Popular Post .Williamson. 81,469 Posted May 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2018 This is something I hope we work on next season because I don’t think we’ve practiced it in years. My Dad who rarely watches football has pointed this out to me himself on quite a number of occasions when he has sat down and watched us play with me. We are completely incapable of stringing any number of passes together without losing the ball BridgeIsBlue, Blue Avenger, gmcf and 14 others 17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,498 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Agreed, professional footballers who are on good money that can't even do non denominational primary school stuff correctly. .Williamson., HG5 and TEFTONG 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gmcf 33,940 Posted May 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2018 We're too slow . Seem to take an eternity to receive it , control it , look up and find a pass . Cedrick, BlueAvenger, HG5 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TEFTONG 59,868 Posted May 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2018 Pass and move. Stop treating the ball like it's on fire and protect it more. Basics that have been lacking for far too long. Gascoigne8, Bluekev, plumbGER and 5 others 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 81,469 Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, gmcf said: We're too slow . Seem to take an eternity to receive it , control it , look up and find a pass . The speed we play at is absolutely dreadful. Again going back to my Dads opinion, any time we play the taigs he sits asking why we are so bad against them when they’re fucking awful at football too It all goes back to what @K.A.I keeps saying recently about having a losers mentality I think. BridgeIsBlue 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gmcf 33,940 Posted May 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 minute ago, .Williamson. said: The speed we play at is absolutely dreadful. Again going back to my Dads opinion, any time we play the taigs he sits asking why we are so bad against them when they’re fucking awful at football too It all goes back to what @K.A.I keeps saying recently about having a losers mentality I think. Mentality could be part of it , but like your OP suggests , you canny beat practise , practise , practise . We need to keep doing it till it comes 2nd nature . BridgeIsBlue, HG5, 16BlueSherbert90 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrenmt7 653 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Definitely! Next season we need to be more creative and quicker with passing. Also think we play down the wings too much would like to see us play through the middle more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMB 14,167 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 It would be good if we worked on defending as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eskbankloyal 19,446 Posted May 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2018 Funnily enough I was looking at the stats on this morning. We have the second highest pass completion % in the league but 6th higher dribble completion % which says to me that the players aren’t brave enough to try a more difficult pass and play the easy backward or sideway pass dougie76, gmcf, Negri's lovechild and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
With Heart and Hand 8,949 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 we pass great...backwards dont know how many times over the past couple seasons ive been screaming to pass the fucking ball in front of a man, we have no forward movement and end up having to run back to catch a pass Tevernier just passes to the first blue jersey he sees, theres no thot process just get the ball away from me to another blue jersey even if hes marked and someone across the wing is wide open and we are just useless on the wings, the taigs have 2 on the pitch and 2 on the bench and this season weve had 0 in our squad for the first half of the season and one for the second half. Feels like 10 years since we've had a capable winger .Williamson. and HG5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 81,469 Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 1 minute ago, eskbankloyal said: Funnily enough I was looking at the stats on this morning. We have the second highest pass completion % in the league but 6th higher dribble completion % which says to me that the players aren’t brave enough to try a more difficult pass and play the easy backward or sideway pass Aye because we play loads of those annoying wee triangle passes at the touch line that go fucking nowhere Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 81,469 Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 John to Windass to Murphy to John to Windass to Murphy who runs into the defence... get ball back and repeat The No.9 and BridgeIsBlue 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,633 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Bring back Warby Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben10 2,194 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Passing yes, but more decision-making on the ball ; no player is exempt. The amount of times I've thrown the bottle at the screen when one of our players are on the ball and completely go against football logic and fuck up. Its disgraceful. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 63,954 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 A big part of it is a lack of movement I think, very rarely do our players attempt to find space so whenever they receive the ball further forward there's always a defender close to them. dougie76 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 We need to take care of the football and get our pitch geography correct to be in the position to receive the football. Bears r us, HG5, .Williamson. and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpswichGer 3,738 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 First touch is atrocious too. So many times we gift possession away because of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd 10,756 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 We need to dominate the football more Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 It's more about making the play. Having vision. Two moves ahead, not one. Knowing and reading your team mates. Always having a player off you to receive a ball when under pressure. Ability and mentaility needed n spades. All relative of course and in this backwater, you wouldn't think it would be that hard, but the quality and mentality of player needed, we have lacked for so long. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrup1984 25,100 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 It's so infuriating. Our passing generally over the years has been shocking. We seem to struggle with the very basics. And then randomly the move in first ten minutes away to the sheep where Dorrans played a great disguised reverse to Morelos after quick incisive work in the build up was fantastic. Some of Goss', Tavs, Bates', Morelos', Holt's passing was awful! Everyone has been guilty of it. You understand certain passes not coming off but some of our attempted passes defy logic. You don't even know what they were thinking and our inability to pass 5 yards tears your hair out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 10,946 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 22 minutes ago, gmcf said: We're too slow . Seem to take an eternity to receive it , control it , look up and find a pass . I used to moan like hell at Jig for that - it’s as though every player in the team was ‘on’ for a pass & he had to assess all the options before hitting as long a ball as he could! No thought about the two or three guys who should always be around the man with the ball, allowing unpressured links. Same now being repeated by the current crop - there’s nothing instinctive, other than possibly Tav & Candeias, once in a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 To me it’s a lack of movement up top and also players not wanting to take responsibility on the ball Guys like Holt will see someone steaming in towards them and either play it back the way or clear it and we lose possession. We need good quality footballers who aren’t afraid of taking a man on, or holding on to the ball in the face of opposition pressure because they’re good enough to work a half yard and play the right pass instead of always playing the easy one. That’s what separates the good teams from the Dundee’s of this world gmcf, CoopsLaud and .Williamson. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.A.I 36,183 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 21 minutes ago, .Williamson. said: The speed we play at is absolutely dreadful. Again going back to my Dads opinion, any time we play the taigs he sits asking why we are so bad against them when they’re fucking awful at football too It all goes back to what @K.A.I keeps saying recently about having a losers mentality I think. It’s true - celtic are pish and they are inside our heads. Failure against them is now ingrained in our players heads - they’ve had too many chances against them and can’t come close to beating them it will take more than 6 million from a share issue and 3 or 4 players do to it try flipping it and keep 3 or 4 and add 14-20 million onto the 6 million and sure we can do it I’m amazed anyone thinks any differently it’s astonishing this team is like an old house where damp and woodworm has set in and went untreated for years meaning we have to clear it to a shell and start over dougie76, .Williamson., mafia32 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 We can't even take a throw in and keep possession. And we haven't been able to hit a decent corner in years. kelvd1873, BlueAvenger and Ben10 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariuszAdamczuk 548 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Its basic shit we get wrong and thats whats so annoying Im furious at myself if I play one pass behind a team mate playing amateur or 5 a side yet these pros are doing it near enough all the time Play the pass in front of the man so he can run onto it, basics. gmcf, .Williamson. and dougie76 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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