The playing out from the back thread

[Tom Flint]

Was watching motd Sunday morning, I counted 4 cases of goalkeepers and defeneders gifting goals by trying to pass the ball around their penalty box. Arsenal almost gave away a couple and no doubt there were plenty other near misses..
I used to hate it, but have seen enough times where teams are drawn in to press high and we get in behind further up the pitch to accept it works. It's still a nerve racking watch. Post here when your side gifts a goal by trying to walk the ball into the opposition half instead of just lumping it.

 

[Socerer 01]

Was watching motd Sunday morning, I counted 4 cases of goalkeepers and defeneders gifting goals by trying to pass the ball around their penalty box. Arsenal almost gave away a couple and no doubt there were plenty other near missus.
I used to hate it by have seen enough times where teams are drawn in to press high and we get in behind further up the pitch to accept it works. It's still a nerve racking watch. Post here when your side gifts a goal by trying to walk the ball into the opposition half instead of just lumping it.

proper brexit energy in this post haha

more seriously its a response to all teams out there trying to press high and hard, just like the hard press was initially a response to teams trying to play tiki taka and possession football

 

[Molehill]

Portsmouth have properly adopted the strategy this season. What makes it work is having a decent ball playing keeper who can pick the pass when the press is on (Norris is excellent at Pompey). We've currently got the best defence in the division and by my reckoning, you could only potentially argue one goal conceded was as a result of playing it out.

I used to hate it when we had idiots who couldn't pass, but now I appreciate what we're trying to do.....and hey, we're top of the table.

 

[Uppercut]

At the top level you just have to do it now, and that competitive reality is working its way down the system. Taking long goal kicks when the opposition is keeping the ball from theirs is too much of a disadvantage. You end up working so hard chasing the ball and have no energy to do anything with it when you win it back.

 

[GIMH]

I’ve talked to @Uppercut about this before but nothing infuriates me than constant shouts of ‘forwards’ from fans

 

[Tom Flint]

The loudest cheer at arsenal after the goal and occasionally before was anytime someone just hoofed it

 

[Ali TT]

The loudest cheer at arsenal after the goal and occasionally before was anytime someone just hoofed it

Heard it was a crap game

 

[Tom Flint]

For a neutral maybe. But was a good watch for us

 

[sledger]

Playing out from the back is great. Forces all the player types who in previous generations typically couldn't actually play football (e.g., keepers and centre backs etc.) to get good at...football.

 

[Ali TT]

Modern players a bunch of pussies tbh. This is how you play from the back

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[Furball]

I remember being really disappointed by Jorge Campos at USA 94, he was nowhere near as mental as promised.

 

[Ali TT]

I remember being really disappointed by Jorge Campos at USA 94, he was nowhere near as mental as promised.

Then there was Jose Luis Chilavert, the Paraguayan keeper who took penalties, free kicks and punched opposing players. Don't make unhinged Latin American goalkeepers like they used to.

 

[Tom Flint]

Then there was Jose Luis Chilavert, the Paraguayan keeper who took penalties, free kicks and punched opposing players. Don't make unhinged Latin American goalkeepers like they used to.

Is this the one who scored about 100 career goals?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Is this the one who scored about 100 career goals?

Chilavert scored around 50. Rogerio Ceni scored over 100: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_goalscoring_goalkeepers

 

[Tom Flint]

One of them scored a hatrick lol. Ceni only scored one of the 129 from open play, I wonder how many of heguita's 43 were.

 

[Kraken]

I'm a big advocate for playing out from the back, however the keeper needs to be a pretty good/great shot stopper to help counteract the added dangers playing out possesses. Exhibit A of someone failing this, Onana, A.

 

[Burgey]

I think it's great to watch but when Australia try it at tournaments it causes me conniptions, because I don't associate our side with being good enough to do it against top opposition.

 

[Ali TT]

As we were talking about awful goalkeeper jerseys on another thread, the mention of Campos reminded me of this

 

[sledger]

I miss the loud/garish goalkeeper kits of the 90s tbh. I wouldn't go so far as to say they were nice to look at or anything, but they're very nostalgic for me. The David Seaman/England Euro 96 one a particular favourite of mine.

 

[Furball]

I always liked Newcastle's from around 1996 which had the silhouette of the Tyne Bridge on it.