29-11-2022, 23:19
Rob Page was never the thinking man's centre back when he played for Chesterfield.
Players who lack pace seem to over-value it when they reach management - I suppose out of nightmare memories.
If you play Moore at centre forward, you have to put on a man who can hit him with a dangerous dead-ball or a cross. If you surround him with players like Johnson, Wilson and James all they'll do is leave him for dead on any quick break and there'll be no-one to stick the ball in the onion bag.
Interestingly, or not, many teams have been profiting from hitting in-swinging balls across the edge of the six-yard box. Tonight, England won a series of corners against one of the shorter keepers in the tournament and hit outswingers all the way until well into the second half.
When I kept goal, I never felt an out swinging cross was particularly dangerous. First off, I was tall and enjoyed coming to catch them and second, I was pretty secure that any header off an out swinger would have to be brilliant to score. In-swingers gave you far more to think about, including the fact they might go directly into the net. Now that ball technology has created more swing that danger has increased.
Jordan Pickford is simply too concerned with showing-off to be really bothered about doing his job properly - just an opinion .....
Players who lack pace seem to over-value it when they reach management - I suppose out of nightmare memories.
If you play Moore at centre forward, you have to put on a man who can hit him with a dangerous dead-ball or a cross. If you surround him with players like Johnson, Wilson and James all they'll do is leave him for dead on any quick break and there'll be no-one to stick the ball in the onion bag.
Interestingly, or not, many teams have been profiting from hitting in-swinging balls across the edge of the six-yard box. Tonight, England won a series of corners against one of the shorter keepers in the tournament and hit outswingers all the way until well into the second half.
When I kept goal, I never felt an out swinging cross was particularly dangerous. First off, I was tall and enjoyed coming to catch them and second, I was pretty secure that any header off an out swinger would have to be brilliant to score. In-swingers gave you far more to think about, including the fact they might go directly into the net. Now that ball technology has created more swing that danger has increased.
Jordan Pickford is simply too concerned with showing-off to be really bothered about doing his job properly - just an opinion .....