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Football styles. Styles styles styles. Youze right?


After England going out last night it got me thinking as we will be going back to club games soon.

I've seen nearly all the games in the World Cup because of televising which you wouldn't get with club games where it's only highlights and may not get the full picture

I thought England played well last night but France are more rounded and got the job done without playing well.


We are looking at the last 4 now so I'm thinking it gives us a good idea at the current state of world football. Doesn't matter who has or hasn't won at this point.

2 of the 4 semi finalists were in the last world cup final so it's not a million miles off

I would say its 50/50 conservative to attack minded teams. The gate keepers being Croatia and Morocco and the go getters being France and Argentina



So with a United hat on where do we sit in terms of teams styles both now and where we want to be

Whether we like it or not or whoever our preferences are, these are the best players in the world right now or at least should be if they are doing their stuff.

So what style are we and where are we aiming to be at. I know international and club football is somewhat different stakes and you can afford to mix it around a bit, but still, try give this a shot.

I've haven't thought much about my ones but I think there's a good bit of LVG's stuff in us

One game with pointless tika taka and then there's this

Oh well. Football bloody 'ell

Well thats all escalated quickly

Bruno with a MOTM performance for Portugal tonight. They say it can't be done.

Almost a hat trick too

Standard Fred performance against Switzerland. Just been hooked off not long after getting a yellow

Today was baffling full stop. Which is why I came up with that idea above

Yeah I didn't get Canada either especially after their performance against Belgium.


Japan was the story of the whole lot for me. Reading and listening to the Germans actually say that after that result tonight against Spain, that it's in their hands

How pathetic a thought that must be for Japan. They fuckin blew one this morning sure

After going out and beating Germany then lose to one of the worst teams in the competition. Japan didn't struggle in the final 3rd against Germany but today was a different story.


When life presents the chance to you don't blow it

Great idea here for FIFA if they do want to do something radical to promote the game

For teams who aren't interested in scoring goals or do not want to be measured on it.

If that's their perogative to be measured on defence and tactics and all that stuff



How about mesure or have minimum no of shots inside and outside the opponents box both on and off target. More for on target obviously

And most touches inside opponents penalty area. All arguably easier than scoring a goal


Bit like rugby. You get rewarded based on territory and you will eventually get lower teir scores or your opponent gets punished


Rules of attacking and defending won't change and it surely won't do any harm to game. You will still be allowed score goals but seeing as a lot of teams don't look bothered about scoring we can use other measures


In multi score sports you still get draws but you never hear competitors going out looking for a draw

That would sharpen it up