thewookieisdown Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I thought this an interesting observation: "Disappointing game, few things to mention on Wednesday first. They used the long ball for the majority of the game. Fletcher was outstanding for them, they used him to drop onto the midfielders to win all of the flick ons. With Boyd rotating into a striker position off the left flank to collect the ball. Even though they should of been exposed on that flank they rotated again with Reach going to the left, Matias staying on the right with Bannan just behind and Hutchinson sitting deeper. Whilst i don't appreciate the long ball, i did have a lot of respect for their rotations during phases of play. They played with 4, sometimes 5 players up against our defenders at times." 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rogers Posted January 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2019 Didn’t know Beilsa was a Wigan fan - sounds like an informed fan 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 We have stopped playing it from the back in all fairness .Every ball out from Westwood was long . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I wouldn't say was long every time, thought we mixed it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfcjam Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 minute ago, dewsburyowl58 said: We have stopped playing it from the back in all fairness .Every ball out from Westwood was long . Thank god. We don’t have any defenders who are capable of playing out from the back. Shouldn’t of taken this long for someone to notice and change it. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, dewsburyowl58 said: We have stopped playing it from the back in all fairness .Every ball out from Westwood was long . Best way, trying to get defenders like lees to play football is stupid . We don’t have the quality to tap it around . Long ball is deffo the best way with this squad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZicoSterland2 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, dewsburyowl58 said: We have stopped playing it from the back in all fairness .Every ball out from Westwood was long . Thank goodness for that how many times have we conceded possession in bad areas this season. Do the simple things right and the rest will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsheff Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 It was very noticeable Bannan wasn’t playing sweeper for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Smart management, something managers like Big Sam and Warnock would have done too. Keep it simple and organised and be harder to beat. Then try and bring in better players when possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, swfcjam said: Thank god. We don’t have any defenders who are capable of playing out from the back. Shouldn’t of taken this long for someone to notice and change it. Tend to agree. Sending it long is less risky, and really, that’s what most fans want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherGoose Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, Southie_Owl said: Smart management, something managers like Big Sam and Warnock would have done too. Keep it simple and organised and be harder to beat. Then try and bring in better players when possible Even then we should be keeping it simple. Players are not good enough at this level to try to play like Man City. This ‘ooh they play direct football’ stigma is frankly a bit pathetic. Comes from the armchair Premier League fans bored knowing that the same teams will win every year - they have to find a way to make it more interesting so are preoccupied with this sort of nonsense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowl Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I think we have playes in the middle and up front who are comfortable on the ball - we we don't have the players to play out from the back. I'm happy with that. Nice to see a well thought out reasonable post from a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danblakemore Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Nowt wrong with playing to our strengths. Tbf it was very comfortable yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffed Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 31 minutes ago, thewookieisdown said: Even though they should of been exposed on that flank Who wrote this crap? Please tell me it wasn’t a journalist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookieisdown Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Miffed said: Who wrote this crap? Please tell me it wasn’t a journalist Indeed not: some random person on a Wigan forum. In fairness, I think it's quite easy to do this sort of thing if typing quickly. I'm not wholly sure I agree with the post - it was more mixed than he suggests - but as I say an interesting observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookieisdown Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 What was also notable about the Wigan forum was lots of appreciation for Fletcher, and rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 It’s not long ball is just lack of faffing about with it After we scored we played some very good stuff for 15 - 20 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full fathom five Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 43 minutes ago, Southie_Owl said: Smart management, something managers like Big Sam and Warnock would have done too. Keep it simple and organised and be harder to beat. Then try and bring in better players when possible Exactly, get the basics right to give you a chance to win games, the style can come later. Though to be fair we played with more style than Wigan so that fan should be looking closer to home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernOwl Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Rogers said: Didn’t know Beilsa was a Wigan fan - sounds like an informed fan Compare this to your average owlstalk post - chalk and cheese 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Owl Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 One man's long ball is another's direct football. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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