
Originally Posted by
AdrianAlston
I don't remember that but nor would I contradict it. But he played under Mad Mick and I don't remember during that tenure any central defenders trying to pass.
We currently have a few midfielders who suffer from the fault to which you refer. Although, on times last season it appeared that they had been instructed not to pass the ball in a forward direction.
Ron Greenwood's mantra was that the ball should always go forward (pass and move) and during his training sessions backward or sideways passes were banned.