Quote ="PopTart"And I think you were on the previous thread mid season about the inside ball Fred. It was explained then but I’ll do it again for your benefit.
Tim Smith does like the inside ball. It is a tactic designed to stop the opposition sliding across to cover our wide play. If you are a clever passer of the ball and as in Smith’s case also good at selecting the right pass then this is a great tactic.
When Smith hits the winger or centre with a long pass, he hasn’t decided to do that just because he has seen someone out of position. He planned it 6 tackles earlier and was dragging them in with the inside ball.
You can see him clearly shouting people in to position for every play.
Also, we clearly have an inside-inside ball move that is very effective down the middle. Huddersfield has done it on us in the past. He runs at big defenders and passes inside to usually Mathers, who then immediately passes inside to Cockayne. Smith drew the first defender, Mathers drew the second, leaving the gap. Don’t do it right and you get clobbered but I’ve seen it work at least 6 times this year.
So I’m happy with Smith’s inside ball.
I think you need to watch the game more closely Fred.'"
This - great explanation.
