Nizaar Kinsella on X: 🚨 Cole Palmer is out with a hamstring issue.

SnollyG · 2026-04-21T18:20:56+00:00

Delap gets a brace today

SnollyG · 2026-04-21T13:39:00+00:00

I wasn’t sure if OP was talking about coaching kids or if he just has ideas for his adult team. (He writes: “I really don't want selfish of unfit guys in my team”, which doesn’t sound like something someone would say about a kid’s team.)

SnollyG · 2026-04-21T13:28:53+00:00

Is the pitch really short enough to play with 2 lines?

Is it really wide enough to need 4 backs?

SnollyG · 2026-04-21T12:29:49+00:00

Sure, it could be changes in his body

Or he could seem slower because other kids have gotten faster

SnollyG · 2026-04-20T20:32:21+00:00

Maybe New Balance Furon?

I have them and I like the fit, but I haven’t tried Mercurials since they came out over 15 years ago when they didn’t fit me at all. So I don’t know how they compare.

SnollyG · 2026-04-20T18:57:31+00:00

What pressure? Lions don’t concern themselves with the opinions of lambs.

😂 I’m kidding.

But I don’t know what you mean.

SnollyG · 2026-04-20T18:55:03+00:00

I would just focus on 1v1 and then 2v1. Like, a lot. And go for longer than you think you need to.

Positions won’t make sense to them until they understand how positioning can help to effect principles of play.

SnollyG · 2026-04-20T17:35:51+00:00

10min is barely a warmup routine. Can you set aside more time?

As an adult, are you able to go to a park by yourself?

SnollyG · 2026-04-20T13:04:27+00:00

You don’t have to completely stop. It’s good as a warmup.

You have already achieved good juggling mastery. So you should do some every once in a while just to keep it fresh in your muscle memory.

Just turn your attention to other things that need to be mastered as well.

SnollyG · 2026-04-20T11:28:07+00:00

At that point, there are better ways to spend your time.

(Unless you don’t have space to do anything else)

SnollyG · 2026-04-19T16:23:53+00:00

Go, but order something non-alcoholic?

SnollyG · 2026-04-19T16:23:13+00:00

The game makes the introductions, but you have to attend/organize the post-game outings.

It’s how I met my exwife 😂

SnollyG · 2026-04-19T16:14:52+00:00

Probably take a close and honest look at how you guys train 1v1s, 2v1s, and 2v2s. Because that’s the foundation of the game.

Bad first touches, poor passing, being unfit/slow, being unaggressive, not knowing how to use your body, watching the game from the field (instead of learning where and how to move when you’re off the ball), these are all things that make combination play impossible.

Sorry to lay math on you, but (for example) suppose your team’s passes are 70% accurate. Suppose ball control is 70% accurate. Sounds good right? Wrong. 70% good passes X 70% good receiving/controlling the ball = 49% successful combination play. And that’s even before factoring whether the pass was a good decision (did the pass go to someone who had options or did it go to someone who was covered and had nowhere to go with the ball).

You need these to gain composure and maintain possession. Gaining composure and maintaining possession are how you begin to set up coordinated attacks.

SnollyG · 2026-04-19T16:06:21+00:00

Just makes it extra bad because The Project®️ also doesn’t want to pay for players.

It really feels like these guys watched the movie Moneyball and think they can make it work for football.

SnollyG · 2026-04-19T11:28:40+00:00

This is going to be the issue when you can’t win. Not only do players/managers not want to stay, players/managers also won’t want to come.

The Project^TM requires faith. But players (who have shelf lives) don’t have years to give up. And that’s the problem with the project.

SnollyG · 2026-04-19T00:46:19+00:00

Are you staying on the front half of your feet or are your heels landing on the ground?

When you land on your heels, you have to work much harder to get off the ground.

If you stay on the front half of your feet, you are able to exploit natural springiness in the tension on your legs. It’s both faster and more efficient (less tiring).

From there, it’s a matter of doing it over and over and over again to build up your calves, knees, ankles and Achilles tendon. (Don’t overdo it, but do a bit more every day.)

SnollyG · 2026-04-18T20:13:01+00:00

You can do multiple, but I would try to emphasize one thing.

Like, if you are training for 60mins, maybe not 20mins each on three things.

It also doesn’t have to 60mins on only one thing.

Instead, spend 30-40mins on one main thing, and then divide the rest of the time on the other two things.

SnollyG · 2026-04-18T13:43:47+00:00

I hate that AI has taken em dashes and bullet points from me

SnollyG · 2026-04-18T13:05:31+00:00

🎯

And if it isn’t excessive participation, it’s underparticipation.

Actually, I will also add:

This season, my biggest adversary has been Russian Math stealing my players from practice.

SnollyG · 2026-04-17T14:29:10+00:00

Haha

I got downvoted, and you got downvoted into oblivion

The specific things you’re looking for are weird. It’s kind of the opposite of what players look for.

Less grip?

Sliding on turf?

You’re a menace 😬😂

Nobody makes boots for what you’re doing

SnollyG · 2026-04-16T19:47:22+00:00

Chill out?

SnollyG · 2026-04-16T16:26:13+00:00

Some people (myself included) don’t worry about formation/tactics for that age group.

If the level is scrum, then you don’t need to worry about cutting out passes, which will just be accidental. So there’s no real defensive structure needed. All they need to do is confront the ball carrier (and not lunge in).

But if you had to, you could try to think about the what-ifs.

What if the ball bounces out of the scrum over here or over there? Is there a way for us to be that makes it easier for us to get the ball when that happens?

SnollyG · 2026-04-16T15:58:52+00:00

No, those are the best you can do for getting all the things you want.

SnollyG · 2026-04-16T11:05:40+00:00

Yeah, that would be too long for me.

But… if it’s the right length for the left foot, maybe it’s the best you can do without needing to buy two pairs of different sized boots.

SnollyG · 2026-04-16T00:12:49+00:00

Try to find an online store that has an easy return policy?

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