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    A team cannot play football without the ball

    We gifted possession in the second half.
    When they didn’t have it we gave it back to them.
    Poor tactics.
    A poor substitution. Why not Grujic.

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY View Post
    We gifted possession in the second half.
    When they didn’t have it we gave it back to them.
    Poor tactics.
    A poor substitution. Why not Grujic.
    You managed to work the tactics out?, impressive

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY View Post
    We gifted possession in the second half.
    When they didn’t have it we gave it back to them.
    Poor tactics.
    Until the 93rd minute, the most passes made by Cardiff without Derby touching the ball was 4. And that was for the goal. Mostly it was two passes before Derby got the ball back.

    Against Forest, the team strung five passes together on one occasion.

    Will be interesting to see if Warnock persists with these tactics in the Premier League.

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Team selection needs to be better.

    Grujic, Ken, NML and Pelts back please.

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by Badly Ironed Shirt View Post
    Until the 93rd minute, the most passes made by Cardiff without Derby touching the ball was 4. And that was for the goal. Mostly it was two passes before Derby got the ball back.

    Against Forest, the team strung five passes together on one occasion.

    Will be interesting to see if Warnock persists with these tactics in the Premier League.
    We've reverted to proper hoofball recently with Grujic out of the team, is Warnock feeling the pressure?

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bob Banker Spanker View Post
    Team selection needs to be better.

    Grujic, Ken, NML and Pelts back please.
    IMO it does matter who is in the team at the moment. They are obviously under orders to hoof the ball upfield at the 1st chance. When we were playing well at the start of the season we got the ball forward quickly. But it wasn't aimless and we mixed it up a bit. Many of our long balls are hit and hope. They must be because they are lobbed forward when players aren't facing forward. But Grujic is needed as long as Warnock does lets him play his game.

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelsonca61 View Post
    You managed to work the tactics out?, impressive
    Thanks for being kind enough to call them tactics!

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    That's the third time I've seen us play in filthy rain this season and every time we've been absolutely diabolical.... Preston away 3/4's of Sheffield Utd away and now second half at Derby. Clearly struggle with any passing on wet pitches whereas the opposition who tend to play more football anyway improve under the conditions
    Last edited by fugsyphil; 24-04-18 at 23:35. Reason: hadn't finished my post when hitting send!

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by fugsyphil View Post
    That's the third time I've seen us play in filthy rain this season and every time we've been absolutely diabolical.... Preston away 3/4's of Sheffield Utd away and now second half at Derby. Clearly struggle with any passing on wet pitches whereas the opposition who tend to play more football anyway improve under the conditions
    You'd think it would be the other way round.

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by Badly Ironed Shirt View Post
    Until the 93rd minute, the most passes made by Cardiff without Derby touching the ball was 4. And that was for the goal. Mostly it was two passes before Derby got the ball back.

    Against Forest, the team strung five passes together on one occasion.

    Will be interesting to see if Warnock persists with these tactics in the Premier League.
    Which website do you use to get these stats?

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelsonca61 View Post
    You managed to work the tactics out?, impressive
    Tactics? What tactics?
    If there were any tactics the players certainly didn’t know about them or if they did didn’t know how to play to them. A complete and utter shambles all round.

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    Re: A team cannot play football without the ball

    Quote Originally Posted by fugsyphil View Post
    That's the third time I've seen us play in filthy rain this season and every time we've been absolutely diabolical.... Preston away 3/4's of Sheffield Utd away and now second half at Derby. Clearly struggle with any passing on wet pitches whereas the opposition who tend to play more football anyway improve under the conditions
    Can’t pass in any conditions, so the weather doesn’t have any effect.

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