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Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

Kandi1977 said:
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All of which begs the question, how will Premiership coaches combat this approach?

I like his point that the system depends on players being able to break the press; Bissouma and Madison are great at it, while Kulu-shaker is not bad although maddeningly he does not seem to have the pace to take advantage of the two steps he gains through beating his marker.

In all of the analysis I have seen of Ange, which admittedly is not much, I have not seen as much emphasis on his nationality as I would expect. The Aussies have a "back yourself" mentality. What's the phrase I am looking for, here? "To dare is to do", so to speak. If Spurs can adopt that mentality throughout the club then that will be a good thing, even if it means running out Jonny Bairstow occasionally.

The other thing I got from that YouTube analysis was how out-of-date my football terminology is.

I am sure in my day (the era of Soccer Stars, a pivot was a centre-back.

A "four" was the defensive midfielder - Billy Bremner, Nobby Stiles, Alan Mullery. The "six" was the more mobile of the two centre-backs - Bobby Moore, Chopper, Bites Your Legs, Kevin Beattie.

The creative midfielder was the 10 - John White, El Veg, Ghod - while the 8 was the inside forward (ask your grandfather).

While I am moaning/commenting intelligently on terminology, if "inverted wingers" are wingers who play on the "wrong" side (left-footers on the right) then whatever Ange's full-backs are, they ain't inverted; tucked-in, maybe.

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Roland Beurre said:
All of which begs the question, how will Premiership coaches combat this approach?

I like his point that the system depends on players being able to break the press; Bissouma and Madison are great at it, while Kulu-shaker is not bad although maddeningly he does not seem to have the pace to take advantage of the two steps he gains through beating his marker.

In all of the analysis I have seen of Ange, which admittedly is not much, I have not seen as much emphasis on his nationality as I would expect. The Aussies have a "back yourself" mentality. What's the phrase I am looking for, here? "To dare is to do", so to speak. If Spurs can adopt that mentality throughout the club then that will be a good thing, even if it means running out Jonny Bairstow occasionally.

The other thing I got from that YouTube analysis was how out-of-date my football terminology is.

I am sure in my day (the era of Soccer Stars, a pivot was a centre-back.

A "four" was the defensive midfielder - Billy Bremner, Nobby Stiles, Alan Mullery. The "six" was the more mobile of the two centre-backs - Bobby Moore, Chopper, Bites Your Legs, Kevin Beattie.

The creative midfielder was the 10 - John White, El Veg, Ghod - while the 8 was the inside forward (ask your grandfather).

While I am moaning/commenting intelligently on terminology, if "inverted wingers" are wingers who play on the "wrong" side (left-footers on the right) then whatever Ange's full-backs are, they ain't inverted; tucked-in, maybe.

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Judging by the age of the magazine you copied you might remember the confusion that was caused by Graham Cross of Leicester wearing 10 and playing at centreback in late 60's, he was one of that extinct breed the cricketing footballer, lots when I was a kid. Good quiz question which world cup winner played county cricket, Marky you can't answer this.
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
Judging by the age of the magazine you copied you might remember the confusion that was caused by Graham Cross of Leicester wearing 10 and playing at centreback in late 60's, he was one of that extinct breed the cricketing footballer, lots when I was a kid. Good quiz question which world cup winner played county cricket, Marky you can't answer this.
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Ohh that's a great question. I don't know the answer but plenty of cross forms players back in day. Viv Richards played in WC qualifiers for Antigua, Botham Sclamhorpe, Dennis Compton of course and Daley Thompson
 
Grays_1890 said:
Ohh that's a great question. I don't know the answer but plenty of cross forms players back in day. Viv Richards played in WC qualifiers for Antigua, Botham Sclamhorpe, Dennis Compton of course and Daley Thompson
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Botham Sclamthorpe :D

The Sclamhorpe problem!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclamhorpe_problem
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
Judging by the age of the magazine you copied you might remember the confusion that was caused by Graham Cross of Leicester wearing 10 and playing at centreback in late 60's, he was one of that extinct breed the cricketing footballer, lots when I was a kid. Good quiz question which world cup winner played county cricket, Marky you can't answer this.
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John Hurst of Everton is the one I remember; he also played number 10 but was a centre-back. Madness.

I don't know the quiz question but I would guess it was one of the 1966 squad. Ron Springett or Jimmy Armfield, maybe. Somehow I can't see Nobby Stiles fielding at silly mid-on with his poor eyesight.
 
Roland Beurre said:
John Hurst of Everton is the one I remember; he also played number 10 but was a centre-back. Madness.

I don't know the quiz question but I would guess it was one of the 1966 squad. Ron Springett or Jimmy Armfield, maybe. Somehow I can't see Nobby Stiles fielding at silly mid-on with his poor eyesight.
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I've cheated and looked, won't spoil it, but weirdly the game he played was at my old club ground. Small world
 
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