| Home form 07:33 - Feb 25 with 329 views | Dr_Winston |
Has been our biggest problem for much of the season, and this piece, whilst as Premier League centric as you'd expect, goes a long way towards perhaps explaining why.
Particularly this bit:
"Teams like Bournemouth have had huge success playing in this more aggressive style - but does it also help sides playing away from home, with less onus on them to dominate the ball and push forward, but instead break quickly and hit teams on the counter-attack?
The percentage of goals scored after "fast breaks", according to Opta, has never been higher than this season.
It feeds into the notion of the classic, archetypal 'away goal' - soak up pressure, win the ball back and hit the home side on the break."
How many times have we been caught on the counter? How many times has our slow, tedious possession style prevented us from doing the same?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clynv3x120no |  |
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| Home form on 07:42 - Feb 25 with 291 views | STID2017 |
Hopefully under Sheehan that will be a distant memory
I am not naive to believe we wont have defeats and disappointments under him, but at least it wont be for the want of trying.
I would rather be caught now and again on the break under Sheehan than sit back and invite pressure or a break as under Martin / William's
I think the style of football under both has Williams and Martin has been shown to be ineffective in the long run and is the reason both are now without positions |  |
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| Home form on 13:22 - Feb 25 with 109 views | Whiterockin |
This season I have enjoyed watching Nottingham Forest more than Man City, basically for the way they break forward. |  | | |
| Home form on 13:41 - Feb 25 with 91 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Home form on 07:42 - Feb 25 by STID2017 |
Hopefully under Sheehan that will be a distant memory
I am not naive to believe we wont have defeats and disappointments under him, but at least it wont be for the want of trying.
I would rather be caught now and again on the break under Sheehan than sit back and invite pressure or a break as under Martin / William's
I think the style of football under both has Williams and Martin has been shown to be ineffective in the long run and is the reason both are now without positions |
It’s only ineffective when you don’t have the players to play like that. We don’t. If we had the likes of Leon, Joey, Rangel, Dyer, De Guzman etc in their prime who were intelligent and hard working on and off the ball, can turn on a sixpence and use both feet we could play like that and be successful even in todays game.
Arguably in recent years the only player we’ve had that could fit into that style of play like that is Flynn downes. |  |
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