tactics

beautiful football. how do you play beautiful football? well you start with the goal keeper. i goalkeeper needs both confidence and players around him to support him.

defence need to be load, communicating to each other and work like clock work. they need to be able to play a cover formation in which doesnt allow teams to break through them. they need not to be committed, they need to allow teams to play, you want the ball back in the first half of your side? let the midfield do that. CB's are meant to be big and strong which means they should never be put in the position of chasing back. full backs have to be fast and agile. this is to cut off supply. this means that team have to go into the middle in which the strong defenders clear it up.

2CDM's always 2. however they need to have 2 different jobs, one needs to be in charge of the main CAM of the other side, shutting off his ability to play, the other sits in and is the wrecking ball of the team, anything in his area he has responsibility to be able to read the game so that if the CAM gets away from his partner then he is able to clear up the mess.

1 CAM, these players need to be a natural cam, not like rooney. they need to have vision and you have to accept the fact that they are not defenders and many of them dont enjoy that aspect of the game. he also needs to be bestfriends with the striker, they need to be able to read each others game and work together

LW, RW, CF. the wingers need to be a goal threat, they need to have composure in front of goal and they need to be fast, not necessarily skillful. skillful players make boring players that expect to much everytime they get the ball, a fast player you know is going to run.

CF. he plays in the middle but behind the wingers, this means that he is also a goal threat but causes great problems to the opposition as they have no idea how to close them down. this means that all 3 can exploit the defence by connecting up with the CAM.

the best football and the most deadly football is fast football. the type were any player can change a match with one pass. but a great team also has control and patience. they need to read the game and be able to play with the ball at feet and be able to spread the ball. liverpool have shown that fast football is both effective and great to watch however they have not got their defence aspects correct. they play the covering line in which i prefer but as you saw against crystal palace there line was to deep and the players were allowed to play within the box. which led to 2 of the goals.

chelsea this season have been boring to watch yet absolutely brilliant. jose was able to cover everything that game against liverpool, he controlled the tempo, the way liverpool played and just didn't allow liverpool through. however that is not the football of a man with dignity. you play that kind of football if you're playing against the best team in the world and you're looking for a draw to win a title. you dont do that to ruin someone elses title credentials. they only way of would have admired jose is by trying to outplay liverpool which they didnt do.

anyway i said all this because i have a dream of becoming a manager. yes i know it probably wont happen but this is just a place in which i can broadcast my ideas in hope that someone of importance in the footballing world sees this. thanks, bryn