Chesting it down in a packed midfield

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We dropped ourselves right in the shit twice yesterday trying to chest the ball down yesterday in a very busy midfield.

I'm all for getting the ball under control but some times it just needs twatting upfront out of harms way.
 



We dropped ourselves right in the shit twice yesterday trying to chest the ball down yesterday in a very busy midfield.

I'm all for getting the ball under control but some times it just needs twatting upfront out of harms way.

That decision is helped by a shout from a teammate. Without a shout I’m happy for players to be give licence to trust their ability.

Anything but Blackwell’s instruction to hook every ball over your shoulder....
 
We dropped ourselves right in the shit twice yesterday trying to chest the ball down yesterday in a very busy midfield.

I'm all for getting the ball under control but some times it just needs twatting upfront out of harms way.

We spent too much time in the second half doing little more than twatting it up front when we just needed to maintain a bit of possession and let them chase shadows.
 
Bash did it once near the end and he chested it further than I could kick it. And with the same lack of direction as well :)

That was the one in particular I was thinking about when Downing nearly did a Snodgrass.

Prime example of a ball that needed twatting
 
We spent too much time in the second half doing little more than twatting it up front when we just needed to maintain a bit of possession and let them chase shadows.

The 'gerrit foward' brigade were out in force in the 2nd half near me and I kept shouting NO, keep hold of it and play the easy ball! Once we were 2-0 up, we could have passed it square to each other all night as far as I'm concerned as long as we keep the ball v 10 men, they can't score and will get more tired chasing our players around trying to get the ball back.

The Clarke chance in the first half shows what can happen if you are patient and look for the right opening. Incidentally, he should score there, the keeper hadn't even set himself and was able to kick it away almost from a standing position.
 
That was the one in particular I was thinking about when Downing nearly did a Snodgrass.

Prime example of a ball that needed twatting

Just watched it again and it was a let off, which is what I felt at the time (it was Howson, rather than Downing, but we dodged a bullet regardless).
 
Just watched it again and it was a let off, which is what I felt at the time (it was Howson, rather than Downing, but we dodged a bullet regardless).
I was bang in line with it and it was a carbon copy of villas last minute winner.

Still gotta say it was a great win regardless and we looked awesome in the first half.
 
I was bang in line with it and it was a carbon copy of villas last minute winner.

Still gotta say it was a great win regardless and we looked awesome in the first half.
Same, de ja fooking vu I thought, was just waiting for net to ripple and the Boro cunts to start going mad.
 

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