GoonerJay24
Well-Known Member
No teams will ever play like this again in modern football (To give freedom to players, to execute the general tactical philosophy).
Because today’s football is now extremely detailed oriented.
Now, the general tactical philosophy is nothing new, all are from previous eras. But they start to make things a lot smaller. Making a general philosophy into 100 different objectives and instruct them to players. Dividing a 90 minutes game into different phases of mini-games. Dividing the spaces on the pitch into smaller grids. To tell players to position and move to which grid in certain situations/phases of the game.
How we press, how our opponent get out from our press. How we create overload in the build up phase, how our opponent prevents being overload in transition. These are all pre-planned step by step player instructions on positioning and movement.
Of course now there are still freedom for players, but it's conditional freedom instructed in detail to the player. For example, If you arrived to the final third you have the license to roam around/drift inside.
Exactly.
Perhaps, but that doesn't mean a top team consisting of highly technically exquisite players couldn't implement a free flowing playing philosophy; so long as basic attacking and defensive duties are applied
If Wenger had the right players who could stay fit throughout campaigns he'd of won alot more with his primary philosophy. Although I admit he was inflexible at times.