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For Burnley Chris Wood is a target man, and are one of the teams we should copy, maybe watch them next time they plan, all there play is built around getting the box into wood, where he is at his best. His not a play who gets in behind the defensive line (his not that quick) or goes back into a false 9 role, but leads the line with his strength, and does a good job of it. 

Look at northern ireland and iceland, both use long throws into the box and set pieces (from sigurdsson and davis), but set up a compact defence, instead of wingbacks. With direct football, if we played open, expansive football, the results would be embarrassing. We cant match these teams technically, so why try?

Its naive to think that this set of players have the skill set to go and play nice football and overturn teams like Peru, football doesn't work like that, otherwise why wouldnt teams like West brom do it? Yet they still finished a respectable 8th last season. Just look at crystal palace, De Boer was brought in and said he wanted to play nice football, after 4 games he was sacked, only the elite teams can play attractive stuff. 

Iceland should be the team we aspire to be, and if you look at there play (ive watched every single iceland game), they dont play pretty football, but direct and hard to break down. A lot of there goals come from set pieces. 

Tony Pulis has made a career out of achieving solid results with average players, against good teams, against the big boys thats the best thing we can hope for. Against island teams and lesser then by all means dominate and try to play, but against teams like Peru its naive to think we can beat them by actually playing a passing game with the skill set we have at our disposable.

Long balls are old fashion and not the way to go, but a passing game is not either, direct football, with a solid shape and hard to break down is the only chance for this team, just look at Iceland, so hard to break down, a flat back 4, two holding mids, and they rely on sigurdsson to create from open and mostly set pieces, in his free role. Every throw up field will be launched into the box long, a example is the goal against England. 

For Burnley Chris Wood is a target man, and are one of the teams we should copy, maybe watch them next time they plan, all there play is built around getting the box into wood, where he is at his best

Look at northern ireland and iceland, both use long throws into the box and set pieces (from sigurdsson and davies), but set up a compact defence, instead of wingbacks. With direct football, if we played open, expansive football, the results would be embarrassing. 

Its naive to think that this set of players have the skill set to go and play nice football and overturn teams like Peru, football doesn't work like that, otherwise why wouldnt teams like West brom do it?

Iceland should be the team we aspire to be, and if you look at there play (ive watched every single iceland game), they dont play pretty football, but direct and hard to break down. A lot of there goals come from set pieces. 

Tony Pulis has made a career out of achieving solid results with average players, against good teams, against the big boys thats the best thing we can hope for. Against island teams and lesser then by all means dominate and try to play, but against teams like Peru its naive to think we can beat them by actually playing a passing game with the skill set we have to our disposable.

Long balls are old fashion and not the way to go, but a passing game is not either, direct football, with a solid shape and hard to break down is the only chance for this team, just look at Iceland, so hard to break down, a flat back 4, to holding mids, and they rely on sigurdsson to create from open and mostly set pieces. every throw up field will be launched into the box long, watch them. 

For Burnley Chris Wood is a target man, and are one of the teams we should copy, maybe watch them next time they plan, all there play is built around getting the box into wood, where he is at his best

Look at northern ireland and iceland, both use long throws into the box and set pieces (from sigurdsson and davies), but set up a compact defence, instead of wingbacks. With direct football, if we played open, expansive football, the results would be embarrassing. 

Its naive to think that this set of players have the skill set to go and play nice football and overturn teams like Peru, football doesn't work like that, otherwise why wouldnt teams like West brom do it?

Iceland should be the team we aspire to be, and if you look at there play (ive watched every single iceland game), they dont play pretty football, but direct and hard to break down. A lot of there goals come from set pieces. 

Tony Pulis has made a career out of achieving solid results with average players, against good teams, against the big boys thats the best thing we can hope for. Against island teams and lesser then by all means dominate and try to play, but against teams like Peru its naive to think we can beat them by actually playing a passing game with the skill set we have to our disposable.