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18 hours ago, LiviLion said:

Pretty sure no one's touched him since Chelsea punted him a couple years ago, think I saw something about him going on trial with an amateur team in Belgium but I'm not sure if, a) anything came of it, and b) if it was even him or someone else I'm thinking of.

Thanks for the update

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Its a good rule of thumb that any football fan who ever says anything along the lines of passing the ball backwards and sideways too much is an absolute moron who knows diddly squat about the game. 

Watch Xavi, go and youtube him, maybe the best passer of all time, around 80% of his passes would be sideways or backwards.  That's football, unless you are playing a girl guides team it simply isn't feasible to pass the ball forwards most of the time. 

Attitudes like that are why we are so bad at football.  And 'passing is okay as long as it is with a purpose' is also nonsense, sometimes the purpose is simply to keep the ball.

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Watch this, probably the greatest passing sequence you'll ever see, and as good as football can possibly be played.  You'll notice most of the passes are sideways or backwards, and that's the best team in the world at their best, opening up one of the best defences in the world at the time.

 

 

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1 minute ago, 19QOS19 said:

You were over-rated Barry. Deal with it.

Actually under rated by people in Scotland, cause most people here don't know anything about football.  Like you for example, with your forward pass comment.

Watch this about Guardiola, the best manager in the world, and how his teams play.  You'll notice most of their passes are sideways or backwards.  That's football, that's how you play the game.

 

 

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Actually under rated by people in Scotland, cause most people here don't know anything about football.  Like you for example, with your forward pass comment.
Watch this about Guardiola, the best manager in the world, and how his teams play.  You'll notice most of their passes are sideways or backwards.  That's football, that's how you play the game.
 
 


Guardiola isn’t the best manager in the world

He just happens to have managed teams with the best players in the world

The way to play football is getting the ball forward
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Oh look, another of the greatest passing goals of all time, again you'll notice forward passes are in the minority.  You can only pass forward when its on and when there's value to doing it

 

 

 

Most goals are scored from a passing move containing 1 pass or less

 

All 3 goals on Friday came directly from a move containing zero passes

 

Most goals are scored from a regain of possession in the attacking third

 

The goals you are highlighting are all outliers

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Most goals are scored from a passing move containing 1 pass or less

Most goals are scored from a regain of possession in the attacking third

The goals you are highlighting are all outliers
In the 1990s English football proved that that stat is meaningless.

The 'get it forward' mentality is why Scotland and England are among the biggest underachievers in world football.

I can't believe this is still a matter of debate.
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Keeping the ball by passing it sideways or even backwards is actually a good tactic if

Your team is focused enough to keep the ball for however long they need to

The passers have the vision and ability to spot the spaces when they eventually open up

The attacking players have the vision and ability to create and move into said spaces for the midfield to pass to

Scotland cannot do any of the 3 above against most teams because they arent as good as most teams, hence why it looks shite when Scotland try it, 

 

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