bricktop
Well-Known Member
I have always had a footballing principle and idea that I always thinks works, and forms the basis of most successful clubs, and that is that all the best times have a solid spine to the team.
You start by having a strong, solid goalkeeper upon whom all the back 4 can rely upon and gives confidence to.
At the heart of the back 4 you have a big, solid strong defender, who is not afraid to put his head where it hearts, who provides leadership to the back 4, and the rest of the team. He doesn't have to be a centre half who likes playing the ball out of defence, or capable of playing killer 60 yard passes. All he is in the team to do is do the simple things well and effectively.
In the middle of the park you have an energetic and harrying midfielder who will get stuck in, hassle the opposition, not give any opposition any time on the ball, and can be relied upon to win the ball in the middle of the park, and get it out of the mixer and get it to players with more creativity and capability to get the ball in to positions where you can launch an attack and actually create chances.
Finally up top you have a player who is strong, provides a decent ariel threat, but who is also clever and who can make the runs that pull opposing players out of position to create space, and who has the strength and physical prowess to win the ball and also hold it up and play it to other players around him.
These players are the sort of players who don't win many plaudits for their style of play but are players who can be relied upon to do the dirty work, players who you need to provide leadership, set an example and provide a strong spine to a team which is the base upon which you have bring in other players who can play good attractive football.
At the minute we have the goalkeeper in George Long who is quickly learning his trade and looks experienced beyond his year.
At the back we have Maguire and Collins. I think that Collins is past his shelf life at the Lane. I don't see him as a leader, and I don't really see him taking any on any responsibility, and I don't think he sets an example to the younger more talented Maguire whose career I think has stalled badly in the last 18 months or so.
In the middle of the park you have Michael Doyle who I personally think is the rotten egg in the team, he is the club captain and I get the impression that this is a role where he leads not through example but telling other what they should be doing and dishing out the bollockings but with Doyle he appears as a leader that is very much whose leadership style is do as I say, rather than do as I do, and anyone who has ever been a leader, or operated under this style of leadership knows that this doesn't either inspire or fill with confidence and individuals operating under this style of leadership go in to self preservation mode where they are unable to take responsibility for their own actions due to the fear of being singled out for criticism of they make a mistake.
Up front I do think that Porter can play a role within this team, as he is a lot more intelligent footballer than people think, but I seriously don't think he fits in to the style of play we have, and suffers from a lack of service, and also from having someone up front alongside him who he can play off and build a partnership with.
You start by having a strong, solid goalkeeper upon whom all the back 4 can rely upon and gives confidence to.
At the heart of the back 4 you have a big, solid strong defender, who is not afraid to put his head where it hearts, who provides leadership to the back 4, and the rest of the team. He doesn't have to be a centre half who likes playing the ball out of defence, or capable of playing killer 60 yard passes. All he is in the team to do is do the simple things well and effectively.
In the middle of the park you have an energetic and harrying midfielder who will get stuck in, hassle the opposition, not give any opposition any time on the ball, and can be relied upon to win the ball in the middle of the park, and get it out of the mixer and get it to players with more creativity and capability to get the ball in to positions where you can launch an attack and actually create chances.
Finally up top you have a player who is strong, provides a decent ariel threat, but who is also clever and who can make the runs that pull opposing players out of position to create space, and who has the strength and physical prowess to win the ball and also hold it up and play it to other players around him.
These players are the sort of players who don't win many plaudits for their style of play but are players who can be relied upon to do the dirty work, players who you need to provide leadership, set an example and provide a strong spine to a team which is the base upon which you have bring in other players who can play good attractive football.
At the minute we have the goalkeeper in George Long who is quickly learning his trade and looks experienced beyond his year.
At the back we have Maguire and Collins. I think that Collins is past his shelf life at the Lane. I don't see him as a leader, and I don't really see him taking any on any responsibility, and I don't think he sets an example to the younger more talented Maguire whose career I think has stalled badly in the last 18 months or so.
In the middle of the park you have Michael Doyle who I personally think is the rotten egg in the team, he is the club captain and I get the impression that this is a role where he leads not through example but telling other what they should be doing and dishing out the bollockings but with Doyle he appears as a leader that is very much whose leadership style is do as I say, rather than do as I do, and anyone who has ever been a leader, or operated under this style of leadership knows that this doesn't either inspire or fill with confidence and individuals operating under this style of leadership go in to self preservation mode where they are unable to take responsibility for their own actions due to the fear of being singled out for criticism of they make a mistake.
Up front I do think that Porter can play a role within this team, as he is a lot more intelligent footballer than people think, but I seriously don't think he fits in to the style of play we have, and suffers from a lack of service, and also from having someone up front alongside him who he can play off and build a partnership with.
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