Maddo talks some utter rubbish, said that about 15 times today. Where’s the logic of launching the ball up to a lone striker who won’t ever be able to make it stick.OP pretty much just quoted by Maddo in the commentary!
The times we did 'put our foot through it' resulted in us coming back under pressure.Maddo talks some utter rubbish, said that about 15 times today. Where’s the logic of launching the ball up to a lone striker who won’t ever be able to make it stick.
Yes playing out is risky against the better sides, but it’s the only way to play
you're better off losing it in the oppositions half than on the edge of your own box !Maddo talks some utter rubbish, said that about 15 times today. Where’s the logic of launching the ball up to a lone striker who won’t ever be able to make it stick.
Yes playing out is risky against the better sides, but it’s the only way to play
True, but assuming he's talking about Barlaser, that wasn't a pass, it was just looped blindly to the edge of the box with no target in mind.It's risk and reward, which means occasionally we won't always get it right.
Just hoofing an aimless ball up the pitch every time and basically gifting the opposition the ball? That’s hardly a sustainable way to playyou're better off losing it in the oppositions half than on the edge of your own box !
It was, he made a total hash of it, but I suspect Carrick will not be too critical of him given what he was trying to do.True, but assuming he's talking about Barlaser, that wasn't a pass, it was just looped blindly to the edge of the box with no target in mind.
It's beautiful to watch and I think we are ahead of Leeds in that department. Their own commentators were very impressed with the way we went about the game. It really came into its own last season away to Sheff Utd when many fans were still doubtful. We conceded early but just kept playing our own game, refusing to be phased by the early setback, and ended up smashing them.It’s risk versus reward. This style of play has taken us from 22nd into the top six and then off the bottom to the edges of the playoffs while bedding in a dozen new players and managing injuries to 8 or 9 senior players, most of them starters. It isn’t going to change under Carrick. It’s what he does, it’s what we do. It’s presumably why he was appointed.
There’s no point asking or demanding that we start smashing it up the pitch because it’s not going to happen. Personally I absolutely love it. I get that sometimes people might think we need to get rid of it but the idea is to get better at what you do best. It’ll take time for us to perfect it and it won’t work every time, but I’d much rather watch this than balls flying through the air every few seconds.
I actually think we have improved in terms of how we execute the way Carrick wants us to play, most likely because the players and manager have had more time to develop and refine it.It's beautiful to watch and I think we are ahead of Leeds in that department. Their own commentators were very impressed with the way we went about the game. It really came into its own last season away to Sheff Utd when many fans were still doubtful. We conceded early but just kept playing our own game, refusing to be phased by the early setback, and ended up smashing them.