Amazing how people have changed in the way they look. Next year you will be the same age Harold Wilson was when he became PM in 1964. I bet (and hope) you look a lot younger than he did at that age. 48 was the age I was when my old headmaster passed away. A grey haired chap with a sing song way of speaking which was like a caraciture of a headmaster you see in films I thought he was a Mr Chips type of character who had stayed on as he loved the job. Looking at the dates in the obituary it was a surprise to find he was 45 when I left school.
Some people are born old farts, nobody on here of course but a certain Mr Rees-Mogg and his like spring to mind.
Of course that’s the risk but you’ll rarely find a manager willing to compromise on it this day and age, the players who are often uncomfortable playing it are the ones who do and that’s what can cost a coach if he can’t get them up to speed
100% there are variations but the principles and ideas ultimately remain the same. Whether we go abit more direct or play through them, we aim to draw them in before making that next pass no matter the circumstances. We really need to nail recruitment going forward to keep pushing on because there isn’t a great track record for non parachute payment sides getting promoted playing this style.
There isn't a very great record for non parachute payment clubs getting promoted in recent years playing any style, but Brighton and Brentford did establish and continue to thrive in the league above. And like I said before a small club close to home got promoted with a small budget and now thrive in a higher league doing it also. There's proof of concept there across the levels if you look for it, and frankly it wouldn't have become a prevalent style without that. The question will be how much of an advantage it will be when every club adopts it. At which point the game will be forced to evolve again to find a new competitive advantage. And so on etc as has always been the case. Some will characterise it as just the latest fad. Others will see it as a natural evolution of the game. And so the wheel turns.
Some kids on a tv show in some rum place up'north....Were asked if they recognised Rees-Mogg, who was standing about two yards away. ..A kid said 'Yeah. I know him. He's the 'Where's Wally' bloke'....Mogg's ego was seriously deflated.
Expand this from individuals to the ten outfield players, Jack on Bobby Charlton "Our kid could play football, I could STOP people playing football" Or, another favourite of mine, Nobody ever scored from Row Z. Alan Hansen maybe? Transition, or put another way, park the bus and hoof it to the whippet. xg????? I have seen it explained time and time again and all I can think is some people have spent too much time playing computer games. It is a simple game. To win, you score more goals than the other team. You can have all the statistics and mumbo jumbo and analysists, the bench once consisted of manager, coach, and physio, now seemingly needing half a stand to fit all the non playing staff. None of these account for the bloody howler, the once in a career screamer.
10000% agree. So much bollocks, pseudo science & over analysis in modern day footy. They have made it far more complicated than it needs to be
Brentford and Brighton both got promoted under pragmatic managers though. I also agree but unfortunately if the club don’t get involved with it we’ll be left behind.
Personally, I think XG is useless for individual games, however it’s an interesting stat to see whether over a period of time, the team are playing well and creating chances. I’m essence, You’d be a fool to base everything on it on one game but it can give you an insight into where the team is falling short long term.
