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2 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

And Baca keeper giving 10 yard suicide pass from his box leading to red card , time to bin the twatting around in your own pen area 😳

For those doing it, all about overall control, with the inevitable mistakes being chalked up to individual error (coached out or players replaced) or balanced against the result (and across more than the game it happened in).

In the Everton game, I noted a longer ball from McCarthy. It immediately stretched the play in a way that trying to pass through to the same position, wasn't happening at that time, with Everton pushing onto our defence.

It gave the crowd a lift too, as we got it up the park. So when we can deliver it to one of ours, under control, or win the second ball, it's clearly useful to shape the game.

We've seen us still trying to pass out in some daft defensive moments, with their attack still coming back from set pieces.

Getting it up the park, driving onto opponents aren't things we see when we're in the game. Usually disjointed and too late when we do see them, as it means we're behind.

Everton noticeable for practically never looking to control it. Happy to push into stretched areas without the ball. Their crowd demanded it. I can't help but connect that lack of game management with them losing games from leading positions.

So passing out can work well. But knowing when it's not on or when it needs changed up seems to be an issue.

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