glazed
Eats diamonds to beat thermodynamics
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Given that Liverpool and City basically piled up an insane number of points with variants of this tactic, is it possible to do something else and stay in the title race in the next few seasons?
By high press, I don't just mean pressing. I heard Ole talking about high pressing earlier in the season in a way that made me think he doesn't really understand it very well. It's about keeping a high line, hunting in packs for quick repossession, and having a keeper/sweeper, to name just a few of the things we don't do but they do. It's an extremely sophisticated system to coach and manage positionally, and only a few coaches understand it properly as far as I can see.
Of course there are differences between the Gegenpress at Liverpool, the high press at City, and the 'whatever Spurs think they're doing' at Spurs. But it seems like we will have to have our own variation pretty soon, and that involves a DoF deciding it and recruiting the right players. Otherwise we're in a permanent fight for fourth with Chelsea and Arsenal.
https://talkingtottenhamtactics.wor...ssing-the-difference-between-spurs-liverpool/
By high press, I don't just mean pressing. I heard Ole talking about high pressing earlier in the season in a way that made me think he doesn't really understand it very well. It's about keeping a high line, hunting in packs for quick repossession, and having a keeper/sweeper, to name just a few of the things we don't do but they do. It's an extremely sophisticated system to coach and manage positionally, and only a few coaches understand it properly as far as I can see.
Of course there are differences between the Gegenpress at Liverpool, the high press at City, and the 'whatever Spurs think they're doing' at Spurs. But it seems like we will have to have our own variation pretty soon, and that involves a DoF deciding it and recruiting the right players. Otherwise we're in a permanent fight for fourth with Chelsea and Arsenal.
https://talkingtottenhamtactics.wor...ssing-the-difference-between-spurs-liverpool/