Tired of repeating myself.......

[Deleted member 875]

.........but I said it last week, and I feel the need to say it this week.

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.
Never knowingly wrong.
brownie, Sep 15, 2013 Report#1Reply

 

[SwissBlade]

You're clearly not that tired of repeating yourself

 

[Bergen Blade]

Brownie, aren't you describing a basis which is not too far from what we've got? A decent keeper, a defensively solid back four (look at their record last season), a Doyle, who I personally want replaced, but who's at least the same player type that you describe, and a target man, where you concede that Porter may fit the bill, although I presume you want 4-4-2.

I think our biggest weaknesses are:

• ineffective (too slow) playing style, too much focus on possession, rather than chance creating
• lack of attacking full backs
• lack of height, strength and determination in central midfield
• not enough forward movement, one of the central midfielders must go forward more
• no striker has impressed in the lone role yet
• the team is missing McDonald's ability to keep the ball while under pressure

The two first points are the most important, in my opinion.

 

[Superblades]

Straight away the names Kenny, Morgan, Montgomery & BT came to my mind when reading your post. I still think Long is shaky, he pulls off a few good saves but his lack of communication at times leaves the defences sure at times.

 

[tyneblade]

Despite a real improvement yesterday from the abject performance at Carlisle, there consistently seems to be a lack of options presenting themselves to our men with the ball in the final third of the field.

We are obsessing with finding the payers we need to hold the ball and wait, but that doesn't solve their problem of the players they are going to pass to either not standing in space or not being obviously ready ready to run into it. Passing in training and a rise in the technical ability of the team isn't going to solve that, it's tactics, motivation and getting scared people to take risks.

Also for a team so completely toothless in open play, a far higher percentage of our set pieces should resulting in an on target attempt.

 

[judge]

post: 527939, member: 875"].........but I said it last week, and I feel the need to say it this week.

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.
Never knowingly wrong.
brownie, Sep 15, 2013 Report#1Reply

this is the first time youve repeated it , no stamina you young uns