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@romufc!!
What I don't get is surely Ole is one of the Managers that uses tactics the most. He's always switching systems and formations to cope with the opponent. It's not like he has one tactic and system and lets the opponent worry about stopping us, he has United be reactive and fluid. Given the results he's got in the last year that would indicate that he and the staff are actually very good at tactics and strategy.
He has outsmarted
Klopp
Mourinho
Guardiola
Bielsa
Pochetinho
Nagglesman
Ancelotti
....
All these 'world class' managers.
He has literally been a student of the sport from when he was playing, He studied the game. Took notes in training sessions. Took notes on the bench. Studied. Studied. Studied the game. Did his badges at age 37.
Yet... a couple guys with silly names on an internet forum don't think he has a football philosophy.
I personally see a similar philosophy in Ole that a guy who used to manage United called Alex once had. Which was to be a pragmatic attacker. He will nullify the opposition's best team and expose their weaknesses to attack. Which means every game; game to game, is a slightly different approach. That guy Alex went on to win 13 Premier League titles in the space of 20 years. I shit you not.
I mean, how can there be people silly enough to think Ole Gunnar - OF ALL PEOPLE - doesn't have a football philosophy? We literally know for certain that he has been studying the game whilst still being involved in the game. Fergie has shared plenty of stories about how Ole used to ask him for his training notes after sessions.
Ole Gunnar has been studying football lo
He has no system and style is the narrative.
Like you said, we use different systems, some people make it out as if Ole wakes up and says today we play 4-4-2 diamond, these are the starting positions, do what you want on the pitch.
Klopp is a very good manager, in the run Liverpool have had, he has not changed his tactic one bit, its the same thing over and over again.
United when they were going through trouble, we changed tactics to suit the players we have and to nullify the opponent.
Can you imagine the uproar if we did what Liverpool did and our RB was bullied all game ? people on here would be going mental on how he is naive.. how can he not see the problem on the wings etc...
All these 'world class' managers.
He has literally been a student of the sport from when he was playing, He studied the game. Took notes in training sessions. Took notes on the bench. Studied. Studied. Studied the game. Did his badges at age 37.
Yet... a couple guys with silly names on an internet forum don't think he has a football philosophy.
I personally see a similar philosophy in Ole that a guy who used to manage United called Alex once had. Which was to be a pragmatic attacker. He will nullify the opposition's best team and expose their weaknesses to attack. Which means every game; game to game, is a slightly different approach. That guy Alex went on to win 13 Premier League titles in the space of 20 years. I shit you not.
I mean, how can there be people silly enough to think Ole Gunnar - OF ALL PEOPLE - doesn't have a football philosophy? We literally know for certain that he has been studying the game whilst still being involved in the game. Fergie has shared plenty of stories about how Ole used to ask him for his training notes after sessions.
Ole Gunnar has been studying football longer than these gobshites talking about him not having a philosophy have been 'supporting' Manchester United.