Ronay v Football Cliches

What’s going on there on Twitter?! (Also, is Football Cliches worth listening to?)

Edit to say, Barney makes some remark about never having heard of football cliches, but doesn’t Max reference it quite a bit? Would be a bit odd for him to not have heard of it.

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u/Presence-Legal — 4 days ago

Strikers left unmarked

Why are players like Haaland so often left unmarked in the box?

When the ball is around the penalty area, why does no one think to tag someone like Haaland and stick close to him. I watch football but haven’t played a proper game before or know much about tactics but also found it odd that the most dangerous players in the box often find themselves in yards of space.

I get the lack of man-to-man marking, but when the ball advances inside the box, especially in a packed penalty area, why do people not get touch tight to the biggest of threats?

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u/Presence-Legal — 6 days ago

Water break

Barry said “no one” wanted water breaks. Yes, they’re obviously being co-opted to use as ad breaks, but the idea no one wanted them is nonsense. I mean, on the pre-World Cup science weekly episode they were calling for 6 minute breaks instead of 3

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u/Presence-Legal — 20 days ago