The New Way To Play

[Ryan Bomford]

Originally posted by Boodnutz
Yes, good analogy re snakes.
But who and what triggers the change? John Barnes for all his false bravado has a smart football brain and he mentioned on Fox League Teams after the Essendon game that he was sure that someone within the Swans structure triggers the change. He said that Essendon could see it was a planned change in tempo but no-one could determine how or when it occurs. Consequently, opposition teams are caught out strategically for 3-5 minutes when the change occurs. Match-ups are all of a sudden wrong and players are caught flat-footed.

You mean, you don't know?

[Boodnutz]

If I knew, I'd hire myself out as a consultant to 15 other teams. Club loyalty is one thing, paying the bills is another.

[Mark]

Originally posted by Boodnutz
Yes, good analogy re snakes.
But who and what triggers the change? John Barnes for all his false bravado has a smart football brain and he mentioned on Fox League Teams after the Essendon game that he was sure that someone within the Swans structure triggers the change. He said that Essendon could see it was a planned change in tempo but no-one could determine how or when it occurs. Consequently, opposition teams are caught out strategically for 3-5 minutes when the change occurs. Match-ups are all of a sudden wrong and players are caught flat-footed.

Despite being a @@@@head on occasions, every now and then Barnsey has a lucid moment. I thought his comment on "not letting our running defender who draws the opposition player accept a second handball" very interesting. He basically espoused putting some sort of physical pressure on them, be that putting them to ground or holding them up with a bump.

He basically reckoned that is what won S&Don the game against us early in the year. Not exactly rocket science but many teams fail to stop our running players once they dispose of the ball this way and consequently create extra "running" numbers.

Hope nobody was watching his comments !