Reply With QuoteI’d say in the WSL almost certainly.
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Nope they just become more varied in the skill sets , there some tall fella at Man city scoring few target mans goals ,Kane at Bayern , Toney at Brentford , Madine at Blackpool , Lewandowski at Barca ..
I’d say in the WSL almost certainly.
As you say, route one, but no target man. It was a long ball that he ran onto and put away. If any player in that scenario was a target man it was Toney and he didn't even touch the ball.Originally Posted by splott parker
It always a choice but sometimes it isyou certainly hope not?go watch rugby you'd prolly love it
imagine thinking the choice is whether to have "liquid football" or 3 points
You struggled at school
I hope things have improved
None of those are examples of target man play. They're just long balls. From keenly aware 'keepers with good feet. A target man is someone (usually tall and strong) who competes for the ball and usually to win it for another player. Are you trying to say Salah is a target man? Haaland probably could be, but he isn't. This thread isn't titled "Is the day of long passes over?" Liverpool have been taking advantage of long balls to Salah for years, it works because he's great at finding space, he's fast, exceptionally skillful, and one of the best finishers in the world.
Finally someone gets it.
I did a little work on whoscored data and found that, in the Premier League, there have been an average of 13.7 aerial duels per game this season. 10 seasons ago that was 17.9. Long balls as a percentage have dropped from 14.2 to 11.6 in a decade. Key passes which were seen as long passes have also gone down from 2.3 per game to 1.5.
There was a post on here about keepers hoofing it wide to the flanks, I remembered seeing this a few days before on YouTube shorts so added it (minus the quoted post obviously, but it was a good effort after a night shift)
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