Its not new.
Big teams do it, small teams do it.
Even ppl playing FIFA 08 or PES 2008 do it.

The scenario im talking about is teams keeping possession among the back line passing to each other.
Espcially when they are winning, or keeping a draw against a better team.

what is this shit? unsporting or playing within the rules ? OR "tactical"

as for me, if u wanna keep possession do it like arsenal here, not grouping in front of ur goalmouth



This post has been edited by EmperorMeng: Jan 14 2008, 10:27 PM

arsenal is very steady in ball bringing therfore good ball possesion :D

Truly Tactical, however, the opposition could take chance by put a lot of forward up front to tackle the defenders non stop, by that, it would kill the defense if they made a mistake...

by that time they already score a goal. is not like asking you to keep possession and never pass it to your team forwards..

the way arsenal playing the ball at the front is time wasting le ... dun result in anything le .. only frustrate fans watching lulz ....

playing among the backline is for defensive teams like italy .. or the old chelsea ...

some more its not unsportsmanlike .. its tactics .. like 1-0 up ... few minutes left playing at the corner flag ...

mostly this kinda of tactics used by teams that stay bottom of the table and against top teams... keep passing in their own area and do counter attack

---

Added on January 14, 2008, 11:47 pmwill be difficult for the attacking team to get goals or attempt to shot the ball (shot on goal).. normally will be blocked...

This post has been edited by nizamhameed: Jan 14 2008, 11:47 PM

Keeping the ball possesion among themselves can avoid them being attack by opponent teams. At the same time, they can plan or find a way to score goals. It is better than losing possesion to opponents then waste energy to chase it back. Btw it is if oni u can play possesion football like arsenal. If a team can master the possesion futball tactic, u can see they alwayz lose ball easily. They dun have understanding among their own teammates. Thats y u see arsenal rarely buying many players in one time it is hard to achieve good understanding among teammates.

surely its very importance that teammates need to understanding among them... if not it will be difficult to do 1 2 passing...

its good to consider understanding between teammates but i'd say the most important thing to play possesion football is individual's own ability to hold the ball aka technical ability. they are confident and are not easily perturb when playing against players that marks vr closely.

Yeap like arsenal do. Even they play possesion futball, they dare to keep the ball under their feet eventhought the defenders play tight marking and sometimes body charge a lot. Unlike other teams that try to play possesion futbal, the simply pass the ball when defenders run into them and thus lose ball possesion + mistake which could lead to opponent scoring goals.

attacking possession football is kinda acceptable.
but passing around the backline ?

It's purely tactical but it doesn't work against good teams. And to be fair if a team is passing around the backline for long periods the fault is with the opposing team for preferring to defend deep and not do anything about it.

Hmm tats y arsenal gt player like hleb and cesc who are good in finding space to do passes and to run through. Sometimes playing a certain tactic u need certain players with suitable skills.

they trying to waste the time... when leading or near end match....

This post has been edited by nizamhameed: Jan 15 2008, 12:33 AM

Loz not juz arsenal la but i saw a few teams also do the same thing.

no matter how u try to attack, and pressure their defence,
they jz can pass to the keeper
and keeper use hand again.....

nkw1987?

What?? Keeper can't use his hands if u pass it back to him. It's not that hard to put pressure and close down really. Just push the strikers and wingers further forward if they insist on passing around the backline. Either they get caught out or they'll be forced into clearing the ball. Besides if this was a real issue u would see it happen more in top level games but that's clearly not the case. There's only once I have actually seen it happened and the game involved the Malaysian national team

i think he didnt mean arsenal, he said about the team that keep possession as passing around the backline.
this thread is about possession football not about arsenal as far as i'm concern.
Barca also play possession football

yeah i mean almost all the team... not arse only...

yeap, keeper can't use his hand for backpass.
it's a football tactical, passing around backline to make opponent to come out or to stretch them to find some space.
you dont want FIFA introduce backcourt violation or should i say backline violation in football rules, do you?

This post has been edited by Mie: Jan 15 2008, 12:59 AM