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delmbox
16-01-22, 15:44
https://twitter.com/EFLStats/status/1482715391134679042?s=20
UNDERHILL1927
16-01-22, 17:43
https://twitter.com/EFLStats/status/1482715391134679042?s=20

Shows that Morisson is making changes. Was never going to turn into success over night but I'd give him until the end of next season to see what he can do
Cyclops
16-01-22, 17:50
I found it amusing during the Man City v Chelsea game (which was possession/pressing football personified) that the pundits were advocating that Chelsea resorted to long balls to Lukaku.
Is the pendulum on the swing?
Oh - and flared jeans are back in fashion, I see....
City123
16-01-22, 17:59
Well this simply will not do.
Tuerto
16-01-22, 18:53
36% of that figure is Vaulks wiping the ball with a towel.
delmbox
16-01-22, 19:46
Accurate as well https://twitter.com/EFLStats/status/1482716461043011587?t=gx5mBGX9jfFHUk7tPYtzJw&s=08
Baloo
16-01-22, 21:43
We may not be very good at it but this is what we wanted isn’t it?
City123
16-01-22, 21:55
We may not be very good at it but this is what we wanted isn’t it?
Not really, there were never very many people calling for possession football. Not wanting us to play hoofball does not mean you want to see what people here have called "tippy tappy" football
Tuerto
16-01-22, 21:58
We may not be very good at it but this is what we wanted isn’t it?

Yes and no really. I can't recall anyone asking for more possession, just more passing, build up play, movement etc. We've got more passing under Morison but there is no end result with it, at no point do we find the opening needed to exploit the possession, which is what it's all about i suppose.
Baloo
16-01-22, 22:43
Yes and no really. I can't recall anyone asking for more possession, just more passing, build up play, movement etc. We've got more passing under Morison but there is no end result with it, at no point do we find the opening needed to exploit the possession, which is what it's all about i suppose.
My point wasn’t entirely serious but perhaps the challenge to turn us into a side effective at all those things shouldn’t be underestimated either.
NYCBlue
16-01-22, 22:55
36% of that figure is Vaulks wiping the ball with a towel.

:hehe:
NYCBlue
17-01-22, 00:16
I found it amusing during the Man City v Chelsea game (which was possession/pressing football personified) that the pundits were advocating that Chelsea resorted to long balls to Lukaku.
Is the pendulum on the swing?
Oh - and flared jeans are back in fashion, I see....

Liverpool play a lot of long balls. But most of them are inch-perfect and to the feet of Mo Salah who has the kind of balance, speed and touch you see once or twice in a generation.
stan butler
17-01-22, 01:01
36% of that figure is Vaulks wiping the ball with a towel.

:hehe:
dandywarhol
17-01-22, 17:20
What's our percentage for getting the ball in the back of the net 5%?
xsnaggle
18-01-22, 09:01
What's our percentage for getting the ball in the back of the net 5%?

That's 100%. every time we put the ball in the back of the net we put the ball in the back of the net.

Who's net it may be is a different question :getscoat:
Don Corleone
18-01-22, 12:55
Liverpool play a lot of long balls. But most of them are inch-perfect and to the feet of Mo Salah who has the kind of balance, speed and touch you see once or twice in a generation.

The direct football we played at the start of the 2017 18 season under Warnock was exciting and effective with balls played into the channels and behind defenders for the front 3 of Zohore , Mendez Laing and Hoilett to run on to . The 3-0 demolition of Aston Villa in the opening game was a perfect example of exciting direct football
Cyclops
18-01-22, 13:02
The direct football we played at the start of the 2017 18 season under Warnock was exciting and effective with balls played into the channels and behind defenders for the front 3 of Zohore , Mendez Laing and Hoilett to run on to . The 3-0 demolition of Aston Villa in the opening game was a perfect example of exciting direct football

Totally agree. Edge of seat - even stand up stuff. Best City football experience in last decade imo.
Shame it didn't last. Zohore and ML had non-football related problems, which caught up with them.
City123
18-01-22, 13:05
Totally agree. Edge of seat - even stand up stuff. Best City football experience in last decade imo.
Shame it didn't last. Zohore and ML had non-football related problems, which caught up with them.
Warnock also, for whatever reason, turned away from that style not long after. I think we got battered up at Preston (?) and from then on it became a far more turgid affair