Roy Makaay - "keep it simple, tricks are for the circus"

[The Dude 20,026]

5 hours ago, bluenose244 said:

Come on Roy, we love nothing more than a fancy flick straight to the opposition turning over possession.

We fucking loved it when it was Nathan Oduwa and were mortally wounded when he was criticised for it.

[Bad Robot 21,346]

13 hours ago, SkylineBlue said:

We really are looking to grasp onto any wee thing that suggests Gio will turn things around pronto, aren't we?

We really grasp on anything to put the boot into Kent

[Tom0411 1,226]

That sounds straight out of the Cryuff training manual.

[Ahalfallover 29]

14 hours ago, ElBufalo20 said:

We the same fan base that was  taking the piss out of Anges first training session with key phrases.

I’ll wait til results on the park before I can get excited about training videos 

same

 

 

[ForeverAndEver 71,687]

30 minutes ago, Bad Robot said:

We really grasp on anything to put the boot into Kent

 

[KeyserSoze 14,605]

14 hours ago, ElBufalo20 said:

We the same fan base that was  taking the piss out of Anges first training session with key phrases.

I’ll wait til results on the park before I can get excited about training videos 

Come on man, get yourself at least a wee bit excited no? New era is always exciting 

[ElBufalo20 7,916]

4 minutes ago, KeyserSoze said:

Come on man, get yourself at least a wee bit excited no? New era is always exciting 

I am excited but  can never buy into the training material stuff wether it’s perceived to be positive or negative. I genuinely think all that stuff should be kept in house.

Anyway I am buzzing that’s us got a game every midweek and weekend up til the new year.

Tricky away games but very winnable home games.

6 points in our next 2 league games and Makaay can say what he likes!

 

[Big Al 55 9,281]

He’ll need to start with controlling the ball for our front players, hopefully he’s done the ‘trapping’ drill yesterday.

[King Jela 20,482]

A trick is something a whore does for money 

[Johnstone Burgh 1,642]

3 hours ago, Prso's headband said:

I’ve never been bothered about the passing trying to move the other team around. 
 

My problem is the speed of the passing. Sometimes Kamara, Goldson, Balogun, Barisic will take 3-4 touches just to play a ball 5-10 yards. 
 

My other issue is when we break on teams it takes us 8-10 passes to get into the box by then the other team have numbers back. If we can cut out half of those and be in the box quicker, chances are we score. 
 

Far too often the ball carrier starts running away from goal looking for support and ends up playing it back to midfield or defence. 

Go look at some of the goals we scored last season, the difference in speed between then and now is frightening sometimes. We can say we’ve been sussed out or whatever but really we are doing ourselves no favours with how we’re playing this season. 

[falkirkNS 6,298]

9 minutes ago, Johnstone Burgh said:

Go look at some of the goals we scored last season, the difference in speed between then and now is frightening sometimes. We can say we’ve been sussed out or whatever but really we are doing ourselves no favours with how we’re playing this season. 

Slow pedestrian.

One of Davis, kamara or lundstram is enough for our midfield.

On paper right now, Davis I'd exspect his last season.

Lundstrum is a Gerrard prodigy/risk signing who jogs around passing sideways and back, looks every much a sheffield utd player who has never had pressure to high press teams and demand the win the baw back right away.

Kamara, who has regressed massively, our most valuable asset outside Kent. I would be open to offers if it meant reinvesting in the playing squad come January, all being well we are still in a title fight.

[BearInTheToon 1,577]

31 minutes ago, falkirkNS said:

Slow pedestrian.

One of Davis, kamara or lundstram is enough for our midfield.

On paper right now, Davis I'd exspect his last season.

Lundstrum is a Gerrard prodigy/risk signing who jogs around passing sideways and back, looks every much a sheffield utd player who has never had pressure to high press teams and demand the win the baw back right away.

Kamara, who has regressed massively, our most valuable asset outside Kent. I would be open to offers if it meant reinvesting in the playing squad come January, all being well we are still in a title fight.

Kamara almost made me launch the tv on Sunday. Took far too many touches, was nowhere near ambitious/progressive enough with his passing and absolutely shat it (as he nearly always does) when actually in a great position to take a shot.

He offers nothing as an 8 and even for a 6, he’s too safe with his passing. Some games he’s the master of controlled possession, many game he’s just frustrating.

[DrLaudrup 4,684]

Any analysis of us should show that all our success of last season came from high tempo and high press. This season we've done none of that. The lack of a high press in particular means we are 30 yards deeper which puts far more pressure on our defenders which is probably why we are conceding more goals also. I have no idea why we've become so pedestrian but unless we have motivated players playing to their strengths we will continue to make things difficult for ourselves. The players have done themselves no favours at all this season and I think Gio has a hard job to give them all the rocket they need. I look forward to us hopefully starting to get some more dynamic direct play back as teams couldn't live with us when we played that way. 

[KeyserSoze 14,605]

1 hour ago, King Jela said:

A trick is something a whore does for money 

Or yir bird for free

[Thermopylae 15,287]

Always a big mistake in football when footballers think they are better than they actually are, A big part of our success last year was that we knew if we worked harder than everyone else we would win but that seems to have been forgotten ... it's all about application 

[SonicWill 827]

Dutch people are renowned for their bluntness. It’ll be interesting to see how the dressing room reacts to this over the months and years ahead. 

[G.E.C. 18,863]

Who remembers Kevin Keegans Soccer Circus at Braehead 

[beararse 6,389]

5 hours ago, falkirkNS said:

Kamara, who has regressed massively, our most valuable asset outside Kent. I would be open to offers if it meant reinvesting in the playing squad come January, all being well we are still in a title fight.

There you go again with your ‘blacks out’ chat. Shameful ….. 🤣🤣🤣

(for those reading this, that’s a joke comment referencing something that was inferred on another thread)

[Ross-Gazza genius 1,915]

I think Roy is basically stamping out needless tricks for the sake of it when a simple pass is suffice. I'm sure the management team won't mind a bit of skill or trickery in the right areas. 

[johanhentze 14,169]

5 hours ago, Thermopylae said:

Always a big mistake in football when footballers think they are better than they actually are, A big part of our success last year was that we knew if we worked harder than everyone else we would win but that seems to have been forgotten ... it's all about application 

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

[bluenoz 30,975]

13 minutes ago, johanvanhentze said:

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

Is this a quote from you or someone else? either way, I like that. 👍

[johanhentze 14,169]

49 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

Is this a quote from you or someone else? either way, I like that. 👍

Tim Notke, a basketball coach. Very good quote and very true.

[LegendofCoop 17,406]

Talking of training....sort of. Who's this guy in the middle?

[G13 3,038]

I was told there's some kid from Man city training with us but may just be a rumour. 

[falkirkNS 6,298]

Big Roy has his attention, young Juan alegria