Quote Originally Posted by Shute View Post
For every goal I've seen with this kind of passing up the pitch, I can also remember a defender losing the ball outside his own box that leads to a goal conceded. Look how much trouble we gave Arsenal at home last season when they tried playing out from the back and they have some fantastic footballers.
There is a big difference between playing-it-out-of-defence type football and the type of head tennis football that got us our winner against Luton. Fair enough, it did the job but that type of football is desperate and will only work sometimes.

Clearing your lines is ok. Long kicks from the keeper is fine. But when the second ball is won in and around the centre spot, we should be looking to retain it a bit long and work the ball to the wings, or through the middle, or even shift it back a little and look to work an opening through keeping possession of the ball in and around midfield.