IslandExile Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Yeah we won. Yeah, I fully support Rooney as manager. But, heck, that was a difficult watch. Did we put three passes together? Were any two consecutive passes played on the ground? Squad rotation, injuries, relegation battle, pragmatic approach.... But, sorry, I don't want Derby County to play that way. COYR ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikh n Bake Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 All good teams manage to win games in a variety of different ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-a-lama fa fa fa Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 dont care. we won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, IslandExile said: Yeah we won. Yeah, I fully support Rooney as manager. But, heck, that was a difficult watch. Did we put three passes together? Were any two consecutive passes played on the ground? Squad rotation, injuries, relegation battle, pragmatic approach.... But, sorry, I don't want Derby County to play that way. COYR ? It’s the way to beat the teams below us. Ge it up front look for loose balls, or fouls. Very clear today. Playing it on the ground just plays into teams like Wycombe they compress the pitch and there is no way out. We were better with 2 full backs to widen the pitch. Thought Mengi and foz were outplayed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Sheikh n Bake said: All good teams manage to win games in a variety of different ways. Agreed. But there's a difference between "grinding a result out" and "trying to put the ball into orbit". Enough head tennis, let's always try to play football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Wayne didn’t like performance. Saying we have to play better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 5 wins out of 6, don't care how we play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Trav Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Would you rather try play tippy tappy football like lampard and lose to Bolton Rotherham etc or would you rather play goof ball but get the 3 points?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Eagle's Barmy Army Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, IslandExile said: Yeah we won. Yeah, I fully support Rooney as manager. But, heck, that was a difficult watch. Did we put three passes together? Were any two consecutive passes played on the ground? Squad rotation, injuries, relegation battle, pragmatic approach.... But, sorry, I don't want Derby County to play that way. COYR ? But you’d have moaned if we’d tried to play our normal game and lost. So you moan when we set up to beat a team like Wycombe and come away with the 3 points. Some people can’t be pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty1986 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Winning and getting points on the board in the midst of a relegation fight was the remit. At this precise moment, I couldn't give a flying fig how that is achieved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Horses for courses at the minute. I’ll be happy for us to play tika-taka when we’re 12 points clear of the relegation zone. Until then, it’s all about the 3 points. Didn’t watch tonight, if it was anything like the Boro game I can imagine it wasn’t great, but I’ll take playing crap and winning in our predicament any day. You don’t win points for style... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Bald Eagle's Barmy Army said: But you’d have moaned if we’d tried to play our normal game and lost. So you moan when we set up to beat a team like Wycombe and come away with the 3 points. Some people can’t be pleased. When have you heard me do that? Some people mix other people up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam the Ram Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 If Rooney tried to continue Cocu's style we'd probably be 6 points from safety rather than 6 clear. He took over and set about making us harder to defeat and so far he's achieved that. Let's try and survive, hopefully get the takeover sorted in the coming months and see what he does when he can sign some quality players of his choosing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 We've tried playing tippy tappy football without any success against the lower placed teams. When you're in the position we are then you have to grab the points any way you can. WR has acknowledged that wasn't a good performance but inside he'll be delighted with the 3pts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwram1973 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Big Trav said: Would you rather try play tippy tappy football like lampard and lose to Bolton Rotherham etc or would you rather play goof ball but get the 3 points?? Ermmm ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 This season for Rooney is about keeping us by any means necessary. Next season I am sure we will have our own style but with Pride Parks pitch the way it is we can hardly play much football on the ground and Rooney is being clever by picking his team & tactics to suit the opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Cam the Ram said: If Rooney tried to continue Cocu's style we'd probably be 6 points from safety rather than 6 clear. He took over and set about making us harder to defeat and so far he's achieved that. Let's try and survive, hopefully get the takeover sorted in the coming months and see what he does when he can sign some quality players of his choosing. It wasn't a general statement about the way we've been playing under Rooney because I think that's the worst we've played under him. I've applauded his more pragmatic, more attacking approach over what we saw under Cocu. But that wasn't it. That was all out "kick it down the other end". We have not seen that "lump it" style before, not under Rooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niram Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Sure we will be back to playing glorious football when we play a team that allows us to. Onwards and upwards ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikh n Bake Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, IslandExile said: Agreed. But there's a difference between "grinding a result out" and "trying to put the ball into orbit". Enough head tennis, let's always try to play football. Cocu tried that and it didn't work. We became so predictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboto Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 We're in a situation we need to get out of and Rooney hasn't exactly been able to flash the cash and change around the team. He's having to work with the existing squad and added some loan players when possible. The mentality of the squad is changing, we're harder to beat and solid defensively, but we don't have the creative flair going forward. We strung together some nice passes tonight, but it is all about the 3 points. I'm sure, in time, Rooney will have the team playing better football, when the pressure of a relegation battle eases off and he can find a settled team including the new recruits. Also, there will be an overhaul in the summer when players are out of contract, lots of new faces will be needed. Hopefully we can put together a team with a bit more attacking nous then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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