Artell In.

One thing that Artell has given us is very entertaining football at times. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed some of the games recently and I haven’t been able to say that for a long time. Stats don’t factor that in.

Quoted from oochiad

One thing that Artell has given us is very entertaining football at times. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed some of the games recently and I haven’t been able to say that for a long time. Stats don’t factor that in.

Some stats do/would wouldn’t they. 🙂

Quoted from Zmariner

I am supportive of Artell but I am not happy with playing out from the back so much. Accrington’s best chance was handed on a platter from this approach. DA just has to keep us up, if he fails he would be ousted. I expect him to achieve this with a bit to spare. We need to be lucky with injuries , as this for me is the only risk that we will get dragged in if we have to revert to the 2 goals per game conceded.
I think FG and particularly Sutton have plenty of fight in them and so 5/6 wins will be needed. A point on Saturday is great and achievable.   I would take a draw with a defensive performance, no need to go toe to toe, too risky as 7 times out of 10 you lose utm

It's not the playing out that creates opposition goal chances, especially the Accrington one, it's the manner it is done. There is a time to do something and a time when not to. Professional footballers at our level should know when to do any approach and not stick rigidly to the script.

Even top-class players make stupid mistakes (look at that goal conceded by Liverpool yesterday), but the trick is to keep them to the minimum. There is no reason for a keeper to roll a ball a short distance to a defender as with the Accrington chance, because it doesn't gain any advantage. Passing it out of the box is worthwhile as it helps keep possession, but as others in the thread have noted, there's nothing wrong with smacking it up the line if the gambit to play it out hasn't worked on one particular occasion. Defenders routinely whack the ball out for a throw or a corner when under pressure from open play so you have to treat it in the same manner.

Hopefully, we'll get better at it, the more we work on things to keep the mistakes at a minimum but, rest assured, they will still happen from time to time.

Quoted from Maringer

Even top-class players make stupid mistakes (look at that goal conceded by Liverpool yesterday), but the trick is to keep them to the minimum. There is no reason for a keeper to roll a ball a short distance to a defender as with the Accrington chance, because it doesn't gain any advantage.

Changes the angle & gets the game going - centre half can dribble it out if he’s got the space/ability, as soon as it’s in play the opposition have to come & close it down which frees up a teammate somewhere. If the keeper’s playing it short out of the box from a goalkick he’s got a 10/15yd pass to a static target who is more than likely already marked.

The Accrington chance was from Smtih not connecting right when trying to flick it round the corner, but Thompson was on to feet if needs be. In an ideal world, if you can’t get out playing through the lines you end up back with your keeper and you’re no worse off.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

DA has my full support and I'm sure he'll make the football pretty, he's clearly confident there is no threat that we'll get relegated unlike some of us.

Edit to this, at least you can see what Artell is actually trying to do.