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SourPatch2 said:
Positions of maximum opportunity. Basically just getting the strikers into better positions and knowing when as a team to feed them.
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It's an awful technique to use. Basically, blast the ball into an area where you strikers might be able to get a head on it. Goes back to that horrendous FA coaching that was created by that dinosaur Charlie Hughes

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Any more rumours on the Divin Muamba possible signing?

Personally think he would be an exciting addition to the squad
 
TopCat_ said:
It's an awful technique to use. Basically, blast the ball into an area where you strikers might be able to get a head on it. Goes back to that horrendous FA coaching that was created by that dinosaur Charlie Hughes

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It is unfortunately often linked to Reep and Hughes. The concept of POMO is still sound. Getting into positions from which you're more likely to score is essential no matter what type of game you play. It's really only when you combine it with Hughes other ideas that it becomes something unpalatable.
 
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The Norton Cat said:
I work in a specialised field and am often required to communicate information to people from outside of that field. There are various concepts that cannot be easily conveyed without long-winded explanations. It is better to assume that the audience has a certain degree of knowledge and to use the accepted terminology for these concepts, setting them in a context that helps to clarify their meaning. The audience can then look up the meaning of these words later or ask me outright, depending on what is more appropriate. When the audience has a pre-existing interest in the subject (they don't always, depending on the circumstances), this approach works well. That's essentially the situation that Speakman finds himself in. No one (or very few people) who has no interest in football is going to spend the time listening to him talk about football.
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You need Graham Hancock as a mentor mate :emoticon-0136-giggl
 
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TopCat_ said:
It's an awful technique to use. Basically, blast the ball into an area where you strikers might be able to get a head on it. Goes back to that horrendous FA coaching that was created by that dinosaur Charlie Hughes

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Johnsons version of it worked but yeah I agree the original usage of it is archaic.
 
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The Norton Cat said:
It is unfortunately often linked to Reep and Hughes. The concept of POMO is still sound. Getting into positions from which you're more likely to score is essential no matter what type of game you play. It's really only when you combine it with Hughes other ideas that it becomes something unpalatable.
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What I don't like is this uniform approach to taking up positions regardless of the patterns of play. As if where the striker stands, then dictates how the attack plays out. The beauty of football is seeing pass and move, clever runs and clever passes to fool the opposition defence. Lumping the ball to the back post hoping your 6'4" striker can head it might be effective, but it's not pleasing to the eye. It all comes down to what's more important - results or style of football.

The goal Clarke scored v Reading wouldn't happen with a team playing that rigid way.
 
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SourPatch2 said:
Johnsons version of it worked but yeah I agree the original usage of it is archaic.
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To be fair the original use of the term, was of its time in the game. We wouldnt think the Hughes of this world tactics would succeed now, but we still want strikers to be able to fins the best possible position. The term is relatively straight forward and still applies in the modern game where possession is more favoured. It just takes longer to find the angle to play the pass to POMO these days, because it is a more precise game. The best number 9 in the country is Haaland for me, and he bases his game in finding that position.
 
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CR17 said:
I mean, he isn't ****e at all mate, his goal record is more than good enough and he leads a line well but yeah his attitude sounds honking
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Can’t agree unfortunately. I think he is and always has been crap.
 
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