Style of play

[Barney]

Just wondering what everybody's favourite style of play is.

 

[SteveBlade]

I like it when a team passes the ball to each other and opens up the opposition using said passing and possibly also a few dribbles to get round players as well as making good runs in order to create space and make the passing easier due to players being in space to receive the passes.

 

[s4-blade]

The higher and harder you hoof it the better .

In reality, success first by any means. Then worry about looking good.

 

[Russ]

 

[Tyler Durden]

The one that wins.

 

[SwissBlade]

The one that wins.

Adkins played some pretty stuff though....

 

[Bladey McBladeface]

The one that wins.

Sounds good, but you spent a lot of yesterday bemoaning our performance.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Sounds good, but you spent a lot of yesterday bemoaning our performance.

Can't argue with that really. I admit I'm a bit jumpy and probably will be until we're mathematically promoted. I fear us slipping up is all.

 

[PokerBlade]

Honestly, my favourite style of football is what Wilder's bringing to the club. It's built around technically gifted, passing midfielders being allowed to dictate the flow of the game. I'm all about passing football over long ball, but not at the expense of any control and pace in the game e.g. Clough, Adkins, Robson, Weir.

 

[Houston_Blade]

I like the kind of football that 10 Nick Montgomery's outfield would produce. Seriously though I like "direct" attacking football as would most people. The most exciting Blades teams for me have been when we managed to have a striker who could get in behind and a midfielder who could pick them out.

Since we went down to L1 this hasn't happened as most teams "park the bus" and give us no space in behind, plus we haven't had pace up front since Jamie Ward used to snap his hamstring every week.

The stuff that Spain play is dull because they aren't direct enough and Italy are the polar opposite. Something in between would be ideal. Germany used to do that but seem to have gravitated towards the Spain way in recent years.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Gerrit forrud

 

[sheffielder]

Just wondering what everybody's favourite style of play is.

Winning

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Just wondering what everybody's favourite style of play is.

I like it hoofed 65 yards. I want Brian Deane to return in January.

 

[coolhandluke]

I prefer the style of play we produce when Done starts . Slick passing and build up play dictated by a midfield in total control who are able to exploit gaps in the oppositions defence created by a front two who are real live wires . Lafferty and freeman add to this style by their constant willingness to get forward on either flank .

We go a little bit too direct when Clark on the pitch . As " plan B's " go though , I can live with it .

 

[BigBed]

"Adkins played WITH some pretty stuff", dolls, glittery subuteo, maybe a shiny train, he must've as he had no clue of how to manage when he was here!!

 

[Kryten]

what style of play? Pantomime, yes, definitely pantomime!

 

[blade too long]

scoring more than the opponents and getting 3 points has always been my favourite style
this is always entertaining as you smile on the way out
the net nestling the ball from one of our attacks means weve outwitted the opponents
doesnt really matter if it took 2 or 52 passes, was beautifully struck or took 6 deflections

 

[United Aren't Back.]

what style of play? Pantomime, yes, definitely pantomime!

what style of play? Pantomime, yes, definitely pantomime!

Shakespearean tragicomedy for me.
And no, it does not mean there's no wonder I attend the Lane.
I mean it may have been ok to say it a year back but now......

 

[knowsnowt]

Playground style where you just run like a madman with your head down. Its reyt funny.

 

[10-0 win]

Style suited to players available.
Weir and Adkins wanted premierstylelike football with third tier players...Wilson too, but he had better players.

 

[blade too long]

Playground style where you just run like a madman with your head down. Its reyt funny.

when I used to referee loved doing the under 8s
was like watching flocks of Flamingos running around

 

[JJ Sefton]

Ideally a flat back four with a couple of lads who can get it forward long and early to a big target man who puts himself about a bit. Have a smaller bloke playing just off him. Midfield composed of one hatchet man who keeps the oppo pinned back, a bloke who can shift it long from the middle of the park to the corner flags, and two wide men to bomb onto these balls and cross it first time into the 'mixer' for the target man.

 

[Fanny magnet]

I don't know much about tactics and formations or style of play or anything really

So I think I will just drone on about hoof and bladey bladeness

 

[HillmortonBlade]

3-5-2, lots of wing play, goals one end, none the other

 

[wizadry]

Ideally a flat back four with a couple of lads who can get it forward long and early to a big target man who puts himself about a bit. Have a smaller bloke playing just off him. Midfield composed of one hatchet man who keeps the oppo pinned back, a bloke who can shift it long from the middle of the park to the corner flags, and two wide men to bomb onto these balls and cross it first time into the 'mixer' for the target man.

 

[finlaytheblade]

Style suited to players available.
Weir and Adkins wanted premierstylelike football with third tier players...Wilson too, but he had better players.

We're playing better football now than under any of those three ,with a style that is an upgrade on division one

 

[PokerBlade]

Ideally a flat back four with a couple of lads who can get it forward long and early to a big target man who puts himself about a bit. Have a smaller bloke playing just off him. Midfield composed of one hatchet man who keeps the oppo pinned back, a bloke who can shift it long from the middle of the park to the corner flags, and two wide men to bomb onto these balls and cross it first time into the 'mixer' for the target man.

4-4-fucking-2

 

[I should coco]

Our best alehouse XI would be

Tracey

Forran, Stan, Gayle, Joe Bolton
Downes, Bob Oo-Ah, V Jones, Bradders
Higdon, Billy's-gonna-get-ya

Subs; Hodges (for the elbows), Morgs, Monty, Ken McNaught, Withe, Vaughn Ryan;s express, Hartfield/Woodhouse (for the boxing), Devlin and Darrius-wage-thief-Henderson

Might not be overly mobile on the pitch but we'd do 'em in the tunnel before kick off.
And again at half time....
And in the tunnel at the end.....
And in the player's lounge.....
And one last scrap in the car park as they tried to get on their bus.

A real shame the above lads couldn't all play together. It would be like 'Fantasy Football' but without the football.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Fore.

Preferably with Michelle Keegan.

 

[ljk]

I was pretty happy with our Oldham display because even though we were sub par all game, and at times in the first half Oldham looked better than us, I never felt we wouldn't win for a moment.

So, winning. But not the kind where you secretly feel like the wheels are about to come off.