What will be the next revolutionary tactic?

[aRdja]

I think it might be 2-3-2-3.

Barca were moving that way towards the end of last season as were Bayern.

"Il Metodo" was used by the Italians in the 1930's when they won 2 World Cups.

I think Liverpool are also playing a derivative of this formation at the moment.

van Dijk and another CB with high mobility as well as ball playing skills, two fullback / wing backs that have engines with a holding midfielder.

Two centre midfielders who are box to box. One with speed and strength, the other with high endurance who can link up quickly with the front three on the counter as well as break up play high up the pitch.

A front three who are fast, skilful, highly interchangeable and direct.

Five up front, five at the back with two either joining attacks (wingbacks) or two joining defence (higher midfielders).

Keita fits this mould. Rabiot would excel in it and we maybe sign a great ball playing centre back and a rapid forward to cover the front three and we are looking extremely strong.

Isn’t that just a variation of 4-3-3? Barca played it under Pep no?

 

——-Villa———Messi———Pedro—-

————Iniesta———-Xavi————-

Abidal————Busquets———-Alves

—————Pique——-Puyol————-

———————-Valdes——————-

[sir roger]

Whatever it is will have to embrace vast amounts of pace & youth,  as all players get fitter you need an edge.

 

Fed up of hearing that Everton's transfer market failures were due to piling up players in the same areas of the pitch which is true to an extent but is overshadowed by the fact that they were almost all slow. Unless a player like Rooney is absolutely fantastic these  days he will just be blitzed out of the game by fitter pressers.

[The Guest]

Whatever it is will have to embrace vast amounts of pace & youth, as all players get fitter you need an edge.

 

Fed up of hearing that Everton's transfer market failures were due to piling up players in the same areas of the pitch which is true to an extent but is overshadowed by the fact that they were almost all slow. Unless a player like Rooney is absolutely fantastic these days he will just be blitzed out of the game by fitter pressers.

Spot on.

[TheHowieLama]

Run around more and run faster than the other fellas.....

[Elite]

AI implants in footballers brains that calculates the most effective decision. Man City will have Sony developing theirs whilst Everton will use the supplier of calculators at Poundland doing theirs.

[Gym Beglin]

I think the next revolution will be in player fitness and togetherness, and it will come from a club that will only buy young single lads without families, and having them live and train together.

[Nasty Lizard]

There always seems to be a team and manager that comes from nowhere and are very successful until they get picked apart by bigger teams.

 

Mourinho-Porto

Rafa-Valencia

Klopp-Dortmund

Jardim-Monaco (that ones a shame they got ripped apart before they had a chance to do anything special)

Sarri-Napoli

Van Gaal-Ajax

 

There’s plenty more examples of it.

 

 

 

- Ranieri -Leicester

[VladimirIlyich]

I think the next revolution will be in player fitness and togetherness, and it will come from a club that will only buy young single lads without families, and having them live and train together.

Its fun to stay at the YMCA.