FM - Old Man Phil - FM 24 - How To Create an Unstoppable Tactic Every Save - Reverse Engineer It!

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Sintesi

TLDRThe video tutorial by Phil focuses on building an effective and simple football tactic through reverse engineering. The host emphasizes simplicity and understanding player capabilities to guide tactic formation, rather than following common, complex methods. Through examples with teams like Notts County and Arsenal, Phil demonstrates success by matching tactics to team strengths and adjusting dynamics according to player attributes. He outlines isolated tips such as avoiding complex formations unless the team is capable, and tailoring instructions based on players' positional strengths, highlighting the importance of adaptability in ongoing matches. Finally, Phil discusses preparing for various scenarios, emphasizing examining opponent strengths and weaknesses to make informed tactical decisions, while encouraging viewers to engage with the content by subscribing and expressing interest in further topics.

Punti di forza

  • ⚽ Reverse engineering can simplify tactic building.
  • 🔍 Understanding player attributes is crucial for effective tactics.
  • 📈 Success with teams like Notts County shows tactic efficacy.
  • 🛠️ Use squad planners to tailor strategies.
  • 🔄 Adapt tactics based on match performances.
  • 🚫 Avoid complex formations for simple tactic building.
  • 📊 Compare opposition strengths and weaknesses to fine-tune strategies.
  • 👥 Team capability is vital in defining tactics.
  • 💡 Learning from past successful examples can guide current strategies.
  • 📣 Viewer engagement helps in deciding future content topics.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video introduces the concept of building a simple yet effective defensive team tactic in a game, discussing its success with various teams such as Notts County and Arsenal. The focus is on reverse engineering a tactic for success by understanding team attributes and capabilities.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The host decides to create a tactic for Watford, a team in the Championship predicted to finish sixth. He emphasizes evaluating the team's strengths, noting strong defense and attack but a weak midfield, and setting up a tactic that leverages these strengths.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    A fluid counterattack strategy is chosen, focusing on positive play. Key roles are assigned based on team strengths, such as wing-backs and central defenders. Adjustments are made to suit the championship level without trying to overcomplicate the system.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Emphasis is placed on understanding player roles individually and using team attributes to guide tactical decisions. Adjustments in player roles include wing-backs and midfield setups based on strengths and current team formation familiarity.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Discussion on in-game transitions and opposition engagement strategies. The importance of understanding team's ability with counter pressing and defending is highlighted, emphasizing the need to adapt tactics based on player abilities and opponent analysis.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:40

    Concluding with the outcomes of implementing this tactic with Watford, the team achieves early success. The video hints at an upcoming discussion on tailoring strategies against specific opponents using comparison screens and team reports.

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Domande frequenti

  • How successful were the tactics in previous examples?

    The host mentions past success with Notts County and Arsenal, where teams are leading the league and have significant defensive and attacking stats.

  • What is the approach of building the new tactic?

    The host intends to build a very simple tactic using reverse engineering, focusing on maintaining simplicity for effectiveness.

  • What are the key player attributes to consider when building a tactic?

    Key attributes include position-specific skills, understanding team strengths like attacking or defending, and matching tactics to player capabilities.

  • What is the philosophy behind the tactic development?

    The tactic development focuses on team attributes, keeping things simple, and avoiding complex formations unless the team is advanced enough to handle them.

  • What tools and strategies are used to develop the tactics?

    Tools like squad planners to assess player skills and making in-game adjustments based on the attributes and performance are part of the process.

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    over the last couple of episodes we've
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    looked at how you can become the best
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    defensive team in your league and we're
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    going to take that one step further now
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    and we're going to build a complete
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    tactic but we're going to do it a little
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    bit differently we're going to build a
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    very very simple tactic which will be
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    very very successful we're going to
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    reverse engineer it let's go and kick
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    some
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    balls hello and welcome back to FM with
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    old man Phil and if you are a brand new
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    visitor I'm Phil and well welcome to the
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    channel and over the last couple of
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    episodes in this series of four we've
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    been looking at how to set up your team
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    to become the best defensive team in
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    your league and we've been very
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    successful applying a a system across a
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    number of saves and we always turn out
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    to be the best defensive team in the
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    league and as you can see here from our
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    live stream with notot County a team
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    that's way overperforming we are the
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    best team in terms of goals conceded we
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    are the best team in the league and in
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    our hero sa similar to nots County we
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    are top of the league we are the best
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    team in terms of attacking and the best
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    team in terms of Defending and we set up
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    the tactic in exactly the same way as we
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    set up the tactic for NZ County and
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    finally we did a test with Arsenal and
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    as you can see once again with Arsenal
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    very very similar story we are top of
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    the league we are the best in terms of
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    attacking and we are the best in terms
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    of Defending and so we have set this
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    tactic up to in a very similar way to
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    what we did with the other two and today
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    we're going to take a look at how to
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    build a very very simple tactic which
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    will be very very successful often
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    people who are just setting out on the
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    game will have a problem understanding
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    how to put a tactic together and it's
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    one of the hardest parts of the game
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    when you first start to play this game
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    but it's a very very simple way that you
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    can do it and today we're going to build
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    a tactic based on what we've been doing
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    already so far if you can't do it don't
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    do it and once you got the concept of
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    this and you understand how the
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    attributes play a huge part in setting
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    up your tactic and tell you exactly what
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    your team can do and can't do what
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    they're good at and what they're not
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    good at then putting together a tactic a
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    formation a shape whatever call it what
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    you like will be one of the simplest
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    things that you have to do in this game
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    it's just a case of understanding how to
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    do it and in order to do it we're going
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    to do it backwards we're going to
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    reverse engineer a tactic and I'm going
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    to select the team at random some the
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    team I know no nothing about and we're
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    going to show you how we set up that
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    tactic and then I'm going to play Eight
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    Games or so and see how that tactic gets
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    on will we be the best in terms of
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    attacking and will we be the best in
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    terms of Defending in the league but
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    just before we get into it if you are
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    brand new to the channel you love FN
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    content give us a like and hit that
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    subscribe button and also click that
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    Bell and then you will be notified when
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    we upload brand new videos so I think
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    it's time to get on with it now let's go
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    and find out what team we're going to
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    sell setup and reverse engineer this
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    tactic with let's go and kick some balls
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    and so the team that we have and we are
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    going to set up a tactic with and play
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    the first eight or so games is going to
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    be Watford and I have absolutely no idea
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    what the prediction is for Watford what
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    I do know is that we are about to begin
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    our first game of the new Championship
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    season so the preseason is done and uh
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    the first championship game is about to
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    begin so this team is not going to have
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    a lot of time to get used to the tactic
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    that we're going to prepare for them and
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    let's have a look at basically where
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    they are predicted to finish in the
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    season preview they are predicted to
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    finish in sixth it's probably therefore
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    going to be a fairly decent side they
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    don't have many players in the dream 11
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    they don't have any in the dream 11 but
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    in terms of a championship team there
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    are some very very good teams sitting
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    above them they are in sixth place and
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    they should be looking at a playoff
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    place the in terms of of the Club Vision
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    that is exactly what the club wants they
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    want them to reach the skyb championship
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    playoffs and I would say I would feel
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    very optimistic about reaching the
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    playoffs if not looking for a automatic
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    promotion place so we have to first of
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    all now get them ready to play in the
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    season remembering that our first game
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    is just a few days to go and uh you can
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    or cannot do this I don't always do this
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    but you can go to your squad and just
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    have a look this might help you in terms
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    of what the squad is capable of doing it
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    is it a good defensive team is it a good
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    attacking team uh is it great in
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    Midfield what are the what is their
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    strength a lot of people use this to
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    find their best players and to work
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    their team around their best players I
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    don't do that I just want to know are we
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    good defensively are we good in attack
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    are we good in Midfield and if we put
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    these in terms of the their ability we
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    can clearly see that a lot of their
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    players are either Central Defenders
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    their top players are either attackers
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    or Central Defenders so we have three of
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    our top players are Defenders and the
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    rest of six or seven are going to be
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    attackers Midfield we are a bit light
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    and therefore we have to build our
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    Midfield based on the fact that at the
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    moment we are a little bit light going
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    into our first game in the championship
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    we also don't have any money and so just
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    buying players is not going to be an
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    option for us we do have a spr who is
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    one of our best players if not our best
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    player he's wanted could bring in 10 or
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    12 million we don't know what's going to
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    happen and there until that happens we
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    really just have to focus on building a
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    team with what we've got so that's what
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    we're going to do and as th we've just
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    found out we are pretty good in attack
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    and that's probably where we need to
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    focus when we start building our tactic
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    and as we said before we're going to
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    build a very very simple tactic and
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    therefore we're going to go with what
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    the game recommends in terms of how this
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    team should play and it's given us three
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    options I don't really like Wing play I
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    definitely don't want to be playing
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    route one so we're going to go with a
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    flu fluid Counterattack this don't worry
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    about this this is just a setting up how
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    we want to play we are going to alter
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    this and change it it's not going to be
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    the finished product we're not going to
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    be playing in a cautious mentality so
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    we're going to choose that and now we'll
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    go to a formation bearing in mind that
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    we are good up front and that we are
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    good in defense the problem that I have
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    with a 4-33 is that we may not be good
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    enough in central Midfield so I'm going
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    to go with a 4231 this is a much more
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    attacking option and because most of our
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    players are better up front than they
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    are anywhere else on the pitch we're
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    going to go with that and we're going to
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    click confirm and we are going to set up
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    our team very very Loosely because I
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    don't know the team I'm just going to
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    ask my assistant to pick the without
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    restriction to pick the entire team and
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    to just put in what he thinks is
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    probably going to be our best team now
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    I'm going to go through this and I'm
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    going to change some things because I'm
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    probably not going to agree with him and
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    so I don't want wing backs to be on
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    automatic I do like the idea of playing
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    with wing backs because we are going to
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    be playing a little bit more positive
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    rather than cautious bearing in mind
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    that we are an attacking team we have a
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    good attacking setup let's be positive
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    and so we're going to go through these
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    roles one by one and we're going to
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    change this team just slightly I'm going
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    to have a wing back on Support over on
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    this side and I'll probably have a wing
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    back on attack over on this side
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    basically what we're going to do is BAS
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    set up a very simple very very simple
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    tactic and we're not going to play with
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    a ball playing Defender we're a
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    championship team we're going to play
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    with two Central Defenders on defend and
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    that should hopefully be enough for us
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    in terms of that looking at these two in
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    Midfield we could I think the ball
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    winner probably not a good idea for a
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    championship team I'm going to play a
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    defensive midfielder on this side and
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    I'm going to play a deep line playmaker
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    on this side I actually know that the um
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    best player in that position is going to
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    be lucer who is a very good deep line
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    playmaker for Championship level so
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    that's going to be our Midfield sorted
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    on this side I'm going to keep this as
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    an inverted Winger on support and we're
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    going to play a Winger on Attack on this
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    side and then we are going to have keep
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    that as an attacking Midfield on support
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    nothing wrong with that as a role and
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    Healey can stay as the advance forward
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    on attack I think that the you can
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    clearly now see that up front we are
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    much stronger than we are at the back
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    and so this is probably the best way to
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    set up the tactic and so as you can see
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    this is a very very basic tactic that we
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    have set up we have given each of these
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    players some additional instructions to
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    what the role says that they should do
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    and that is based purely on what they
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    can and cannot do as individuals and so
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    for example this Wing back is asked to
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    Mark tighter that is because he is
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    capable of doing a little bit of marking
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    I also want want him to sit narrower and
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    to dribble less and to shoot less often
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    just purely based on what he can and
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    cannot do and the DLP another example
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    here he's asked to close down more he
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    can close down very nicely and he is
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    capable of marking cannot tackle so he's
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    not asked to tackle harder and neither
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    is the DM who's marking and tackling
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    isn't very good so he just has the job
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    of just holding his position but he can
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    pass and he does have very good Vision
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    so I might ask him to take more risks
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    when he is on the ball and so as you can
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    see I've given them some very very
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    simple instructions because I am playing
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    a Winger on attack in this on this side
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    then what I might do is play an inverted
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    Wing back on this side this means that
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    he will come into Midfield he will also
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    be perhaps depending on high up the
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    pitch we are playing be a nuisance in
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    this area up here and because he is now
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    playing as an inverted Wing back on
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    support and playing in this area here
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    what I might do is I will adjust the
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    tactic and I'll put an underlap on the
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    right what this will mean is that the
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    Winger will then stop look for support
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    inside and this might cause problems
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    with the DM with the advanced midfielder
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    and the inverted Wing back in this area
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    creating huge overloads so it's
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    something that we can try at the
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    beginning and if it doesn't work we can
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    try something else and that's the
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    essence of building a tactic we're going
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    to look at how this works at the
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    beginning and then we will see how it
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    pans out now we want to put the team
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    instructions together because this is
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    really really important and this is how
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    we want the team to play and we're going
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    to apply the principle of if you can't
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    do it don't do it because we're going to
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    base it on the attributes of the team
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    and as you know every team has a bunch
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    of attributes there are physicals there
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    are mentals and there are technicals and
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    we're going to base what the team can do
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    on the team averages and how good they
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    are as a team at performing that
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    function and each one of these things is
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    about whether the team is good whether
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    the team is bad whether the team can do
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    it whether the team can't do it and each
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    one of these will have to be adjusted
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    according to what the team can do so
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    let's make a start and let's go first of
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    all to the ones that we've done already
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    and we'll start with the reverse
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    engineering it now with the out of
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    possession
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    screen and so we have already looked at
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    this screen before and we're just going
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    to reset this because we want it to be
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    from a blank screen and we don't want to
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    be have anything clicked at this point
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    in time and so looking at this this is
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    all wrong for me remember that the line
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    of Engagement is really about how good
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    your team is at being an absolute
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    nuisance and getting the opposition to
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    make mistakes in and where you would
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    like the opposition to make mistakes so
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    if they're very very good at getting the
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    opposition to make mistakes then we want
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    to have a higher line we want to put our
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    line of Engagement as high as possible
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    so that they make mistakes here and not
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    down in our half of the pitch this will
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    make us far more dangerous the defensive
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    line is about how good or bad are
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    defenses and How likely they are to make
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    a lot of mistakes if we have a very very
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    good def defense then we'll push the
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    line up higher if we are not so good
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    then we're going to have to bring the
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    lines back a little bit because by
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    bringing the line back a little bit it
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    will serve two purposes firstly if they
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    are pacy and can dribble it means that
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    they will not find it so easy to get
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    balls over the top and to skip past us
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    we will be backing off a little bit in
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    order to allow them space in front of us
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    but also if we're not very good as
  • 00:12:41
    Defenders then by reducing the line a
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    little bit it will give us more time
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    when we receive the ball and we can be a
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    little bit more composed we can be have
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    a little bit better control of the ball
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    and distribute the the ball a lot more
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    efficiently if we are too high up the
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    pitch then what could happen is that we
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    don't when receiving the ball our
  • 00:13:02
    Defenders don't have a lot of time make
  • 00:13:04
    mistakes and then suddenly we are giving
  • 00:13:07
    the ball away and are very vulnerable at
  • 00:13:09
    the back and so where we position this
  • 00:13:12
    is also very very important trigger
  • 00:13:15
    press is linked to how good we are at
  • 00:13:17
    being a nuisance and How likely it is
  • 00:13:20
    that we are going to get the opposition
  • 00:13:22
    to make mistakes this now will be all
  • 00:13:24
    over the pitch whereas this line of
  • 00:13:26
    Engagement is just where we are going to
  • 00:13:28
    engage them when we haven't got the ball
  • 00:13:31
    and so this is going to be How likely
  • 00:13:33
    are the opposition to make mistakes and
  • 00:13:36
    how good are we at making them make
  • 00:13:38
    mistakes as for these this is about
  • 00:13:41
    whether or not we can tackle and this is
  • 00:13:44
    really about compressing the Midfield do
  • 00:13:47
    we need to compress the Midfield I
  • 00:13:49
    always would like to stop the crosses
  • 00:13:51
    unless I have all Defenders over 6'6
  • 00:13:54
    that I'm going to want to stop crosses
  • 00:13:57
    um particularly but full back are very
  • 00:13:59
    vulnerable at the far posts and so I
  • 00:14:01
    don't want crosses coming into my box
  • 00:14:03
    even if I have got very tall Central
  • 00:14:05
    Defenders let's just stop them and uh
  • 00:14:08
    they don't always stop the crosses but
  • 00:14:10
    we might as well try and if I do have a
  • 00:14:12
    lower defensive line then I generally
  • 00:14:14
    will step up more especially if I only
  • 00:14:15
    have two in Midfield because we are
  • 00:14:18
    light there then and it will need to
  • 00:14:20
    push up to compress the space and to
  • 00:14:22
    make sure their Midfield are not getting
  • 00:14:24
    the opportunity to dominate the game and
  • 00:14:26
    put balls in over the top through
  • 00:14:29
    through balls through the middle and so
  • 00:14:31
    I need to just check where these lines
  • 00:14:33
    should be and as we as we saw before
  • 00:14:36
    this is about how good we are at being a
  • 00:14:39
    nuisance and so we have to know about
  • 00:14:41
    how aggressive we are do we have good
  • 00:14:43
    acceleration do we anticipate situations
  • 00:14:46
    well and do we have good decisions and
  • 00:14:48
    so we will go to our Squad planner and
  • 00:14:50
    we'll check that out and we'll go to the
  • 00:14:52
    comparison screen and we are looking at
  • 00:14:55
    the acceleration we do have decent
  • 00:14:58
    acceleration it's not brilliant um and
  • 00:15:00
    we do have um decent pace but it's not
  • 00:15:03
    brilliant either we are quite strong and
  • 00:15:06
    we are quite fit but and our work rate
  • 00:15:08
    although for this league it's quite low
  • 00:15:10
    our work rate is decent it's not too bad
  • 00:15:12
    it just looks bad because of this graph
  • 00:15:15
    but 12.15 for a championship team is
  • 00:15:17
    actually decent work great it's not
  • 00:15:19
    brilliant but it is decent a Premier
  • 00:15:22
    League team a very good Premier League
  • 00:15:24
    team will have 14 between 14 and 15 12
  • 00:15:27
    is not bad it does mean that they do
  • 00:15:30
    have a little bit of work in them
  • 00:15:31
    teamwork is a little bit of a concern
  • 00:15:33
    that is not very good and their
  • 00:15:35
    anticipation is not very good but they
  • 00:15:37
    are very aggressive and this is quite
  • 00:15:39
    important for a championship team if
  • 00:15:41
    they're aggressive then probably they
  • 00:15:43
    will worry the team quite quite a lot
  • 00:15:46
    and so I would say of this team that yes
  • 00:15:49
    they are probably very capable of
  • 00:15:51
    causing teams to make mistakes at the
  • 00:15:53
    back and so a high line of Engagement is
  • 00:15:56
    probably a good idea especially as we we
  • 00:15:58
    are going to be playing in a very
  • 00:16:00
    positive way because we want to attack
  • 00:16:02
    rather than to defend our attack is
  • 00:16:04
    better than our defense and um so we've
  • 00:16:07
    sorted out we'll play with a high press
  • 00:16:10
    and probably we will trigger press more
  • 00:16:12
    often and depending on whether the
  • 00:16:14
    goalkeeper is good or bad in terms of
  • 00:16:17
    his passing and composure we will switch
  • 00:16:20
    that on or off it will depend on the
  • 00:16:22
    opposition goalkeeper and our defensive
  • 00:16:24
    line will be dependent on how good our
  • 00:16:27
    defense is and how capable they are of
  • 00:16:30
    not making mistakes and so we're going
  • 00:16:32
    to be looking at composure
  • 00:16:34
    decisions positioning
  • 00:16:38
    anticipation passing and dribbling and
  • 00:16:40
    looking at the numbers for those
  • 00:16:43
    particular attributes and that will
  • 00:16:44
    determine just where that line should be
  • 00:16:48
    and so we will go to our Squad planner
  • 00:16:50
    and we'll have a look at those
  • 00:16:51
    attributes but this time we're only
  • 00:16:53
    going to be looking at our Defenders
  • 00:16:55
    it's our defensive line that we want to
  • 00:16:57
    make sure
  • 00:16:59
    that have the attributes and so we're
  • 00:17:01
    not going to include the goalkeepers or
  • 00:17:03
    the midfielders and the strikers for
  • 00:17:05
    this we're just going to measure it in
  • 00:17:07
    terms of how good our Defenders are and
  • 00:17:09
    we can clearly see that we have good
  • 00:17:11
    balance our agility is decent but it's
  • 00:17:13
    not great but our balance is very good
  • 00:17:15
    which means that we might be able to
  • 00:17:16
    turn quite quickly and couple that with
  • 00:17:19
    decent acceleration for Defenders and
  • 00:17:22
    decent pace for Defenders we're not
  • 00:17:24
    super quick but we might be okay in
  • 00:17:27
    terms of playing a higher defensive line
  • 00:17:29
    and particularly impressive is our
  • 00:17:31
    balance our natural Fitness at the back
  • 00:17:34
    is good and we are quite strong so bear
  • 00:17:36
    that in mind as we're thinking about
  • 00:17:38
    where our line should be placed and in
  • 00:17:40
    terms of our mentals abilities we are
  • 00:17:43
    quite aggressive again uh our decisions
  • 00:17:45
    are okay but we are not brave and our
  • 00:17:49
    composure is pretty poor and our
  • 00:17:51
    concentration is pretty poor decision-
  • 00:17:54
    making is pretty poor as well and we are
  • 00:17:57
    in terms of mentals not looking that
  • 00:17:59
    great our positioning is decent but it's
  • 00:18:02
    not great and work great at the back is
  • 00:18:05
    very good bearing in mind that 14 14 and
  • 00:18:07
    a half would be very good for a Premier
  • 00:18:09
    League team work great is quite good and
  • 00:18:11
    a teamwork at the B is quite good which
  • 00:18:13
    would mean that the offside would work
  • 00:18:16
    but the rest of the mentals are telling
  • 00:18:19
    me that perhaps we shouldn't be playing
  • 00:18:21
    too high up the pitch and so in terms of
  • 00:18:24
    our Pace our jumping reach our heading
  • 00:18:27
    and in our general ability
  • 00:18:29
    and the how often we are likely to make
  • 00:18:31
    mistakes what I'm going to do with this
  • 00:18:33
    team is I'm going to have a standard
  • 00:18:35
    line and I'm going to step up more and
  • 00:18:37
    we're going to have space in the middle
  • 00:18:39
    but by stepping up more we're asking our
  • 00:18:41
    midfielders and the Defenders to just
  • 00:18:44
    step up when the opposition have won the
  • 00:18:46
    ball and try to close them down and we
  • 00:18:48
    hopefully have players in Midfield who
  • 00:18:51
    can close them down and therefore
  • 00:18:52
    eliminate a problem but the whole point
  • 00:18:54
    of this is that we're not going to be
  • 00:18:57
    vulnerable to both balls over the top
  • 00:18:59
    and we're going to give ourselves a
  • 00:19:00
    little bit more time when we receive the
  • 00:19:03
    ball in order to control it and
  • 00:19:05
    distribute it efficiently and not make
  • 00:19:07
    mistakes and give the ball away in very
  • 00:19:09
    dangerous areas and so that part of the
  • 00:19:12
    tactic this screen of the tactic the out
  • 00:19:14
    of possession is done that's all we need
  • 00:19:16
    to do and now we'll move on to the next
  • 00:19:19
    one the in transition screen and in this
  • 00:19:22
    screen we are pretty much looking at
  • 00:19:24
    just a few things and we're looking at
  • 00:19:25
    our ability to counter press to counter
  • 00:19:27
    and how we want our goalkeeper to deal
  • 00:19:29
    with the ball when he has it and we
  • 00:19:31
    already know that our goalkeeper is poor
  • 00:19:33
    at passing he has a poor throw he's not
  • 00:19:35
    very good at kicking so I don't want him
  • 00:19:37
    taking any risks at all so he can just
  • 00:19:39
    roll it out to anyone who happens to be
  • 00:19:42
    near him and that way we'll stop him
  • 00:19:44
    from making mistakes at least he still
  • 00:19:46
    probably will make them but at least
  • 00:19:48
    we're going to attempt to stop him
  • 00:19:51
    making mistakes in terms of our ability
  • 00:19:53
    to counter we have to consider a few
  • 00:19:55
    things firstly do we have enough pace
  • 00:19:57
    and acceleration ation to mount
  • 00:19:59
    counterattacks are we good at off the
  • 00:20:01
    ball and are we good with our passing
  • 00:20:03
    and distribution is our vision good we
  • 00:20:05
    are working off the principle of if you
  • 00:20:08
    can't do it don't do it so we're going
  • 00:20:10
    to go to our Squad planner again and
  • 00:20:11
    we're going to have a look at our
  • 00:20:13
    ability to counter attack and so if we
  • 00:20:16
    think about the four things that we were
  • 00:20:17
    thinking about the first one was well
  • 00:20:20
    let's look at dribbling as well we're
  • 00:20:21
    not very good at dribbling and our
  • 00:20:23
    technique is not brilliant and if we
  • 00:20:25
    look at our mentals um although we're
  • 00:20:27
    quite aggressive and that does help when
  • 00:20:29
    you are counterattacking we are not very
  • 00:20:32
    composed we're not very determined and
  • 00:20:34
    um our work great is poor our teamwork
  • 00:20:36
    is poor and so it's not really looking
  • 00:20:39
    that great off the ball is poor we are
  • 00:20:41
    not the fastest of teams and our passing
  • 00:20:45
    and our vision they're not great so it's
  • 00:20:49
    probably not a good idea for us to be
  • 00:20:53
    counterattacking and so we're going to
  • 00:20:55
    leave that off we are not really that
  • 00:20:57
    bad bearing in mind that we are
  • 00:20:58
    predicted to finish in seventh we're not
  • 00:21:00
    that bad that we need to hold our shape
  • 00:21:03
    in case we get ourselves into trouble
  • 00:21:05
    our defense are not that bad so we're
  • 00:21:07
    going to keep that off but we are not
  • 00:21:09
    going to Counterattack we will sometimes
  • 00:21:12
    but we're not going to click
  • 00:21:13
    Counterattack and have players just
  • 00:21:15
    going up the field willy-nilly and
  • 00:21:17
    leaving ourselves a little bit
  • 00:21:19
    vulnerable at the back the counter press
  • 00:21:21
    we already know we've already seen that
  • 00:21:24
    we are not very good at counter counter
  • 00:21:27
    pressing the position we're not very
  • 00:21:29
    good at putting them under pressure and
  • 00:21:31
    so we are going to leave the counter
  • 00:21:33
    press off for now we're not going to
  • 00:21:35
    regroup either but we're just going to
  • 00:21:37
    leave it off now by leaving these two
  • 00:21:39
    things off as we said in the last video
  • 00:21:41
    it does not mean that we are not going
  • 00:21:43
    to counter press and it does not mean
  • 00:21:44
    that we are not going to Counterattack
  • 00:21:46
    what it means is that we are going to be
  • 00:21:48
    a little less frequent over it and
  • 00:21:51
    hopefully make decisions around whether
  • 00:21:53
    or not it's a good idea to do it at the
  • 00:21:55
    time and so we're not going to be
  • 00:21:58
    as aggressive as we would be if those
  • 00:22:00
    two things were on we're going to take
  • 00:22:02
    our time and it does mean that probably
  • 00:22:04
    create less chances but we're going to
  • 00:22:06
    be safer at the back while doing it and
  • 00:22:09
    then finally it brings us and so having
  • 00:22:12
    established that we're going to do very
  • 00:22:13
    little here that brings us to our first
  • 00:22:16
    screen and how we are going to attack
  • 00:22:18
    and this is something that we haven't
  • 00:22:19
    seen before and just like every one of
  • 00:22:23
    the boxes that we've looked at in the
  • 00:22:25
    previous two screens this one is is no
  • 00:22:28
    different and we're going to start with
  • 00:22:30
    our passing style and we've already
  • 00:22:32
    found out that we're not the greatest
  • 00:22:33
    passing team in the world we're not the
  • 00:22:35
    worst passing team in the world but
  • 00:22:37
    we're not good we're just an average
  • 00:22:39
    passing team and so in order to make the
  • 00:22:42
    most of our ability to pass then we have
  • 00:22:44
    to play at a lower Tempo so we're going
  • 00:22:46
    to set that to slightly lower because we
  • 00:22:49
    cannot pass and if we try to start
  • 00:22:52
    flashing the ball around the pitch at
  • 00:22:54
    speed we're going to be turning the ball
  • 00:22:56
    over quite often so by by lowering the
  • 00:22:58
    tempo we're going to be able to hold on
  • 00:23:01
    to the ball now we could play with a
  • 00:23:02
    slightly shorter or a little bit more
  • 00:23:05
    direct but probably if we are going to
  • 00:23:07
    play with a slightly lower Tempo I would
  • 00:23:09
    like to play with a slightly shorter
  • 00:23:11
    pass and to enable that to work a lot
  • 00:23:13
    better I'm going to reduce the width of
  • 00:23:16
    the pitch as well and so we're going to
  • 00:23:18
    play a little bit shorter with a
  • 00:23:20
    slightly lower Tempo and fairly narrow
  • 00:23:22
    so that our passes are going to connect
  • 00:23:24
    with each other and hopefully that's not
  • 00:23:27
    going to put too much pressure on the
  • 00:23:29
    boys we are going to time waste
  • 00:23:31
    sometimes when we have Thro inss and
  • 00:23:33
    corners and allow the team to settle and
  • 00:23:36
    hopefully that will buy us a little bit
  • 00:23:38
    more time as well I just don't want us
  • 00:23:40
    rushing things and I want us to be able
  • 00:23:42
    to keep the ball quite comfortably and
  • 00:23:44
    so this if would effectively enable us
  • 00:23:48
    because our passing is not the greatest
  • 00:23:50
    this system would enable us to do that
  • 00:23:53
    quite effectively if we are not good at
  • 00:23:56
    passing then we are not going to be
  • 00:23:58
    passing into space as well this will
  • 00:24:00
    require good off the ball and it will
  • 00:24:02
    require good Vision we have neither of
  • 00:24:05
    those two things and so we are not going
  • 00:24:07
    to pass it into space we're going to
  • 00:24:09
    pass defeat and try and control
  • 00:24:11
    possession we believe that would be the
  • 00:24:13
    best way of playing with this and
  • 00:24:17
    playing out of Defense would that be a
  • 00:24:18
    good idea for Watford where we can go to
  • 00:24:21
    the squad planner and have a look again
  • 00:24:23
    at our comparison this time we're only
  • 00:24:25
    going to pick the Defenders and we are
  • 00:24:27
    going going to look at the defender's
  • 00:24:29
    ability to pass the ball out and to
  • 00:24:32
    maintain possession and so in order to
  • 00:24:34
    be able to do that a composure is going
  • 00:24:36
    to need to be good and so our Defender
  • 00:24:38
    composure it's not bad it's not
  • 00:24:40
    brilliant they will make mistakes their
  • 00:24:42
    decisions is exactly the same and again
  • 00:24:45
    they will probably end up making
  • 00:24:47
    mistakes in terms of their technical
  • 00:24:49
    ability to pass the ball is not very
  • 00:24:51
    good and their vision is not very good
  • 00:24:53
    as well so we don't really want to be
  • 00:24:55
    passing the ball out of Defense we're
  • 00:24:57
    going to make more mistakes than the
  • 00:24:58
    worth of it if we attempt to do that if
  • 00:25:01
    we look at our dribbling as and as an
  • 00:25:04
    option to bring it out of Defense our
  • 00:25:06
    Defenders have only got 9.7 dribbling
  • 00:25:08
    it's not very good it's not a good idea
  • 00:25:11
    to be playing the ball out of Defense in
  • 00:25:14
    terms of our aerial ability and if we
  • 00:25:16
    look at the strikers in terms of our
  • 00:25:19
    aerial ability our jumping reach our
  • 00:25:22
    heading ability is 12 which is decent
  • 00:25:24
    but it's not good and our jumping reach
  • 00:25:27
    for the strikers is 10.67 it's not very
  • 00:25:30
    good and so probably not a good idea to
  • 00:25:33
    be floating crosses into the box and so
  • 00:25:36
    with that information in mind we're not
  • 00:25:38
    going to be playing out of defense and
  • 00:25:40
    we're not going to be floating crosses I
  • 00:25:42
    want them putting low crosses into the
  • 00:25:45
    box to feat whether or not to play Work
  • 00:25:48
    the ball into the box well that is going
  • 00:25:49
    to be about our ability to finish and
  • 00:25:52
    let's go and have a look at our ability
  • 00:25:53
    to finish and um that will be in our
  • 00:25:56
    technical abilities .67 we are not the
  • 00:25:59
    best finishers in the world neither do
  • 00:26:02
    we have a great long shot and neither is
  • 00:26:04
    our
  • 00:26:05
    composure exceptionally good either so
  • 00:26:09
    it's probably not a good idea to be
  • 00:26:11
    taking long pings from outside the box
  • 00:26:14
    so I want them to work the ball into the
  • 00:26:16
    box do I want them to run at the defense
  • 00:26:19
    no I've already seen that their
  • 00:26:20
    dribbling is very poor I would like them
  • 00:26:23
    to dribble less and this one I will
  • 00:26:25
    leave uh as it is at the moment because
  • 00:26:27
    I don't know whether we need to be more
  • 00:26:29
    disciplined or whether I need them to be
  • 00:26:31
    more expressive so at the moment I will
  • 00:26:34
    leave that one blank playing for set
  • 00:26:36
    pieces will depend on a number of issues
  • 00:26:38
    I don't have great set piece takers what
  • 00:26:41
    is the point of playing for set pieces
  • 00:26:43
    and that basically is how we are going
  • 00:26:45
    to set up our tactic it's very very
  • 00:26:47
    simple it's not very intensive and uh
  • 00:26:50
    looking at it though it is a problem
  • 00:26:52
    that they are not familiar with the way
  • 00:26:54
    that we've set them up and that probably
  • 00:26:56
    means that we're going going to have a
  • 00:26:58
    bad start to the season or it won't be
  • 00:27:00
    an extremely good start to the season
  • 00:27:02
    but it is a way that they can play and
  • 00:27:05
    we've based it all on what they can and
  • 00:27:08
    cannot do and so out of possession this
  • 00:27:11
    is about how able they are to play at
  • 00:27:14
    the back and whether or not they will
  • 00:27:15
    make lots of mistakes we've set it at
  • 00:27:17
    standard we also are going to worry them
  • 00:27:20
    and press them up here a little bit in
  • 00:27:22
    order to try and make them to make
  • 00:27:24
    mistakes but we don't want to be
  • 00:27:25
    constantly counter pressing because
  • 00:27:27
    we're not capable in terms of our work
  • 00:27:29
    rate especially to do that we don't want
  • 00:27:31
    to be counterattacking and getting out
  • 00:27:33
    of shape all the time but we don't want
  • 00:27:35
    to be just holding our shape we are
  • 00:27:37
    going to play positive we're going to
  • 00:27:38
    play narrow and try to hold on to the
  • 00:27:41
    ball our passing is good enough to hold
  • 00:27:43
    on to the ball but only probably at a
  • 00:27:45
    lower Tempo and we will play the work
  • 00:27:48
    the ball into the box we'll do low
  • 00:27:50
    crosses and dribble less and that is a
  • 00:27:52
    very very simple tactic that we have set
  • 00:27:54
    up now I think we should go and have a
  • 00:27:56
    look at how we have got on and so this
  • 00:28:01
    is where we came in the first game of
  • 00:28:03
    the championship season and as you can
  • 00:28:05
    see we have played eight games now in
  • 00:28:08
    all competitions we have won seven of
  • 00:28:11
    them and we have drawn one we were very
  • 00:28:13
    unlucky in that Birmingham game we were
  • 00:28:15
    had an international break here for two
  • 00:28:17
    weeks and unfortunately all our
  • 00:28:19
    midfielders came back extremely tired so
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    when we lined up for the game against
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    Birmingham on Midfield was out on its
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    feet still got a very creditable one-1
  • 00:28:28
    draw though Birmingham are a good team
  • 00:28:30
    and we got a one-1 draw and we are doing
  • 00:28:32
    particularly well we are top of the
  • 00:28:34
    league we've played six one5 in the
  • 00:28:36
    league drawn one and lost none we've not
  • 00:28:38
    lost all season in terms of the tactic
  • 00:28:41
    these Squad are now a lot more familiar
  • 00:28:43
    having played eight games or so they've
  • 00:28:45
    got themselves knowing exactly how we
  • 00:28:47
    want them to play and what is extremely
  • 00:28:50
    exciting is that we are the best team in
  • 00:28:52
    the league in terms of attacking
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    potential and we are the best team once
  • 00:28:56
    again in in the league in terms of goals
  • 00:28:58
    conceded everything's on track for a
  • 00:29:00
    very very good season here at Watford
  • 00:29:03
    but in order to become the very very
  • 00:29:06
    best team and we doing this consistently
  • 00:29:08
    with this methodology whether it be with
  • 00:29:11
    knots County Arsenal whether it be with
  • 00:29:14
    hoshima or in now Watford we are
  • 00:29:16
    consistently doing it but there is one
  • 00:29:18
    more thing that we need to do and we are
  • 00:29:20
    preparing on a game to game basis and
  • 00:29:23
    what we need to be able to do is to
  • 00:29:25
    interpret the information that we get in
  • 00:29:28
    this screen here which is a comparison
  • 00:29:31
    between ourselves and the opposition and
  • 00:29:34
    I will assess use this to assess the
  • 00:29:35
    strengths and weaknesses of the
  • 00:29:37
    opposition it's rather like pitting them
  • 00:29:39
    attack versus defense so I'm going to do
  • 00:29:41
    one more video on that screen and how I
  • 00:29:43
    use that in conjunction with the team
  • 00:29:45
    report and so that's it for this episode
  • 00:29:48
    we will be looking at that screen in the
  • 00:29:51
    next one and if you do want to have an
  • 00:29:54
    explanation of how you set in individual
  • 00:29:58
    player instructions based on how you
  • 00:30:00
    want to play and what they're capable of
  • 00:30:02
    doing then I'll do a video on that if
  • 00:30:04
    you want a video on setting up
  • 00:30:07
    individual instructions let me know in
  • 00:30:09
    the comments and I'll put one together
  • 00:30:11
    but that's it for now and if you are
  • 00:30:13
    brand new to the channel then why not
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    upload future videos in the next video
  • 00:30:25
    we will be looking at that comparison
  • 00:30:26
    screen and how we used that and The
  • 00:30:28
    Scouting Report to set up for individual
  • 00:30:32
    games and all that remains to be said
  • 00:30:34
    now is stay safe take care we'll see you
  • 00:30:37
    in the next video
Tag
  • football tactics
  • reverse engineering
  • team setup
  • player attributes
  • defensive strategies
  • attacking efficiency
  • team capability
  • tactic simplicity
  • football management