Machiavelli
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As with [MENTION=35332]Beanstalk[/MENTION], this is an excellent and comprehensive overview. I learnt a lot more reading this than the original link.
As with [MENTION=35332]Beanstalk[/MENTION], this is an excellent and comprehensive overview. I learnt a lot more reading this than the original link.
I recently was the editor on a book chronicling the evolution of football tactics from the Hungary team of the early fifties, to Antonio Conte's Chelsea. Our main two non-textual sources were Spielverlagerung and Tifo Football, always find both to be spot on.
The OPs link is also great, really great to hear an in-depth analysis of how good our performance was tactically in isolation to how bad United were.
The poster who spent all summer insisting CH will play 5 at the back.
As with [MENTION=35332]Beanstalk[/MENTION], this is an excellent and comprehensive overview. I learnt a lot more reading this than the original link.
What was the book called?
Total Football: A Graphic History of The World's Most Iconic Soccer Tactics by Sanjeev Shetty and published by Aurum Press.
Loved every second working on it.
Yep, you've got it.Something like this?
I think I have the hang of it!
Cheers!
Why don't you write your tactical analysis after each game, and see if everyone thinks that's interesting and intelligent?
On second thoughts, maybe not.
I have never said we would play 5 at the back only in perhaps odd away games, in fact I have suggested that we will copy England and Southgate and play 3 and after the performance of Balogun IMHO when Dunk is fir again that is what CH will try.
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I dare say so.
England under Southgate have only played 5 at the back. And in doing so they sacrifice any real creativity from wide midfielders. We now have 4 pacey and tricky wingers, I will be gobsmacked if CH ever names a line up without 2 wingers it is essential to his footballing philosophy
England under Southgate have only played 5 at the back. And in doing so they sacrifice any real creativity from wide midfielders. We now have 4 pacey and tricky wingers, I will be gobsmacked if CH ever names a line up without 2 wingers it is essential to his footballing philosophy
I have never said we would play 5 at the back only in perhaps odd away games, in fact I have suggested that we will copy England and Southgate and play 3 and after the performance of Balogun IMHO when Dunk is fir again that is what CH will try.
Thanks for the links, some good articles to show my under 15s on those sites.
Great site that, thanks. I really wanted to see if they had covered the Watford match, It would be interesting to read if the tactics were wrong or it was the players attitude, commitment.
My reading of the Watford game is that they were just better at the gegenpress than we were, causing us to abandon it before a quarter of the game had expired, and also caused our passing radar to misfire.
As bad as we were in that game, Watford were very good and -- just as with United vs us -- the scoreline flattered us. They've quickly quoshed talk of being relegation favourites; few teams beat Burnley at home.