Getting back to the thread topic, I am seriously wondering if Roly is watching the same games as us. His desire to add more “speed” seems to stem from a common theme in his press conferences about being “beaten on the spread” or “they spread harder than us”.
Let me give you a little hint Ross, it’s not that they are running harder or faster than us, it’s because we allow them to have an unmarked player hanging 10-15m off the stoppage (usually corridor side) so in the 50% of times they win the ball, they have an easy outlet to a man in space. Who then runs forward and forces one of our players down the ground to come off their opponent to challenge said man in space, commonly referred to by even the most moronic of tv commentators as “creating the overlap” as long as they don’t fluff a kick or hand pass they can easily move the ball down the ground, making us appear to resemble witches hats.
Just in case anyone missed it, nothing to do with leg speed, explosive speed or illicit drugs. Everything to do with game plan and strategy.
But Roly thinks we need fast, big, multi positional players because that’s what “all the good teams have”.
They also have a game plan that involves creating space, finding unmarked players and moving the ball quickly.