Right winger

[choirboy]

Eeeeeh....
...funny in'tit...
When I were a lad I often played as a 'Right Winger' but now that I am officially an 'Owd Codger', (......turned 65 last Friday)........like a lot of us posters on 'ere, I think that I have just become another "RIGHT WHINGER!"

 

[Revived Red]

can,t see the point of getting everyone back especially the ones that can,t defend, seen a couple of times in the last 12 months where non defending players have got in the way of a defender and caused an opposition goal.

Or even go one better and score an own goal, Darren Bent style

 

[Exile on Spencer St]

Whilst we've drifted onto corners and defending/attacking them, a few years back I went to watch Stanley Youth squad play at Reading. The latter were, to a man (and man, rather than boy, was more apt for their team) about a foot taller and two stones heavier than the lads in red.
Stanley won a corner and, rather than do the usual, the entire Stanley attack lined up outside the penalty area. This left the big Reading defenders standing on their own in the six yard box, somewhat confused as to how to mark someone who wasn't there.
As the corner came in, the Stanley lads charged like the Light Brigade into the valley of death. Unfortunately, on this occasion, they too lost out to the big guns of the defenders. But I thought it was a brilliant bit of improvisation to nullify the opposition's physical superiority.

 

[Chrisr]

You have totally misunderstood my point - because you did not read what I actually wrote. I never said "they keep bunching on the left" - please do not misquote me.

I was talking generically about goal kicks. It is irrelevant which side of the goal area the kick is taken from; I happened to quote the left side as an example. Watch any team - Stanley or Chelsea. If it is taken from the right, the players bunch on the right with the left winger probably no further left than the centre spot. If it is taken from the left, they bunch on the left with the right winger near the centre spot. Sorry that you misunderstood.

I accept I may have misquoted you. It was down to the bunching on one side. The Goal kicking needs a bit more practice as does his distribution. There has been some fair observations on our game play for a while. But there are genuine options available to us. It is up to the Management to up their game to the standards the loan players have brought. It is obvious they play with a lot more confidence and knowledge. Like many on here I could never understand having 11 men defending as once the ball is kicked out there is only one place it is going back to. Anyway it looked good, Portsmouth will be a good challenge, 3 points from them and we will be on our way.

 

[monkey hanger]

Stanley won a corner and, rather than do the usual, the entire Stanley attack lined up outside the penalty area. This left the big Reading defenders standing on their own in the six yard box, somewhat confused as to how to mark someone who wasn't there.
As the corner came in, the Stanley lads charged like the Light Brigade into the valley of death. Unfortunately, on this occasion, they too lost out to the big guns of the defenders. But I thought it was a brilliant bit of improvisation to nullify the opposition's physical superiority.[/QUOTE]

saw the same thing myself years ago. it was vs rugby v leyton orient in a fa cup game. the rugby side did the same thing and scored through it as you said the opposition didn,t know how to cope with it. everything now is all much of a muchness. if one top side do it all the rest follow. remember england winning the world cup without wingers and quickly football league sides copied it.

 

[Twenty Eight]

Think the question get answered last night.