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Don't you think that "do(ing) the basics right" has led to results improving and confidence growing until we have reached the point where we are trying to play good football again?
For me all of the players are benefiting from an imposed structure which masks our flaws and now feel able to express themselves.
People need to stop seeing it as unnecessary showboating though. Passes like that are not easily seen or read by defences, if he had turned and played the obvious conventional ball, not only would Olssen be offside but the ball would have probably been cut out and easily read. These backheels and flicks are a great addition to a teams atacking armoury rather than being purely for vanity or entertainment value. If Siggy wanted to play Olssen through, that was literally the only ball he could play, the fact he managed to execute it so perfectly was stunning.
Well yeah, when it works and we score it looks fantastic. When it doesn't, we concede possession and the opposition score (I think it was Middlesbrough), no-one comes on here and says it was the only ball he could have played.
There is definitely a time and a place for it. Having players on a similar wavelength like Carroll and Olson around him certainly helps with that kind of pass.
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Siggy's backheeled volleyed through ball assist on 09:24 - Mar 6 with 3112 views
The backheel was special, but fair play to Olssen for a fantastic first touch which put the ball in exactly the right place (with 2 defenders coming across him to cover) for him to smash it in the near post.
He is a revelation for us!
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Siggy's backheeled volleyed through ball assist on 10:04 - Mar 6 with 3049 views
If it was Alli there would have been a collective creaming of jeans in the MOTD studio.
If you can fill the unforgiving minute.
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
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Siggy's backheeled volleyed through ball assist on 10:17 - Mar 6 with 3023 views
It was, but look at Llorente unmarked in the box. Olsson must have a lot of confidence in himself to take on the shot rather than passing. If he'da missed he'da been slated for beiong a greedy feck. That's two he's scored now going for the near post. It's what defenders/goalies don't expect, but you have to be very accurate. I luvs it when players aren't afraid to fail - it's a good sign of confidence.
If we can keep PC/Llorente/Siggy over the summer (think we're staying up now), we might see even more exciting football than under Laudrup. Most of the time I love the fact that we're a small club contiunually punchinhg above it's weight. The disadvantages are that bigger clubs can tempt players/coaches/managers away with promises of European football.
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Siggy's backheeled volleyed through ball assist on 12:26 - Mar 6 with 2932 views
He's going to be chock full of confidence having done it twice already.
Don't mind him doing it. If it's on target there's a decent chance of it either going in or rebounding off the keeper into the danger area anyway.
Nice to have a couple of defenders capable of chipping in with goals.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
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Siggy's backheeled volleyed through ball assist on 14:31 - Mar 6 with 2815 views
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