| A Definition of Madness (or, at least, How to make the supporters mad!) 16:35 - Nov 8 with 426 views | Jules4367 |
Do the same thing, again and again and again and again and then again knowing that it did not work the first, second, third, fourth or fifth thinking it is going to work and never, not once, not ever, no way, no cookies trying something different!
Free kicks:
Time and again we cross the ball and expecting a powerful header to hit the back of the net (or miss the goalkeeper) ......this is NOT going to happen!
Option: Try something different, an overlap and short pass to get behind the wall or a pass to the side and a shot (on target)?? Do somewthing different!
Supplying our £2m centre forward (I can't bring myself to use the word Stri..r !):
Time and again we pump high balls to him and he jumps (that's worth £500k of anyone's money) and he flicks it on (again another £500K worth) but to no one!
Option: Play the ball to his feet, cut through the midfield and let him turn and shoot..it is what others have been doing to us.
Our Corners:
Cross the ball and hit the first defender, or let the keeper catch it or over kick it and have no one backing up.
Option: Watch videos of what teams do to us!
Their corners:
Have small and fast players on the goal line or in the 6 yard box (i'm old) and tall, lanky and slow players further out such that, IF we get the ball (and it is not in the net) we have no one in the outfield to clear to and break away.
Option: Have small fast players in the outfield of on the edge of the box ready to run to wings
Goal Kicks (long):
Have everyone muster to the righthand side, leaving all of the left side of the pitch un-manned, keeper kicks long and 'hopes' that Jimmy Dunne heads it -the chances being 25% it goes into touch, 25% he heads it and they get it, 49% they get it and break and 1% we retain possession.
Option: Do the foregoing four times but on the fifth (coaches please note this is not ALWAYS the fifth every game) but then have two small fast players hold back (more to the middle of the pitch butr still 'inside' the defending perimeter. Then have the keeper kick left and the two fast players run to the ball, one overlaps the other, whilst the tall heading players run into the box! Chances are 75%-25% we retain possession and have a scoring chance!
Shooting:
Time and again, prior to the game, we see the players line up and shoot at the practice goal and are on target then, during the game (aside from the other night and Dieng's heroics) we don't shoot or when we do, it is blocked or misses the target.
Option: Duriommng the pre-game shooiting practice, have some dummies dressed in the visitors colours, in front of the practice goal, so that they get used to shooting at a target with people in the way!
How difficult are any of the foregoing 'Options' and I am sure that there are many others. So why OH Why (or as you may often hear coming from the lower loft "WHHHHYYYY?????' ) do we keep doing the same old things, game after game? |  | | |  |
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