Often said in response to posters talking about pattern of play and the like. What the feck is a ‘possession team’? A team that can pass the ball?
Ole’s biggest failing for me is he has built the midfield area of the team all wrong, and on the wrong principles. The centre of the pitch typically defines a team and their identity for me, and ours simply doesn’t make sense. We have a team that is more comfortable without a football than with it. All of our players there are expected to ‘do something amazing’, and judged on this, rather than just do something simple. Pogba is said to have had an ineffective game if he’s not producing YouTube moments, Bruno’s idea of playing well is impacting the scoreline, McTominay and Fred need to put in tackles etc. But the simplicity of passing and moving, one touch play, shoulder drops to open up space etc - non existent.
Apparently City are a ‘possession team’. They are an attacking team, that is good at passing the ball. We are miles and miles away from passing and moving at an elite level. The relationship our players have with each other, on the ball, is terrible. Perhaps it was a dead rubber, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching us against Wolves. First time I’ve seen some intricate short passing, some triangles etc in the middle of the park for ages. The issue is, this will never be used in the main team because of the undroppable pieces we have used to build it.
We just seem to have no plan in too many games.
Ole’s biggest failing for me is he has built the midfield area of the team all wrong, and on the wrong principles. The centre of the pitch typically defines a team and their identity for me, and ours simply doesn’t make sense. We have a team that is more comfortable without a football than with it. All of our players there are expected to ‘do something amazing’, and judged on this, rather than just do something simple. Pogba is said to have had an ineffective game if he’s not producing YouTube moments, Bruno’s idea of playing well is impacting the scoreline, McTominay and Fred need to put in tackles etc. But the simplicity of passing and moving, one touch play, shoulder drops to open up space etc - non existent.
Apparently City are a ‘possession team’. They are an attacking team, that is good at passing the ball. We are miles and miles away from passing and moving at an elite level. The relationship our players have with each other, on the ball, is terrible. Perhaps it was a dead rubber, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching us against Wolves. First time I’ve seen some intricate short passing, some triangles etc in the middle of the park for ages. The issue is, this will never be used in the main team because of the undroppable pieces we have used to build it.
We just seem to have no plan in too many games.