Doesn't take long, if you've the stomach for it...
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I think we need to give Rosenior time. The team we have has been put together by Acun & Shota to play a certain way, whatever that style was under Shota.. Rosie needs a bit of time and a few transfer windows to move players out and bring in players that fit his way of playing. It'll take a while before we can really see what he's trying to do.
This example has been used many times before, but if Klopp & Pep needed time to get their ideas across, why are some expecting Rosie to get it right in a few months? I've heard certain managers say the keeper is one of the most important players for playing this brand of football.. Ingram isnt going to become that keeper, we'll need to eventually bring one in who is composed, can pick a pass and has good decision making. I dont think Baxter is the answer either, but currently they are our keepers.
You see Liverpool bring in Alison, and Man City with Ederson.. it changed everything about their team, suddenly it clicks together. As someone said on here the other day, you'll still see mistakes playing this way, but it is indeed risk & reward, and clearly some of the best managers in the world believe its worth the risk.
Rosie is no mug, he's clearly an intelligent guy, he's thought about this way of playing for a long time. It's not like Shota-ball where the fans and more importantly the players had no idea what we were trying to do with the ball. But we're going to have to be patient and buy into it. I'd be very surprised if we didnt already see big improvements when Liam can bring in 3 or 4 players in January. Then come the end of the season when the window opens again, Acun will no doubt back him again, hopefully correcting some of the mistakes made this summer.. Maybe then we can be a bit more critical.
My thoughts entirely...Good Post.I just don’t think players at this level are good enough to play this Barcelona style keep ball without playing themselves into trouble too often. Players can press and harass and force mistakes at any level but only the best footballers pull off this style of play reliably.
I just don’t think it’s possible to pull it off with what we’ve got and a happy medium needs to be found where the defenders don’t **** about getting rushed into playing hospital passes.
Are you saying they didn't? Did they have their teams playing exacxtly as they wanted from day 1? Are you just being contrary for the sake of it?Saying Klopp and Pep needed time....???
Which is precisely the opposite of what he did do. Try reading it all again, maybe a bit more slowly.... and you cannot possibly in this century compare Edison and Alison with Baxter Ingram...
Smallwood doesn't appear to be going down very well with the fans at Bradford.
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We do .... but Longman and Tufan are far from our major weaknesses at the moment.Keep saying it we need some pace and directness its as simple as that. Longman, Woods and Tufan out.
I'd prefer to not pass the ball about in our 6 yard area or even our 18 yard area
The goalkeeper should be able to throw or kick the ball to full backs, wingers or midfielders who are 30 or 40 yards from our goal
Some on here complain about "the ball coming straight back" if the ball is passed up field.
I'd rather the ball come straight back from up field than go straight into the back of the net because of a panicked pass from six yards out
I just don’t think players at this level are good enough to play this Barcelona style keep ball without playing themselves into trouble too often. Players can press and harass and force mistakes at any level but only the best footballers pull off this style of play reliably.
I just don’t think it’s possible to pull it off with what we’ve got and a happy medium needs to be found where the defenders don’t **** about getting rushed into playing hospital passes.
Or boot it up field as hard as possible in the hope that sometimes there's a percentage chance of winning it in the oppositions third! It's a tactic known as 'rocket science.'I'd prefer to not pass the ball about in our 6 yard area or even our 18 yard area
The goalkeeper should be able to throw or kick the ball to full backs, wingers or midfielders who are 30 or 40 yards from our goal
Or boot it up field as hard as possible in the hope that sometimes there's a percentage chance of winning it in the oppositions third! It's a tactic known as 'rocket science.'
Despite it been the way Rosie wants to play, players have to take some portion of the blame for making a suicidal pass instead of a long ball, especially from our own free kick. Rosie was going nuts on the touchline how many times did Ingram have the option to throw the ball out wide and never did.
He was but he was as slow as a dog getting back for the ball. I thought the Blackpool fiasco was completely down to the players, 2 hospital balls from Ingram, Woods too slow getting back and a fairly feeble attempt at a block from Seri. Hard to blame tactics for that.Woods was about 30/40 yards away on sat wasn't he?
He was but he was as slow as a dog getting back for the ball. I thought the Blackpool fiasco was completely down to the players, 2 hospital balls from Ingram, Woods too slow getting back and a fairly feeble attempt at a block from Seri. Hard to blame tactics for that.