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Second highest on the list, the Port Vale game, and we were excellent....
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Thread convergence: Long ball and big bellies...










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A long pass is good as long as it does not give away possession. As any coach would say - the ball can run faster than any player. If you are going to do the “sit back and wait” game and then counter attack it is very likely that a fair few long passes will happen. To do it well you need a Dave Boylen.

The snag is that opponents soon suss it out. That is what used to happen with the Hurst master plan of using Monkhouse disguised as a flag on the halfway line to nod  the ball on into the corner. It happens with Engerland. That long diagonal ball to Sterling or Rashford out wide works for 5 minutes and maybe even a goal until the other side gets the message and then Southgate has to scratch his stubble for a Plan B. Much better to vary it with someone carrying the ball out at pace which is why I like to see Max Wright there.


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Would be interesting to see how that correlates with possession percentages though. We had 66% possession on Tuesday, which must be the highest for us this season. Watching it, it certainly felt like Salford barely touched the ball.


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Very much depends on how these stats are counted.

There's a big difference between a long (say, 40 yards) pass to pick a player out or switch play, and a floated punt up from the CB that is either just put into "an area" or put in the rough vicinity of the big striker. The first one is a deliberate and accurate pass, the second is a bit of a hopeful punt that pretty much leaves it 50-50 who gets possession as it's just who wins the aerial challenge.


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Very much depends on how these stats are counted.

There's a big difference between a long (say, 40 yards) pass to pick a player out or switch play, and a floated punt up from the CB that is either just put into "an area" or put in the rough vicinity of the big striker. The first one is a deliberate and accurate pass, the second is a bit of a hopeful punt that pretty much leaves it 50-50 who gets possession as it's just who wins the aerial challenge.


Exactly Tommy. I would guess that most of the hopeful wellies in the direction of a target man come in games where we have lots of possession and very few ideas what to do with it. Tip-tap, tip-tap, tip-tap ...... thump.



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A long pass is good as long as it does not give away possession. As any coach would say - the ball can run faster than any player. If you are going to do the “sit back and wait” game and then counter attack it is very likely that a fair few long passes will happen. To do it well you need a Dave Boylen.

The snag is that opponents soon suss it out. That is what used to happen with the Hurst master plan of using Monkhouse disguised as a flag on the halfway line to nod  the ball on into the corner. It happens with Engerland. That long diagonal ball to Sterling or Rashford out wide works for 5 minutes and maybe even a goal until the other side gets the message and then Southgate has to scratch his stubble for a Plan B. Much better to vary it with someone carrying the ball out at pace which is why I like to see Max Wright there.


Don't totally agree with the highlighted bit Ron. There's the tactic of deliberately losing possession providing it's in the area down the opposition defender's flank. Long ball into that area or even into touch and it gives the other team the problem of what to do with possession in that area. Obviously you've got to push up as a unit to minimise their scope to do something useful. Not the most eyecatching football though.


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Would be interesting to see how that correlates with possession percentages though. We had 66% possession on Tuesday, which must be the highest for us this season. Watching it, it certainly felt like Salford barely touched the ball.


I quite agree and if Hanson didn't win as few aerial challenges as people have counted, most of the times Salford got possession was from the punts.

I felt we did some great inter passing, but what was missing was a bit of raw pace, like their number 3 had; and some guile at playing the killer pass. I would like to have seen Harry and a fit Ahkeem go at them.




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