| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game too†17:12 - Feb 4 with 1630 views | ArnieM |
Same old shyte yet again .
Can’t win the must win games
Can’t / WONT shoot and make the keeper work.
Incapable of defending our own box.
Possession stats NEVER wins games .
More Goals For than against does.
Example:
Derby today : 10 shots on target : 7 off target
Town today: 4 shots on target : 5 off target .
Thank god we’ve had a good start to the season or we’d be clinging onto play offs now … and we still might be.
McKenna needs to re think his strategy : tippy tappy possession football is killing our chances . We have the players in the squad . The tactics are WRONG for League One. We are not Barca and thus is not PL or Champions League. |  |
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| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 17:24 - Feb 4 with 1546 views | homer_123 |
Why do people think we play tippy tappy football?
I mean....unless I'm missing something, we really don't mind that long diagonal from a defender or deep lying midfielder to either wing.
We have a really good mix of football style and approach. It certainly isn't tippy tappy. |  |
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| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game too� on 19:20 - Feb 4 with 1410 views | ArnieM |
| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 17:24 - Feb 4 by homer_123 |
Why do people think we play tippy tappy football?
I mean....unless I'm missing something, we really don't mind that long diagonal from a defender or deep lying midfielder to either wing.
We have a really good mix of football style and approach. It certainly isn't tippy tappy. |
https://www.sofascore.com/cambridge-united-ipswich-town/Hsnb
If you look towards the bottom of the page in this link snd tsp on the various circkes( players) it shows the areas where those players were most active during the hsve .
Our strikers are rarely in the opposition box.
Our midfielders : defenders play most of the game in our half or around half way line.
Burns was our biggest attacking outlet ( but hud crosses were crap)
Edwards ( our most effective second half attacking outlet) we decided not to pass too after we’d equalised….
We might have lots of possession but it’s rarely a threat . And it’s clear we from these graphics of this game we rarely were a threat in their goal area… I’d suggest this heat distribution could be typical for a lot of our games. And WHERE we play our possession football is ineffective and threatens the opposition the least, and that is why I call it tippy tappy football , because achieves nothing!
Questions:
1) How can our strikers rarely be in the opponents box !!
2) Were VERY lopsided in our attacking outlet - mostly Burns. He’s been sussed in that he’s heavily marked . His crosses by and large were ineffective / poor. There was no other outlet until Edwards came on. We used him up until we scored, then rarely after that, Why? …instead we pissed around with the ball on the half way line of up the their box and either lost possession or recycled the ball . Edwards was crying out for the pass , so why didn’t we give it to him or god forbid take a bloody shot?
3) We rarely make the opposition GK work , in any game . [Post edited 4 Feb 2023 19:22]
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| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 21:24 - Feb 4 with 1259 views | DJR |
| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game too� on 19:20 - Feb 4 by ArnieM |
https://www.sofascore.com/cambridge-united-ipswich-town/Hsnb
If you look towards the bottom of the page in this link snd tsp on the various circkes( players) it shows the areas where those players were most active during the hsve .
Our strikers are rarely in the opposition box.
Our midfielders : defenders play most of the game in our half or around half way line.
Burns was our biggest attacking outlet ( but hud crosses were crap)
Edwards ( our most effective second half attacking outlet) we decided not to pass too after we’d equalised….
We might have lots of possession but it’s rarely a threat . And it’s clear we from these graphics of this game we rarely were a threat in their goal area… I’d suggest this heat distribution could be typical for a lot of our games. And WHERE we play our possession football is ineffective and threatens the opposition the least, and that is why I call it tippy tappy football , because achieves nothing!
Questions:
1) How can our strikers rarely be in the opponents box !!
2) Were VERY lopsided in our attacking outlet - mostly Burns. He’s been sussed in that he’s heavily marked . His crosses by and large were ineffective / poor. There was no other outlet until Edwards came on. We used him up until we scored, then rarely after that, Why? …instead we pissed around with the ball on the half way line of up the their box and either lost possession or recycled the ball . Edwards was crying out for the pass , so why didn’t we give it to him or god forbid take a bloody shot?
3) We rarely make the opposition GK work , in any game . [Post edited 4 Feb 2023 19:22]
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Your third point is true.
According to sofascore, Keogh was our man of the match with a rating of 7.4, which is a bit of a surprise. |  | | |
| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 21:28 - Feb 4 with 1243 views | TractorWood |
| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 21:24 - Feb 4 by DJR |
Your third point is true.
According to sofascore, Keogh was our man of the match with a rating of 7.4, which is a bit of a surprise. |
I thought Keogh gave the best performance today. We were actually quite exposed as we tried to push for the winner with a load of attackers on. He defended a torrent of long balls with very little pace left in his legs. |  |
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| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game too� on 21:31 - Feb 4 with 1221 views | DJR |
| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 21:28 - Feb 4 by TractorWood |
I thought Keogh gave the best performance today. We were actually quite exposed as we tried to push for the winner with a load of attackers on. He defended a torrent of long balls with very little pace left in his legs. |
But given his lack of pace, he defended so deep (particularly after he was outpaced) that I think it allowed Cambridge to attack the space in front of him, and allowed them to claw themselves back into the game in the second half.
As a defender, I was always told to compress play but this assumes a last man with some pace. [Post edited 4 Feb 2023 21:36]
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| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 21:35 - Feb 4 with 1199 views | TractorWood |
| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game too� on 21:31 - Feb 4 by DJR |
But given his lack of pace, he defended so deep (particularly after he was outpaced) that I think it allowed Cambridge to attack the space in front of him, and allowed them to claw themselves back into the game in the second half.
As a defender, I was always told to compress play but this assumes a last man with some pace. [Post edited 4 Feb 2023 21:36]
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Fair. I was always told to shoot when I played upfront.
Sounds like coaching has evolved at Playford Rd. | |
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| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 22:57 - Feb 4 with 1098 views | nshearman1 |
| My last view of today - but feel free to copy n paste for next league game tooï¿ on 21:24 - Feb 4 by DJR |
Your third point is true.
According to sofascore, Keogh was our man of the match with a rating of 7.4, which is a bit of a surprise. |
Liz’s points are well made and so is this, but I wasn’t at the match today. The obsession with possession stats has to be eclipsed now with the simple one of goals scored. McKenna should have been getting angry a long time ago because the draws are not good enough, particularly for the amount spent on these players. |  | | |
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