Leicester_lad_92 Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 Just wondered does anybody know the reason why we pass the ball back to drinky to smack it forward and out of play from kick off ? Always wondered why we do this
lcfcben76 Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 23 minutes ago, Leicester_lad_92 said: Just wondered does anybody know the reason why we pass the ball back to drinky to smack it forward and out of play from kick off ? Always wondered why we do this Not a clue but I wonder this every game, clearly doesn't work and is just simply strange that we stick by it, same goes for short corners imo
jammie82uk Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 5 hours ago, Leicester_lad_92 said: Just wondered does anybody know the reason why we pass the ball back to drinky to smack it forward and out of play from kick off ? Always wondered why we do this The players have a spread bet with the bookies on when the ball is going to go out of play
Guest Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 No idea I've wondered the same every match for years. Its as if its a leicester tradition nobody dares to change.
Moksky Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 It's done so that the whole team can push up and squeeze the ball and put the opposition immediately on the back foot. Used a lot by long ball sides in lower leagues. You will see the side that it is kicked to loaded with more players who chase the ball down and try to,win it back immediately.
blurryface Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 Something like 73% of throw-ins in the first 5 minutes of a game are immediately given back to the opposition. That's why.
TrentFox Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 Maybe at kick-off, we we should tap it forward and all outfield players should just jump on top of the ball and refuse to move until half-time??
glenny_fox Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 I hope they carry on doing it. the one time they haven't done it, and tried to pass it between ourselves, was the Watford game and we all know how that turned out in the first minute.
old koppite Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 1 hour ago, toddybad said: No idea I've wondered the same every match for years. Its as if its a leicester tradition nobody dares to change. It drives me mad! A few teams I played for over the years on the parks of Leicester back in the day used to do it , and I stopped l playing 15 years ago! It was always passed back to the same midfield player, and he just kicked it as far as he could, usually out of play or to the opps full back ! Hopeless. Just ask yourself do Barca, BM, man city etc etc do it.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 22 minutes ago, old koppite said: It drives me mad! A few teams I played for over the years on the parks of Leicester back in the day used to do it , and I stopped l playing 15 years ago! It was always passed back to the same midfield player, and he just kicked it as far as he could, usually out of play or to the opps full back ! Hopeless. Just ask yourself do Barca, BM, man city etc etc do it. Teams do it so you can put the opposition under pressure. If you start passing it back you then put your team under pressure. can you imagine Drinkwater passing it back to Huth while two forwards close him down at speed? People would have a heart attack!!
Rigga Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 Likewise it drives me mad too and I always tell the lads with me at games what is coming. it shows a lack of confidence from the very 1st whistle in keeping the ball. And let's be honest we are no possession keeping team. Why we would boot it upfield is beyond me and it kind of sets the tone to our performances this season
Rigga Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 1 minute ago, AmarteyAndChill said: Teams do it so you can put the opposition under pressure. If you start passing it back you then put your team under pressure. can you imagine Drinkwater passing it back to Huth while two forwards close him down at speed? People would have a heart attack!! Which just shows that we have no confidence at all in our players. what hope have we got if we don't even want the ball from the k o ?
Itsthejoeker Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 Just now, Rigga said: Which just shows that we have no confidence at all in our players. what hope have we got if we don't even want the ball from the k o ? We did it all last year too? The ball usually goes out for a throw-in, and you're much more likely to win the ball back from there rather than losing it trying to run at 11 men.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 We used to send one or two players down the wings to pretend they wanted to win the header but we rarely even bother with that nowadays.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 7 minutes ago, Rigga said: Which just shows that we have no confidence at all in our players. what hope have we got if we don't even want the ball from the k o ? It's make sense to do it at kick off. Immediately gives the opposition something to think about/putting them under pressure. Top teams don't do it as they are obsessed with having the ball Ect.
Fox92 Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 Drives me mad. We used to do it under Adams and I hated it then. Then we stopped doing it. All we do is give the ball away. Nothing wrong with knocking the ball back and keeping the ball.
old koppite Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 12 minutes ago, Fez of Mahrez said: We used to send one or two players down the wings to pretend they wanted to win the header but we rarely even bother with that nowadays. Ha ha Sad isn't it? What a giveaway sign to the opp from the start that we have no confidence in our basic football ability
old koppite Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 8 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: It's make sense to do it at kick off. Immediately gives the opposition something to think about/putting them under pressure. Top teams don't do it as they are obsessed with having the ball Ect. Sorry, have to disagree. I think pro footballers just laugh and think, this clueless lot do haven't got anything more original.
st albans fox Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 it's not rocket science. It's the basic tactic that won us the bloody league. Get the ball in their final third and try and win back possession in the opposition half. You see claudio imploring the players to get it into the channels for the entire game. if we set up differently then we can play differently. but we have numbers higher up the pitch so makes sense to get it forward quickly. Not very pretty most of the time but it's our way until we change the formation.
Rigga Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 Why would you give away possession to than have to work your arse off to win it back? Bizarre!!
VLC86 Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 lets focus on not conceding goals from opposition goal kicks before we get too technical.
ozvaldo Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 It's part of Ranieri's master plan to give the ball away and then hit teams on the break when they lose it. The only problem is, he hasn't advanced the side since last year to be able to fulfill this regularly with any kind of conviction. But he's a top, top bloke so we must give him (and this pointless tactic) until the rest of the season.
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 28 December 2016 Posted 28 December 2016 Worked well at Watford away 30 seconds later
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