ollycutts1982 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I love our style of play. Even more so watching the Ipswich game, they keep trying to play it out from the back but are so bad. Makes me further appreciate how well we do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Mills Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 We've got that barca style of play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollycutts1982 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 It's just got me thinking. Ipswich look aweful, rushed passes, sliced balls, blind passes. All hail mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BondJovi Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 It's just got me thinking. Ipswich look aweful, rushed passes, sliced balls, blind passes. All hail mac. They look incredibly turdly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaphaRam Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I love our style of play. Even more so watching the Ipswich game, they keep trying to play it out from the back but are so bad. Makes me further appreciate how well we do it. They look dire. It sounds like John Vicars was right, crowd sounds dire as well. Terry Butcher said this morning on Talksport that tonight is the first time in 10 years that they've sold out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollycutts1982 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 They look dire. I think that flatters them. Shows the centre backs are hoof ball merchants, can't play a nice ball back to the keeper. I hope Raul lives up to the billing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollycutts1982 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 I love how the commentators are frantically try to make the game out to be better than it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I wouldn't say we try to dominate possession though which is what the media say and how we are labeled. We just don't hoof and lose possession regularly We only really keep it among the back line when trying to draw teams onto us. Otherwise we actually quite a minimal touches side. 6 passes is all McClaren thinks we need to gain control. After that it's all fast and forward and on the floor. Straight into Martin if possible. Two standout performances are Forest and Wolves. In both games we stormed into the lead without having dominated the ball. We were so fast and direct. We did go on to control the ball but that's mostly because they were beaten. You look at teams like Bournemouth and Swansea and it's much slower and more deliberate. To call us direct sounds like we're a hoofball side but we're obviously not. The possession tends to be just a result of us playing on the deck and into feet. The possession in our own half is much more common this season I think because of the speed which teams get so many players behind the ball. We take more risks with the ball than a lot of possession sides. We score some fantastic goals from it too. We have had to be more patient this season though tbf. But ideally I don't think we want possession just for the sake of it unless we have something to defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 As I said on the other thread, Ipswich look the same against Southampton as they did against us. The only football they play is when McGoldrick gets the ball and someone supports him - if there's no support he just shoots from 30 yards. Aside from that it's not 'hoofball' (although sometimes it is), but long balls to the channels, then crosses, corners, free kicks... rinse and repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardifframs Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I always remember,with respect,lower league teams,used to come to pride park and football us to death. Doncaster for instance,were always a good footballing side,and I'd be jealous of the way they played Thank god we are spoilt now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Over the season though you have to credit Ipswich for the defensive quality and how hard the forwards and wide players work the channels. Even Mings was more of a hoofer than I imagined. But when he gets chance to support a long ball that's stuck he looks really good. Ipswich would probably be sat with Sheffield Wednesday if they tried to differently. Wednesday when we played them were doing their best to control the ball. And they were so blunt it was unreal. Side to side and got stuck constantly when they reached to final 3rd. We'd struggle if it was Sammon or Theo playing upfront. Or say Luke Moore instead of Kuqi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I love hoofball and flat 4-4-2. But as long as we are winning, guess I'm not entitled to criticize this overly sexy and slicky short pass attacking and superb pressing without ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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