RFC55 110,638 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Why do our players never ever have long range shots? 6 or 7 times today the ball fell perfectly to strike and instead players tried Arsenal type 1-2's or dinks over the top.Naisy, Jelavic, Whittaker and Davis are all good strikers of a ball, if the pass isnt easy and the shot is there we need to go for it more often! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemc 306 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Theres a few players in our team that should have shooting practice next week cause they never shoot from outside the box Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I get annoyed at this too.McCuloch is the only one who really tries his luck from long range and 99% of his shots are woeful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrybutcher 23 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Bring back mr albertz :broadfoot: Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertN 394 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 agree ask the question it may not go in but we may get a corner or a rebound ther keeper looked nevous at pass backs today but we never tested him muchdavis is capable as we seen against blackpool and who could forget mo edu's screamer last season Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelavic9 5 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I cannot remember the last goal that we scored from a decent range, we try to walk the ball into the net in the final third. Then in our own third all the defenders do is punt the ball up to the strikers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWalterSmithLegend 206 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Lack of bottle possibly? Most of them would have seen the abuse hurled at Charlie Adam for trying speculative shots at Ibrox and fans going mental when he missed target. Seriously though, its a thing taht also gets on my nerves too, maybe just not confident enough in their own ability. Scared to lose possession if they miss target, who knows? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 An excellent point. It's not the fact that we might score.. it's the rebound, perhaps hand ball, corner kick etc. It's all about putting pressure on. So far Ally's team is still Walter's team. Zero change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 110,638 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 An excellent point. It's not the fact that we might score.. it's the rebound, perhaps hand ball, corner kick etc. It's all about putting pressure on. So far Ally's team is still Walter's team. Zero change.Thats my point Del. We may win a corner a FK, PK even a rebound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben10 2,294 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Edu has a brilliant shot on him. As has Davis, Whittaker at times. Even Naismtih can hit a speculative effort but long range shots don't seem to be part of our game at all at the moment. This long ball game from the back can't become a regular feature in our game, and it's slightly worrying that was our main attack weapon at home and at such an early part of our season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Davis especially, always looks for that pass. Naisy has a fantastic shot on him, utilise it !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 11,760 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 McCulloch has had his fair share of long range shots, Edu's had a couple too but no one in the team tries it enough Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,624 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Why do our players never ever have long range shots? 6 or 7 times today the ball fell perfectly to strike and instead players tried Arsenal type 1-2's or dinks over the top.Naisy, Jelavic, Whittaker and Davis are all good strikers of a ball, if the pass isnt easy and the shot is there we need to go for it more often!Agree Davis and Naismith both did this today its passing the buck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 110,638 Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 Agree Davis and Naismith both did this today its passing the buck.Some of the one stuff touch was lovely to watch but we were then passing one extra time instead of getting the shot away, Jela and Naisy linked up superbly at times but its that extra fancy wee dink.A strike at goal and it can go anywhere. Its a gripe ive had with us for a while tbh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionsAgain 1,373 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 The diagnol ball we kept playing is hopeless , ball on the deck and dont be afraid to shoot . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevenson15 0 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 We all know Ness can score em Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 This has been going on for years. Kevin Thomson has a great shot from outside the box and the number of times I would shout for him to have a go only to see a pass inside the area Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Why do our players never ever have long range shots? 6 or 7 times today the ball fell perfectly to strike and instead players tried Arsenal type 1-2's or dinks over the top.Naisy, Jelavic, Whittaker and Davis are all good strikers of a ball, if the pass isnt easy and the shot is there we need to go for it more often!Did you find out if you knew that guy on the boulie?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenDavis 112 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 I noticed that today aswell, there was a few times when we should have just had a dig and try and trouble the keeper instead of passing it about and then eventually losing it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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