Jordi Cruyff • Manchester United and the 4-4-2 • Masterclass

[@darakenny5408]

Son of Johan and played under Fergie I think this guy might know some things about tactics

[@positional_play]

Ferguson wasn't really a great tactician, it was more about man-management and how to motivate his players. Unlike Michels, Cruyff, Sacchi, Guardiola, Mourinho or Klopp he never had a clear philosophy of how to play football. Yes, he wanted to play attacking football and his players to never give up, but usually it was his assistant to give the tactical instructions during training while Ferguson would watch which players worked the hardest.

[@poketuber9702]

I want to like your comment but it’s at 69

[@LEGENDSOFROCK45]

@@positional_play I never knew that, thank you for sharing that bro.

[@Beyondultragaming]

@@positional_play thats mad i never knew that. I guess he had a great group of staff to back him up and sometimes thats what makes the difference

[@eva00r]

@@positional_play That is certainly not true. Ferguson was a great tactician but his man management skill was at the absolute pinnacle of world football so people were blinded by that. He used to play 442 (First CL era), 433 (Ronaldo Tevez), 4411/4231 (Rvp Rooney) and even 7 defender against another European club. His subs at half time was on point and so many times United played like another team in the second half. Because he was at the very top for such a long time, his tactics had to adapt toward new football rules each year and still won the league - looking back people always forgot that because he was the only guy who can man-manage 4 or 5 football teams for like 20 years and win pretty much everything.

[@rezzaakbar7236]

Jordi Cruyff, no. 14. I remember that I was so excited when he came to United. He was a very good player. And along with Beckham, Giggs, and Poborsky, we had a fantastic young wingers at that time.

[@KK.Sce.]

Sir Alex Ferguson. The Coaches Coach

[@frostyhkd]

Paul Scholes. The players player.

[@jhonyblanco9239]

I need that board! Love the colors and the size!

[@snakeobias]

and the way it lights up with the player names and numbers haha!

[@nikolai1714]

Such a classy and respectful man

[@garythompson5316]

What a team that was! I was a young lad in the United States Army and was just getting into and learning the game of football in the early 90s. I finally had access on television to watch a lot of games from the Premier League and also the Champions League and F.A. Cup. I became a United supporter and the comebacks and excitement of those teams coached by Fergie was unlike anything I had ever seen growing up in the States!

[@abelovedsonofGodinwhomHeis35-6]

Jordi was a lovely player, any other point in history he would have been a main man at United, but he came at a time when United had huge players

[@ozaryana]

When I was in London for a holiday with my parents back in '93, my dad told me that he was going to buy for me a Man Utd jersey. I got so excited, and knowing that Jordi was a new signing I choose to have his name & number printed on the kit. Ahh good times..

[@RYx222]

Doubt it considering Jordi joined in 1996.

[@glasgowgrad6277]

Just thinking about the conversations between Johan Cruyff and Alex Ferguson!

[@mullaoslo]

Raymond van der Gow, Ronny Johnsen, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, jordi cruyff and karel poborsky... Pretty decent summer signings that year

[@brianodoherty4773]

Jordi! We miss you sir

[@suyashtyagi4044]

Paul scholes is so under rated, people are always talking bout gerrard, lampard, iniesta etc but to me he was the same level as them, if not, better on the technical side of the game

[@penguin0075]

I had Cruyff on my 96/97 Utd shirt. Remember that Summer of 96’, I was so stoked we’d signed Jordi.

[@lisabradley9288]

Enjoyed this episode, very interesting Jordi, and what a team and manager we had back then. Keep up the good work 🙂

[@Sanctified57]

Very good player, Jordi. It was unfortunate that his dad was a genius and thus brought unfair comparisons. Jordi was different to his Dad, albeit not at the same level, he was technically very accomplished, and a very classy player in his own right

[@Yewbzee]

Great video. I understand that 4-4-2 has fallen out of favour today but its still my favourite formation with the style of play it gives.

[@haggai3.477]

SOPHISTICATION IS THE SCIENCE OF INTENT. INTENT IS BEING IN POSITION TO REACH THE DESTINATION. 4-4-2 IS A MASTERFUL TEMPLATE.

[@rassikrane6422]

I was so early that they had to re-upload the video because first time they made it private

[@dogsgobooom]

It’s the little things, like learning Cantona would pick them up for training. Excellent stuff!

[@michaelpyatt831]

Jordi was a fantastic player and I always felt didn’t get the game time he should have been able to get. Given who were in the squad at the time, Jordi I feel was like the lotus turning up when you had a Ferrari and mclaren in the garage. With the class of ‘92 in the squad and developing, it was just unfortunate that Jordi didn’t play as much as we would have liked. Had he been at any other side in the premiership then he would have started every game !!

[@Howling-Mad-Murdock]

The videos this channel puts out are brilliant, hands down some of the best and most informative I’ve seen. Great to hear Jordi’s view, he always performed well for us, despite the daunting task of living up to the standards of the players ahead of him.

[@danielhackett1581]

Jordi is excellent at these. Please keep brigantine him back

[@achintyapradhan2000]

What a nice lad

[@keithlim1075]

One of the most underrated player in SAF era

[@sicklemie5248]

these were my favourite days watching football..... scholes my all time fav player.

[@Usaiddshah]

Jordi signs for Barcelona.🥳❤️

[@tomdearie2279]

This was awesome. Jordi speaks brilliantly.

[@pareshshrawan8326]

Really a masterclass explanation about masterclass players and masterclass manager..👌👌

[@ballislife6086]

I've told my friends multiple times that 4-4-2 does its job individually. Many have mastered it and won trophies. Others use it as a general system to secure whatever it is that they can to stay in their league tier. Yes I'm mentioning SAF, Claudio Ranieri, Christophe Galtier and Sean Dyche. Solksjær used it in-game a lot to defend and goes back to a 4-2-3-1 when attacking. Hopefully his system could sustain and challenge the other teams to win the premier league. (Too much optimism I guess) Apart from that I just love it when I see teams playing in a 4-4-2.

[@h27]

Wow. I didn't even know he played for the club.

[@fathi573]

Love Jordi ❤

[@andrewl7455]

Great video. Not overly technical like some others who want to impress with their football knowledge. Then again, his last name is Cruyff so there's no need to overexplain.

[@haeskenhoff]

Excellent insight

[@aimless3800]

Now that he's leaving Barca, hope he comes to United. We need you rebuild this team.

[@nosir3807]

Quality video !

[@101intellectual]

stunning video, bigup

[@levendis1]

Good insight

[@anirudhsmenon216]

Saw thumbnail and thought why he is talking about united then realized he played for us lol

[@oscarblack7624]

alex ferguson, undisputed goat of coaching.

[@ryiin]

Jordi oozed skill.

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

How I wish I could go back to 1996

[@tamidis5500]

Amazing how players, managers who have worked in multiple leagues say England is the difficult one, really tough, yet fans of the Spanish team will never accept that football in England is tougher than Spain.

[@JuanManuelLinaresBloggerDeNiro]

It depends on what you consider "harder" or "tougher". For example, no wonder there are almost no English players (or ex Premier League stars) playing in Spain, and the ones who did didn't exactly succeed (Owen, Beckham, Coutinho, Hazard, e.g.). Besides, most Premier League good players would look embarrassed and ridiculous trying to play La Liga football (slow down, passing, individual technic skills, positional playing, etc.). It's a difficult switch in both directions. And truth is, when FC Barcelona coached by Guardiola, at the top of its style, faced ManU twice, the English team had no chance. English football has been historically faster, more physical, "tougher" if you want. But with all respects, kind of basic. This is changing nowadays due to great non-English coaches coaching there: Guardiola, Klopp, Tuchel, Conte, even Pochettino back in the day. Actually, I'm pretty sure that the current dominating position of Premier League is owed to them.

[@peternielsen8723]

Good train of thought.... United gives young players gametime, i should go there and play. To bad your direct competision was Giggs and Beckham. In hindsight maybe he should have picked another club.

[@leonard1587]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@alone2break]

Jurgen klopp is taking notes about rotation..

[@WealthOverFameAndAttention]

i watched the last video and was thinking he needs to join ole coaching team...... now im seeing he played for united with ole , i had no idea !!!!!! someone get ole to watch the last video ....... he knows the united way and his dad way which is the barca and ajax way , could help donny and uniteds playing style

[@warrenforest7417]

#GlazersOut

[@ssheldon1616]

ix, ayax, briiliant.

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

R.i.p Johan Cruyff

[@optimusprimevil1646]

this channel and graham hunter's channel and the high performance podcast don't get enough views considering their quality, value as content and the reach of football in general. blooper real reaction videos get 100 times the views and even pro wrestling interviews get 10 times as much. go figure.

[@bhchen3079]

Actually he wasn't that bad of a player but he had so many injuries

[@skmDesign]

Imagine the son of Yohan Cruyff was coached by Sir Alex..... how lucky can you be????

[@aaronlee0506]

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[@bechianga4939]

Meanwhile the goal keeper: 🥱

[@thenotablecoxswain8871]

I remember how excited a 14 year old me was when we signed Jordi, was a great time to be a United supporter!

[@Tomorrowweed]

I think 4-4-2 formation is too old-fashioned football system. For my opinion. I used 3-5-1-1 formation . It new generation football system. Balance between defense and attack. Shot ball passing system. Hight😊 speed pressing.

[@Pablo-ts2ux]

Bald Genius

[@thehh5118]

🔴🔴🔴

[@mpaxvidoes1256]

GET WENGER

[@tomallen2953]

When you order Cruyff on wish

[@billinglumbalumba]

Made by Cruijff, polished by Fergie

[@londonontariocanada]

Was sent on loan for the 99 season.....ouch

[@danielhackett1581]

Didn't really suit him English football. Threw away the best yrs of career going to united should have taken the Athletico or Ajax offer

[@amenstal123]

He was a Very Good and Talented Player but the Man United squad was just too Great for most at that time.