30-08-2021, 12:52 PM
Charles Hughes was a football coach who analysed hundreds of games at all levels and drew the conclusion that most goals were scored in moves that had only three passes. This resulted in ‘long ball’ football being adopted by its believers.
He also proposed POMO - Position Of Maximum Opportunity - which suggested that an area inside the penalty box was the maximum POMO spot and that the maximum number of goals would result by balls being played into it from the minimum number of passes.
Allied to his three pass theory, POMO was famously adopted by Wimbledon with John Fashinu (Fash-the Bash) as the POMO finisher. They enjoyed some success with Charlie Hughes method but after a couple of seasons the opposition worked them out.
Fashinu probably enabled Hughes system to work at Wimbledon, he was very athletic, fearless, could finish and was all arms and aggression - the very opposite of Marquis.
He also proposed POMO - Position Of Maximum Opportunity - which suggested that an area inside the penalty box was the maximum POMO spot and that the maximum number of goals would result by balls being played into it from the minimum number of passes.
Allied to his three pass theory, POMO was famously adopted by Wimbledon with John Fashinu (Fash-the Bash) as the POMO finisher. They enjoyed some success with Charlie Hughes method but after a couple of seasons the opposition worked them out.
Fashinu probably enabled Hughes system to work at Wimbledon, he was very athletic, fearless, could finish and was all arms and aggression - the very opposite of Marquis.