Randy
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Or playing Liverpool every week. We pressed against Sheffield Utd and got a result.Well thank goodness we aren't playing Liverpool then.
It's the way game is these days. Press from the front.
Or playing Liverpool every week. We pressed against Sheffield Utd and got a result.Well thank goodness we aren't playing Liverpool then.
Oh I see, there's a big difference between short term results and long term results....
Probably the silliest statement I've read on here this year....Congrats
Then comes the bargaining stage(where you picket outside stadium and flood the MFC inbox), then the restraining order stage and finally acceptance lolLook it's a mourning process I'm going through OK ! I'm in the angry/blaming stage, you're just going to have to support me through it...
Thanks DrussThen comes the bargaining stage(where you picket outside stadium and flood the MFC inbox), then the restraining order stage and finally acceptance lol
Probably the silliest statement I've read on here this year....Congrats
Well done you.It's pretty quick, I went from running a 40 minute 5 miles to 34 minute in about 6 weeks.
Have I missed the strip club phase? I think it's important to support each other.Thanks Druss
R I d I c u l o u sI've long suspected you didn't read your own posts before clicking the post red button, thanks for the confirmation.
They won't significantly improve in 2 weeks, these are already athletes working at a high level, it'll take months for a few % improvement unless they've been absolutely slacking under Warnock, which I don't believe.You can improve fitness in 2 weeks
it's not the way the game is, it's just the way some teams play. There are sides that are successful with a mid or low block too.Or playing Liverpool every week. We pressed against Sheffield Utd and got a result.
It's the way game is these days. Press from the front.
Majority of teams around Europe use the pressing game. Liverpool, Ajax, Bayern, Sociadad to name four off the top of my head.it's not the way the game is, it's just the way some teams play. There are sides that are successful with a mid or low block too.
PSG don't prime Barca didn't, Inter don't, Chelsea don't, Man City have adopted more of a mid press these days, of the top of my head.....anyway we're talking about the championship and not every successful champ side does a high pressMajority of teams around Europe use the pressing game. Liverpool, Ajax, Bayern, Sociadad to name four off the top of my head.
do you think another 6 weeks you would reduce it to 28 mins, or that maybe it's diminishing returns......and these lads are already way up from the baseline that you started onIt's pretty quick, I went from running a 40 minute 5 miles to 34 minute in about 6 weeks.
Absolutely not boromart, these lads are superfit and it will take time for them to see gains, whereas I am moderately fit so it can happen relatively quickly.do you think another 6 weeks you would reduce it to 28 mins, or that maybe it's diminishing returns......and these lads are already way up from the baseline that you started on
Is a fair point on diminishing returns. I guess it depends how fit they really are.Absolutely not boromart, these lads are superfit and it will take time for them to see gains, whereas I am moderately fit so it can happen relatively quickly.
Are you sure? I seem to remember that a major part of the Messi, Xavi, Iniesta era Barca game plan was press hard when the opposition is in possession, then turn it over, back to Tiki-taka. I clearly remember the Champions League final against Man U, where Fergie played into their hands by trying to play out from the back for the entire game. They pressed them hard. It was what Busquets was in the team for.prime Barca didn't
If they really are well below the fitness levels expected, then the best thing they can do while building that up, is start to play a possession game.Is a fair point on diminishing returns. I guess it depends how fit they really are.
In any event it will be more fun to watch than surrendering the midfield and hoping for a mistake from the opposition defence. Which seemed to be the ethos from warnock.
they pressed high for the first 10 seconds, but if the opportunity wasn't their they reverted to immediately delaying and denying forward passing lines and got back in shape. It was rarely a full on high press during most of the Iniesta, xavi era, but then they were together so long, and as a team successful so long that its difficult to define their prime years. I'm talking before Guardiola embedded his philosophy. But he has abandoned that to an extent at City, become more pragmatic about itAre you sure? I seem to remember that a major part of the Messi, Xavi, Iniesta era Barca game plan was press hard when the opposition is in possession, then turn it over, back to Tiki-taka. I clearly remember the Champions League final against Man U, where Fergie played into their hands by trying to play out from the back for the entire game. They pressed them hard. It was what Busquets was in the team for.
Given that Pep's City does the same thing, I'd say it's part of the reason for his success.
Not every team can do hard pressing though. For a start a match would be terrible to watch.