Pretty much all on the mongs at FFA and there love affair with the dutch system and all things Han Berger. about 6 years ago i got to watch a few times in one season a team that cost parents > 1k for the season for there kids to be in only to see them getting there asses kicked to the tune of double figures by halftime most Saturday mornings.Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
You could put your house on these kids playing it out from the back and conceding goals from wayward back passing all day long. In actual fact and i kid you not if these kids even looked like taking a risk and taking on a opponent or a dare i say long ball they would get hooked for a break on the bench for deviating from the mantra/curriculum . I also recall a season later watching a girls rep team from up the valley play a few times and same same. Play it out from the back lose count of the number of back passes and side passes and once again a cricket score would be put on them by half time. The busiest of players in both those sides were there respective keepers, Either dealing with back passes or picking the ball out of the net. Brings back memories of when Couscous was coaching and BK and Birraz were our busiest and ultimately player of the season recipients. It was often said the word " header " was not even in the several hundred page curriculum.
Gallop and his fellow gooses have single handedly backed a curriculum that has ruined a generation of footballers by taking away any attacking flair/instinct a player had and curriculum'd it out of them. Its no wonder we can't score goals from open play to save ourselves with such a defensive possession safety first mentality right across the park.
Sorry to rant but on this issue i am so with the Member. This dutch style is just so shite and frustrating. But don't despair the ones peddling this style as great are the also the ones who tell you winning the possession and completed passes stats is equally as important as winning the match FFS.
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