PSV Playing Style

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Pab Laa

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Does anybody know or looked into how PSV played as a unit? As this may be an indication of how we're going to evolve under Brands. Were they solid at the back and strong in attack, a counter attack team, a dominating team, attractive to watch? Any info would be helpful.
 


Sorry, I should have provided a precise, but it's a good read. Last season they played deeper and counter-attacked at speed through the middle. In the previous season they had been a slower, possession based side, playing with width and utilising crosses.

In a way teams now have to be able to play a possession based game when necessary and counter-attack at speed, or with a high press when the opportunity arises or is forced.
 

Surely the manager has the say over playing style, tactics etc. What sort of manager would work on condition that the DOF picks tactics, players etc. What would be the point in being the manager? He’d just be the fall guy when it goes wrong. No decent Manager would stand for that. Might as well employ Brands as the manager and save ourselves a few million a year. Not to mention a huge pay off when the manager is sacked!
 
Brands' opening statement on joining makes clear he has a true European DoF role with full football authority, a massive change from Walsh who was a puffed up Chief Scout. Silva/ANO will be a Head Coach NOT a manager in the traditional British style. A good DoF build close relationships with his HC and works hand in glove with them but the DoF is the senior partner as he is the continuity and he has the long-term strategy/vision.

The DoF sets over-arching football parameters (e.g. is the Everton-way 4-4-2/4-2-3-1/4-3-3/5-4-1...tiki-taka vs. hoofball, high press vs. counter-punch). He also controls training facilities, support staff/medical/sports science and longer-term permanent coaching positions e.g. academy, coaching succession planning. In addition the DoF controls transfer policy e.g. target player ages for first team, valuations, attributes/player types from youth to first team.

The Head Coach is recommended by the DoF (not by the owner/Board) and is expected to fit broadly within the approach set out for the club as a whole by the DoF. The HC has some control over his staff but not total as the DoF may well insist on retaining some staff/succession planning/continuity. The HC controls how to organise training, select teams, motivate/get the most out of the players provided within the broad scheme/ethos set by the DoF. If the HC wants to make significant changes in style and/or target different types of player then this is discussed with the DoF who either agrees, in which case those changes are flowed through the whole structure from youth to first team, or disagrees in which case the HC either accepts and gets on with it or is replaced.

We need to forget everything we think a "manager" does/should do and adapt to this new reality. Of course Silva will have some influence on transfers (positions/attributes he wants) and some ability to tinker with tactics (e.g. varying style/formation during a season for different games) but the overall strategy/ethos, approach and player acquisition/sale decisions rest with Brands who is arguably the single most important figure in the football success of this rebooted Moshiri Everton.
 
Pab Laa said:
Does anybody know or looked into how PSV played as a unit? As this may be an indication of how we're going to evolve under Brands. Were they solid at the back and strong in attack, a counter attack team, a dominating team, attractive to watch? Any info would be helpful.
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They started off under Cocu as a tippy tappy team who got the ball slowly to the wingers who would generally aim to cross for a target man...kind of a bit of a mix of styles probably due to cocus career experiences(?).

Then then started to increase the tempo in holland but still focused on the wide areas but in europe more gradual build ups then the usual fast pace nearer the box..

2 years ago began counter attacking a bit more at pace but you cant compare to say, liverpools attack as they have players in set positions and wouldnt play this way against packed defences.

Very hard to explain @MoutsGoat did a write up on it a while back

All i would say is that after martinez we should have hired Cocu...now its not a smart move as we seem to have Silva.

I believe we will be playing 4231 but no idea on tactics.
 
toffee66 said:
Brands' opening statement on joining makes clear he has a true European DoF role with full football authority, a massive change from Walsh who was a puffed up Chief Scout. Silva/ANO will be a Head Coach NOT a manager in the traditional British style. A good DoF build close relationships with his HC and works hand in glove with them but the DoF is the senior partner as he is the continuity and he has the long-term strategy/vision.

The DoF sets over-arching football parameters (e.g. is the Everton-way 4-4-2/4-2-3-1/4-3-3/5-4-1...tiki-taka vs. hoofball, high press vs. counter-punch). He also controls training facilities, support staff/medical/sports science and longer-term permanent coaching positions e.g. academy, coaching succession planning. In addition the DoF controls transfer policy e.g. target player ages for first team, valuations, attributes/player types from youth to first team.

The Head Coach is recommended by the DoF (not by the owner/Board) and is expected to fit broadly within the approach set out for the club as a whole by the DoF. The HC has some control over his staff but not total as the DoF may well insist on retaining some staff/succession planning/continuity. The HC controls how to organise training, select teams, motivate/get the most out of the players provided within the broad scheme/ethos set by the DoF. If the HC wants to make significant changes in style and/or target different types of player then this is discussed with the DoF who either agrees, in which case those changes are flowed through the whole structure from youth to first team, or disagrees in which case the HC either accepts and gets on with it or is replaced.

We need to forget everything we think a "manager" does/should do and adapt to this new reality. Of course Silva will have some influence on transfers (positions/attributes he wants) and some ability to tinker with tactics (e.g. varying style/formation during a season for different games) but the overall strategy/ethos, approach and player acquisition/sale decisions rest with Brands who is arguably the single most important figure in the football success of this rebooted Moshiri Everton.
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Excellent post.
 

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