Dug up by Gary Blanchard and mentioned in the comments by Galahad, the included image purports to be Roy Hodgson’s tactics for the Newcastle match as stumbled across by a curious supporter staying at the team hotel. For those who don’t care to squint out the details:
-Front players to stay together -Give us an outlet for longer passes
-Use spaces to side of centre backs Taylor + Campbell -Spin runs -Turn them
-Maxi + Dirk -Use space to side of Tioté [Newcastle's defensive midfielder], come in off the line
-Glen + Paul get forward
-Raul + Lucas back up the play, move ball quickly -Good tempo with our passing
-Crosses: Get across defenders, at least 3 in the box, surround the edge of box and keep ball in
-Negative/positive environment
-Be strong, physically + mentally
-Prepared for lively starts
-Maintain a consistent and reliable performance
There might not be anything fundamentally wrong with the core concepts, but that still sounded like the sort of stuff I could come up with to pass along to a team of eight-year olds, and I think I would sum up my reactions thus:
-Notes summarizing actual tactical insight and work during week, or sum total of “tactics”?
-Assume most go with later as Hodgson disliked -Can’t overlook possibility of former -Surely can’t be it?
-Glen + Paul intent to attack is encouraging -Paul attacking is not encouraging -Paul defending also not encouraging
-Crosses: so simple even a caveman could do it -Such details further confuse whether this is an aid for detailed discussion or entire discussion
-”Strong physically + mentally” suggests legitimacy since Hodgson talked about need for it in both press conferences since match -Some doubt, but this suggests real
-With shaken Newcastle, maybe take play to them next time rather than preparing to react? -Better idea
-Another road loss is surprisingly consistent and reliable result
-Tactics in title should perhaps read “Tactics”
-Ed will be along later to keep you company -Use space in comments to leave your thoughts -Diatribes -Angry cursing
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Tags: Miscellaneous, Roy Hodgson, Tactics« Tuesdays With Roy | Home | MrJ"I don't have any fears or concerns," said Hodgson. "The owners have made it very clear. They said that they are in it for the long-term and want to be patient. They realise it will take time and that we can't turn things around overnight, and they also realise the team I'm working with is not the team I put together. So I have no concerns at all."
Yes, Hodgson needs more time to get his team together. You know, drive away Fernando, Stevie, and Pepe and replace them with some extra corner flags.
"Basically speaking, unless there is a major inflow of cash into the club, unless the team is suddenly going to be changed from one moment to the next, whoever takes my place will be doing a similar job. I don't believe there's a magic wand, we're working well as a staff and as a club, and together we'll put it right, and with the owners' help we'll get it 100 percent right because we'd improve the team as well."
Right Roy, because the only difference the manager makes to the team is that he buys the squad. Wait that isn't right, the manager is in charge of tactics! That's right I'd almost forgotten.
Unfortunately, these quotes and his idiocy play right into the Newcastle tactics sheet above. He basically doesn't realize that the manager can make a difference besides by bringing in different players. Thus, he thinks that no one could do a better job than him unless they used a magic money wand to buy better players. Instead, someone from the press might ask Roy if it's true that a manager with bad tactics (or none, see picture above) might actually do a legitimately worse job than a new manager with good, (read ANY) tactics.
How did this man get through the hiring process? We are all to blame for this.
Red2deathIt's hard to believe 35 years of experience went into producing this masterplan.
Second page probably says:
- Reina: Keep the ball out of the net. Use hands if necessary.
- Fans: Stop calling me Dalglish.lfc80uk"Front players to stay together -Give us an outlet for longer passes" Which in other words means hoof the ball up to Zamora oh sorry I meant Torres!
How much longer do we have to suffer Hodgson's owl faced mediocrity *sigh*JoelWant to know why Torres has looked off the mark lately? Look at the first thing on that tactics list. Torres is a player who is at his best moving across the back 4, not staying near his strike partner. The reason Babel looked so good with Ngog was because he was spreading the play and moving to the opposite side of the pitch as Ngog was on.
So, don't blame Torres, blame Roy's shit tactics.NoelThat's a great catch with the difference between Newcastle and what we saw earlier in the week.barcadoniaSeem luis suarez has signed for liverpoolNoelUnfortunately I don't see any more reliable source than Wikipedia for this being anything more than the rumour it has been for the past month or so, though if Liverpool could get him for the £12M or so being quoted it would be a fantastic purchase. People get too focused on one or two talk radio talking points and forget he scored 49 goals for Ajax last year and actually had a quite good world cup.
Also, he's not Carlton Cole.MikeI hate seeing rumors like that, gets my hopes up too much. Suarez would be a great addition. Also saw some story about Henry firing a "warning shot" at Roy. On another totally unreliable source.Toonarmyusai thought Newcastle were in trouble!...this is school-boy stuffdoubleThis shows how much Roy cares about attacking... And don't think this will change. When season started, he said he's "been using the same methods and tactics for 30 years, why stop using those tactics with Liverpool FC"...mattrichwhat does "negative/positive environment" mean?NoelI suppose it could be about the possibility of Newcastle fans taking out their frustrations on the home side.mark dthe tactics of a under 6 sunday league manager at bestredtrev73Insightful stuff...kinda reminds me of the complex tactical insights my under-8 coach used to drum into us...i take it all back, give the man an extension on his current contract! Particularly like the bit about "long ball" options...bet pep and jose are furiously copying down these pearls of coaching wisdom....how long are we going to have to endure this bleak and hopeless era??!!blog comments powered by Disqus
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