| Boring football 15:44 - Aug 25 with 7887 views | CanaDale |
Clearly the no fear football has disappeared, replaced with boring, predicable, and defensive play. Hill is doing a great job emulating his idol, Mourinho, with his wide men seemingly unwilling to cross the half way line. This team has been found out, and unless some spark returns this is going to be a long ass season. When you see so many players playing within themselves, it makes you wonder, is there something else going on, whatever it is, this can't go on. | | | |  |
| Boring football on 21:49 - Aug 27 with 1820 views | 49thseason |
Of the last 16 games of last season, 10 were home and resulted in 12 points, 6 were away and gave 13 points. Most of the debate has been about our home form which has been poor for last season and for the second half of the 16/17 season and once again has started dreadfully this season. We can all find perfectly good reasons for the failures of the last 3 home games but the trend is not our friend, we are not improving at home where statistically just about every club can expect to gain the majority of their points. Its a serious problem that as yet has not been solved. | | | |
| Boring football on 10:12 - Aug 28 with 1650 views | tony_roch975 |
Wonder if we'll again find it easier away where it's simpler focussing on non-possession defending and threatening on the break (as sides are doing against us at Spotland) rather than the pressure at home of trying to play more positive attacking football leaving you vulnerable to counter-attack. | |
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| Boring football on 10:18 - Aug 28 with 1638 views | nordenblue |
Or maybe don't be quite so bloody negative at home with 5 defenders and 1 up front,and stop worrying about what every other team could possibly do to attack us.
Hilly is like a frightened rabbit in the headlights at home and too much emphasis on not conceded,as we can all see it's been working a damn treat so far!!! | | | |
| Boring football on 12:49 - Aug 28 with 1575 views | blackdogblue |
Don’t see the point here, Jamie was a good player, Matty Lund was either injured (bad fall at Scunny) or off getting a red card, NML was a bit of a fringe player most of the season but these are all midfielders, yes Joe did shine for a while on the left but again inconsistent...
We still passed it sideways, Tom Kennedy & Tanser were masters of it, yes we had a better season or was that more down to Conrad?
We didn’t & still do not have a recognised striker, yes midfield do a holding & forward support, I don’t think individually or as a group with the exception of NML have not been replaced by the likes of Rathbone, Camps & Inman.
It’s not the players, it’s the ethos of how they are asked to play.. | |
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| Boring football on 13:31 - Aug 28 with 1510 views | James1980 |
I find it hard to believe players are being told to play in the way they have been. Obviously no team talk is going to include lines like, 'now I want each of you to misplace at least 1 pass preferably in a dangerous area' 'Players who are attacking, often leave them with no outlet' 'Unless you can softly tap the ball over the goal line don't shoot' 'Play nervously and within yourselves'. Yet opinions are that this is how the team are playing. I think pre and post match interviews suggest Hill isn't happy with the execution of his plans and perhaps his frustration at fans is him 'Do you real think I wanted that to happen, that I told/expect players to perform that way?' [Post edited 28 Aug 2018 14:42]
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| Boring football on 15:55 - Aug 28 with 1415 views | nordenblue |
Asking players to perform things that aren't necessarily second nature to their normal positions on the pitch will ALWAYS result in mistakes happening,Hilly can try and plug square holes with round pegs yet it's glaringly obvious when decent consistent performers suddenly look like a fish out of water,that's not down to them consciously playing shite it's what happens when it's not natural to you,step forward Mr Hill | | | |
| Boring football on 18:29 - Aug 28 with 1314 views | James1980 |
I see what you mean. What do you think happens in training though?
They players are played in this new position and it works.
Because 1, the players they are training with make it look like they can fufill the role. b, it is not in the pressure situation of a match. c, another reason.
It doesn't work in training either but someone's mind is made up and he is sticking to it | |
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| Boring football on 23:17 - Aug 28 with 1242 views | YouTubeDale |
Williams in a good forward position again tonight...blasts over the bar !!!!!
If he can’t convert then Keith needs to tell him to stay back and leave that to someone who can.
He also passes back when he should have passed forward. And in another move, he gets his footwork all mixed up which nearly leads to a goal. Is he good enough???????? [Post edited 28 Aug 2018 23:21]
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| Boring football on 23:20 - Aug 28 with 1236 views | 442Dale |
It wasn’t a great effort but by that stage while employed as the deep midfielder his role was to back up attacks from exactly where he was. Understandable why he shot, but he, like others, wouldn’t be playing for us if they were hitting the target with every effort. | |
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| Boring football on 23:26 - Aug 28 with 1224 views | YouTubeDale |
That is a weak defence, he wouldn’t be playing for Dale if he could hit the target every time...please just hit it ONCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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| Boring football on 23:55 - Aug 28 with 1208 views | dingdangblue |
Plus all those years at Liverpool academy you would think at least his technique would be 'sound'? | |
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| Boring football on 00:12 - Aug 29 with 1189 views | 442Dale |
No, it’s a valid one. He’s not a striker, he’s a defender/defensive midfielder who may get the odd chance he should do better with. The reasons were there for why he was in that position when the shooting chance came about. | |
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| Boring football on 00:17 - Aug 29 with 1181 views | TVOS1907 |
Which other defenders, who can score from 25 yards when the ball happens to fall to them, like tonight, should be up there instead? [Post edited 29 Aug 2018 0:29]
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