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« Reply #60 on: Sunday, July 6, 2025, 15:03:47 » |
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Hearing that Holloway wants to use a lot of long ball this season, was on show yesterday for most the goals.
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« Reply #61 on: Sunday, July 6, 2025, 15:31:49 » |
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I thought Weymouth was 26th?  You coming ??. |
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« Reply #62 on: Sunday, July 6, 2025, 16:32:49 » |
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Hearing that Holloway wants to use a lot of long ball this season, was on show yesterday for most the goals.
If he wants to mix it up a bit, I'm all for it. I don't suppose he's intending to turn us into Cambridge Utd circa John Beck 1992.... |
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« Reply #63 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:00:47 » |
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Hearing that Holloway wants to use a lot of long ball this season, was on show yesterday for most the goals.
One of the interesting points from the LSPod review was mentioning how *big* we looked - players like Minturn and Kirkman having filled out a bit and Ball being a monstrous man. It can't hurt! I suspect that 'playing football' in L2 is actually more effective than most fans think, but I think we all prefer watching a team that can put itself about a bit as well! |
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« Reply #64 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:11:57 » |
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If he wants to mix it up a bit, I'm all for it. I don't suppose he's intending to turn us into Cambridge Utd circa John Beck 1992....
More the Macari style long ball and chase game rather than Becks all out air assault like the Cowleys were at Lincoln. |
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« Reply #65 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:24:14 » |
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Holloway described his Blackpool PL team as disguised long ball didn't he? Get the ball into the opposition half and then get it down and play.
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« Reply #66 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:26:03 » |
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Hearing that Holloway wants to use a lot of long ball this season, was on show yesterday for most the goals.
So thats why we bough Lincoln's air raid siren. Seriously though, whatever works to get us up. |
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« Reply #67 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:26:46 » |
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Holloway described his Blackpool PL team as disguised long ball didn't he? Get the ball into the opposition half and then get it down and play.
I realise none of us are exactly Pep Guardiola and it's more complex because football is all about space and moving the other team around etc. but I think we'd all sign up for 'get rid in our half, play football in theirs' instinctively! |
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« Reply #68 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:29:31 » |
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Get it away from our goal.
Get it in their goal.
No need to over complicate things.
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« Reply #69 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:34:15 » |
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Holloway described his Blackpool PL team as disguised long ball didn't he? Get the ball into the opposition half and then get it down and play.
Which was exactly what Macari did so well with us in the 80s, press, get the ball into the opponents half, chase and harry it and create chances quickly. It worked very very well back then and often scared the shit out of tippy tappy teams. Its not overly pretty but it can be very exciting to watch when done well. Create space when attacking and press when defending, dont over complicate things. |
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« Reply #70 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:41:11 » |
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Which was exactly what Macari did so well with us in the 80s, press, get the ball into the opponents half, chase and harry it and create chances quickly.
It worked very very well back then and often scared the shit out of tippy tappy teams.
Its not overly pretty but it can be very exciting to watch when done well.
Create space when attacking and press when defending, dont over complicate things.
I will always take it at this level....if the alternative is boring tedious 'keep ball' losses under Lindsey and Garner. |
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« Reply #71 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:43:41 » |
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I will always take it at this level....if the alternative is boring tedious 'keep ball' losses under Lindsey and Garner.
100% this. |
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« Reply #72 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 08:57:37 » |
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Which was exactly what Macari did so well with us in the 80s, press, get the ball into the opponents half, chase and harry it and create chances quickly.
It worked very very well back then and often scared the shit out of tippy tappy teams.
Its not overly pretty but it can be very exciting to watch when done well.
Create space when attacking and press when defending, dont over complicate things.
TBH in its own way, its actually not a million miles away from what Guardiola and Klopp do, win it back quickly by pressure and get it into areas where damage can be done. For too long we've had managers content for us to just piss around with it in places where there is literally no danger to the opponents, but in the case of our defence pissing about, but plenty of danger to us! |
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« Reply #73 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 10:55:49 » |
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It's all about being able to mix it up where necessary.
When you have willing runners like Tabor and Drinan, and a big Target man like Smith, you'd be silly not to go a bit more direct or to play the channel ball more often. League 2 defenders are rubbish and make mistakes often. Turn them, make them deal with direct balls and balls into the channel. Look at how we scored the equaliser at home to Port Vale. Drinan was just chasing what looked like a lost cause.
Then after 60-70 mins, when the game is stretched and players are more tired, that's when we can bring on the 'technicians' like your Butterworths and your Glatzels.
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« Reply #74 on: Monday, July 7, 2025, 10:59:23 » |
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Absolutely agree about defenders at this level being poor and having no pace, press them, there arent many CB's that can get near matching Smith in the air so have someone quick close by for Smiths knock downs.
Most teams rely on massive CB's with the turning circle of an oil tanker so exploit that with a bit of pace.
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