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 Eaglehamster  Storrington 15 Jun 21 3.46pm |
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Spain played the type of football I'm beginning to loathe. England played in a similar vein. You know it, possession at all costs so it's meaningless passing back and forth until an opening appears. Meanwhile your opponents have time to organize their defence and make any breakthrough very hard. Passes tend to be directly to the player instead of ahead of him where he could pick up with pace. I suppose the heat will be used as a reason for this style but I just find it tedious in the extreme.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 15 Jun 21 4.03pm |
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I think there is a lot of truth in it - football has been coached to the point that all that matters at the top level are hard-working, tactical players who can press well and keep the ball all day, but it's rubbish to watch. Risk-taking, which is generally far more entertaining to watch, is just so much less efficient that top sides aren't as interested. Weirdly I was watching old highlights of Lampard and Gerrard recently, and my first thought was that you don't see players consistently scoring long-rangers the way they used to, mainly because a long shot is generally the 'wrong' option and in today's game you'd get criticised for taking them on.
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 15 Jun 21 4.19pm |
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I’ve been saying for a long time now, it’s not just palace, but football in general is dull as dishwater a lot of the time these days. Too much tippy tappy sideways or backwards passing while the other team just stands and watches until it’s their turn to have a go. Teams rarely get stuck into each other anymore, which I suppose has a lot to do with free kicks and yellow cards being dished out as soon as players touch each other.
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 15 Jun 21 4.32pm |
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Wasn't sure about the title of this thread, but having read your first three posts lads, I found myself agreeing with you. There's no doubt that the spontaneous, natural skills and exciting attacking play has definitely been coached out of today's game. The beach football from Brazil that thrilled us in the past is rarely found today. Eze, with his cage football background comes close. Just hope our new guy let's him demonstrate some of his natural skills.
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 15 Jun 21 5.01pm |
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agree - the top six are dull, champs league final was oil v oil, pep's footy is dull, they wait for the defenders to fall asleep then pass, the possession style is very safety first, Klopp and co countered tippy tappy with an ultra intense high press which requires athleticism rather than skill, not everyone plays this way though and the Euros matches have been entertaining by and large - better than Euro 96 which had a lot of turgid cautious games
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| stuckinbristol In the woodwork. 15 Jun 21 9.10pm |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
Wasn't sure about the title of this thread, but having read your first three posts lads, I found myself agreeing with you. There's no doubt that the spontaneous, natural skills and exciting attacking play has definitely been coached out of today's game. The beach football from Brazil that thrilled us in the past is rarely found today. Eze, with his cage football background comes close. Just hope our new guy let's him demonstrate some of his natural skills. Lets hope our new manager is, firstly in place when Eze comes back from injury and secondly, still in charge.
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| dreamwaverider London 16 Jun 21 4.48am |
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Originally posted by stuckinbristol
Lets hope our new manager is, firstly in place when Eze comes back from injury and secondly, still in charge. Crikey. What a thought. Edited by dreamwaverider (16 Jun 2021 4.49am)
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| eritheagle Erith 16 Jun 21 4.57am |
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I loathe all this starting everything with the short goal kicks to a player in the penalty box and then playing it around at the back. One team at the Euro's started with a defender passing the goal kick to the goalie every time.
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 16 Jun 21 7.25am |
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Originally posted by eritheagle
I loathe all this starting everything with the short goal kicks to a player in the penalty box and then playing it around at the back. One team at the Euro's started with a defender passing the goal kick to the goalie every time. I’m with you, give me the Harry Bassett Wimbledon or Steve Coppell way any day of the week. Get the ball forward and fight for it like your life depended on it. Edited by monkey (17 Jun 2021 12.04am)
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 16 Jun 21 8.39am |
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I'm loving this thread now! Hope our new manager is taking note. Nice work lads.
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| pax3908 16 Jun 21 8.46am |
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Originally posted by Eaglehamster
Spain played the type of football I'm beginning to loathe. England played in a similar vein. You know it, possession at all costs so it's meaningless passing back and forth until an opening appears. Meanwhile your opponents have time to organize their defence and make any breakthrough very hard. Passes tend to be directly to the player instead of ahead of him where he could pick up with pace. I suppose the heat will be used as a reason for this style but I just find it tedious in the extreme.
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 16 Jun 21 9.00am |
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I thought the Coppell football was the most boring of the lot, somewhere in between passing inside your team and route one punts please
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