Div 1 Style of play - Route one? in order.

[Fred]

The most 'route one' League One teams - ranked in order

Which teams are the most 'route one' in League One?

www.portsmouth.co.uk

 

[Northstandboy]

We are 21st! 6 click to find out

 

[Fred]

Do managers generally have a style of play they want to employ or is it down to the players they have?

 

[Foley]

Maybe we are not long ball enough?

 

[bazzer9461]

Maybe we are not long ball enough?

Have we got strikers that could get on to the long ball and seeing as Coventry are 20th tomorrows game could be all down to one touch passing starting with the keepers

 

[Fred]

Do most teams with limited budgets have to go more long ball? Looks as if Luton aren't a long ball team how big is there budget?

 

[bazzer9461]

Do most teams with limited budgets have to go more long ball? Looks as if Luton aren't a long ball team how big is there budget?

Portsmouth have a big budget and they’re one of the front runners

 

[Marked Ox]

Maybe we are not long ball enough?

Are you thinking of Josh Ruffels pass?

 

[bazzer9461]

Are you thinking of Josh Ruffels pass?

And a quality pass that was and well controlled by Whyte

 

[Marked Ox]

Do most teams with limited budgets have to go more long ball? Looks as if Luton aren't a long ball team how big is there budget?

Very healthy, they will be at least in the upper tier of budgets.

 

[bazzer9461]

And to think our budget next season could be less next season

 

[Dubai Yellow]

Long ball or not, our biggest issue is hitting the target.

 

[Fred]

And to think our budget next season could be less next season

it could be more!
Didn't KR say it would be the same? Although I would think it may depend on which division we are in.

 

[bazzer9461]

it could be more!
Didn't KR say it would be the same? Although I would think it may depend on which division we are in.

And he said it could be less

 

[tonyw]

Seems to me that article shows......that there's no particular correlation between style of play and success.

There's good teams playing long ball, and bad teams playing long ball.
Good teams playing passing football, and bad teams playing passing football.

Guess it's just about the manager finding the right players to play their chosen style of football, and then properly training and motivating them...

 

[Paul Cannell]

Guess it's just about the manager finding the right players to play their chosen style of football, and then properly training and motivating them...

You're saying we're fucked, then.

 

[m]

Seems to me that article shows......that there's no particular correlation between style of play and success.

There's good teams playing long ball, and bad teams playing long ball.
Good teams playing passing football, and bad teams playing passing football.

Guess it's just about the manager finding the right players to play their chosen style of football, and then properly training and motivating them...

Absolutely, although having the funds to get and keep the best players at that level helps some!

At the risk of stating the obvious, I'd say you could equally apply the above to formations.

 

[Foley]

Seems to me that article shows......that there's no particular correlation between style of play and success.

There's good teams playing long ball, and bad teams playing long ball.
Good teams playing passing football, and bad teams playing passing football.

Guess it's just about the manager finding the right players to play their chosen style of football, and then properly training and motivating them...

That seems about right.
As a supporter I would prefer to see the team at least trying to play decent football (and I guess that Stoke fans were fed up with the Pullis way and look what has happened since he left)

 

[Foley]

Absolutely, although having the funds to get and keep the best players at that level helps some!

At the risk of stating the obvious, I'd say you could equally apply the above to formations.

Almost certainly although I would suspect that most PL teams now play with 1 up front (with various formations behind)

 

[stokeu]

That seems about right.
As a supporter I would prefer to see the team at least trying to play decent football (and I guess that Stoke fans were fed up with the Pullis way and look what has happened since he left)

Few complaints from them that I've heard, especially considering the sh1te they've had since

 

[Foley]

Few complaints from them that I've heard, especially considering the sh1te they've had since

I heard lots of moaning about Pullis and the style of Stoke before he was fired.
But in hindsight....

 

[stokeu]

where in Stoke do you live?

 

[Foley]

where in Stoke do you live?

I don't but I had family in Stoke. Knew a lit of Stoke fans