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The FB's under Brown shoes were regularly caught out of position on the counter, he employed the 2x DM's to supposedly cover the wide areas but we were often undone by a ball into the full back channel
The ex Cambridge manager was a proud follower of POMO to the extent he would order the corners of the pitch to be waterlogged by the groundsman to hold the ball up in thise areas after the hoofA theory first expounded by the guru of the long ball game....one Charles Hughes.
(there's one for the teenagers)
Mr. Hughes was some kind of a technical bod and coaching honcho at the F.A. in the 70s and 80s.
And his theory was to knock the ball long into what he called the POMO........the Position Of Maximum Opportunity.
The POMO being the final third of the pitch or preferably as deep into enemy territory as one could welly a bladder ball and then one's men go charging after it.
Chuck had no time for intricate passing movements, patient build up or the idea of football as an art form.
No sir.
He believed stoutly, based on number crunching a century's worth analysis, that "most goals" came from moves which involved three passes....or less.
Hence his doctrine was hit the POMO with a hoof and let the Devil sort out the rest.
Bizarrely, part of his theory was based on RAF tactics during the war
It might sound ridiculous to our younger friends on here now, but this theory held sway, still holds sway to a great extent, in this country for decades and among its practioners were Jack Charlton, Howard Wilkinson, Graham Taylor, anyone whom managed Wimbledon in the 80s and Big Sam.
In the present era Pardew, McCarthy, Hughes and Pulis among others adhere to it.
Moyes does to an extent....and it looks to me like Koeman is off that ilk.
And Charlie Hughes, almost single handedly, is the reason England's international team has fallen so far from grace this past three or four decades and why English players are so technically inept compared to those in other countries.
Because while Spain and France were advancing Pele's notion of the Beautiful Game in their academies, English lads at Lilleshall and at their parent clubs were being coached by disciples of Charles Hughes and being urged to hit the POMO in under three passes
Of "hoofs" as we like to call them round these parts
Do they actually know what music he likes though?
A theory first expounded by the guru of the long ball game....one Charles Hughes.
(there's one for the teenagers)
Mr. Hughes was some kind of a technical bod and coaching honcho at the F.A. in the 70s and 80s.
And his theory was to knock the ball long into what he called the POMO........the Position Of Maximum Opportunity.
The POMO being the final third of the pitch or preferably as deep into enemy territory as one could welly a bladder ball and then one's men go charging after it.
Chuck had no time for intricate passing movements, patient build up or the idea of football as an art form.
No sir.
He believed stoutly, based on number crunching a century's worth analysis, that "most goals" came from moves which involved three passes....or less.
Hence his doctrine was hit the POMO with a hoof and let the Devil sort out the rest.
Bizarrely, part of his theory was based on RAF tactics during the war
It might sound ridiculous to our younger friends on here now, but this theory held sway, still holds sway to a great extent, in this country for decades and among its practioners were Jack Charlton, Howard Wilkinson, Graham Taylor, anyone whom managed Wimbledon in the 80s and Big Sam.
In the present era Pardew, McCarthy, Hughes and Pulis among others adhere to it.
Moyes does to an extent....and it looks to me like Koeman is off that ilk.
And Charlie Hughes, almost single handedly, is the reason England's international team has fallen so far from grace this past three or four decades and why English players are so technically inept compared to those in other countries.
Because while Spain and France were advancing Pele's notion of the Beautiful Game in their academies, English lads at Lilleshall and at their parent clubs were being coached by disciples of Charles Hughes and being urged to hit the POMO in under three passes
Of "hoofs" as we like to call them round these parts
Yes, balls were launched into that vacated area but the result was usually that a CB or CM would get across to face the threat up and allow FBs time to funnel back into position.
