talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1717156800/1717162200/this could easily just slot in on the Evatt PL in 5 yrs thread as i was saying similar stuff on that re Kompany and Maresca.
excellent stuff from Stan Collymore. he can be a bit hit and miss as a pundit IMHO, but he's 100% bang on for me here.
was hoping they might put out the video clip of this aft's comments, but you can get it on audio via above link.
Fri 31/5 . Baker and jacobs. between 1 and 4 pm. listen to 2.30 to 3 pm slot. then skip into that slot about 20-22 mins in then its there for about 5 mins.i'll summarise the key points. :
talks about Stoke attendance dropping off due to Pulis football back in the day.
haven't faired to well without it have they. he does make that point, but i will.
not that i'm endorsing it, but just stating a fact.
Coaches "slavishly " following the Guardiola style & hiring that style too. great phrasing there Stan !
. couldn't have put it better myself.
says Ancelotti doesn't do this, & might well win Champs lge for umpteenth time on sat'day. & they do entertaining in their own way.
also says, it's alright for the Elite doing it. they have the best players anyway, and can win in any style they want.
i've said before, if Tiki taka was so successful Spain would have won the WC every time since 2010. they haven't even got close. nor really
have any other team in a similar style. France certainly didn't. and Argentina was largely Messi inspired.
also says it probably won't work for most relegtion threatened clubs as it gets diluted . & just general frustration
at lack of other styles. like i've said, you can't all have 50%+ posession so how are you going to win ?
he says " other niches and ways of playing football that could equally get success" .
just fleshing that point out. i like to compare to boxing tactics. open fight with no defensiveness. sure better to watch.
both could k.o. any sec. good to watch , not necessarily good for their chances. lesser guy needs to dig in and get you're guard up,
box clever & pick your moments. it's that simple. no guarantees, but surely you maximise your chances.
no wonder tv companies don't like teams digging in, and making it gritty. good for your own team. bad for the neutral viewer.
or the naive viewer, who just thinks more goals= more quality. sometimes more quality if that better team has to really
fight hard to break down that stubborn defence.
www.myfootballfacts.com/premier-league/all-time-premier-league/premier_league_goal_statistics/#google_vignettewe've seen more PL goals this season than ever, even more than 1st 2 or 2 seasons in a 22 team lge.
1246 goals scored. some seasons it was less than 1000. last season it was 1084. i'd put that down to 2 main factors.
far more injury time and tiredness within that. about 100 extra via that. and probably another 100 thru' passing out errors disasters.
Spurs almost getting 4th despite only 2 home clean sheets is a joke. no wonder we've won 0 euro trophies this season.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_finalsthe last 5 Champs lge finals have all been won with
clean sheets.
Oxford got one in play off final.
Soton got on in their play off final.
Atalanta got one in their final
Olympiakos got one in theirs.
these are generally tight games. you don't win them 5-4 generally. odd exceptions obviously.
look back Ajax 3 win in 70's . all with clean sheets.
Bayern in 70's exclude their first game. replay and 2 other finals. 3 clean sheets.
Forest in 80's. 2 clean sheets. the brilliance of Shilton. !
great Milan. late 90's 2 in a row. 2 clean sheets.
Mourinho. 1 with porto, 1 with inter. clean sheets in both.
back to Stan C.
big credit for also saying, it's just another fashion. it'll change like Dutch 433 came in, then 442 then 4231's etc .
these recent hires are the very defintion of who you know, not what you know. nothing about man management or anything like that.
he quite rightly says, if Kompany could have tweaked his style at Burnley and stay up, it would have shown "growth " & progress. totally agree.
add another layer.