Wearthefoxhat
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And putting needless pressure on yourselves, is a skill that we’re perfecting and need to dismiss in the very near future 
The art of pissing about at the back.
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hackneyfox
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From FT and this is what so many aren’t seeing.
Here's more of the move for that incredible second goal. This needs to be shown to all the dinosaurs in our fan base that want it kicked forward as soon as possible.
Winks stands on the ball at the start of the move doing... nothing. He's trying to provoke the Watford player to come and press him.
He plays a bounce pass with Ricardo, then Winks plays it... backwards.
Mads plays a cool, measured ball with his instep into KDH
KDH has come deep to receive the ball to drag his marker with him, and lays it off to Winks.
Winks, who is now facing towards the opposition goal can make a first time forward pass through the lines to Ricardo, who is now totally free because his marker jumped to try and follow Winks, because Winks' marker is trying to press the goalkeeper. Passing backwards has taken Watford players out of the game.
Ricardo spins and drives forwards with the ball. KDH sprints from his deep position to support the attack. It's now 5 v 4 in our favour and Ricardo can pick his pass.
He lays it off to Fatawu with a simple pass. Fatawu could have cut in and lashed a shot at goal. But instead he waits a split second to commit his man, then plays a simple return pass.
Ricardo can then just pass it into the back of the net for an incredible team goal.
Here's more of the move for that incredible second goal. This needs to be shown to all the dinosaurs in our fan base that want it kicked forward as soon as possible.
Winks stands on the ball at the start of the move doing... nothing. He's trying to provoke the Watford player to come and press him.
He plays a bounce pass with Ricardo, then Winks plays it... backwards.
Mads plays a cool, measured ball with his instep into KDH
KDH has come deep to receive the ball to drag his marker with him, and lays it off to Winks.
Winks, who is now facing towards the opposition goal can make a first time forward pass through the lines to Ricardo, who is now totally free because his marker jumped to try and follow Winks, because Winks' marker is trying to press the goalkeeper. Passing backwards has taken Watford players out of the game.
Ricardo spins and drives forwards with the ball. KDH sprints from his deep position to support the attack. It's now 5 v 4 in our favour and Ricardo can pick his pass.
He lays it off to Fatawu with a simple pass. Fatawu could have cut in and lashed a shot at goal. But instead he waits a split second to commit his man, then plays a simple return pass.
Ricardo can then just pass it into the back of the net for an incredible team goal.
Wearthefoxhat
Roofer
That belies description, what was the romantic view of Winks initial participation in the final goal
buz_not_buzz
Occasional Poster
Well except most of our "issues" tonight (minor as they were) came when we were trying to play forward quickly. But carry on.And putting needless pressure on yourselves, is a skill that we’re perfecting and need to dismiss in the very near future
hackneyfox
Roofer
Perhaps but can you not see that the beautiful team goal we scored at the weekend all came about from ‘pissing around at the back’, that it wasn’t some stroke of luck but all part of Enzo’s master plan?Yet another fucker who simply defaults to the tedious and lazy "dinosaurs who want it kicking forward as soon as possible" claim
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hackneyfox
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Did you have a little snowflake moment when you read 'dinosaur' or did you manage to read the rest of the post?Yet another fucker who simply defaults to the tedious and lazy "dinosaurs who want it kicking forward as soon as possible" claim
Club_B00k_Crutchless
Registered
About 70 mins in some bloke was yelling "get it forward!" and Faes played a long ball straight to their keeper so of course he then yelled "WTF was that!" followed 5 mins later by "Enzo your tactics are shit"
swabianfox
Rare Continental Breed
For the sake of god I cannot understand why Enzo would not listen to such gratuitous pearls of wisdom!
LGFOX
Roofer
I suggest that anyone who doesn’t understand what Enzo is doing, then please listen to the Big Strong Leicester Boys podcast last week where their guest is the very likeable and astute Guillem Balague. He now lives in Croft Leics and is a big mate of Enzo. He explains what he’s doing and how it’s ‘head over heart’ football. It’s very informative to those that don’t get what we’re doing, which in a nutshell has resulted in us pissing the league from the first match. The players are evolving all of the time and I thought last night in the first half showed me the best example of what Enzo is trying to do.
TartanFox
Roofer
The most exciting part of Enzo-ball is, imagine what it will look like with actual EPL standard players playing that way. Thankfully we've got the chance to offload a dozen or so players this summer that may help us in our first season back.
Vestergaard strolled through the game last night and was again a candidate for MotM, that simply isn't happening next season, no matter how good his revival has been this year. This season we have faced some really inept teams and managers, but you can only beat what's before you and win the league that your in. It'll be so different next season.
That starting XI last night isn't an EPL team for me.
Vestergaard strolled through the game last night and was again a candidate for MotM, that simply isn't happening next season, no matter how good his revival has been this year. This season we have faced some really inept teams and managers, but you can only beat what's before you and win the league that your in. It'll be so different next season.
That starting XI last night isn't an EPL team for me.
Club_B00k_Crutchless
Registered
Correct. We're making us of what we have available within our means to get the job done. Big upgrade needed, no need to change the tactics, much as it upsets the old school.
foxesneverquit
Member of the lark around club.
Get promotion
Bring in and ship out as many players as FFP allows and try and stay up.
Then... build on it for the following season.
Bring in and ship out as many players as FFP allows and try and stay up.
Then... build on it for the following season.
Yorkfox
Roofer
True, obviously Hamza will be starting
hackneyfox
Roofer
Or go to FT, Tactics under Maresca and read the posts from StriderHiryu who has a few coaching badges and I have to say as made me appeciate the way we play from very early on in the season. I don't get frustrated by the playing around at thee back as I can see why it's being done and how it suddenly opens the pitch up for us. How it leads to what appears to be a counter attack but which couldn't have happened withhout moving opposition players closer to our goal by 'pissing around at the back'.
So which players don't you think aren't up to scratch. I'm sure when we got promoted last time people thought the majority of the team wouldn't do well.
essingtonblue
Roofer
Did he?
Well I seem to remember him on several occasions from the point of that note from enzo being passed around 15 or so minutes into the 2nd half go chasing the Wednesday forwards all the way to the halfway line & further & getting turned & left behind. Happened about 3/ 4 times. Faes started doing it aswell.
Hampshirefox
Roofer
I used to do this a lot at school. Further on down the road it probably wasn't the best tactic I ever employed....
blackthorn8
Roofer
Look lve told you before ....... movement and play defines the Enzo play.
You can be picked off so easily if you haven't the vision to see and pass accurately
You can be picked off so easily if you haven't the vision to see and pass accurately
hackneyfox
Roofer
Having a listen now, thanks.
Running Fox
Roofer
So was the Watford goal
Wearthefoxhat
Roofer
Exactly, hence the vast majority of goals against us this season are due our pissing about and encouraging needless pressure, not to mention the anguish and suffering caused to the victims, us the fans, apart from those that leave a bit early they deserve everything they get
hackneyfox
Roofer
snowflake dinosaursExactly, hence the vast majority of goals against us this season are due our pissing about and encouraging needless pressure, not to mention the anguish and suffering caused to the victims, us the fans, apart from those that leave a bit early they deserve everything they get
Wearthefoxhat
Roofer
The thing is I get the tactical thinking behind the play and it’s definitely the way we’re going, although as it’s been mentioned it will not succeed in the EPL with our current squad .snowflake dinosaurs
However why we need to implement it when we’re clearly under the cosh, which is inevitable during periods of the game is beyond me because it just ends up giving the opponent confidence when we fuck up which we do on a consistent basis.
During these passages of play I just think maybe making them work and run about and if we’re in doubt boot the fucker out would frustrate the opposition and then we could revert to the game plan as their press would fail to shake us up, mix and match.
I’ve been called a lot of things in my life but snowflake and dinosaur can now be added to the never ending list
hackneyfox
Roofer
Booting out inevitably increases the chances of the opposition gaining possession and us being under the cosh again.
But look on the bright side – if it's booted out then they have possession in their own half, rather than on the edge of our box
And cos they're shit at this level, we have plenty of time to win it back before they get within goal scoring range (unless the keeper is scratching his arse 40 yds out from goal, that is)