The endless 'style' debate

[s10blade]

First of all, welcome to Micky Adams. A good choice of manager to hopefully put some fire back in certain bellies.

I'm more of a reader than a poster on here and the constant debate regarding what style of football we should be playing is becoming incessantly dull - and the comments made from our hierarchy about how they want to change the face of the club hasn't helped matters.

To me, it's a ridiculous way to choose a manager. Every game United play is going to be different. We need to adapt to each of those games, whether that be to pass more, be more direct, more defensive etc. etc.

Take Arsenal for example, undoubtedly on their day an excellent side to watch. But, what about when they go to Stoke, Wigan, Bolton? They have lost to these sort of physical sides in the last few seasons because they haven't adapted. They needed to match these sides and be flexible.

Birch and McCabe certainly don't help themselves making comments regarding the way they want to take the club from being a hoof side to a passing side. United are known for being a resilient, gritty, hard working side with the occasional bit of flair which is why teams used to fear coming to Bramall Lane. Some of the best games I've seen are when our backs are against the wall and we grind out the result.

Believe me, I'd love to see us play like Arsenal, but we're not Arsenal, we're Sheffield United and should be proud of that. We don't need a 'passing' manager or a 'long ball' manager, we need a flexible manager that can do everything within his powers. Our aim should be the Premiership. Who cares how we get there?

Good luck to Micky Adams. I sincerely hope it works out pal.

 

[sitwell]

Arsenal have the same amount of trophies as us in the past 5 years.

 

[super_pig]

yeah but they're third in the premiership.. and more importantly IMO the football is .. WATCHABLE
a bit like saying that a ferrari and a hyundai are the same because they are both cars dontchathink??

 

[SotonBlade]

Nice post, i think Micky summed it up in his interviews on the Blades website. They asked him the question about what sort of style he'll be playing. And he just said, we want to win. He also said that until he assess's the squad he won't know what formation/style etc they can play.

That for me is a good start, it's about results to begin with and that's all i care about!

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Arsenal have the same amount of trophies as us in the past 5 years.

Perhaps if they had Monty in their midfield some of their opposition moves may have been broken up and less goals conceeded leading to a greater points total and subsquently trophies?

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Nice post, i think Micky summed it up in his interviews on the Blades website. They asked him the question about what sort of style he'll be playing. And he just said, we want to win. He also said that until he assess's the squad he won't know what formation/style etc they can play.

That for me is a good start, it's about results to begin with and that's all i care about!

[Think it was on his RS interview] but causing chaos to the opposition sounds good.