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More completed passes in that sequence than we had in 90 minutes of football yesterday.
More completed passes in that sequence than we had in 90 minutes of football yesterday.
kenada_blue
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Of course. I'm not saying Net spend is the reason, I was point out it was the start of the decline amongst everything else wrong with the club.
As for Dyche and his tactics...there was a game plan. It wasn't pretty. But take the arsenal game out of the picture (and Villa) and look at the previous games against teams around us and we've played very well and not got the rewards IMO.
If wed have got wins on the board and the same game happened yesterday, there'd be still people wanting him out because they don't like his "brand".
As for the players...they can't pass to each other. I'm sorry they can't. Technically that midfield is awful. But we haven't passed a ball as a unit since Silva was in charge.
kenada_blue
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The issue I have is there doesn’t seem to be a gameplan
Players can have off days, their crosses go everywhere, they’re tired and slow to react - it’s part of being human.
What I won’t accept, and this was the same with lampard and Fat Kopite Rat, is the complete lack of identity. We get the ball and go back, to watch Pickford hoof it to a lone striker, who is again isolated because the manager wants as many people behind the ball as possible
I don’t think I’ve seen us have any form of play; something that you can clearly see has been worked on in training. It’s like 11 lads randomly put together and told to enjoy the game
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
All about coaching.
PeregrineT
Player Valuation: £35m
Fair enough on the approach, though I assumed everyone figured our only realistic tactic against the top teams(with our current defense) is sitting way in and trying to hit the target man to start a counter attack goal.
Did Burnley ever do this to any other club though?!
Sharpies volley
Player Valuation: £30m
It's not the players it's the training and coaching.
windymiller
Player Valuation: £50m
We don't have wins on the board, though. We have 1 point from a fixture list that includes Wolves and Fulham at home and newly promoted Sheffield United away.
I hate his brand of football, I admit it, I honestly don't think there is a human alive that enjoys watching it, but if we had 9 points on the board I'd swallow it. We don't though, and after the next three games we have much harder fixtures. We can't just keep not getting points, it's really simple.
And this is where I disagree. The gameplan against Wolves and Fulham was more huff and puff rather a tactical masterclass; Sheffield Utd was like watching 2 poor teams, apart from a 15 minute spell for us.
And I’m not having anyone tell me that professional footballers can’t pass a ball; they can. The reason it looks like they can’t is because nothing is being worked on for progressive play.
Nobody runs off one another, there’s no little 1-2 moves; it’s all off the cuff because there’s no coaching going on apart from defend deep and hoof it.
players get the ball and need to lookup because there’s nothing, no runners, no routine that they’ve worked on - the entire emphasis of the gameplan is don’t concede
There is no evidence of any coaching regarding what to do when we have the ball. There are no obvious patterns of play, and nothing bordering on a pattern of play.
…not sure if that was the season they did quite well.
windymiller
Player Valuation: £50m
Sadly, it wasn't. It was the season they went down.
….you recruit the players that fit the way you want to play. Having the right blend is really important so players certainly matter. If you pass like Brighton, you need players who are comfortable in possession.
