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Hardly surprising when the ball has spent most of the game flying 30 yards over his head.

Hardly surprising when the ball has spent most of the game flying 30 yards over his head.

That’s a borderline red on Smith, ref didn’t even give a foul.

We’re going to be in transition forever if we keep radically changing manger styles 10 games into a season.

Fully expecting us to ****house a 2-0 win tonight, with them missing their 2 pens.  And then follow it up by getting trounced at home by Exeter on Tuesday, with them scoring their 2 pens.

Fully expecting us to ****house a 2-0 win tonight, with them missing their 2 pens.  And then follow it up by getting trounced at home by Exeter on Tuesday, with them scoring their 2 pens.

Fully expecting us to ****house a 2-0 win tonight, with them missing their 2 pens.  And then follow it up by getting trounced at home by Exeter on Tuesday, with them scoring their 2 pens.

Fully expecting us to ****house a 2-0 win tonight, with them missing their 2 pens.  And then follow it up by getting trounced at home by Exeter on Tuesday, with them scoring their 2 pens.

Fully expecting us to ****house a 2-0 win tonight, with them missing their 2 pens.  And then follow it up by getting trounced at home by Exeter on Tuesday, with them scoring their 2 pens.

Fully expecting us to ****house a 2-0 win tonight, with them missing their 2 pens.  And then follow it up by getting trounced at home by Exeter on Tuesday, with them scoring their 2 pens.

Fully expecting us to ****house a 2-0 win tonight, with them missing their 2 pens.  And then follow it up by getting trounced at home by Exeter on Tuesday, with them scoring their 2 pens.

For me it's pretty simple.  I have all the time in the world for a manager who is trying to get his teams playing decent football.  But if you deliberately set out to play terrible football, because you think it will help you win more, then if you don't win you've got nothing.  You deserve every bit of criticism that's coming to you.

For me it's pretty simple.  I have all the time in the world for a manager who is trying to get his teams playing decent football.  But if you deliberately set out to play terrible football, because you think it will help you win more, then if you don't win you've got nothing.  You deserve every bit of criticism that's coming to you.

For me it's pretty simple.  I have all the time in the world for a manager who is trying to get his teams playing decent football.  But if you deliberately set out to play terrible football, because you think it will help you win more, then if you don't win you've got nothing.  You deserve every bit of criticism that's coming to you.

Double-jeopardy. A genuine attempt to win the ball resulting in a pen, is only a yellow card now.

1. Most comments tend to relate to having control of the game (or not as the case may be). Long balls, to forwards to don't win the ball in the air very much is pointless as the ball ends up coming straight back and having to defend against another wave of attack, often without resetting in time.
2. The occasional long ball behind the defence is useful, but it has to be with purpose, not aimless into the corner with little chance of getting something from it.
3. A quick glance at the stats will show teams towards the bottom tend to have less of the ball than those at the top. This is shown by actually looking at the stats in more detail, where only 3 sides in the top half of the table are in the bottom 12 possession stats. Ipswich are the leaders in possession and are 2nd, whereas Morecombe are 24th in the table and 24th in the possession ranking. 
The other thing is, having possession doesn't mean you can't go long very often, just like having little of the ball doesn't mean you go long all the time. Yet, we see a similar trend. 5 out of the current top 6 are in the bottom 12 for long balls per pass attempt (Portsmouth are 13th lowest), whilst only 3 of the top 12 are in the top 12 for successful long passes per pass attempt.
You also have the belief that possession means fewer goals. However, there's a general trend of more possession = more goals. Ipswich are the obvious example, leading the charts in both, whereas Morecombe are bottom in both. Only 3 sides with less than 50% possession have scored more than 15 goals, whereas 6 with more than 50% have.
4. Since you're asking people if they want to stay in L1 for a long time or having a better chance of going up, the answer would be choosing the option which involves playing a possession based side with shorter passing.

Same to you, pal. 

?if you’re a right back and you know it, clap your hands? [absolute silence…]

?if you’re a right back and you know it, clap your hands? [absolute silence…]

?if you’re a right back and you know it, clap your hands? [absolute silence…]

At least with Rosenior-ball, you could see what needed to improve to turn it into good football (bit more movement, bit more tempo, bit more clinical in front of goal, bit more care with final balls etc).  At least the intent to play good football was there, and the improvements needed were relatively minor IMO.  Rowett-ball will always be terrible to watch, it’s terrible by design.

At least with Rosenior-ball, you could see what needed to improve to turn it into good football (bit more movement, bit more tempo, bit more clinical in front of goal, bit more care with final balls etc).  At least the intent to play good football was there, and the improvements needed were relatively minor IMO.  Rowett-ball will always be terrible to watch, it’s terrible by design.

At least with Rosenior-ball, you could see what needed to improve to turn it into good football (bit more movement, bit more tempo, bit more clinical in front of goal, bit more care with final balls etc).  At least the intent to play good football was there, and the improvements needed were relatively minor IMO.  Rowett-ball will always be terrible to watch, it’s terrible by design.