Long ball option

[Berty23]

Andy n reports that gus said after the game yesterday that "we now have an option to go long". Have we signed someone? It sounds like it. Could be a fun day of guessing then.

I will go first. Cox. I thought Blackburn had pulled out. This is based on nothing but a guess.

 

[misterspatch]

Lacina Traore, 6'8", if Gus is going to get someone tall, why not the tallest footballer in the top flight of Russia?

 

[ees complicated no?]

He says it here & I agree the way he says it makes me think we have got someone in.

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"Now teams have got to be careful because we have another option in playing long. There are big decisions for the opposition."

 

[Zebedee]

I hope that we have signed someone. Trying to play long ball with our current shortish strikers would be plain daft. All we need to know now is who?

 

[hampshirebrightonboy]

Don't think we've signed anyone, current players just learnt to play it long.

 

[Deano's Invisible Pants]

Just a new tactic designed to deter teams who want to press us high up the pitch.

 

[bhafc99]

Isn't it something to do with poker and Tony Bloom?

 

[Dorset Seagull]

I hope that we have signed someone. Trying to play long ball with our current shortish strikers would be plain daft. All we need to know know is who?

Playing long isnt necessarily about height and can be about speed

 

[Zebedee]

Playing long isnt necessarily about height and can be about speed

I recognise this but it certainly helps to have a bit of height up front. And I maintain that our current strikeforce is too lightweight.

 

[beorhthelm]

Playing long isnt necessarily about height and can be about speed

yeah, like Michael Owen. wait a minute, does this mean....

 

[Dorset Seagull]

I recognise this but it certainly helps to have a bit of height up front. And I maintain that our current strikeforce is too lightweight.

When a team press you high up the pitch they are vulnerable to the ball over the top into the space for on rushing forwards. I suspect Gus has managed to get the team to move the ball quicker which was always the weakness last season

 

[Jimmy's gonna get ya!]

If we can move the ball upfield quickly when being pressed high, I'm sure CMS will come into his own.

 

[Tux the albion Penguin]

I guess when guy says long ball. He means "HOOF" ball right?

 

[fleet]

Long ball outlet was mostly Buckley last night

 

[Icy Gull]

I guess when guy says long ball. He means "HOOF" ball right?

Yup, it seems that Gus has seen the light at last, but he's dressed it up to sound continental

 

[supaseagull]

When CMS is fit...this tactic will benefit him greatly

 

[Deleted member 2719]

If we can move the ball upfield quickly when being pressed high, I'm sure CMS will come into his own.

Exactly this. Why they couldn't see that last season who knows, but at least they have a plan b now.

 

[Beach Hut]

When CMS is fit...this tactic will benefit him greatly

Can't see it, personally, as he struggles on his own and the perception by most fans is that Barnes is one of the worst strikers we have ever had

 

[Zebedee]

When a team press you high up the pitch they are vulnerable to the ball over the top into the space for on rushing forwards. I suspect Gus has managed to get the team to move the ball quicker which was always the weakness last season

The failure to move the ball quickly (and decisively at times) was also a frustration for me last season. If Gus can get the current squad to play at a higher tempo that would be a significant step forward. All teams are wary of sides that move the ball at pace - especially when there is a purpose.

 

[SeagullSongs]

This alone means we'll win the league.