Tactical evolution

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A couple of interesting articles today about how City have evolved and how Liverpool and English football have influenced Guardiola. How a tactical hybrid has emerged. As well as how Pep has massively influenced English football....

www.bbc.com

How English football changed Guardiola

In winning four titles in five seasons, Pep Guardiola has transformed English football - but he has also evolved during that time, writes Guillem Balague.
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www.theguardian.com

Guardiola-Klopp tactical hybrid now dominates European football | Jonathan Wilson

The era of attrition ended in 2008 but the Manchester City and Liverpool managers have adjusted their approaches since
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Watching Barcelona just after he took over was probably the best football I'd seen since Brazil in 70 (Holland 74?). Not only did they attack in numbers, defend in numbers, but they attacked the oppo's defenders in numbers never giving them any time.
 
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fcblackpool said:
Watching Barcelona just after he took over was probably the best football I'd seen since Brazil in 70 (Holland 74?). Not only did they attack in numbers, defend in numbers, but they attacked the oppo's defenders in numbers never giving them any time.
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He must have learnt so much from Johan Cruyff who was not only a truly great player he became a truly great coach who started the Ajax and Barcelona training methods,
 
Put the ball in the onion bag and stop the opposition from doing the same to you.That's all the tactics you need.😜⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️( sourced from the leaflet How To Win Lots Of Football Games by Joe Smith circa 1953.)
 
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It would be interesting to see how he would do at a club where he doesnt have financial access to the best players in the world. Most teams have two or three world class players, Barca, munich and citeh have / had at a conservative estimate 8 to ten world class players to call upon, with the rest being what might be referred to a upper level internationals.

what could he do with Leister city or something similar
 
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It would be interesting to see how he would do at a club where he doesnt have financial access to the best players in the world. Most teams have two or three world class players, Barca, munich and citeh have / had at a conservative estimate 8 to ten world class players to call upon, with the rest being what might be referred to a upper level internationals.

what could he do with Leister city or something similar
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If Critch was at City with all their dosh he'd probably win the PL 😃
It's much more difficult being a manager at a club where the finances are tight & your players are recruited from divisions below you or on freebies.
We have a top manager who is still improving and what's more, he's a genuinely good guy.
 
Costero Poderoso said:
It would be interesting to see how he would do at a club where he doesnt have financial access to the best players in the world. Most teams have two or three world class players, Barca, munich and citeh have / had at a conservative estimate 8 to ten world class players to call upon, with the rest being what might be referred to a upper level internationals.

what could he do with Leister city or something similar
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Totally. Take Messi out of that Barca team and they'd probably have been the La Liga version of us pre Calderwood. 🤠

So he's won titles with Barca, Bayern and City. He's done a great job at City obviously, and redefined football in this country, yet those three clubs should all be winning titles with the advantages they have.
 
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