Punting for position from the kick-off

We just won the Euros

newcastle doing it last night,comms said its a talked about new EPL tactic 
long throws
set pieces
70 yd punts for field position
fat sam,pulis,beck,warnock 30 yrs ahead of their time and did for 7 and 6,dozen tracksuits and a few bags of chips

one would like to think THE REFF shouted TIMBER ,as timber fell like a tree in the box

PSG were first or near to first adopters...

Aug 31, 2025 -- 5:18PM, brentford wrote:

PSG were first or near to first adopters...

Surely not in the time of Messi, Mbappe and Neymar?

Must be where they went wrong ..

Don't see what the problem is.

If you want to 'press' it immediately sets up a position where you can do that 30 yards from opponents goal.

ok ,so then why spend next 80 mins with goalies,defenders fooking about in their own box,why doesnt goalie /defenders just wack it in to touch ,surely the more times you do it ,the more times you have of winning the ball further up the pitch ?

From the kick off, the opponent literally has 11 men behind the ball. More chance of creating a chance by forcing an error deep in their half than by passing your way from the halfway line.

so how many men have opposition behind the ball ,when goalkeepers.defenders are fooking about in their own box ?

Kicking straight into touch from your own area is only gonna get the throw in to midfield.

youve got half a billion £ worth of talent with free ball from a kick off 50  yds from goal with opposition at least 10 yds away
or
youve got wooden headed defenders and a goal keeper 100 yds from goal fooking about playing one /twos as though their messi

in which situation would you launch it down pitch in hope of getting field position further up pitch ?

With the passing around in your box, the idea is you eventually have an easy pass out to a midfielder in space.

Obviously not advisable if your defenders have poor first touch and no passing skill.

the midfielder,s got 20 yds space from a kick off if he wants it,he doesnt want hence the 50 yd punt down the pitch

But then  he's got 11 players in front of him. The passing around the box can take 3 or 4 opponents out of the game if it comes off.

Surely not in the time of Messi, Mbappe and Neymar?

Must be where they went wrong ..

last season to my best guess when they won the Champions League

I think it is a s$it tactic. The sort of thing Barcelona fans rejected when Mourinho was Bobby Robson's coach there. What did the Barca fans call Mourinho? "purveyor of s$it" or something of that gist.

If you want to watch football played like that, go to a rugby match.

Mourinho was well liked while at Barca I believe.

It was only the rivalry with Chelsea 2004-06 that made him an enemy.

I'm not a massive fan but can see some logic in trying it occasionally if you have a very good press  - slightly surprised Enrique of all people to use it..

if the ref/linesman lets Szobozlai steal 5-6 yards after Rice (?) had hiy it almost perfect it loses some value..PSG hit one straight out for a goal kick in the club WC (accidentally)

Perhaps we will see rugby lineout lift & jumpers near the sideline at kickoffs since it's basically rugby now. We already have rugby tackling as professional fouls to take a yellow and scrums at set pieces.

Arsenal kicked off like this and did not get possession back for 3 and half minutes into the game today. Coaches stealing a living with this nonsense along with the other **** they pushing in todays game

crystal palace need to put more work in,kick it harder,further maybe,they kicked out for a throwing 50 yds up pitch from kick off, 10 seconds later they were defending a corner

who,ll be the 1st team to kick it straight out for a corne from their own kick off,to hit teams on the break from their own box

does this mean the games moved on, last yr anyone kicking it out for a throw in straight from the kick off would be investigated by the EPL betting department ,especially if paqutta,tonelli had done it

throw in after  10 secs in game now trades at 1,01