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Published 17:57 12 Dec 2018 GMT
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"Do I think that I could take charge of the next generation of Irish players and turn them into a really cohesive team; combining the best virtues of Irish sides – the honesty, work-rate and passion that we’ve shown down the years – but introducing a more European style of play, a more fluid and expansive way? Yes, I do. "Midfield players love to be able to join in, to receive it on the half-turn, link with their front players, there must be movement off the line from wide players, full backs overlapping, connections..."In Derry, Institute is a football club that has always produced quality football. From the days of Paul Kee's 4-3-3, the Irish League outfit are a banker for an entertaining Saturday afternoon. They play football on the deck, they try to work it through the opposition and they get results on a shoestring budget. Paddy McLaughlin - who was one of Kee's standout servants - is now the manager at Riverside - although they're currently playing their home games in the Brandywell. And McLaughlin has taken it to the next level. Institute are competing well in the top flight of the Northern Ireland system and they drew 3-3 with Glentoran at the weekend. Their first goal was a thing of beauty. https://twitter.com/kevymac77/status/1071424731050577922 Eventually turned into their own net, the Glens couldn't cope with 'Stute's possession football. For 61 seconds, the Derry outfit strung together 23 passes and did the vast majority of them in the opposition half as they aggressively tried to thread away through the defence. Just once a Glentoran player got a toe to a ball but Institute continued the assault with tight, brave passes with no-one - absolutely nobody - hiding. Every player wanted it, they showed in tight areas and they too the ball with men up their arses and with superb control. The result was the below. https://twitter.com/kevymac77/status/1071881039344214016 And people will still tell you this island shouldn't be playing ball. The eighth ranked team in the Northern Ireland league can produce something Man City would be proud of. It just needs to be allowed to filter up.
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