19-10-2015, 18:19
Hi Valpayne. Yes you're right I remember now the problem at the City game was that we started as a 442, but take it from someone who was there, we definitely did not take the game to them. In fact a 442 can often be more rigid and defensive than a 451 as you often surrender more possession, there tends to be bigger gaps between the lines, and it suits a more direct style of play as you leave 2 men up to collect the long balls. I think we saw this with Hodgson, and I think it is the reason why 442 is Pulis's preferred formation if he can get away with playing it.
As for the passing, I genuinely believe we must spend very little time on it in training as we are terrible. We certainly don't play football in dangerous areas. We never really look like scoring from open play and our goal on Saturday only came from a goalkeeping error which the majority of refs would probably have given as a foul (not that I think it was). If you think I'm just focusing on negatives then I guess I will concede that at least we're good at corners, but as Shania Twain said, that doesn't keep me warm in the middle of the night.
As for the passing, I genuinely believe we must spend very little time on it in training as we are terrible. We certainly don't play football in dangerous areas. We never really look like scoring from open play and our goal on Saturday only came from a goalkeeping error which the majority of refs would probably have given as a foul (not that I think it was). If you think I'm just focusing on negatives then I guess I will concede that at least we're good at corners, but as Shania Twain said, that doesn't keep me warm in the middle of the night.
