7_Kewell » Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:14 pm wrote:Our attacks make me cringe....passing the ball side to side...then back to the defence...then back to the midfield...then side to side...then back to the defence....then back to midfield...
We're so short of ideas, it's embarrassing.
To be fair it can be tough breaking down a packed, well organised defence but you need to use your loaf, as you say it's pointless passing the ball around ad infinitum in midfield if the opposition are just sitting there and refusing to come out, by endlessly knocking it around your doing nothing but wasting your own time.
Shooting from range can be a good tactic to break down stubborn defences, In the past we've had the likes of Gerrard, Alonso and Riise who could all strike a ball from distance and before his career threatening groin injury Gerrard in particular was great at striking a ball from 25 yards out with a lot of accuracy, the only problem for us though is that no one in our current set up can hit a barn door from ten paces, every time someone shapes up to put their foot through it you just know it's either going to end up in row z or trickle along the floor into the keepers arms at about 2mph.
I don't know if it's because of these modern balls or what but the standard of shooting from range is about as bad as I've ever seen it, I'd say about 80% of shots from distance miss the target by more than 10 yards.
Depressing.