Sheffield Wednesday's Will Vaulks gives fascinating insight in press call

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00:00 I'm not saying that people who aren't a manager or a coach don't have a clue about football,

00:04 you know, that's not what I'm saying. But yeah, it's a really good point you make. I think,

00:09 you know, for example, in a build-up sometimes we might be told to actually actively avoid the ball,

00:16 actively stay away to try and drag opponents away, just for the first thing that comes to my head.

00:23 So, if I'm a fan, it might look like, just use me, Will Vaux, for example, looks like he doesn't

00:28 want the ball there. Why is he not looking like he wants the ball? He's a midfielder,

00:32 he should be on the ball all the time. Whereas I've got elite level coaches telling me

00:35 that my job is to drag away one of their midfielders for somebody else to get on the

00:41 ball. There's so much more goes on, exactly what you're kind of pointing at. It's a really good

00:47 point that I never actually thought of, to be honest. But yeah, you know, Michael Smith keeps

00:52 running away. Players, fans, or, you know, fans, not always fans, but whatever, might say,

00:57 why is he not coming short to get the ball? Well, he's been told that we want him to stretch the

01:01 pitch. That's what he's been told to do. And we follow the manager's direction. So,

01:06 yeah, I think it's a good point.

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