Counter Attacking, Pressing and Vertical Lines

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  1. pompey_red

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    pompey_red, Aug 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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    I'm glad the slow build up is finally dying a death. It works when you've got Barcelona class players, but not a team built round David Perkins. Liverpool and City will obviously monopolise it though, and make it stale. I just hope we don't appoint Malcolm Dullard from deepest Lancashire again, who tries making us into Pepball FC with about 7 ex-Morecambe players
     
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    I'm glad I'm old enough to remember when football was just about tackling, passing, shooting and scoring. Happy days...
     
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    yep, when the only tactical terms we used were retaliate first, Row Z and advertising hoardings
     
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    Can't wait for Haaland to kick it out of play at kick off. Mint.
     
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    To be fair, it was working and was anything but dull until Malcom lost a handful of key players. But I do get your point. And I do prefer - personally - the more direct approach in terms of tactics. I think we saw a good blend on Saturday, so I hope that's the norm under Conor.
     
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    I preferred 'wall bottom' before there were any hoardings!
     
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    Gerrim int wall bottom
     
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    Threw his teddy out as soon as he realised how tough the Championship is. Yes, he lost a few star players, but that's where he should've stepped up and had a contingency plan. Not just phoning up his old mates at Fleetwood and Rochdale. I think the players knew he had a League 2 mindset, too.

    I know I sound bitter, but I still have nightmares about that era!
     
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