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Anonymous wrote:So many people think playing out of the back is possession style. Many teams including Alexandria play out of the back quite a bit. Possession style pretty much ends there. As the ball crosses midfield the game becomes a race to the goal. Sure there are some passes but almost always forward passes not really possession style.

Some teams play the way you describe. But not all by any means. I just came across this today. Worth watching the first ten minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YN2CrCf2E&feature=youtu.be

There's a good example starting at 2.15 where the midfielder dribbles the ball across the half way line. First he looks to his right where the winger is making a run and signaling for the ball - he decides its not on (I'm not sure that was the right decision - but the point is he knows there is a decision to make) and looks inside. Again he decides that there isn't a good opportunity so pulls the ball back to rebuild. There's another example starting at 8.25.

None of my DC have ever played for Sterling - I have absolutely no connection to the club - but looking at the first ten minutes of this match it would definitely be on my list of clubs to send a promising youngster.

These - by the way - are nine year olds. And Sterling is not a destination club - so I doubt they're getting exceptional athletes or even the cream of the local crop - these are just regular kids benefiting from being taught well in a system where all the kids are challenged to develop.

There's another fantastic bit of play at 6.45 as well. It's a throw-in deep inside their own half. No 14 (I think) runs towards the thrower starting to drag a defender with him. He immediately points the thrower at the space that has now been created - and the throw-in is made into that space. That's a level of awareness that you don't see on plenty of U17 teams.

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Anonymous wrote:So many people think playing out of the back is possession style. Many teams including Alexandria play out of the back quite a bit. Possession style pretty much ends there. As the ball crosses midfield the game becomes a race to the goal. Sure there are some passes but almost always forward passes not really possession style.

Some teams play the way you describe. But not all by any means. I just came across this today. Worth watching the first ten minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YN2CrCf2E&feature=youtu.be

There's a good example starting at 2.15 where the midfielder dribbles the ball across the half way line. First he looks to his right where the winger is making a run and signaling for the ball - he decides its not on (I'm not sure that was the right decision - but the point is he knows there is a decision to make) and looks inside. Again he decides that there isn't a good opportunity so pulls the ball back to rebuild. There's another example starting at 8.25.

None of my DC have ever played for Sterling - I have absolutely no connection to the club - but looking at the first ten minutes of this match it would definitely be on my list of clubs to send a promising youngster.

These - by the way - are nine year olds. And Sterling is not a destination club - so I doubt they're getting exceptional athletes or even the cream of the local crop - these are just regular kids benefiting from being taught well in a system where all the kids are challenged to develop.

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Anonymous wrote:So many people think playing out of the back is possession style. Many teams including Alexandria play out of the back quite a bit. Possession style pretty much ends there. As the ball crosses midfield the game becomes a race to the goal. Sure there are some passes but almost always forward passes not really possession style.

Some teams play the way you describe. But not all by any means. I just came across this today. Worth watching the first ten minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YN2CrCf2E&feature=youtu.be

There's a good example starting at 2.15 where the midfielder dribbles the ball across the half way line. First he looks to his right where the winger is making a run and signaling for the ball - he decides its not on (I'm not sure that was the right decision - but the point is he knows there is a decision to make) and looks inside. Again he decides that there isn't a good opportunity so pulls the ball back to rebuild. There's another example starting at 8.25.

None of my DC have ever played for Sterling - I have absolutely no connection to the club - but looking at the first ten minutes of this match it would definitely be on my list of clubs to send a promising youngster.

These - by the way - are nine year olds. And Sterling is not a destination club - so I doubt they're getting exceptional athletes or even the cream of the local crop - these are just regular kids benefiting from being taught well in a system where all the kids are challenged to develop.

Anonymous wrote:So many people think playing out of the back is possession style. Many teams including Alexandria play out of the back quite a bit. Possession style pretty much ends there. As the ball crosses midfield the game becomes a race to the goal. Sure there are some passes but almost always forward passes not really possession style.

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Anonymous wrote:Liverpool has 78% possession today and lost 7-2

Perhaps they were possessed by possession?

Something was possessed...three goals off of deflections, wow

Shots are shots doesnt matter how they go in

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Just out of interest what causes this? Why do coaches leave / want to leave?

Tons of reasons, better pay, the financial stability of the club, promotion to a director, more convenient locations