Weird thread.
But much better not to touch on any of that and hopefully get some sort of interesting discussion going.
Stick with the he's shit no he's not, you're a moron and I know more than you stuff.
It's what makes this place so great.
I have a feeling this post was in response to mine? You have somehow misread it horribly if the italic is directed at me.
Grogg said:
But much better not to touch on any of that and hopefully get some sort of interesting discussion going.
By asking for more detailed explanations I was clearly doing just that.
Since Hansen's turn of form (quite a long while ago now) a common theme of the thread has been posters suggesting that it's temporary due to some kind of surprise factor and coaches will "work him out." It is clear—from open statements by opposition coaches and players in the media and simply watching the games—that coaches are not surprised at all and have put significant work into him.
The explanation of this "working him out" has not really, until now maybe, gone beyond "put a man on him" etc.
It's obvious that if our midfield is holding up their end of the bargain there's not much opponents can do tactically about an in-form Hansen without weakening their own game and structures, which we would be happy with.
Grogg said:
Controlling our midfield and forcing Scott into a defensive reaction may be one way
The number one goal of every team every week is to control the midfield. Not sure this is a specific tactic for stopping Hansen.
If they somehow managed to force Hansen to play on a small, quick, ground level player it could be very successful if they had utter midfield dominance. If we break even in the middle this would likely be a disaster for the opposition.
Grogg said:
how they structure up their forward line, the list is probably endless.
Can you talk in more detail about forward structures that would work to nullify Hansen better than others? A seven man forward line of any kind, for example, is very undesirable for a team. If opposition sides are changing their forward structures to counter one of our players that's a great win for us.