Did Big Jack really invent 'pressing' in 1986?

[atypical_boro]

Discuss.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

Discuss.

I thought it was Gutenburg. winky

 

[zzzzz]

He was such an innovator.
We had the fittest team in the old Div 1.
Players that came to us were properly put through their paces.
He had them down at the Gare and Marske running up and down sand dunes.
Watched us with him at the helm as a kid with enormous pride and awe.
They all dreaded coming to Ayresome. Fortress.
Ahhhh........... those were the days........

 

[Chemicalworker]

Erm
Bobby Mudoch
Alan Foggon
Frank Spraggon
we’re not what you’d call supremely fit
Foggon was quick over short distances but not really super fit

 

[davidmills]

Stamina it’s called.
Not like this lot now, blowing out of there axxxs after 60 mins

 

[sparkins]

He was such an innovator.
We had the fittest team in the old Div 1.
Players that came to us were properly put through their paces.
He had them down at the Gare and Marske running up and down sand dunes.
Watched us with him at the helm as a kid with enormous pride and awe.
They all dreaded coming to Ayresome. Fortress.
Ahhhh........... those were the days........

Always love this

 

[speckyget]

Always love this

Wow that was some jalopy he was rocking up in.

 

[feedthebear]

Today it’s called “pressing”
Jack Charlton called it “putting them under pressure”
My school sports teacher called it “getting in their faces”
It’s always been part of the game.

 

[BOROVALE]

Think he once said you have to have a good spine for a team ,hence 2 rock solid center Half's ,2 solid midfielders and a solid center forward

 

[sparkins]

Wow that was some jalopy he was rocking up in.

Cortina estate?

 

[Norman_Conquest]

Cortina estate?

Is that near Hemlington or Lakes Estate?

 

[RedcarRed]

'They don't like it up 'em'

 

[speckyget]

Cortina estate?

Looked like an estate version of a Zodiac or Zephyr. But did that even exist?

 

[speckyget]

Looked like an estate version of a Zodiac or Zephyr. But did that even exist?

Indeed it did. The family car that doubled as a hearse if needed.

 

[davidmills]

Jimmy Hedridge was trainer on that video.
My mate was an apprentice at Boro then.
He said before Jack came injured players were excused training and sat in medical room all day with newspapers picking out the horses. Medical room was always full.
Jack and Hedridge banned papers and injured players had to report to gym and work on every bit of body apart from injured area both morning and afternoon. Whereas non injured players only trained on a morning.
Obviously medical room soon cleared and players only went in when really injured.
Looked at the games nearly all of the squad played then.
I think 6 played all 42 games and 3 or 4 missed only 1 or 2 games. Basically we had a squad of 13 which included Brine or Smith as sub.

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Wow that was some jalopy he was rocking up in.

He's lucky that cyclist wasn't Jeremy vine.

 

[Canyoudigit]

Today it’s called “pressing”
Jack Charlton called it “putting them under pressure”
My school sports teacher called it “getting in their faces”
It’s always been part of the game.

The Holgate at Ayresome called it get in to em and f u c k em up

 

[Anton_Berg]

Tommy Docherty was associated with the pressing game, especially at Man U. Previously, wingers weren't expected to track the full back.

 

[MoggasDog]

The Holgate at Ayresome called it get in to em and f u c k em up

See, I was always a ' fu.ck em up' first believer. You clearly are a 'get into em' firster.
Interesting.

 

[Otto42]

See, I was always a ' fu.ck em up' first believer. You clearly are a 'get into em' firster.
Interesting.

Perhaps we should start singing this again. Always seemed to galvanise the likes of Brian Laws and Gary Hamilton.