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This was easier to find than I thought. Anyhoo, unsurprisingly Stat likey:- 1094980832119455744

According to the clip, a wall wasn't deemed sporting. But Italy, at the time, were a class apart and DBF thought 'we've got to do something'. I'm gonna have a rummage around google and see what's about, so some links might appear here in a bit...

Anyway before I get too silly. I'm liking the idea of not doing what the attacker wants when it comes to kicks closer to goal. It does make sense:- 'I'm going to train for a very specific situation'. 'We are going to exactly replicate the specific situation you have been practising to beat'...

Thereby moving the free kick into a position where he can handle the ball from the resulting free kick, all at the expense of a yellow card. Come on man think about it. :lolol:

The point is nobody has tried it. How free kicks have been taken, walls etc, have been the football equivalent Pavlov dogs for 60 odd years. What if we only put the little players in the wall. Good for us, we could have a massive low wall, although that could be counter intuitive as Ryan would...

https://audioboom.com/posts/6213828-goalkeeping-gripes-defensive-walls-and-spurs-look-to-end-their-wembley-wobbles Walls from 15:30 A short snippet on Maty @ 37:57

What if all the defenders lined up on halfway? Not sure If I should use a :jester: or not?

Sorry if I didn't make it clear but the examples raised were 2 separate ones. Free kicks from distance - Do you even need a wall? The more 'traditional' freekicks from say 20 yards - Should the wall be exactly where the attacker trains for them to be?

As an aside former 'keeper David Preece (who I'm quoting above) is singing Ryan's praises for passing the ball. "Given license from his manager he will play the most ridiculous passes but the difference is he can do it... brave with the ball, better than Claudio Bravo".

When Northern Ireland did the first wall, there was an almighty kerfuffle, during which time the Italians moved the ball back 5 yards, and scored anyway. But walls were still deemed to be a good thing.

on James Richardson's new podcast. Is the wall a case of 'well we've always done it like this'. Is a wall effective or just playing into the hands of the taker? A player wouldn't beat the keeper from 30 yards one on one, so why have the obstruction? Perhaps the attacking side would have to...