Tevez Posted 2 January 2008 Posted 2 January 2008 Holloways Favourate Tactic? McAuley is becoming scared every game goes on now. Please lets have some competition for his place.
lee7 Posted 2 January 2008 Posted 2 January 2008 Holloways Favourate Tactic?McAuley is becoming scared every game goes on now. Please lets have some competition for his place. no. when he brings some more of his own players in hopefully we will play better passing football.
Joe. Posted 2 January 2008 Posted 2 January 2008 We've looked more likely to pass the ball under Holloway to be fair. There's still the times we force ourselves to play hoofball but generally we look a better attacking side. It just seems to be the defence that keep making stupid errors at the moment and it's not helping.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 2 January 2008 Posted 2 January 2008 It'll be hoof hoof hoof from now on. Howard wins everything in the air. Whatever it takes though. I'd prefer us to stay up and win the playoffs next year winning a load of games 1-0 with five in midfield away from home than insist on continuing a supposed tradition in pretty football with overrated players and end up stuck in League One for three years and counting. Two purely hypothetical situations there, obviously.
Simi Posted 2 January 2008 Posted 2 January 2008 Hoofing doesn't always mean ugly football, it depends how it's played. Sometimes, hoofing can plainly be down to the mentality of the players on that pitch. Kisnorbo and McAuley have this mentality and it really needs to be drilled out of them. Yes, it will work for us with Howard there, but not all the time. Especially not in this league where there are plenty of tall and physical centre halves. I'm happy to see hoof ball if it works. At the moment though it wont. The strikers we have are either slow or lack general footballing awareness to anticipate flick ons. In some cases, both of these. Players need to complement each others strengths we don't have this at the moment.
Ultra Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 If we had some quality in midfield, the defenders would have an alternative option to hoofball. At the moment we don't. In fact we have lacked it on a consistent basis ever since Muzzy left, which is why we've been stuck in relegation battles year in year out.
lildave3 Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 There's a distinct lack of movement all over the pitch whenever we have the ball. If nobody is making spae to pass to, then you only have 1 option.
lavrentis Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 There's a distinct lack of movement all over the pitch whenever we have the ball. If nobody is making spae to pass to, then you only have 1 option. what is it then>
Thracian Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 It'll be hoof hoof hoof from now on. Howard wins everything in the air. Whatever it takes though. I'd prefer us to stay up and win the playoffs next year winning a load of games 1-0 with five in midfield away from home than insist on continuing a supposed tradition in pretty football with overrated players and end up stuck in League One for three years and counting. Two purely hypothetical situations there, obviously. I understand your sentiments but such ideas as staying up with a lot of 1-0's or that other familiar cry of drawing ugly away but winning our home games are just like taps dripping year on year. First, we haven't won 1-0 in the League all season just as we hardly ever win at home. And the reason is because we don't play the sort of football that gets more goals than the opposition, the sort of football you seem to think we can do without. As it happens I don't for a minute think you're a dourist. It's just that there won't ever be an easy time to change our philosophies - philosophies which have proved flawed for so long partly because you can put a complete team of defenders out and it still won't stop average players conceding. It is time we determined to put a team on the field which will make the opposition worry about us instead of ice versa. That doesn't have to be pretty. But it would have to be fast, strong, accurate and creative.
He's not bald Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 Who needs to score goals when your 'Hard to beat'? Teams that only need to draw?
Bluemoon Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 We've looked more likely to pass the ball under Holloway to be fair. There's still the times we force ourselves to play hoofball but generally we look a better attacking side. It just seems to be the defence that keep making stupid errors at the moment and it's not helping. Of course the more attacking football we play, the more likely it will be we will leak goals. If attacking football was the answer to all ills then all 92 clubs would have 11 forwards, and no one would get relegated. My worry is that this manager has always leaked goals, and he could start his tenure here by destroying the only strength we had, due to his naiive tactical dogma of attack, attack, attack. A long time ago I remember seeing his QPR once or twice......they were absoloutely awful at the back.......................so..........perhaps a lot of 5-4s coming up
Theboybroome Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 There's a distinct lack of movement all over the pitch whenever we have the ball. If nobody is making spae to pass to, then you only have 1 option. Well surely there should be 2 options, hoof it, or coach players to move off the ball, I prefer the latter! They are like bloody statues at the minute when were in possesion though, I'll give you that.
TrickyTrev Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 I should imagine McAuley will lose his place once Bruno is no longer needed for midfield duty, he has been awful of late.
Raj Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 Hoof ball is the way forward. it worked well for wimbledon. I want Leicester to be the Dons of this era. we've had problems getting midfielders so this is the solution... FCUK MIDFIELD!!! Hoof the ball in to 4 or 5 strikers. GAME ON!!!
Zingari Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 Hoof ball is the way forward.it worked well for wimbledon. I want Leicester to be the Dons of this era. we've had problems getting midfielders so this is the solution... FCUK MIDFIELD!!! Hoof the ball in to 4 or 5 strikers. GAME ON!!! sense at last midfield pah , who needs it anyway, end to end stuff all the way
Fez of Mahrez Posted 3 January 2008 Posted 3 January 2008 I understand your sentiments but such ideas as staying up with a lot of 1-0's or that other familiar cry of drawing ugly away but winning our home games are just like taps dripping year on year.First, we haven't won 1-0 in the League all season just as we hardly ever win at home. And the reason is because we don't play the sort of football that gets more goals than the opposition, the sort of football you seem to think we can do without. As it happens I don't for a minute think you're a dourist. It's just that there won't ever be an easy time to change our philosophies - philosophies which have proved flawed for so long partly because you can put a complete team of defenders out and it still won't stop average players conceding. It is time we determined to put a team on the field which will make the opposition worry about us instead of ice versa. That doesn't have to be pretty. But it would have to be fast, strong, accurate and creative. It was just a comment that I'd rather be in Derby's position at the moment than Forest's.
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