Static, slow motion zombie passing
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This is the picture I get in my mind when I see a two man midfield consisting two of Carrick, Scholes & Giggs. Our own version of passing it in triangles:
Move ends with an unnecessary 40 yard pass that's in the air so long it's impossible to bring down without being dispossessed.
1% less pass accuracy than Barcelona
This is the worst brand of football we've played that I can remember. Pass it around in the middle for a couple of minutes, while the front line stand there watching, get bored, whack it out wide to Valencia, attempt cross, fail. Get the ball back. Rinse and repeat. Its torture.
And considering we have the likes of Rooney, Van Persie, Welbeck, Nani, Valencia etc etc at our disposal, its actually criminal. Watching us has become a chore of late.
And considering we have the likes of Rooney, Van Persie, Welbeck, Nani, Valencia etc etc at our disposal, its actually criminal. Watching us has become a chore of late.
This is the picture I get in my mind when I see a two man midfield consisting two of Carrick, Scholes & Giggs. Our own version of passing it in triangles:
That area is usually where you would see a silva/oscar/mata/ozil/carzola/iniesta etc, or in our case Rooney or RVP, only problem we have is that unlike at other clubs where the wide forwards would come inside and link up ours stick to their wing, leading too the repetitive wide pass.
Willie always cracks me up in that scene.
"They call this a soccer riot? Common boys let's take 'em too school."
Then don't watch you entitled fool.
Interesting, just look how many people are standing still or walking by the time that gif ends.
That would've been an amazing goal though, I love Rafael.
Another to add to the amazing goals collection he already has with his left foot
Would have been perfect for Michael Carrick to push up into that space rather than stay 40 yards behind play. I mean the run is so obvious that even the referee makes it and is in a great position for a shot across the face of goal.
It's utterly bemusing at times. It's like after the Aston Villa game Fergie said to himself "alright so Scholes and Carrick doesn't work to well. They basically just pass it between themselves at half, and then Scholes spanks one out to Valencia. Great pass completion numbers but no penetration."
So then he comes back this weekend (possibly after conferring with Mike Phelan) and says "I know how to sort this out! Take out Scholes and put in ... Giggs! I mean, he's even older than Scholes so that makes perfect sense, and rather than playing accurate long balls to wingers he plays them to the opposition instead. Perfect!".
So then he comes back this weekend (possibly after conferring with Mike Phelan) and says "I know how to sort this out! Take out Scholes and put in ... Giggs! I mean, he's even older than Scholes so that makes perfect sense, and rather than playing accurate long balls to wingers he plays them to the opposition instead. Perfect!".
When the 2 subs came on we picked up the tempo immensely and looked like scoring with pretty much every attack. Then we got a 2 goal lead and just stopped again even though QPR were so shit we were slicing through em like a hot knife through butter. Would love to have someone like Keano in there to stop the slacking/complacency.
Well, I'll say one thing: City look as bad as us if not worse when it comes to this.
That was painful...we lucked clueless and void of any invention.
One of the rare where the zombie football didn't matter or wasn't that painful to watch.
You'd expect the players out there to try and put in a good performance so that they are picked at the weekend though, but everyone just looked like they didn't really care.
Hmmmmmmmmmm...... I thought I saw that Mockney had bumped this thread.
This is the picture I get in my mind when I see a two man midfield consisting two of Carrick, Scholes & Giggs. Our own version of passing it in triangles:
This is surpisingly accurate....
I thought so too. Apparently Heath Ledger gifs aren't welcome in this very very serious thread.
I'm not sure if that's serious.
The scratching the balls when I don't have the ball bit is particularly accurate today
We aren't good enough yet to stop relying on our wingers to create stuff for us. There were four strikers on the pitch at one point yesterday, yet not a single winger that could put in some dangerous deliveries. Rooney's delivery was atrocious throughout the game and Powell looked knackered everytime he got into dangerous postitions. Add to that a non existent midfield which resulted into a total mismanaged mess.
Not bumping this because we're playing it against Reading so calm your chops over that.
But is this anything similar to the system that is developing which is 'dish off dish off dish off' where everyone attempts to take less than .8 of a second on the ball for anything?
Must pass! Must Pass, PASS PASS PASS. Somebody just get on the ball and move players around with the ball at feet and open up space for the other players. So many of our guys getting hospital passes and long range bombs to have to try and control.
But is this anything similar to the system that is developing which is 'dish off dish off dish off' where everyone attempts to take less than .8 of a second on the ball for anything?
Must pass! Must Pass, PASS PASS PASS. Somebody just get on the ball and move players around with the ball at feet and open up space for the other players. So many of our guys getting hospital passes and long range bombs to have to try and control.
Yay! Long time no zombie thread ! 
This thread not being bumped for over 3 months is indicative of our improved play, imo.
Zombie is back!
Yay!!!!
Yay!!!!
Is it?
Maybe for about 5 minutes in the first half. Been all over them really today
We've been comfortable the whole match. That's not zombie.
This thread was always going to get bumped when Giggs and Carrick were selected today, no matter how well they played.
We haven't been great in the midfield, TBH. Giggs scored a wonderful goal but his overall performance has been a bit, meh.
Also, the passing from the defense has been atrocious the last two games.
Also, the passing from the defense has been atrocious the last two games.
I was only able to watch the second half, but I thought we played excellently - no sign of 'zombie passing' at all.
Kill this thread. Pathetic bump
We slowed things down for a few minutes there...quick, to the zombie passing thread!
Bumped 15 minutes into a game?
Knows his football.
Knows his football.
Good performance all around, game with no history around it.
Didn't think we were zombie passing at all... we've barely seen that at all this season when it hasn't been Scholes and Carrick together in midfield.
Crazy stuff. We totally dominated the game, Giggs was excellent and him and Carrick were well on top. QPR did nothing in this game... it's one of the most comfortable away wins we've had all season.