We sort of have two modes though. When we’re countering we can move the ball really quickly, but then get stuck in a loop of passing it around the back sometimes too. I wonder if only the former get counted as attacks or something.
It’s been very obvious when our fullbacks have been told to hang back and not cross the halfway line-Man Utd first half etc..
Usually happens first half and second half full backs told to press higher.
Don’t know whether this a tactic or not but I’d like to see us unleash those full backs from the start.
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As with Ipswich-you have to have a certain amount of luck and they’ve had a massive share of deflected goals from long range shots.
Not taking anything away anything from their very astute coach or well drilled players.
And yes I have consistently said they’d fuck it up-couldn’t see how they could maintain it-stats back it up-only promoted club to do this.
Good luck to them and they’ll do a damn sight better than last years promoted teams….
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Not taking anything away anything from their very astute coach or well drilled players.
And yes I have consistently said they’d fuck it up-couldn’t see how they could maintain it-stats back it up-only promoted club to do this.
Good luck to them and they’ll do a damn sight better than last years promoted teams….
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Southampton did it 12 years ago and stayed put for over a decade.
I could kind of understand it as a tactic against Man Utd, not that it worked on that occasion until we changed it!
They have goals from all over, Chaplin, Broadhead, Hirst, Sarmiento has 5 or so, Wes Burns, Kiefer Moore, Hutchinson, think Harness has a few as well. It’s all well spread across a squad and not just 3/4 players.
Quite simply they have a top coach. The players they have are mostly the same as their struggling days in League 1. I’m local and went a few times in league 1 with a STH brother in law, and it was garbage football. Players like Burns looked like league 1 was above his level.
McKenna will be a top 4 coach in a few years no doubt.
McKenna will be a top 4 coach in a few years no doubt.
That's maybe why both teams finished above them.
Next season with EMC and Tats available, and at least 1 new striker I'd expect us to be more attacking than we have been of late.
We appear to have plenty of possession but take too long to get a quality ball into the box.
Nah. When was the last time one of them hired a young English manager based on lower league success?
They have a largely settled squad, pretty much all their key players were there last season and they’ve added to it smartly with loans.
Yes and crucially we should be able to put fresh attacking legs on after 65 mins and the players coming are not a big reduction on the players coming off …
Ah yeah, point remains though.
Chelsea have been the closest to doing that with Lampard and Potter, neither was a success for any length of time.
Not sure about a top 4 club unless Ipswich do very well next season and stay up for 2/3 seasons. He has been linked with Brighton and Manure.
Imagine what Brian Clough would make of today's statistic infested world of footy , young man ?
Teams get promoted because they are better than the opposition in most games. However, you cannot rule out luck regarding deflections, when you play opposition teams during the season, injuries and refereeing decisions. I don't subscribe to the idea that luck and decisions balance out over the season. Think we have had neither this season.
Add in Leeds and Southampton royally screwing up and they have taken advantage.
Good manager, coaching, style of play, good loans, confidence and big squad all help.
Cream eventually rises to the top but there are factors that can hold you back in any given season.
Interesting to see how they will get on in the Prem, as it is unforgiving and harder to stay up each year.
Add in Leeds and Southampton royally screwing up and they have taken advantage.
Good manager, coaching, style of play, good loans, confidence and big squad all help.
Cream eventually rises to the top but there are factors that can hold you back in any given season.
Interesting to see how they will get on in the Prem, as it is unforgiving and harder to stay up each year.
They got knocked out of the cup early and bolstered the squad in January when they were in a good league position
Kept a team together and didn't sell their best players. Also improved in January with their signings.
They also got some quality loans in. I have no idea why we didn't look for some good loans this season, could have made the difference
Would FFP have prevented our manoeuvrability? We’ve committed almost all of the Hamer & Vik revenue on signings. We signing Torp and then EMC which we believed wouldn’t involve the loan back deal until the last minute.
Hull went all out in the loan market and that got them nowhere really, if we get 4 loans in it could’ve made a difference but that was never on the table. I still think integrating those players probably wouldn’t have got us over the line.
In my mind, there were some clear restraints going into the Jan transfer window.
Tide is starting to change.
FA realised during the Sven & Capello eras that British coaches were miles behind the rest of Europe & improved the training and tactical focus.
Now starting to bear fruit (O'Neil, McKenna, Carrick, Mousinho, Evatt)
Think the only thing the differentiates Ipswich from a club like us is McKenna.
The reason the bookmakers had them in the top 6 before the season despite finishing 2nd was because their stats in league 1 demonstrated that they struggled against low blocks but would be more successful against teams giving them more space.
McKenna had 18 months prior to playing in the championship to instill his tactics into the core of the squad and make the team a lot better than the sum of its parts.
We've had our team together for 10 months now and have already seen how good they can be in the middle of the season. Need to reach those levels again over a full season.
The reason the bookmakers had them in the top 6 before the season despite finishing 2nd was because their stats in league 1 demonstrated that they struggled against low blocks but would be more successful against teams giving them more space.
McKenna had 18 months prior to playing in the championship to instill his tactics into the core of the squad and make the team a lot better than the sum of its parts.
We've had our team together for 10 months now and have already seen how good they can be in the middle of the season. Need to reach those levels again over a full season.
It’s their manager that got them promoted.
Robins has been great for us but there is a reason premiership clubs haven’t and will never come in for him. He sets up wrong and negative too often, he doesnt change things quickly when they are going wrong and he starts with the wrong players so often.
Thats the difference. I would still let robins have a proper crack next season though.
Robins has been great for us but there is a reason premiership clubs haven’t and will never come in for him. He sets up wrong and negative too often, he doesnt change things quickly when they are going wrong and he starts with the wrong players so often.
Thats the difference. I would still let robins have a proper crack next season though.
Hiring a manager from a Championship club just isn't in vogue for Premier League sides. Unless you are the one who brought them up, there just doesn't seem to be an appetite for Championship managers.
Don't believe there is a single manager in PL that was hired to their current position from a Championship club. They are all either former PL managers or foreign hires.
