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Thank you! Yes just logged onto Twitter and saw all the comments, very nice. Due to the very positive response, I will continue these into the season as much as my time allows. As for the comments regarding the change in style, I completely agree. It is early days, but I would suggest that...

They will be lambasted for turning their back on the ball. As mentioned, they shouldn't be committing to the tackle unless they are 100% certain of winning it. Otherwise, they need to stand up, delay the player and force an error. Your second question; see above! There are ways of looking at...

OK thanks, happy with that.

Thanks for the comments, two good questions! 1. This is a particular annoyance of mine. Personally, I think it alters your body shape and prevents you from doing your number one duty as a defender i.e. get to the ball quickly. I NEVER coach players to put their arms behind their back when the...

Barnsley v Everton – A Tactical Deconstruction My Background (copied from my Everton v Norwich analysis) Not another Footy Manager-obsessed, Bielsa-fanatic, football tactics hipster reeling off buzz words like 'double pivote' and 'catennacio' again, I hear you cry? No, certainly not...

Thanks to you and everybody else for the positive feedback. Once pre-season gets underway, I'll do an analysis of each match then carry it on into the season if it continues to get good responses.

Precisely. A huge problem we have had this season is our reaction when we lose the ball; it genuinely seemed as though the players were given no instructions on who, when and how to press the opposition. Barkley and Lukaku would do it, but not in any particular way. This led to teams...

These two things (defensive line and pressure on the ball) go hand-in-hand. The information that you give to your defenders RE the defensive line is as follows: 1. Is there pressure on the ball? If yes, we can push up. If no... 2. Is there a threat behind us (ie someone looking to run...

Thanks. Yeah it's something I'm considering doing if there's enough interest in it.

Thanks for the positive feedback. Purely because of the change in manager mate; doing one of these every week earlier on in the season would have resulted in a lot of "cut+paste"!

Haha not quite! Just thought it would be interesting to draw the similarities between the two styles of play!

Haha, no I'm not!

My Background Not another Footy Manager-obsessed, Bielsa-fanatic, football tactics hipster reeling off buzz words like 'double pivote' and 'catennacio' again, I hear you cry? No, certainly not. Football has often been made far too clever for its own good by these types of blog sites. I hold a...