dumboldowl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 38 minutes ago, Pablo Bonvin said: Exactly this. We weren't the most stylish under Wilkinson but they were good times on the whole. Oh for those days again !!. I watched most of the games played under HW and was never bored. The excitement is surely in watching the goals go in, winning matches, and gaining promotion. OH FOR THOSE DAYS AGAIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, Hougoumont said: Yes they were...until teams worked us out and we got bored poo-less by the same old same old same week after week. if they'd worked wilkinson out, how come he won promotion the following year? and the title within 4 years? we got 'sniped' at by all the 'experts' on tv, until sufficient numbers of our supporters bought into the 'we ought to be playing better' shyte, that undermined wilkinson, the team, and the club, he moved forward, and the rest is history. empires are brought down from within. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1981 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Style. Eventually it would lead to success. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Brentford were one of the most stylish teams I saw last season but they go through bad spells as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hougoumont Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 minute ago, dorian gray said: if they'd worked wilkinson out, how come he won promotion the following year? and the title within 4 years? we got 'sniped' at by all the 'experts' on tv, until sufficient numbers of our supporters bought into the 'we ought to be playing better' shyte, that undermined wilkinson, the team, and the club, he moved forward, and the rest is history. empires are brought down from within. Oh! Rubbish. We got promoted by battering teams with long balls then had a good season in Division one. We got worked out and eventually the tactics were "give the ball to Brian...and Brian, when you get the ball...cross it for Lee" Wilkinson did what he could with very limited players and went to Leeds because the board there showed some ambition and recruited good players to work with. He pinched Strachan and Cantona from under our noses because our board hadn't got the foresight to compete at that level. We're still suffering today from the lack of ambition of successive chairmen in the past. Wilkinson won a title because he was a good manager and motivator and could have done it here if he had gotten the backing he needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 an aggressive /attacking way of playing and reaching play-offs would be my ideal scenario but if that way of playing made the play offs unattainable then like most others i'd take the boring route if it keeps the interest alive till the end of the season …...theres nothing worse than the seasons hopes ending around February . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo hippy Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 As a season ticket holder for nearly 30 years I'd be happy enough with either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Down South Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Has to be promotion, but with an inspired choice of manager, the two needn't be mutually exclusive. My concern with success at all costs is the assumption that, after winning promotion, we can then somehow buy more attractive football with Premier League money and turn the ugly duckling into a swan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I think want is the wrong word, we need promotion to get us out of the financial hole we are in. I'd go for boring football if that's what it takes to get promotion. I'm not that bothered about us being in the Premiership. Too many prima donnas. It's a bit of a soap opera with all the coverage of every aspect of everything. I'd be happy just to get there so we could refill the coffers with failure payments then come back down to play real proper attractive football. Sorry if that's not a popular view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthowl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Success over style every day. Whilst you can have both, you can also have neither. That's why people dismiss the likes of Pulis. Do we want his dour style of play AND failure (miss out on play offs)? At least with a manager known for an attacking, entertaining, style like Holloway, we know that we're likely to get one of the two options, hopefully both. With a Pulis type, we know we're likely to be bored, but the "compensation" of success is far from guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Man Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Success hands down. What's the point in failing nicely. Edited July 22, 2019 by English Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night-Owl Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) I personally don't mind what style of play we have, as long as it's structured and gets results. Why can't we be more attacking, dynamic and stylish, and go up? Who cares one way or the other, just as long as we get results and finally go back up. I don't necessary think there is a right way of playing or a right way of going up. I'd mix it up, I think that's a better way for success at this level to have some flexibility, to change things up when needed and to be able to grind out results but also be able to kill games off. If that's done by being more direct and intense or by being dynamic and stylish, who cares really, just as long as Sheffield Wednesday survives and does well. I just want the best for the club and despite disliking the PL, I'd love to see us finally return and how we get there or what style of play we play is immaterial to me. Edited July 22, 2019 by The Night-Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Given our situation with regards to FFP it has to be success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbo48 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, prowl said: I think want is the wrong word, we need promotion to get us out of the financial hole we are in. I'd go for boring football if that's what it takes to get promotion. I'm not that bothered about us being in the Premiership. Too many prima donnas. It's a bit of a soap opera with all the coverage of every aspect of everything. I'd be happy just to get there so we could refill the coffers with failure payments then come back down to play real proper attractive football. Sorry if that's not a popular view. May be more popular than you think. Winning is everything. It doesn’t matter which league you’re in. The joy is in getting promotion. That soon disappears when you’re getting battered every other week. I hate everything about the PL circus. Football lost its soul as soon as it began 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcat Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatzooma Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Hougoumont said: Yes they were...until teams worked us out and we got bored poo-less by the same old same old same week after week. And the tight board at the time refusing to invest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Hougoumont said: Oh! Rubbish. We got promoted by battering teams with long balls then had a good season in Division one. We got worked out and eventually the tactics were "give the ball to Brian...and Brian, when you get the ball...cross it for Lee" Wilkinson did what he could with very limited players and went to Leeds because the board there showed some ambition and recruited good players to work with. He pinched Strachan and Cantona from under our noses because our board hadn't got the foresight to compete at that level. We're still suffering today from the lack of ambition of successive chairmen in the past. Wilkinson won a title because he was a good manager and motivator and could have done it here if he had gotten the backing he needed. it isn't 'rubbish' it's still happening now. we have 'an element' in our crowd to whom 'type of build up play' counts as much as 'result' (if not more). they (still) have an affinity to carlos for bringing 'tiptap' to the club, the same 'tiptap' that failed us miserably 3 years running, and left us with a bank balance as full as the trophy cabinet. 'DINOSAUR FOOTBALL', and 'MODERN FOOTBALL' are their 'hates' and 'desires', whilst 'modern football' brought us ****ing about in our own half and on the half way line instead of attacking the opposition. the first half's at hillsborough under ole coke were absolute 'dire' with us having little or no intent, and his 'tiptap' thinking left no room for any other system to be considered, so with 3 minutes remaining at wembley v 'ull, and 1-0 down our keeper was still rolling it out to the full backs, and 90 seconds and numerous square balls later we crossed half way. as for wilkinson's side, it 'crushed' and 'brushed' a great many 'better' teams than us away, it wasn't liked by the 'establishment' we weren't willing to 'know our place' and dutifully stand in it. every time we went away, there was a serious chance of winning. wilkinson's side started to falter under the pressure of not having the financial support to improve, players lost faith in the club, and both wilkinson and a number of players left to win glory with l**ds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley8 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Utterly pointless question! Which would you like success or failure. Of course everyone wants success. Dinosaur football keeps you in a division because it means you leak less goals but today it's not good enough to be successful. Pulis at Middlesbrough point proved. If the old dinosaur couldn't do it with one of the best squads in this league then who could. I don't like slow passing football either because that too is ineffective. Needs to be pressing football. But we have to watch this week in week out. You could have said which would you prefer if we fall short entertainment or longball cross. The question is fixed to promote crap football with the illusion it brings success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Nothing wrong with going a bit more direct if it brings you the rewards. What does my head in is the nothing, hoof ball style which the likes of Pulis adopt. Direct is fine, hoofball isn't imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ferkorf Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I'd rather play hoof ball football, win 1-0 every game and wee wee the league than play the 'Attractive free flowing attacking football' that Wednesday have never played anyway and end up finish 8th in the League or getting dumped out of the play offs I've a funny feeling we will get neither though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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