Originally Posted by
Lawnmower
It’s everywhere.
Boro are a great e ample of a team trying to play a bit of it and failing.
Huddersfield also poor
Stoke have tried to change in the last few years and are a shadow of what they were
Luton were a bit better, but created nothing
Fulham also were great in their own half but produced very little from it
I’m not saying we should whack it up every time, in fact at times yesterday and against Huddersfield and Luton we played some good football, particularly on the counter.
I just wish there wasn’t this obsession with passing stats and a perception that that is the only way to play.
What suits our players is to be organised and attack quickly and utilise the pace we have, not 40 passes around a back 4 and keeper where only one player is comfortable on the ball
You say we bypass the midfield, so why is it that Joe Ralls is regularly the top passer in the opposition half ( from both teams) ?
What we don’t do is the vanity project of pointless sideways and back passed around our own box