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Speaking to a few people yesterday (Bolton fans) I seemed to be the only one of the group who thinks our overall play is now more pleasing than it was under Megson in general.
I know we are in the relegation zone and there have been some pretty poor shows this season but I am certain that we are creating more chances, having more fun at games, passing more and generally looking more threatening and more exciting to watch than we were a couple of seasons ago.
Am I seeing it all wrong? Just I don't remember many times where Matt Taylor would skin a man or break down the wing and whip in a dangerous cross. I don't remember sweeping passing moves across midfield (and yes I know we make a lot of atrocious passes too). In fact, I can hardly remember us doing any passing that lasted for more than 2 or three consecutive passes, now we stroke the ball around and go backwards when we need to, spread it wide, come back again - we could even be accused of trying to be too intricate at times now.
Now we play the ball out from the back on the floor, we take quick throw ins and quick free kicks. We have some urgency. I used to sit in the stands and almost cry at the number of times we would not take a quick or short throw in instead of the same old lump everything into the box approach (even free kicks from our own half).
Don't you remember how boring that was?
I know we are in the relegation zone and there have been some pretty poor shows this season but I am certain that we are creating more chances, having more fun at games, passing more and generally looking more threatening and more exciting to watch than we were a couple of seasons ago.
Am I seeing it all wrong? Just I don't remember many times where Matt Taylor would skin a man or break down the wing and whip in a dangerous cross. I don't remember sweeping passing moves across midfield (and yes I know we make a lot of atrocious passes too). In fact, I can hardly remember us doing any passing that lasted for more than 2 or three consecutive passes, now we stroke the ball around and go backwards when we need to, spread it wide, come back again - we could even be accused of trying to be too intricate at times now.
Now we play the ball out from the back on the floor, we take quick throw ins and quick free kicks. We have some urgency. I used to sit in the stands and almost cry at the number of times we would not take a quick or short throw in instead of the same old lump everything into the box approach (even free kicks from our own half).
Don't you remember how boring that was?
