[Football] Revolutionary defensive wall tactic, pah!

Ceej said:

Or we take it in turns to receive the ball, successfully passing it to colleagues either in a square, triangle or hexagonal formation, moving goalwards as we do. This way, the opposition, namely Wolves (who will be relying on stealth and scent) won't know what on earth has hit them until we're about 6-nil up. At that point we put 10 on our goal line and hit them on the (very big) break.

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Easy 10 said:

Talking of revolutionary tactics.

Whats to stop a team kicking off, then 4 players putting arms over shoulders and completely encircling the ball, then working their way up the pitch into the penalty area, tapping the ball around within their tight little circle, then breaking open so that someone can LARRUP it at the goal from close range ?

You couldn't use the whole team in the circle as it wouldn't be within playing distance and therefore would be obstruction, but if it was only 4 players then the ball would (in theory) remain within playing distance, therefore nullifying the obstruction aspect. Plus you want some players staying back obviously, in case it goes wrong.

I think we should try this on Saturday. See what happens.

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