Commodore wrote:It's time for some Commodore mantras again. Formations are NOT tactics!
The (nominal) differences between a 4-2-3-1, a 4-3-3 and a 4-1-4-1 are minuscule. It is HOW you employ these nominal formations that make up the system you are playing. Our nominal 4-2-3-1 from last year, if we just look at how the players lined up at any given moment on the pitch, was very rarely an actual 4-2-3-1. In defence, more often than not we pressed in a 4-4-2 or a 4-4-1-1. Yes, sometimes in a 4-2-3-1, too.
In offense our double pivots usually had exactly defined roles which made our formation look a lot more like a 4-3-3 than anything else. With Schweinsteiger pushing up, Kroos making way and moving into the channels, what about this situational formation could not have been called 4-1-4-1 or a 4-3-3?
Dogmatically defined formations are mainly pretty graphics for the TV stations. And unless two formations are vastly and inherently different from one another (e.g. a back-three vs a back-four formation), I couldn't care less which formation will be shown for our team in the pre-game graphics.
Bazi wrote:As Pep Guardiola himself said. The system is totally unimportant because no matter the formation, the automatisms and the way the players have to behave in offensive/defensive/transitional situations are key. That's what Pep Guardiola is actually training right now. Not a 4-1-4-1 or 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 or whatever.
Firefox1234 wrote:Okay......since there are not any significant tactical changes anyone have something else to talk about
lau03143 wrote:Bazi wrote:As Pep Guardiola himself said. The system is totally unimportant because no matter the formation, the automatisms and the way the players have to behave in offensive/defensive/transitional situations are key. That's what Pep Guardiola is actually training right now. Not a 4-1-4-1 or 4-3-3 or 3-4-3 or whatever.
Hardly a new concept.
The Netherlands perfected that in the 70's with their "total football".
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