Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
We need to stop using this tippy tappy term. Our Plan A has always been a short passing game and that's how we scored that goal. A short pass to Iwobi from Perez and a short pass from Iwobi to Ramsey. We always try to open teams up and create those little pockets of space. We saw that with that wonderful goal Perez scored in our last game. I'm not saying it's a fluke, it's about quality. Certainly for this game. We weren't playing a great team. There are times where Plan A won't work and it starts to look slow and labored against teams sitting deep. That wasn't the case for this game. There was a serious problem with the quality and effort in this game. Not the tactics.
If short passes are quick and decisive, I would agree with you, but we have a slow build up, or tippy tappy which allows defences to get back and have a cup of tea waiting for us to get to their box. When we get there, a lot of the time we don't know what to do. Defences then get into a comfort zone and are not troubled. They then get more confidence and score on the counter. We are predictable. Today we were just awful in the first half, we just couldn't cope with Preston's commitment and pressing. They were unlucky not to be three up at half time.