It's POMO................................................................................................................................................................
Neil Warnock and to a certain extent Brian McDermott are victims of Charlie Hughes and POMO
Once upon a time, there was a man called Charles Hughes, a Football Association guru (ex schoolteacher) who worked out that the best way to score was to fire the ball quickly to something called the Position of Maximum Opportunity (POMO), he worked out that getting the ball forward as quickly as possible by bypassing the midfield and accurately putting the ball into certain areas would,according to his research, result in a goal, either from the recipient of the ball or by a flick on.
He advocated 3 or fewer passes were all that was needed to score a goal
basing this analysis on over one hundred games at all levels, including games involving Liverpool F.C. and the Brazilian national team, as well as many England Youth games.
It would appear these ideas are alive and well in the minds of some managers
Or perhaps they are a last resort to try and bypass the weaker area of a team i.e. the midfield.
This article is NOT a dig at B McD or even Colin, It's more a dig at how gullible the FA were to listen to such people as Charlie Hughes while the rest of the world developed the "Beautiful Game"
It's Not Hoofing !!!!!!!!!!!
posted on 20/4/14
Oh yep, know what you mean!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5N0pycFtmU
If they'd have POMO'd it they would have hit 15!.
posted on 20/4/14
nobody told them they only needed 3 passes to score
posted on 20/4/14
FFS, they said something about 20, 28, or more, or so, or whatever!.
Maybe at that time they could only count to three!.
posted on 20/4/14
I think wimbledon,the crazy gang,were experts at this hoof it to the big man,he nods it back to 1of 3 or 4 following will strike it into the net.
posted on 21/4/14
"This was a proper team and these were proper players"
A great comment in that clip.
Someone should show this to Mr Cellino.
What we play at the moment, and have played for many years bears no resemblance to this.
I was fortunate to have seen this team, I was at that game.
Even Wilko's team paled into insignificance against these chaps. (And they were a great team in their own right!!)
If we got to 50% of the quality of that team nowadays we'd walk this league.
Over to you Mr Cellino.
Compared to them this is hoofball.
posted on 21/4/14
There are various ways to play football, but accurate long passes to catch the opposition out is not hoofball. This style of play requires quick thinking, vision, strong technical skills, teamwork, pace and power.
You are also picking up on only one small element of the strategy. It is about moving the ball quickly to catch the opposition off-guard, not necessarily just about long passes. He also stated that if you are able to steal the ball from the opposition in their defensive third, (a bit like Barca with their get the ball back within 10 seconds), your chances of scoring are greatly increased.
As a defender, you should therefore never try to dribble the ball out of defence. Get caught once out of 10 times, and chances are they score - that equals failure. Also doesn't mean you just hoof it - the best way is that your players get into space to collect a good pass and you move the ball quickly to players always looking for space to prevent the opposition from closing you down. Only if you had no other option would you just get rid of it (ie hoof).
As you have noticed though, many english people were unable to get past the kick and rush stage of his template. The same strategy has been developed by world-class teams and players - it is only in UK where the hardman tackling game inlcuding hoofball has remained a staple diet, close to extinction everywhere else