Thorn's Footballing Tactics (1 Viewer)

[SkyBlue Baker96]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/co...horn-s-footballing-philosophy-92746-31337308/

Doesn't seem as though Andy wants a big target man? Could this be a problem for us at set pieces etc?

 

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[lordsummerisle]

Thought this was going to be one of those threads about "What is the shortest book in the World"?

 

[SkyBlue Baker96]

nahh, just people think we need a big target man at coventry seemin platt has gone and every season so far we have but thorn wants to take a new approach to the way we play football

 

[stevo_ccfc]

nahh, just people think we need a big target man at coventry seemin platt has gone and every season so far we have but thorn wants to take a new approach to the way we play football

Looks like he may be taking a leaf out of Eric Blacks book, small mobile players swapping around dragging big league one lumps out of position. We can always bring wood up for corners etc as he is pretty effective

 

[SkyBlue Baker96]

Looks like he may be taking a leaf out of Eric Blacks book, small mobile players swapping around dragging big league one lumps out of position. We can always bring wood up for corners etc as he is pretty effective

Yeah true also if i'm wrong please correct me, even though Cody is small he got a couple of goals using his head? and if timing his jump correctly and positioning he can be a threat in the air?

 

[oldskyblue58]

all well and good until you have to defend corners against those same big lumps ......... we could be missing two central defenders soon (crainie, keogh) with cameron not yet fit......... will be good to see us going forwards for a change but we need strength and strengthening at the back

 

[SkyBlue Baker96]

excactly, unless you rely on murphy coming out and collecting the ball everytime? to try and set up counter attacks with john fleck? good idea there , but your right, need two cantre backs who can strong and can be a arieal threat

 

[ccfcway]

Papa Boupa Diop doesnt have a club yet

:wave:

 

[SkyBlue Baker96]

to play CM? Wages could be a problem ? ex premier league player and played for west ham last season, surely he will be looking for a championship club or abroad?

 

[Chipfat]

Simon Gillet is a footballing CM and from a team that move the ball at all costs, very good player out of contract.....

 

[ccfcway]

to play CM? Wages could be a problem ? ex premier league player and played for west ham last season, surely he will be looking for a championship club or abroad?

He only played 10 games for them last season

He's 6ft 5, can play CM or CB. Height and versitility.

Rumours that MK Dons are looking at him, so perhaps not as dt as it sounds

 

[SkyBlue Baker96]

Tell Thorn to pull his fingers out and sign him up if he is a good footballing player!!!

 

[SkyBlueJohnso]

attacking set pieces i don't see being a problem without a target man, Wood always looks dangerous, and depending who partners him at centre back you've got to get them in the box.

as for defending set pieces, hopefully this will stop all 11 players defending in our box, i don't rate Murphy on crosses but most of the time he's got 18/19 players in the box so can't come for the ball. leave at least 2 up on the half way line for the break, and force the opposition to leave defenders back, if you leave 2 up they'll keep 3 defenders back!!!

 

[SkyBlue Baker96]

He only played 10 games for them last season

He's 6ft 5, can play CM or CB. Height and versitility.

Rumours that MK Dons are looking at him, so perhaps not as dt as it sounds

Hm, stick him CB hopefully boss the strikers next season

 

[stevo_ccfc]

Wood hussey and Cameron are all tall, Clarke is also pretty handy in the air for a small lad. How tall is zinedine?

 

[Nick]

It will be ok defending set piece as we will have every player back anyway

 

[covcity4life]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/co...horn-s-footballing-philosophy-92746-31337308/

Doesn't seem as though Andy wants a big target man? Could this be a problem for us at set pieces etc?

do we score much froms et pieces? honestly can remmeber last cov goal from a corner

playing on ground is all good by me as sometimes we used platt too much

 

[Nick]

Is it only me who thought we played a lot of hoof last season? We played the ball around on the floor and back to murphy or a defender then hooooooof

 

[stupot07]

We played a lot more hoof towards the end of the season when platt played, yes.

 

[oldskyblue58]

wasnt hoofball as such Nick but I tend to agree with you. We passed it around our box a lot ..... kept the ball in our half and then lost patience or got bored and hit a long diagonal ball from the fullback at Platt. In fact if Platt wasnt there we still hit the same outlet ball far too often.

 

[sw88]

"Attacking set pieces? What are they" asks Andy Thorn in the back ground.

While on the subject, I hope our direct free kicks improve this season

 

[lordsummerisle]

"Attacking set pieces? What are they" asks Andy Thorn in the back ground.

While on the subject, I hope our direct free kicks improve this season

Got to, now that Sammy "Scored a couple a couple of free kicks in my first season, so will take them all now" Clingan has left.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

"Attacking set pieces? What are they" asks Andy Thorn in the back ground.

While on the subject, I hope our direct free kicks improve this season

I doubt it, probably be Mcsheff taking them.