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- Tekel Towers 1st Team
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Now and then
Watching the BBC this afternoon and not sure what the program was but think it was about great Fa Cup games but for me that is the way football should be played. Pitches were bare of grass but seeing Willie Johnston with socks rolled down running at the full back, Archie Gemmel spraying passes around and John Robertson's wing play was a joy to watch don't think the modern game is a patch on that.
- Beharder
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The biggest change gents is the tackling.
There used to be half a dozen tackles per game that would get the modern fan screaming for a 10 match ban.
He felt contact so he went over
that phrase is killing the game
excessive force FFS
I'm away to calm down
- lifesanocean
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Re: Now and then
Liverpool in the 1980's series on BT Sport 3 just now. Some tasty challenges there. Ooft.
Too much commotion
- SlatefordArab
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Watching games from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s the thing that strikes me most is how fast, exciting and direct the play is compared to now.
- TheShed
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Football was far better then. Yes, the facilities, pitches, lifestyle and fitness of players needed improving, just wish we’d stopped there instead of trying to fix the actual product and causing irreversible damage. Even worse we’re still pushing on in the wrong direction.
- Beharder
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Legends of the game Tom Forsyth, Danny Mcgrain( last 5yrs of career) Willie Miller
Would not last 5m with the pansies that play these days. Even Hegarty seen as a fair player would be seen as a ruthless bastards who needed kicked out the game today.
- PatReilly
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Re: Now and then
SlatefordArab wrote:
Watching games from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s the thing that strikes me most is how fast, exciting and direct the play is compared to now.
I'd agree with this: watching old United games, a lot of early, direct balls led to goals, and there wasn't a lot of fannying about at the back or in midfield. In fact, quite often the ball was played quickly, and forwards competed for it rather than players further back the park looking to thread a pass or play a ball through a pile of players and, as is often is the case today, not being able to do so, so passing sideways or backwards.
Possession appears to be everything these days. Making goal scoring opportunities as quickly as possible seemed more important back then.
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Watching games from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s the thing that strikes me most is how fast, exciting and direct the play is compared to now.
I'd agree with this: watching old United games, a lot of early, direct balls led to goals, and there wasn't a lot of fannying about at the back or in midfield. In fact, quite often the ball was played quickly, and forwards competed for it rather than players further back the park looking to thread a pass or play a ball through a pile of players and, as is often is the case today, not being able to do so, so passing sideways or backwards.
Possession appears to be everything these days. Making goal scoring opportunities as quickly as possible seemed more important back then.
We need a more direct long ball team to have a bit of success and it will become fashionable again. Average teams playing possession football is pointless