Two up top...... 17:30 - Feb 27 with 2370 views | BlueBertie | .....and a settled side. It's not rocket science. | | | | |
Two up top...... on 17:31 - Feb 27 with 2362 views | DanTheMan | Honestly think we could rotate if we played this style of football. I think how we're playing is more key than which line up. | |
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Two up top...... on 18:02 - Feb 27 with 2296 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Two up top...... on 17:31 - Feb 27 by DanTheMan | Honestly think we could rotate if we played this style of football. I think how we're playing is more key than which line up. |
We could except Norwood. Theres a noticeable drop in intensity whenever he goes off. | |
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Two up top...... on 18:04 - Feb 27 with 2280 views | DanTheMan |
Two up top...... on 18:02 - Feb 27 by Cheltenham_Blue | We could except Norwood. Theres a noticeable drop in intensity whenever he goes off. |
Yeah that's fair, although I think Parrott also did a load of work today. And dare I say it, Jackson always puts a shift in upfront. There is a team here, with depth. We just need to play to their strengths instead of forcing a style on them. | |
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Two up top...... on 18:06 - Feb 27 with 2266 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Two up top...... on 18:04 - Feb 27 by DanTheMan | Yeah that's fair, although I think Parrott also did a load of work today. And dare I say it, Jackson always puts a shift in upfront. There is a team here, with depth. We just need to play to their strengths instead of forcing a style on them. |
Its the fact he puts himself about and disrupts the centre backs. We just don't have anyone else in the squad who can do it as well and Nors does. | |
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Two up top...... on 19:56 - Feb 27 with 2200 views | eddiespearitt03 | ...and footballers possibly playing for their future at this club. Maybe there should be a take over rumor every season because it has co-incided with the team winning back to back games. Lambert has had a full season and half season in League One to get it right . He continued relentlessly and just could not motivate the team. The penny has finally dropped because the constant team changing & stale tactics was his downfall. | | | |
Two up top...... on 22:01 - Feb 27 with 2127 views | lmfcblue | With PL knowing he’s going he’s prob not thinking of a bigger picture and just focusing on the next game and keeping it simple. He obviously gets in a muddle if he thinks about it too much. | | | |
Two up top...... on 22:41 - Feb 27 with 2060 views | wkj |
Two up top...... on 18:02 - Feb 27 by Cheltenham_Blue | We could except Norwood. Theres a noticeable drop in intensity whenever he goes off. |
Depends if Lambert gets his head out of his arse with Nolan and Jackson. Jackson in a 442 routinely is something I want to see. | |
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Two up top...... on 22:44 - Feb 27 with 2056 views | Stewart27 | This 2 up top thing. Isn’t the be all and end all. I hope if and when the new manager doesn’t deploy this system that the world doesn’t come crashing down. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Two up top...... on 22:49 - Feb 27 with 2042 views | Pique |
Two up top...... on 22:44 - Feb 27 by Stewart27 | This 2 up top thing. Isn’t the be all and end all. I hope if and when the new manager doesn’t deploy this system that the world doesn’t come crashing down. |
If it’s Paul Cook I doubt we’ll be playing two up top - he has consistently favoured a single striker at his previous clubs. | | | |
Two up top...... on 09:25 - Feb 28 with 1932 views | itfcjoe | It's the style as much as anything, direct into front men and try and play when the opportunity is there to play rather than slow and labourious passing round the back. We were always direct under Burley but played good football - if you watch back then you'll see how often Venus and McGreal play good forward passes early. | |
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Two up top...... on 09:28 - Feb 28 with 1908 views | hoppy |
Two up top...... on 22:49 - Feb 27 by Pique | If it’s Paul Cook I doubt we’ll be playing two up top - he has consistently favoured a single striker at his previous clubs. |
Maybe he’s had the personnel to do so, whereas we don’t, as has been shown regularly when we’ve persisted with it anyway? | |
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Two up top...... on 09:36 - Feb 28 with 1887 views | WestStanderLaLaLa | It’s not two up top though is it. Parrot clearly playing in behind Norwood. | |
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Two up top...... on 09:40 - Feb 28 with 1867 views | Romeo4 | Playing 2 up front is not absolutely crucial. It’s more about the tempo at which you play and the ability to get players into advanced positions consistently. Pin the opposition back. Too much under Lambert we have given opposing teams an easy ride by playing at such a slow pace and failing to support an isolated striker. | | | |
Two up top...... on 09:43 - Feb 28 with 1857 views | itfcjoe |
Two up top...... on 09:40 - Feb 28 by Romeo4 | Playing 2 up front is not absolutely crucial. It’s more about the tempo at which you play and the ability to get players into advanced positions consistently. Pin the opposition back. Too much under Lambert we have given opposing teams an easy ride by playing at such a slow pace and failing to support an isolated striker. |
Yep, getting them turned before they have time to settle back into a shape | |
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Two up top...... on 09:45 - Feb 28 with 1842 views | BseaBlue |
Two up top...... on 09:25 - Feb 28 by itfcjoe | It's the style as much as anything, direct into front men and try and play when the opportunity is there to play rather than slow and labourious passing round the back. We were always direct under Burley but played good football - if you watch back then you'll see how often Venus and McGreal play good forward passes early. |
I have been arguing this for so long!! We hear all about 'the Ipswich way but it was the ability to mix it up which made Burley's team so effective. Likewise when Joe Royle came in! | | | |
Two up top...... on 09:50 - Feb 28 with 1810 views | easynote | Wilson and Norwood returning from injury replacing two young centre backs with a more experienced pair to con a phrase not rocket science | | | |
Two up top...... on 09:55 - Feb 28 with 1800 views | strikalite |
Two up top...... on 09:40 - Feb 28 by Romeo4 | Playing 2 up front is not absolutely crucial. It’s more about the tempo at which you play and the ability to get players into advanced positions consistently. Pin the opposition back. Too much under Lambert we have given opposing teams an easy ride by playing at such a slow pace and failing to support an isolated striker. |
When you play out from the back you also invite the high press, fine if you're all great on the ball, you can play through and/or around it, but as we know we haven't got that and certainly haven't got the quality wing backs which is crucial....the pitch plays a big part in this too.. | | | |
Two up top...... on 09:58 - Feb 28 with 1795 views | itfcjoe |
Two up top...... on 09:45 - Feb 28 by BseaBlue | I have been arguing this for so long!! We hear all about 'the Ipswich way but it was the ability to mix it up which made Burley's team so effective. Likewise when Joe Royle came in! |
I wasn't alive for the Robson era, but when you watch highlights back it was a case of good footballers going direct when they needed too and using their technical quality in the final third where it mattered | |
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Two up top...... on 12:42 - Feb 28 with 1713 views | southnorfolkblue |
Two up top...... on 09:58 - Feb 28 by itfcjoe | I wasn't alive for the Robson era, but when you watch highlights back it was a case of good footballers going direct when they needed too and using their technical quality in the final third where it mattered |
Robsons teams pre Muhren and Thijssen were pretty direct with the likes of Whymark up front leading the line | |
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Two up top...... on 15:16 - Feb 28 with 1641 views | Thai_Blue |
Two up top...... on 09:50 - Feb 28 by easynote | Wilson and Norwood returning from injury replacing two young centre backs with a more experienced pair to con a phrase not rocket science |
Totally agree with you. I felt sorry for Wolfie, he looks to have gone backwards this season. | | | |
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