Now Airdrie doing the Total Football thing

[MOZZER2]

following my post last week regarding Gateshead in the national league

Lovely to see in the British game

Rhys McCabes' Airdrie playing total football 🔥🔥🔥

You can play like this in the Lower Leagues in Scotland... just takes good coaches with a philosophy pic.twitter.com/jdvg9Gla4L

— ScotsAbroadPod (@ScotsAbroadPod) September 25, 2023

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Shows how overhyped the football at the start of last season was. It genuinely isn’t that hard to move the ball in your half, it is what you do with it after.

Airdrie have a hell of a lot more movement off the ball than we did!

[Trigger]

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Amazing what you can do in walking football.

[fugsyphil]

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Keeping the ball for ages in your own half doesn't do anything for me

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Playing against a team of scarecrows helps, they let them do whatever they wanted didn't press, and didn't mark any players.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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They are sixth, I would imagine that goal was against one of the two pub teams at the bottom of the league of ten, Inverness with one point or Grenock.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/airdrieonians/table

[cityhammer]

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Amazing what you can do in walking football.

Not just me that thought that then!

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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So many unnecessary back-passes and players not taking any responsibility with the ball. Not for me.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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So many unnecessary back-passes and players not taking any responsibility with the ball. Not for me.

That was the Swansea way but without any forward passes or goals, just pass it around the back four and keeper for as long as they could it was terrible to watch, and bore the opposing teams to sleep.

[Armitage Shanks]

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It's like watching basketball only kicking rather than throwing.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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The football in the opposition's half was fantastic. It was partly aided by some of the passing inside their own half, dragging a few opposition players out of position.

Much nicer on the eye than goalkeeper whacking it upfield as far as he can in the hope of getting a flick on.

[NYCBlue]

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Not what I'd call total football. But a patient build-up. I have no problem with passing the ball around, dragging opposing players out of position, and waiting for opportunities. It didn't sound like their fans were too happy with it until the ball hit the net though.

[NYCBlue]

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It's like watching basketball only kicking rather than throwing.

I don't like basketball. But the average points total in an NBA game is over 200. And there's a shot clock set to 24 seconds per possession. So with respect, I beg to differ.

[Shute]

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I'd much rather see defenders defend and attackers entertain.

The skillful players barely get a touch in the modern game and it's less entertaining.