by Getthebeerens » 24 Nov 2021 23:51
by Sutekh » 25 Nov 2021 06:04
by blythspartan » 25 Nov 2021 08:05
Sutekh Prefer the 60s and 70s and 80s for football, players weren’t the fittest athletes about just blokes who had a bit of talent and could identify with the mug punters. Football was much more of an even playing field and while clubs and fans wanted to win every game it wasn’t the obsession driven by greed that it is today.
Also the game wasn’t continually on the telly all the time so people actually cared when a game was on the box and international and European club fixtures actually meant some something rather than being an elaborate methodology to play a load of meaningless games to maximise ££££.
And the British played in a British way, who wouldn’t love to see another Wimbledon type “anti-football” team rise up and start stuffing all these boring possession at all costs & everyone behind the ball teams you get nowadays.
How to reclaim the game? Like most areas of life, get the money out of it and play it like what it actually is - just a game!
by Millsy » 25 Nov 2021 11:15
by RoyalBlue » 25 Nov 2021 11:18
genomeZipNathStPaul I don't want to speak for anyone but I think the majority can accept losing games of football, we have all been around long enough to understand you cannot win every game and some seasons your team can lose far more than they win. What is hard/impossible to stomach is a lack of determination and effort. There has been a real lack of passion at our club for a number of seasons now, very rarely will you see us giving it a good go in games and camping in our opponents box. If we had thrown the kitchen sink at Sheffield United last night then none of us would be sitting here slagging off the team, we'd have been unlucky against what is a decent opposition. The fact is we played like getting the equaliser wasn't that important, that then causes the frustration amongst the supporters and rightly so.
Last night is the classic example of a lack of passion and commitment for me, the players didn't really look too concerned about being a goal down and neither did the manager. Sometimes in games of football you just have to go for it, we showed no sign of going for anything last night. It was drab, dour and uninspiring which is seemingly the new norm for the club. Look at our attendances, look how many never came back to watch football after the restrictions were lifted. People didn't and don't miss it, the players and club have to make the stay away supporters miss it and they just aren't.
Agreed.
Actually, I'd say Carroll looked like he gave a fcuk last night. The rest didn't seem to, but I don't really think footballers tend to not care, they just looked a bit clueless and shot of confidence.
by RoyalBlue » 25 Nov 2021 11:20
by tmesis » 25 Nov 2021 17:00
RoyalBlue It's the EPL and EFL that I am falling out of love with, rather than Reading Football Club itself.
by Zip » 25 Nov 2021 17:33
by Mr Optimist » 25 Nov 2021 17:52
by Mr Optimist » 25 Nov 2021 17:56
RoyalBlue It's the EPL and EFL that I am falling out of love with, rather than Reading Football Club itself.
by Franchise FC » 27 Nov 2021 17:34
Snowflake Royal I think most of them care. I just don’t think they have any direction on how to score.
It's just pass it to death and rely on a flair player creating something from nothing.
I've banged on about this before, but successful teams have a consistent pattern of play to an end purpose.
Pardew
Fozzie on the shoulder running the offside trap and Hughes breaking down the middle to catch team on the break after soaking up pressure.
Coppell
Harper moves the ball wide quickly as we attack down the flanks to feed the strikers and midfielders hitting the box late.
McDermott
Control the midfield battle and hit the channels for Long to chase.
Feed Sigurddson to cut inside and bend it in the far post.
Spoil in midfield and get the ball wide quickly for Kebe and McAnuff to feed Roberts / Hunt / Alf
None of this is especially complex. Or disguised. We just did it well and so consistently that everyone knew where everyone else was and what they'd be doing. It's also direct and with the clear purpose of creating a goalscoring chance.
Now the direction is just pass and have a free role so no one knows where anyone else is. Everyone has to look before they play. And no one knows what ball is going where and when.
Carroll is a poor signing because he's just a name striker to bring in with no plan on how to use him. We don't play to his strengths. We aren't changing to play to his strengths, so we aren't going to get the best out of him. Just as we didn’t with Puscas.
by Barney » 27 Nov 2021 17:46
Snowflake Royal I think most of them care. I just don’t think they have any direction on how to score.
It's just pass it to death and rely on a flair player creating something from nothing.
I've banged on about this before, but successful teams have a consistent pattern of play to an end purpose.
Pardew
Fozzie on the shoulder running the offside trap and Hughes breaking down the middle to catch team on the break after soaking up pressure.
Coppell
Harper moves the ball wide quickly as we attack down the flanks to feed the strikers and midfielders hitting the box late.
McDermott
Control the midfield battle and hit the channels for Long to chase.
Feed Sigurddson to cut inside and bend it in the far post.
Spoil in midfield and get the ball wide quickly for Kebe and McAnuff to feed Roberts / Hunt / Alf
None of this is especially complex. Or disguised. We just did it well and so consistently that everyone knew where everyone else was and what they'd be doing. It's also direct and with the clear purpose of creating a goalscoring chance.
Now the direction is just pass and have a free role so no one knows where anyone else is. Everyone has to look before they play. And no one knows what ball is going where and when.
Carroll is a poor signing because he's just a name striker to bring in with no plan on how to use him. We don't play to his strengths. We aren't changing to play to his strengths, so we aren't going to get the best out of him. Just as we didn’t with Puscas.
by windermereROYAL » 30 Jan 2022 12:33
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