HanoiVillan Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 2 hours ago, sne said: Be interesting to see if Mohammed Bin Salman passes the fit and proper test, what with him being a murdering tyrant and what not. He hasn't been convicted, so he will definitely pass (not to mention it would probably be a diplomatic incident if he didn't). The fit and proper person test is nothing more than a basic criminal record check, of the sort taken by millions of workers every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Lol while we are supported by one, surely there has to be some rule on a monarch owning a football club?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) Playing 5 at the back again. Has OGS just swapped his formation? Bad sign. Swapping and changing rarely works. The best managers have a clear philosophy and system and stick to it. If you're gonna change formation at least do it during Pre Season not mid season. Edited October 24, 2019 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 21 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Playing 5 at the back again. Has OGS just swapped his formation? Bad sign. Swapping and changing rarely works. The best managers have a clear philosophy and system and stick to it. If you're gonna change formation at least do it during Pre Season not mid season. Played 5 at back on weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 hours ago, villalad21 said: Playing 5 at the back again. Has OGS just swapped his formation? Bad sign. Swapping and changing rarely works. The best managers have a clear philosophy and system and stick to it. If you're gonna change formation at least do it during Pre Season not mid season. Surely the best managers are adaptable and set up a team depending on their and their opponents strengths and weaknesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 41 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: Surely the best managers are adaptable and set up a team depending on their and their opponents strengths and weaknesses? Klopp and Pep always play 4-3-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Klopp and Pep always play 4-3-3 Pep has always tried new tactics, played 3 at the back away at Camp Nou in the Champs League semi final one season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 18 minutes ago, Zatman said: Pep has always tried new tactics, played 3 at the back away at Camp Nou in the Champs League semi final one season Looks very much like OGS has changed his formation mid season. It's not just one off game against Liverpool. They played 5 at the back against today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Looks very much like OGS has changed his formation mid season. It's not just one off game against Liverpool. They played 5 at the back against today. Genuinely dont understand the complaint. Many managers do this Why should he persist with something that doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Annoying they won that despite being under lots of pressure. Means they're just one win away from qualifying and so can just send a youth team to Kazhakstan three days before they play us. If anyone else was playing them then they'd have probably lost 3-1 tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 2 hours ago, villalad21 said: Klopp and Pep always play 4-3-3 In that case then I would say they can only be at the top for a limited amount of time. If you always play the same way eventually someone will find a way to consistently overcome it and everyone else will ape it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1187413342723416065?s=20 Harry forgot how to captain Edited October 25, 2019 by Mic09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 10 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: In that case then I would say they can only be at the top for a limited amount of time. If you always play the same way eventually someone will find a way to consistently overcome it and everyone else will ape it. Nah. If you're system if well drilled and coached it doesn't matter if teams "figure you out" That maybe the case for pure counter attacking teams but not attacking fluid systems like Pep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 29 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Nah. If you're system if well drilled and coached it doesn't matter if teams "figure you out" That maybe the case for pure counter attacking teams but not attacking fluid systems like Pep I disagree the game is always evolving and eventually you'll be left behind. People probably said Major H.M. Fotheringhamthorpe's patented 2-0-8 formation in 1847 where the inside forward wingfielder gets right up the wazoo of the opposition defensive left sided flanking attack was going to be unbeatable forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 minute ago, VillaJ100 said: I disagree the game is always evolving and eventually you'll be left behind. People probably said Major H.M. Fotheringhamthorpe's patented 2-0-8 formation in 1847 where the inside forward wingfielder gets right up the wazoo of the opposition defensive left sided flanking attack was going to be unbeatable forever. The point is. You don't change your formation and system mid season. If you plan to do that do it in Pre Season. Otherwise it just screams desperation and panic. Imagine if this 3-5-2 formation doesn't work and they keep losing. What happened to the formation they drilled all pre season? Just gonna throw it away? This all seem strange to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Yeah I agree there. Ideally you should have an adaptable team which have a solid plan A and B. Not a plan A then try and cobble together a plan B when the jig is up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 44 minutes ago, villalad21 said: The point is. You don't change your formation and system mid season. If you plan to do that do it in Pre Season. Otherwise it just screams desperation and panic. Imagine if this 3-5-2 formation doesn't work and they keep losing. What happened to the formation they drilled all pre season? Just gonna throw it away? This all seem strange to me. Chelsea won the league under Conte and also in Mourinho 1st season by changing midseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Zatman said: Chelsea won the league under Conte and also in Mourinho 1st season by changing midseason Conte changed his formation after the opening games. We are almost in November now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Conte changed his formation after the opening games. We are almost in November now. Start of October he changed, Arsenal game was end of September. Mourinho changed even later maybe late October to wingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Zatman said: Start of October he changed, Arsenal game was end of September. Mourinho changed even later maybe late October to wingers Don't remember it being that late. Regardless Conte always played 3 at the back. When you go from 3-4-3 to 3-5-2 it's actually just called tweaking. Going from 4-2-3-1 to 3-5-2 is a bigger change. Don't know about Mourinho but he didn't do particularly great in his first season in the league. Edited October 25, 2019 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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