically bad - that moment when we simply couldn't get the ball out and were just being pushed further back until I think it was Nsiala was on the goal line, still desperately trying to get rid of the ball.

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:48 - Dec 15 with 578 viewswkj

THere is nothing wrong with direct football - as long as it's not always ultra defensive.

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:49 - Dec 15 with 558 viewsGuthrum

If we planned to do that, why didn't we buy more suitable players for it in the summer?

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:50 - Dec 15 with 534 viewshomer_123

Did we play out from the back? Certainly didn't 2nd half.

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:50 - Dec 15 with 525 viewsDubtractor

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:49 - Dec 15 by Guthrum

If we planned to do that, why didn't we buy more suitable players for it in the summer?


Well quite!

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:51 - Dec 15 with 504 viewsDubtractor

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:50 - Dec 15 by homer_123

Did we play out from the back? Certainly didn't 2nd half.


First half we tried very hard to, but failed dismally, hence barely getting into their half.

Second half we went much more direct, with still almost no success at all.

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:52 - Dec 15 with 500 viewschrismakin

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:50 - Dec 15 by homer_123

Did we play out from the back? Certainly didn't 2nd half.


Think JM realised halfway through first half that Toto and Burgess aren't very good at it.

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:52 - Dec 15 with 499 viewsDarkHorse

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:49 - Dec 15 by Guthrum

If we planned to do that, why didn't we buy more suitable players for it in the summer?


Because Cook didn’t think we’d need them, our attacking players would blitz everyone and Morsy would clean up behind them.
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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:53 - Dec 15 with 477 viewscbower

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:50 - Dec 15 by homer_123

Did we play out from the back? Certainly didn't 2nd half.


Because we can't do it with Nsiala and Burgess. They are big lumps and not very good big lumps at that.

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:54 - Dec 15 with 446 viewsGuthrum

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:48 - Dec 15 by wkj

THere is nothing wrong with direct football - as long as it's not always ultra defensive.


As long as it's directed long ball, not aimless hoofing followed by random head-tennis - which often results in an advantage for the opposition, as they're already facing in the direction they need to go in order to score.

We'd need players able to really accurately place a ball way up the pitch, possibly on a long diagonal, plus others able to sit onside of the last defender, outpace them, control the ball and put in a good cross, with finally forwards and AMs willing to race into the box and and throw themselves at those crosses, or to pick up rebounds and clearances.

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:56 - Dec 15 with 435 viewsRyorry

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:47 - Dec 15 by pointofblue

The first half was hysterically bad - that moment when we simply couldn't get the ball out and were just being pushed further back until I think it was Nsiala was on the goal line, still desperately trying to get rid of the ball.


Anyone actually time how many minutes we spent in Barrow's half in the first 45? 1? 2?!

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 23:01 - Dec 15 with 400 viewspointofblue

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:56 - Dec 15 by Ryorry

Anyone actually time how many minutes we spent in Barrow's half in the first 45? 1? 2?!


Seconds?

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 23:02 - Dec 15 with 397 viewsRyorry

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 22:54 - Dec 15 by Guthrum

As long as it's directed long ball, not aimless hoofing followed by random head-tennis - which often results in an advantage for the opposition, as they're already facing in the direction they need to go in order to score.

We'd need players able to really accurately place a ball way up the pitch, possibly on a long diagonal, plus others able to sit onside of the last defender, outpace them, control the ball and put in a good cross, with finally forwards and AMs willing to race into the box and and throw themselves at those crosses, or to pick up rebounds and clearances.


Sounds so easy when you put it like that! (not meant as a criticism).

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And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 23:03 - Dec 15 with 386 viewsRyorry

And another thing! Playing passing football from the back.... on 23:01 - Dec 15 by pointofblue

Seconds?


I did wonder, but thought it might be taken as a silly exaggeration if I started off that low!

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