prestonibbo_mcfc
Well-Known Member
I think we're fine on technique and footballing brain overall. I think the higher powers at the FA have been guilty of trying to change too much. One thing the English have always had more than a lot of nations is higher fitness (needed it in the prem), more strength and a hell of a lot of passion. We play high tempo football. We don't want to see the ball going from one side to the other, we don't care about our possession being 80%. We want attacking football and we want goals.
English football has always been about quick attacking football and getting stuck into the opposition. I understand we need to adapt but if we want Spanish style possession football then as I said, you're looking at the English players around the age of 16-19 at the moment. There are some very solid players technically at that level. There's a lot at City.
So why have we stopped playing that way. Senior and U21's both play with little direction and even less tempo.
We look like we have set patterns of play (ala Chess) and if they don't work, well we're fucked ;-)