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Hills not letting go


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9 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Where is Lee?

Not had sight nor sound of him?

He was out in Preston the other week.

First time I’ve not gone up to him and slurred ‘Legend ‘.

It was early. 🙄

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32 minutes ago, Casino said:

And criticised the transfer of Perry, the scheming slimy twat

 

I’ve approached him 3/4 times in the last few years, he’s always been sound and I’ve always been smashed.

 I can’t start calling him a scheming, slimy twat from now on, can I?

 I don’t trust myself after 10pm. 🤪

 

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Gareth Ainsworth is also being interviewed for the Sunderland job. Reading have sacked their manager and in a poll Parky is 4th choice with their fans to get the job. Hughton is first choice but has turned it down, Mark Hughes is bookies favourite and Ainsworth got more votes than Parky.

 

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Parkinson already has two League One promotions. Hope he gets it. Honestly think he’d be a great appointment.

Wish no ill on him and I think he’ll get them up given the chance. I have every respect for him, perhaps more than any Bolton manager in my lifetime besides Rioch, who was before my time anyway. 

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Academies at Wigan, Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, Fylde, Morecambe, Fleetwood, have all had investment and development over the last few years, whilst we have downgraded from category 1 to category 2, and have reduced facilities by selling Euxton. 

4 years ago we probably had the biggest local draw Academy wise outside of Manchester and Liverpool. It's not like that now unfortunately, some of the clubs mentioned above have surpassed us, and others are catching up.

Hill is correct in his analysis, things need to change. 

I've watched a couple of our academy age groups play several times this season. It's very noticeable in recent weeks that we are playing out from the back, trying to build attacks. In previous seasons we were long ball all the time, and I mean in some matches, 100% long goal kicks, defenders instructed to smash it up the park, emphasis on physical players. 

Looks like Hill's philosophy may be dripping down already.

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Keith Hill is unquestionably a breath of fresh air. His sobering analysis of our set up and the acknowledgement of the need to build from scratch is no doubt absolutely correct.

His modern style of football, playing out from the back, is in marked contrast to much of what we've had over the last couple of decades - although I exempt Big Sam from that implied criticism given the success he had and given the "long ball" tag given to us while he was boss was always a bit simplistic anyway. 

Mentioning Big Sam is part of why I'm commenting. I agree with playing out from the back, I agree with keeping the ball on the deck, I agree with entertaining, pacy, quick -witted football. But there's a pragmatic part of me that says a defender still needs to know when row z is required/when he's taking one risk too many ... and that there's still occasionally a place for getting the ball wide and whipping in an early cross. This is fresh in my mind having watched England last night. An entertaining side to watch a lot of the time these days but the prime example of a team that sometimes takes liberties with the "play it out from the back" ethos and pays the price. Do it - but do it sensibly. 

That ended up being a memo to Gareth Southgate but I'd apply it to anyone, including us. I hope/think Keith Hill would probably agree.

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