Quote Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff View Post
It has EVERYTHING to do with tactics.

How many long balls did you see Fulham play? How much possession football did you see us play by passing and moving?

I don’t think that their players are necessarily better than ours, but they have been coached on the basics of football: pass, move, pass,
move, keep the ball, make the other team work to gain possession, not play endless long balls where the chances of maintaining possession are dramatically less.

Who plays like that these days apart from us?

It is EVERYTHING to do with tactics.

If Fulham, Swansea and Brentford can do it, then why can’t our players? Because we have a manager that want to play another way.
as per my comments in another post :

Fulham have been spending good money on quality footballers for a decade. Brentford have been bringing in quick, skillful players slowly over 3/4 yrs. Swansea have had excellent scouting links and a good reputation for football which enables them to get good Prem. prospects on loan. Compare that to us. The players have given their all, but we are a very long way away from those 3..