"Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football.- Xavi Hernández On we go explaining yet another style of play within this glorious game. Today is a special one as this system was the one played by a certain team … Continue reading Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 9: Patterns of play brought to life: Through the Middle and Short)
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SEASON 2: Tactics Page; Episode 9: Patterns of play brought to life (Down both flanks and Mixed)
"Your reputation dosen’t stand for anything. You have to come and try to get up and show you’re capable of doing your job": David Moyes This system is a tricky one to explain. On the surface, it seems legit enough but I can guarantee that it is very rare to see a team playing it … Continue reading SEASON 2: Tactics Page; Episode 9: Patterns of play brought to life (Down both flanks and Mixed)
SEASON 2 : Tactics Page; Episode 8: Patterns of play brought to life (Down both flanks and Direct)
“Not having to constantly remind everyone what’s required is an important part of being successful”: Jupp Heynckes Wow, it’s been 8 episodes already?!! This season is flying by and we’ve still got lots more to get into... So, let’s do what we normally do n see if we can get an 8 second goal in, … Continue reading SEASON 2 : Tactics Page; Episode 8: Patterns of play brought to life (Down both flanks and Direct)
Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 7: Patterns of play brought to life (Through the Middle and Direct)
" I only have one understanding of development and of making success, and that's by going step by step" : Jurgen Klopp 📢FAVORITE SYSTEM ALERT! FAVORITE SYSTEM ALERT!📢 Now that the cat’s out of the bag (as well as the sirens) let’s get straight into our next pattern of play, shall we... Today we’re taking … Continue reading Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 7: Patterns of play brought to life (Through the Middle and Direct)
Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 6: Patterns of play brought to life (Mixed and Direct)
" Getting the balance right in everything is all of football and all of sport": Roy Hodgson By now you already know the jist of things around here so let’s not waste any time. Today’s blog is going to be all about a MIXED and DIRECT style whilst in possession. Unlike the previous 2 where … Continue reading Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 6: Patterns of play brought to life (Mixed and Direct)
Season 2 : Tactics Page ; Episode 5: Patterns of play brought to life (Mixed and Short)
"The relationships and behaviors on and off the pitch between teammates have to be as good as possible"- Pep Guardiola Welcome back, Soccermanagerites! I hope you enjoy quickies as this will be another one as we continue our mini series of looking at different styles of play while bringing them to life to feed that … Continue reading Season 2 : Tactics Page ; Episode 5: Patterns of play brought to life (Mixed and Short)
Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 4: Patterns of play brought to life (Mixed and Mixed)
"Tactics are so important because everyone has to know what they have to do on the pitch…”- Pep Guardiola Today brings so much joy as we will be looking into different patterns of play for every passing style and attacking area when you’ve put them together (surprise!!!). At the end of the day this is … Continue reading Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 4: Patterns of play brought to life (Mixed and Mixed)
Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 3: Playing Style & Playing Instructions
“Creating something new is the difficult part. To make it and build it and get everyone to follow? Amazing.” – Pep Guardiola Here we are yet again for another one! I must say, from the feedback I’ve gotten on episode 2 there are a lot of soccermanagerites out there who are appreciating these blog posts. … Continue reading Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 3: Playing Style & Playing Instructions
Season 2: Tactics page; Episode 2: Team Instructions
“A perfectionist? That’s apart of my job”- Pep Guardiola Welcome back to the second installment of the tactics series. Today we will be diving into team instructions providing as much attention to detail we can possiby get. As I mentioned in the previous episode, team instructions is where you identify the type of football you … Continue reading Season 2: Tactics page; Episode 2: Team Instructions
Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 1: Intro
“I am here just to learn, to improve and to help my team improve”- Pep Guardiola Welcome back soccermanagerites!!!I’m glad that you’re here yet again and if this is your first exposure to this blogging site then strap in in cause it’s gonna be one hell of a ride! In today’s post we will be … Continue reading Season 2: Tactics Page; Episode 1: Intro
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