its not that their defence is fantastic per se

its that they keep the ball so well as a team the opposition can't score. That's the thing about the media reaction to them that has pi**sed me off the most - I don't mind people praising their technical quality and passing ablity because they are right to do so. It is the claims that is is exhilirating and attacking football because it isn't, it is essentially definsive football. Theyt pass the ball primarily to keep the ball away from the opposition - that's why they keep so many clean sheets and also fail to score so often. They then try and hit teams on the break with the pacy wide men. It's sophisticated and technically excellent but often rather dull to watch (like Spain in the World Cup - Barcelone without Messi).

Posted By: mr carra on March 19th 2012 at 14:12:02

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The last six monts have been unbelievably intense (NCFC) - norway, Mar 19, 13:48:05
- I think people read a bit too much into results (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 19, 13:59:03
  - Well said. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 19, 14:00:59
- We seemed to spur Swansea on (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 19, 13:53:55
  - Let them finish 7th, they can qualify for Europe and then go down next season (n/m) (NCFC) - conker, Mar 19, 13:58:41
    - pointless being all bitter about it like that IMO (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 19, 14:01:59
      - with their defence, no chance of going down (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 14:04:51
        
        its not that their defence is fantastic per se (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 19, 14:12:02
        
        I agree with a lot of what you say mr carra... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 19, 14:15:31
        
        But I'm not saying they are not deserving of grwat praise (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 19, 14:30:13
        
        they didn't score often early in the season (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 14:15:27
        
        They are splendid in defence... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 19, 14:05:33
        
        teams like man city, man u, spurs and chelsea have struggled to create there (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 14:11:47
  - Fair summary (NCFC) - norway, Mar 19, 13:56:10
- we were awful first half yesterday (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 13:51:24
  - We were slow to settle for the first 25 minutes (NCFC) - norway, Mar 19, 13:54:22
    - yeah 2nd half we did but damage was done (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 13:57:06
      - but it wasn't over (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 19, 14:01:17
        
        zak should have scored, that was about it (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 19, 14:04:00
- Sunderland match was terrible (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Mar 19, 13:50:24
  - That was ages ago (NCFC) - norway, Mar 19, 13:51:09

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