dazby wrote:bluej wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:My reservations are that he'll get to far embroiled in tactics. The top PL teams are well organised & tactically fairly sound but they don't get particularly tactical apart from on the odd occasion when they're missing players or in very occasional one off games.
Most of the mid to lower table teams are the ones who go big on tactics & formations because they have inferior players. The best PL teams allow their best players to play & only get tactical when they absolutely have to. The rags in particular take risks, they play to win in 95% of games. They get players behind the ball & in fact have a better shape than we do but they spring forward & attack when they can, even if it sometimes leaves them open. They gamble but often win & it scares the opposition.
It's not possible just to play like that by throwing a switch, it needs work & it's prone to mistakes. Some people are unable to recognise it but Hughes was trying to do it that way & got sacked because of the mistakes. If Mancini's not careful though, he'll get sacked because he's too scared to make them.
That's a great post.
It sure is and embodies what I was going to respond with but far more eloquently. Mancini is bringing Italian tactics to the English prem and is suffering from a cultural clash. I am certain that the players do not fully understand the messages the coaches are trying to convey yet, particularly the goalkeepers. This will take time. I'd like to see Mancio embrace the English style a bit more and the players accept the Italian way also. When this happens we will be fine.
I also have a major reservation about the subs Mancio made in the derby. Fooking ridiculous they were.
Good thread BTW.
Ancelotti has embraced the English game.
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