Charlie Wayman Posted 5 October, 2017 Share Posted 5 October, 2017 This goes goes straight to the heart of the problem with football..... People are brainwashed that players can only do one job on a pitch - totally untrue. The one exception being goalkeeper..... ‘Football people are ‘institutionalised’ they cannot see solutions that challenge their football ‘knowledge’ or football tradition. What is that ‘knowledge ? It is mostly Scotch Mist. They tend to repeat the same mistakes time and time again. It’s only a very few people that can truely ‘manage’ a football team and those people could manage any team or company. The aura around football management is completely misplaced. Bit of a wild assertion that, Chris. Doubt it's true as players specialise in one position from age 8 upwards these days. I mean if a guy is left footed, wouldn't he have a problem playing on the right etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vectraman Posted 5 October, 2017 Share Posted 5 October, 2017 Bit of a wild assertion that, Chris. Doubt it's true as players specialise in one position from age 8 upwards these days. I mean if a guy is left footed, wouldn't he have a problem playing on the right etc? Tadic is a left footer played on the right, Redmond a righty played on the left... So they can do it, not sure it doesn't make us amazingly predictable though...oh look, redmond/Tadic are out wide and cutting across the edge of the area. Who'd have thought it....seemingly all of our opposition!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchris Posted 5 October, 2017 Share Posted 5 October, 2017 Bit of a wild assertion that, Chris. Doubt it's true as players specialise in one position from age 8 upwards these days. I mean if a guy is left footed, wouldn't he have a problem playing on the right etc? Well it’s funny you should say that... Should’nt professional players be taught from the age of eight how to kick with both feet???? This is another fundamental part of football coaching which is flawed... Honestly football coaching is mediocre. Incidentally we have always played players on opposite wings in forward positions too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfield Saint Posted 5 October, 2017 Share Posted 5 October, 2017 Tadic is a left footer played on the right, Redmond a righty played on the left... So they can do it, not sure it doesn't make us amazingly predictable though...oh look, redmond/Tadic are out wide and cutting across the edge of the area. Who'd have thought it....seemingly all of our opposition!! Don't see many right footers playing left back though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 10 October, 2017 Share Posted 10 October, 2017 To be honest, I do wonder why I bother, especially home games. There is still something about going away with mates and that but at home, god it's dull and the players don't care and the club just want money. There's nothing from the old game anymore, it's all gone, what a lot of us 30+ people grew up with bears no relation to today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintMB Posted 10 October, 2017 Share Posted 10 October, 2017 You're not part of the first generation to say that and won't be the last. It's part of the aging process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 20 October, 2017 Share Posted 20 October, 2017 This goes goes straight to the heart of the problem with football..... People are brainwashed that players can only do one job on a pitch - totally untrue. The one exception being goalkeeper..... ‘Football people are ‘institutionalised’ they cannot see solutions that challenge their football ‘knowledge’ or football tradition. What is that ‘knowledge ? It is mostly Scotch Mist. They tend to repeat the same mistakes time and time again. It’s only a very few people that can truely ‘manage’ a football team and those people could manage any team or company. The aura around football management is completely misplaced. I don't except this. I bet Neuer could do a job for us all over the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 20 October, 2017 Share Posted 20 October, 2017 Don't see many right footers playing left back though... Though Nathan Dyer was arguably as good if not better on the odd occasion when he played there for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 20 October, 2017 Share Posted 20 October, 2017 Though Nathan Dyer was arguably as good if not better on the odd occasion when he played there for us. I'm guessing you meant "Clyne" as I don't think even Poortvliet and Wotte were that mad to try that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 20 October, 2017 Share Posted 20 October, 2017 Anyone else slightly traumatised that this thread is still a sticky and the WBA build up isn't? No? Just me then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 20 October, 2017 Share Posted 20 October, 2017 I think the mods have left town and SWF is now lawless bandit country. I'm going to test this theory by posting increasingly risqué material, culminating with Tubgirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 20 October, 2017 Share Posted 20 October, 2017 I think the mods have left town and SWF is now lawless bandit country. I'm going to test this theory by posting increasingly risqué material, culminating with Tubgirl. Go on, do it. I dare you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 20 October, 2017 Share Posted 20 October, 2017 I think the mods have left town It was bound to happen now that the forum has been troll free for almost 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globetrotter Posted 20 October, 2017 Share Posted 20 October, 2017 It was bound to happen now that the forum has been troll free for almost 2 yearsTextbook Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 21 October, 2017 Share Posted 21 October, 2017 Textbook Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Nice touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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