Ange hints at how effective Sheffield’s disrupt-and-frustrate tactics were for a “we don’t stop” Angeball team
Ange’s comments are telling here. Heckingbottom wasn’t just trying to run down the clock, he was trying to disrupt our flow. Break the rhythm and slow us.
We are known to train with intensity; the ball rarely allowed out of play. Angeball is flowing quickness.
Sheffield set about to disrupt and frustrate that.
It worked for 98 minutes.
cc @peterme
I’ve seen outraged comments on Sheffield’s time wasting even before they scored. But it seems their strategy was to try and break our flow from the start; to frustrate; to suffocate.
I feel ambivalent about their tactics. As an underdog, you have to respect Heckingbottom for identifying a weakness and exploiting it. But dark arts are not fun to watch. Just glad it wasn’t us this time.
Sorry to everyone who had to endure us under Conte I guess.
@hallenbeck @peterme @coys @spurs I don’t like watching that but it’s a valid way to play. I’m not one of those people who thinks it’s immoral or evil or something. You just hate to watch it
Yeah, it’s reasonable to have a plan to exploit weaknesses. What else are they supposed to do? Look what happened to Burnley.
I’m not sure it’s _entirely_ valid though. The officiating seemed muddled. Should referees just add more time or dish out more cards? I’d like to see more second yellows for such blatant timewasting. I’m not sure what the rules are though. There seems to to be suggestions refs will only hand out a first yellow for wasting time?
@hallenbeck @CoolerPseudonym @coys @spurs Again, thinking back to the Golden State Warriors…
Most of the time, they play fast, pace-and-space, motion basketball.
But occasionally, it doesn’t work.
And the goal is to win.
And no one is better at winning than Draymond Green. And so, when needed, he’ll muck it up, get physical, get obnoxious, trying to get in the heads of the other players and the refs.
(https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34045428/nba-finals-2022-draymond-green-roars-back-sets-tone-golden-state-warriors-game-2-win)
The best teams have more than one mode.@hallenbeck @peterme @coys @spurs Yeah I’d like to see cards when the rules say. It’s sort of an intricate dance, depending on the ref. PGMOL are cracking down in the Premier League, but they still seem unable to give a second card to a keeper for time wasting.
