Dames Posted 28 November 2018 Posted 28 November 2018 For me the style of play we are trying to implement is out dated and slow. This tika taka style of patient build up and keeping the ball went out of fashion years ago and was only successful due to a team with world class players implementing it. We are workiing with a budget version of that style of play and it looks slow and ponderous because the players we have are not Messi, Xavi, Iniesta etc who can pull a defence splitting ball seemingly out of nowhere. Instead we just have a slow style of play that has no imagination and leaves us with a lot of sideways passes and little imagination. We need to bring back aspects of the quick exciting play that helped us win the league. We still have pace all across our attack and this slow style does not utilise that at all.
filbertway Posted 28 November 2018 Posted 28 November 2018 2 hours ago, Abrasive fox said: This is it for me. Hes had a year and the players weve got cant implement the style he wants, it will take about 8 years at this rate! While we continue to want to hold onto footballers out of sentiment rather than their ability, it's gonna take a long old time to get a proper squad capable of reaching the levels that fans want.
volpeazzurro Posted 28 November 2018 Posted 28 November 2018 1 hour ago, Dames said: For me the style of play we are trying to implement is out dated and slow. This tika taka style of patient build up and keeping the ball went out of fashion years ago and was only successful due to a team with world class players implementing it. We are workiing with a budget version of that style of play and it looks slow and ponderous because the players we have are not Messi, Xavi, Iniesta etc who can pull a defence splitting ball seemingly out of nowhere. Instead we just have a slow style of play that has no imagination and leaves us with a lot of sideways passes and little imagination. We need to bring back aspects of the quick exciting play that helped us win the league. We still have pace all across our attack and this slow style does not utilise that at all. I agree re the tika taka style of play but I really don't think that is what Puel is trying to get them to do and he's said as much in a couple of post match interviews. His intention is to attack with pace and whilst he wants to keep possession of the ball to protect it, he also gets frustrated when they slow things down. Why this is I don't know because you do see snatches of good movement and play at times. Whether it's the learning of a new style, lack of confidence or we just haven't got the right players to pull it off I don't know. The two fullbacks for example are vital for Puels style and his persistence with Chilwell is starting to pay dividends. Pereira, who looked pretty poor to me when he first came is gradually starting to adapt. He's admitted that he found the pace and physicality of our game very difficult at first but thinks he's getting there. I think with a bit of patience it will all come good but will take a bit longer yet.
hackneyfox Posted 28 November 2018 Posted 28 November 2018 4 hours ago, Abrasive fox said: He had all summer to improve this, and instead chose to focus on getting Ghezzal, who he prioritised over other players, and we signed Maddison, whilst he binned off all the other strikers with out replacing them. Didn't have a problem with the three strikers leaving, most of this board slated Slimani and Musa. Ulloa was past his sell by date. Thought FFP on salaries stopped us buying anymore players?
Mark Posted 15 December 2018 Posted 15 December 2018 We've now scored 8 goals in the last 11 games which is bad enough but of that there was the own goal vs Arsenal, Ndidi's massive deflected shot vs west ham and two Vardy penalties. We're simply not creating chances, unless you call crossing into no mans land all game creating opportunities. Nothing created in the middle and won't be with that midfield partnership. Bad, really bad decision making in wide areas but thats what we're relying on from open play.
Bryn Posted 15 December 2018 Posted 15 December 2018 We don't move the ball quickly enough, the movement off the ball is predictable, we tend get funneled wide and either deliver poor crosses or even when they're good we have absolutely no-one in the team who can get onto them. Our main attacking threat, in fact our only one, is Vardy and he's not suited at all to the system we play.
whoareyaaa Posted 15 December 2018 Posted 15 December 2018 The two central mids don't seem to play it forward enough for me Mendy is more than capable of doing it but doesn't while Nididi is better at breaking up play and playing a simple pass as anything forward seems to go a miss.. When Ghezall came on 2nd half his passing forwards was there to see Still we need to go with 2 up top as the lone striker is flawed Maddision needs to be more advangerous but with one striker to aim for its not that easy Gray is a work in progress needs to be in the team but lots of improvement needed Loads of problems that Peul can't figure out
lgfualol Posted 15 December 2018 Posted 15 December 2018 Need a big bastard. We would score loads. Just play Vardy against the big teams.
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 15 December 2018 Posted 15 December 2018 It's a simple numbers thing. We don't commit enough bodies forward.
l444ry Posted 15 December 2018 Posted 15 December 2018 3 minutes ago, Freeman's Wharfer said: It's a simple numbers thing. We don't commit enough bodies forward. Spot on......and all roads lead to Puel, the master of negative football. Never seen many teams attack with 11 men behind the ball but we manage it somehow!
Guest Col city fan Posted 18 December 2018 Posted 18 December 2018 No one is going to persuade me that Iheanacho is the answer to our lack of goals this season. He’s not a patch on many of the strikers we’ve had down here in recent times. I thought he was going to be lethal, but he’s clumsy and unintelligent. A top striker is definitely needed on our shopping list.
1969 Posted 18 December 2018 Posted 18 December 2018 8 minutes ago, Col city fan said: No one is going to persuade me that Iheanacho is the answer to our lack of goals this season. He’s not a patch on many of the strikers we’ve had down here in recent times. I thought he was going to be lethal, but he’s clumsy and unintelligent. A top striker is definitely needed on our shopping list. At the moment I just can't work out what kind of striker he's supposed to be. He's not showing enough pace to play off the shoulder of the last man, he rarely gets a shot away when he has a chance to, he's not strong in the air and his decision making is really poor. His first touch is awful too currently and he doesn't seem to attack the ball at crosses. He may just be devoid of confidence and he's still young but he's just not contributing enough for me.
HesNotGudjonsonn2 Posted 18 December 2018 Posted 18 December 2018 We need someone like Dwight Gayle to play as reserve to Vardy and come on playing the same way or for the time being, ageing as he may be, get Defoe in.
OhYesNdidi Posted 18 December 2018 Posted 18 December 2018 43 minutes ago, HesNotGudjonsonn2 said: We need someone like Dwight Gayle to play as reserve to Vardy and come on playing the same way or for the time being, ageing as he may be, get Defoe in. We don’t create chances so it’s pointless who plays upfront imo to some extent
HesNotGudjonsonn2 Posted 18 December 2018 Posted 18 December 2018 But it would be nice if the ball did get through to actually fall at the feet of a striker.
Cincinnati Fox Posted 19 December 2018 Posted 19 December 2018 On 15/12/2018 at 20:48, lgfualol said: Need a big bastard. We would score loads. Just play Vardy against the big teams. We need big Sam!
lcfcsnow Posted 1 January 2019 Posted 1 January 2019 Nice to get some wins lately but our goals scored / chances being created in games is still poor, only 14 goals in the last 16 games, a few of those being penalties.
norwichfox Posted 6 January 2019 Posted 6 January 2019 Sick of seeing Maddison constantly trying to cheat a free kick, so much for his apology....
Monsell1976 Posted 6 January 2019 Posted 6 January 2019 Because we have poor technical players, and they don’t have the speed of thought to move the ball quick enough. We have very little movement in the attacking 3 rd, hence sidewards, backwards passing, so many reason we are poor offensively
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 6 January 2019 Posted 6 January 2019 We’ve had enough chances to win this game, a good striker would of buried the chances.
BluethroughtheMiddle Posted 6 January 2019 Posted 6 January 2019 Because we have one decent striker, and only one decent striker.
woddyuk Posted 6 January 2019 Posted 6 January 2019 Because most of our shots are tame pass backs rather than putting laces through them ? Because we try to pass the ball into the net too often? Because we go sidewards when we are on the edge of the opposing box? Because our strikers are shit low on confidence and don't take shots on? Because as a consequence, all us dickheads shout "shoooooot" and panic players into hasty stupid shots? Because of the manager telling players to keep possession? Because some players are too busy showboating and living off wonder goals to put a shift in when they don't have the ball? But mainly because of Wellans ??
woddyuk Posted 6 January 2019 Posted 6 January 2019 On 24/11/2018 at 19:40, foxile5 said: Vardy is out of form and we don't have any other natural goal scorers at the club. Our decision to let Slimani leave loojs baffling in hindsight. Until we got someone better, I'd have kept Leo and let Slimani go personally.
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