American Football Coach 🏈 Learns TACTICS ⚽️

[@BenjaminPena2010]

tactics depend very much on what qualities your individual players have

[@101RadioheadCovers]

Yes, and on this. While Pep's philosophy may be beautiful, he has never managed a team that weren't at least champions of their domestic league already, and in the case of Barcelona and Bayern, were already European champions when he took over. And at City, he has an open checkbook to sign whatever players he so desires, even forsaking FIFA Fair Play rules. His tactics simply would not work without very technically-gifted ball-playing defenders and midfielders. He is the Steve Jobs of football, great at promoting himself, wears a silly turtleneck, and is good at repackaging things and pretending he invented them. If you intend to implement his style of play with American High-Schoolers, good luck. 😂

[@jaygotgame1731]

@@101RadioheadCovers I mean he took over Barca when they were looking like they were going to potentially miss out even on Europa League qualification the season prior, while finishing 18 points off of 1st and hadn’t won LaLiga or the CL in 2 seasons. He took the Bayern job BEFORE they had won the treble in hopes of doing so for the club for the first time in YEARS, so when he took over the job when they had already completed the treble there wasn’t much left. Despite that, he still broke records there such as the Fastest Bundesliga Title win. Although he hasn’t shown it, and probably couldn’t do it the level of someone like a Mourinho, I do think without massive financial backing and without the greatest players in the world, he’d still develop a team that can, at the very least, compete at a high level in European comps. He still has a really keen eye for young talents and develops them well. You can’t really fault him for his situations, but I understand why people think that way.

[@101RadioheadCovers]

@@jaygotgame1731 point is Barcelona were already an amazing team on the verge of coming into its prime. yes Rijkard had 2 subpar seasons prior to his taking over, but in danger of missing Europa League, hahaha? And your point about Bayern kinda proves mine. He agreed to take over just as they were in the process of winning a treble without him. Does that sound like a challenge for a manager who already had the criticism of only having managed an already great team? He then failed to win a champions league in 3 seasons at Bayern, and for 7 years at City again with an already great team and unlimited resources. He's been very fortunate, or very calculated in the jobs he's gotten. I can appreciate his achievements but I think he gets a little bit too much credit, without enough criticism. A manager lives and dies by his reputation,and Pep is a master of protecting his.

[@matthewchampion8214]

​​​​​​@@101RadioheadCovers Why is winning the CL the only factor you're considering? And why do you ignore how his teams fare after he leaves? Look at Bayern. In 3 years under Pep they got to 3 semis. They were consistently a top 4 team in Europe under Pep. In 2 of those semis he lost to Barca with Messi/Suarez/Neymar and Real Madrid with Ronaldo/Bale/Benzema. No rational person calls losing a cup tie to sides like this a failure. Now look at Bayern post Pep. In 7 years they got to just 2 semi finals. How do you explain how they've gone backwards since he left? Bar their 2020 COVID title (where they faced Lyon in the semis and PSG in the final), they have never been a top 4 team in Europe since Pep left and become nowhere near as intimidating. They've been knocked out by Villarreal and PSG, and been outclassed in exits to Liverpool and Man City.

[@supernerd1999]

Essentially, Pep is a manager that takes good players and make them into great teams, Jose, on the other hand, can take decent players and build a good team and even great teams sometimes

[@Thomas-Alves]

I love that you are actually trying to learn and try to understand football tactics, can't wait for you to turn into the greatest American manager ever.

[@scalliboy2698]

De Zerbi, the Brighton coach/manager, is currently the most impressive manager playing out from the back. Even Pep Guardiola thinks so.

[@andreaslupp637]

You think about these tactics deeper than 90% of football fans. Of any reaction channel yours is the most thoughtful by far. This is why I enjoy watching you learn about Football so much

[@scalliboy2698]

The keeper he showed as a part of a joke is one of Chelsea's keepers, Kepa Arizzabalaga, who was a very promising keeper when he was bought, but turned out to be very underwhelming, especially for his transfer cost. He was and still is the most expensive keeper signing, by a large margin. Edit: in Premier League history* Buffon was more expensive considering general and football inflation. Player transfers has forever been significantly more inflated since PSG bought Neymar 's release clause for around €170M.

[@jorgeruizibanez2318]

We made a great deal when we sold kepa arrizabalaga 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gabrielrigaud9426]

He wasn't a "bad" a goalkeeper but made way to many mistake and really wasn't worth 70 M

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

Buffon went to Juventus for 52 million euros in 2001, considering inflation since then that fee might be similar to Kepas (talking about global inflation, not the inflation of the football market)

[@gabrielrigaud9426]

@@benjaminbronnimann3966 if we talk abt football inflation 50M in 2001 would be like 110M now

[@lolipedofin]

Buffon price was mental. Considering goalkeepers back then sold for bargain bin price. They are still loved and lionized, but they are completely undervalued in the market. Cantona was sold to United from Leeds for 2 million pounds, which was a robbery, yet somehow Schmeichel still beat that when United signed him for 500k. A signing which Ferguson said as the best deal he ever got. I remember when Roy Keane became manager for Sunderland in 2008 he signed Craig Gordon from Hearts for 9m GBP and eyebrows were raised, he was the most expensive GK signing in england at the time until De Gea beat that record with 17m GBP transfer fee in 2011. Buffon beat those number by more than double in a deal taking place a decade earlier. Mental.

[@101RadioheadCovers]

The rule change mentioned was being allowed to pass to players in your own box from a goal kick. Previously the ball had to travel outside the box before it could be touched again. They could be in the bix, they just couldn't touch it until it was outside the box. This meant that long goal kicks were more frequent as it was easier to press defenders from the goal kick.

[@reganedwards6085]

Surely Luke would enjoy playing FM

[@dsek0279]

Its nice that you are looking at the tactical side of the game. Looking forward to the new season and your analysis of the game. It will take time but its going to be worth it if you are aiming to be a coach of the beautiful game

[@matyasszabo4130]

Great video, Luke! I am loving this journey and also learning new things related to tactics, so I wanna thank you. If you still want to watch videos about Building from the back, you should check out the Brazilian coach Fernando Diniz (by the way, the New Brazil's National team coach). There is a great video in english about his unique style (Fluminense have the wierdest football tactis in the world)

[@aleksamapparat]

4:35 time to watch some prime Manuel Neuer videos

[@duxxi4ever]

I'm actaully an U-10 football coach in Portugal, and i'be been watching your videos. You do not sound dumb AT ALL. Man, you understant the game veeery quickly

[@Absinthminded]

Another great video. Teams could indeed decide to back off and press close to their own keeper. It’s the low press and teams use it all the time. Also I think you would enjoy another video from the same guy called man vs zonal marking. It covers an central aspect of tactics that you haven’t delved into yet.

[@mw7851]

As others have said, it's a wonderful topic to deep dive in, but also has limitations in terms of usefulness for amateur coaches. outside of professional teams getting the basics right is enough of a challenge for most teams. And also at that level every player has several significant weaknesses. It's often enough to just see them and to know how to neutralize or exploit them. E.g. there is often a huge difference in acceleration and speed between players. If a CB is very slow it would be super dangerous to have a high backline. You wouldnt even need precise passes into the space behind him, he would never catch up with a fast attacker. Ball handling / technique is another skill that varies hugely. If a midfielder has a bad first touch you often can completely take him out of the game by making sure he gets more closely marked and pressured. Goalkeepers make much more errors. If you have a player with a decent long shot, he might just need 4-5 attempts and the goalie will let one accidently slip in. Love watching you discover the complexities of the game, though. Especially the recent developments are also a great learning experience for me.

[@paper_man]

A match between 2 title contenders in 2019: Internacional and Flamengo in Brazil, Flamengo tried to build from the back and gave away 2 turnovers that resulted in 2 goals, so yeah, a lot of people hate this strat, specially passionate fans, cause it's very stressful to watch the ball being passed right in front of your goal.

[@lperea21]

It can definitely backfire

[@ryanfebrianto8973]

5:05 on that scenario this football had the same logic with American football. If you put your DB, safety, corner back and the linebacker deeper towards your defensive third area. That gives the offense side numerical advantage because you only have defensive linesman close to the ball and more space for offense to operate

[@EvangelAppiahDankwaaop]

I love these videos. Any time i see you dropped a new one i stop everything to watch.

[@paper_man]

I haven't seen this video till now, actually genius, great content again.

[@JanHejn]

Keeper playing it from the back is quite a new thing in football the default in lesser leagues and ages is to punt the ball up the field. For example we never passed to our keeper rather out than to him :D

[@sabingashagaza1274]

the more football games you watch the better you'll understand it

[@gianmarcobracalello460]

It would be interesting for you to see some videos in which this tactics are shown on the pitch, there are some great ones

[@Londronable]

A tactic that is also used on occasion in lower leagues where people are less technical is to get the ball in your opponents third. A long ball to them is fine. Pressure them and try to capitalize on their faults. Every moment the ball is in your opponent's third they more or less have to play without mistakes if you are pressing them. Basically something you do if know their backline is bad technical and you have a very physical(more stamina and speed rather than strength) front line that is willing to pressure. Note that this idea of doing more than "token pressuring" is relatively new. Both Messi and Ronaldo barely ever do it. Coordinated pressuring of the opponent in sort got better and was deemed more important as a direct result of the tiki taka. Short and quick passes, keep possession, sounds good until everyone gets man marked making it a lot harder though not impossible by any means. More long balls turned into tiki taka turned into the pressing game is a very rough summary of the last 20 years. David Beckham's long balls wouldn't be AS useful in some teams today. Courtois Of Real Madrid was the best goalkeeper in the 2021-2022 season(according to Ballon d'or voting) and yet, we know that he was never brilliant with the ball on his feet, very much a traditional goalkeeper, and they had goals against because the defenders played it back at him. Real Madrid is not a "play from the back" team. That's why they grabbed him. Allison of Manchester City on the other hand is less good at stopping the opposition from scoring but is way better with the ball at his feet. Neither Real Madrid or Manchester City would like to switch goalkeepers. They fit their team's style. And the same obviously applies to every position and situation. The right man for the job. Arguably the best team in the world, ever, was also one of the tiniest.(Prime Barcelona) They did not kick the ball in the opponent's box to head it in. Not their style.

[@mauriciomarchesotti2910]

Hi Luke! I like that you are gathering much info about the game, nevertheless i believe you are looking at it much from the perspective of an american football player. That being. Focusing on tactics, setups and buildups.i advice you to look more on the indivual skills of the players and how THAT fits on the teams. On this game, individual skill of a single player can determine the entire game.

[@omadduxo]

You are right with that you need the right players to build from the back. Not just centre-backs with good passing but also midfielders with good agility and first touch that can find pockets of space to receive the ball there. Average and bottom half teams can't afford these kind of players and opt for another strategy. They usually play it slow in their own third until the opponents start to press and then they hit the ball long. Then they push up and try to press the opponents to win the second ball higher up the pitch. You will lose the ball higher up the pitch if you can't win the second ball while you still have your organized defense to stop the opponents.

[@connoryoung8951]

Your pretty much spot on about the low block countering playing out the back however when it comes to the top top teams they will pick it apart until they now just have a chance in the final 3rd.

[@connoryoung8951]

Ur options are pretty much stop the first 3 balls or low block and pray

[@RafaelSantos-di5yw]

3:29 Kepa Arrizabalaga, spanish GK at Chelsea! The joke was £71M was too much for him, he's decent but not worth that much, at the time it was a panic buy because Chelsea sold their GK Courtois and they didn't have a lot of time to negotiate so they paid the release clause for Kepa (you'll learn what is a release clause while learning about transfers, or maybe you already do idk 😅)

[@Machinationstudio]

11:15 I think you are struggling because you are looking at round dots instead of actual players. In the Tuchel Chelsea example, the wingbacks* Ben Chilwell and Reece James are/were their most talented players, so there was a shift of responsibility to them to do more. * Because Chelsea played with three central defenders, their "fullbacks" were given license to push forward, becoming wingbacks. Teams may adopt this to allow their L and R attackers to be closer to the centre. Essentially, instead of having wingers + fullbacks, they had wingbacks, but the added central defender came out of the attacking lineup somewhere. I guess there is an adaptation of the tactics to bring the best out of the players, which is hard to think about in a vacuum without knowing their strengths and weaknesses.

[@BenjaminPena2010]

thank you

[@772364327rhdhqwag]

Youre very self critical about your tactical understanding but you have a very good intuition for the game. You ask good questions and make fair inferences.

[@akacocox6114]

Hi mate, The idea (Pep's at least) is basically to crowd out the opposition centrally. Instead of sacrificing a Central midfielder by getting him to come back in between the centre backs, you ask the goalkeeper to push up a mere few feet, which will have the same effect but also mean you have an extra midfielder spare. Remember the idea that the attacking team will have an extra player (the GK) if playing from the back? With the CM not having to drop back, you technically now have a 2 man advantage instead of just the 1 as the GK - to some degree - becomes a centre back during the attack

[@divewithme8926]

See andrea pirlo style of play, heis genius

[@voxstelarum]

Try to implement these strat with a lesser team and you will get bodied left and right tho, any strat is viable, but you gotta consider the quality of your players first. Long ball is usually safer, you can wait for a counter and you can win doing "less"

[@thefearhawk8805]

Especially when you coach kids its far more important to make them individually better on the ball then confusing them with advanced tactics. You just look what their instincts and abilitys are, place them on a position that fits for them, and figure it out from there.

[@thefearhawk8805]

OK bro. I totally get that tactics are one of the more faszinating aspects of football. And of course you have to understand ll this stuff when you want to coach this game. But when you work with young players its important not to forget about the basics. Dont get me wrong, having an idea how your team is supposed to play is great. But in my experience advanced tactic shenanigans are far less important to teach then, for example, how to play a clean pass. Or wich posture to have when shooting on the goal. How not to loose the ball when the defender is on your ass...and so on. If you cant teach your kids how to survive on the pitch...the best tactics will not prevent your team from getting their asses kicked...

[@DevaraGian1998]

Waiting for you to stream and play Football Manager for the first time.

[@skysurgeon]

you should watch some conmebol. the league tournament (libertadores) round of 16 will happen on august. after all, of the 22 world cups, 10 are at south america

[@EskiZagra]

Playing from the back means you send the ball up front, play for first ball with a header or something and push. You skip the entire field, add speed, if you lose the ball - you have your whole team behind the ball to defend. Not many risks. But put some pressure on the defenders, goalkeepers, backs - you can really mess up this plan of action if you play like Klopp's gegenpresse because you lose the ball near your keeper, in your own half.

[@ViceroyIcarus]

The jokes at 3:28 is Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. They spent 71mil (a world record for a GK) on him as the next Big Thing but ultimately has been a back up and a massive flop. He even refused to be substituted during a cup final for the penalty shootout... which chelsea ultimately lost. Dude is a massive waste of money

[@Sir_Zombie1ted]

Dude U R knowledgeable. U do research, and thru this I learnt something new about football (soccer... this sheet is getting messy. On one hand I often call this game "football", on the other hand, since you are American, I feel like I ought to call it "soccer" for the American audience i.e. you. I will just say "American Football" to differentiate it from "soccer/football"[I will call it anything depending on ME, MOUAH-HA-HA!]).

[@cameronlile2931]

For the first part of your discussion, about why the goal keepers or defense will sometimes go long, think about it from the point of a "Football Punt". Basically the team is conceding that they are in a bad position and are pushing the ball as far away from their goal as possible....with the option of also trying to keep position or score from it as well obviously. It tends (but not always) be something the "bad" team is doing more of whiel the "good" team is good enough to hold the ball without giving up a bad turnover

[@RafaelSantos-di5yw]

Sometimes it isn't like that, sometimes it's genuinely the best option where they can attack fast and don't want to waste time with build up because the space is behind the midfield and they exploit that space

[@ihatesnakeu.7238]

the upper high third whatever u call it🤣🤣🤣 is called the 16 or the box cause its 16 meters from the goal line aka 18 yards

[@diegomangueira]

If you liked the concept of using ladders in build up, you might like this video: "Fluminense have the WEIRDEST tactics in the world! | The philosophy of Fernando Diniz" by The Purist Football.

[@andrewcoulson2375]

"Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass." Dont overthink it too much 👍

[@RafaelSantos-di5yw]

Bro, I think the whole idea of wanting to learn tactics is to get what players/coaches are doing and while football is simple, they try many different things throughout the game, I'd say football is simple but playing simple football is complicated

[@andrewcoulson2375]

@RafaelSantos-di5yw it's a quote from a world renowned ex manager than won just about everything 🤷‍♂️

[@RafaelSantos-di5yw]

@@andrewcoulson2375 Doesn't mean there are not other methods that work though, what's your point??

[@andrewcoulson2375]

@RafaelSantos-di5yw it's not a method. It's the theory of the game. The point is, the game itself is simple. Don't overcomplicate your method, whichever you use, to a simple game

[@RafaelSantos-di5yw]

@@andrewcoulson2375 weird tactics do work though, if you want to play simple fine that works too but you would want to at least understand other coaches' tactics

[@gabrielrigaud9426]

You also need a lot of technical ability to play from the back

[@hansnotig1701]

Do you play/stream fm or fifa? Just started to play fm and would love to see you play

[@DododudeDM]

If you're really intending to coach football (soccer) at a high level in the future, I'd advise you to not disregard any of your "mistakes" as "wrong". For sure, modern football understanding is at a level where there are things you generally shouldn't do, and generally should do, but there's nothing to say that a "wrong" idea now doesn't become the new tactical ideal which is pushed in 10, 30, 50 years. Keep your mind open to all the standard knowledge, but keep that innocence that lets you play with the game from all your other experiences with American football and other sports. Gl!

[@aaronflatt3525]

Your defenders are usually the worst players on the ball, trusting them is dangerous. Thats why he says about ball playing keepers being more sought after etc. In a proper brexit 442 you will have a huge bloke and a fast bloke up top and two huge centre backs. Your huge centre backs wont be good enough to build play so they will just hoof it at the big lump, and hope he can head it down to the little guy up front.

[@franco1188]

you have to understand that tactics is like 50% at most, the rest is the skills of the players, the one on one battles are just as important as tactics; Guardiola is a great coach but all his career he coached teams with magnificent players (Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City), he never had to deal with coaching team with limited players or small budgets.

[@mahfuzali643]

Good tip to understand tactics is this: Everyone wants to be Man City and Barcelona, but not everyone can be. Thus, it's better to find solutions that are pragmatic and suitable for the time being and one that suits your players. If your players are incapable of being amazing ball dribblers and passers, don't try and fit square pegs into round holes. Different managers do this, thus creating different tactics because they're finding different solutions. TLDR: Don't get caught into the trap of thinking there is a universal "one-size-fits-all" tactic. It varies based on player abilities and club culture.

[@mdptg1990]

You need to watch some more videos on Juergen Klopp. The success he’s had as a manager with the budget he’s been given over the years is insane. He constantly adapts his style too

[@Glasstable2011]

You seem like a very humble and genuine guy. I appreciate that in a person. Keep learning!

[@SoulseekerNF]

The part that you didn't understand can be simplified as follows: Guardiola uses 3 players in the middle to begin the build up (GK + 2 CDs) and tries to play with high line of attack by pushing the flanks as far as possible and pinning their opposition farther away, while Tuchel was using 4 players (GK + 2 CDs + 1 CD that moves to the flank) and plays a bit slower to compensate their numerical disadvantage in the middle (1 less player) by more fluid midfielder movements, which are possible because it's hard for opposition to press them without creating spaces that can be exploited. Just a slower, more fluid system. When Tuchel won UCL back in 2021, which is when it was happening, Chelsea was playing dominant possession while not creating too many chances. It's like defending by never giving opposition a chance to get the ball.

[@Machinationstudio]

4:55 It's called teams that play a low or mid block. They don't press as far up the pitch, so they are immune to being drawn into leaving gaps in midfield or defence. These tend to be technically weaker teams so they rely more on a solid defensive structure and counter attacks.

[@AhmedAbdalaa]

It would be better if you watch actual game analysis.

[@SportGamingComputing]

2:32 before 2019, players " mostly centerbacks left&right backs" weren't allowed to recieve a pass inside the box from a goal kick.

[@perfilgenerico8717]

Guardiola already shifted from that bulding up. Instead of a fullback joining the cdm, in his lat run on ucl he made stones (center back) move forward and the full back was the to join the back three

[@perfilgenerico8717]

Also, he has used Haaland as a target for a more direct longer building up with jevin de bruyne collecting the ball (he used it against bayern if im not mistaken)

[@perfilgenerico8717]

Because they are very energetic intense football, so bypassing that pressure may be beneficial

[@kianolner3818]

Tactics need to suit your players and their qualities. A pet peeve of mine is teams playing out from the back when the players don’t have the qualities to do so. That’s why I liked Burnley under Sean Dyche. Whilst it wasn’t good to watch as they were just hoofing the ball forward, they weren’t trying to play out from the back because Dyche knew the players he had weren’t good enough to do that and it kept them in the premier league from 2016-2022.

[@Schwemminem]

Spallettis build-up is interesting, because the side-ways movement of the def-mid is something you wouldnt normally do, as the def-mid blocks the passing lane to the fullback. But its a highly innovative idea, which is usually seen more often up front, when one player just lets the ball through when he is pressed from a side. You are actually right about the defensive team just going back in their own defensive third when the other team builds from the back. It`s what a lot of teams tend to do vs. City, Pool or other teams that are really good at building from the back. But it`s a risk vs reward decision. Is your own high press good enough, in relation the the other teams build up?

[@michaelgrabner8977]

You play the long ball from the goal - as a prepared tactic - when you have big and physical dominant guys in front who 7- 8 times out of 10 are winning that long played ball by beating the opponent in the air during an aerial duel or winning the ball from the resulting socalled "second ball" (= kinda like the rebound from the first touch of that long played ball). Or simply out of necessity - purely situation related basically improvised (= no prepared tatic) - when the opponent happens to be very strong in high pressing which highly troubled your built up. It makes only sense to make a build up when your players are very dominant at handling the ball with a very low error rate for loosing the ball...which is often depending on the day´s shape of your team or depending on the opponent of that day...not every team is dominating every match because not every team is like Man City who are dominating every single match.

[@michelrogowski2950]

Like I Often Say there isn't only one way to play and the contrary of building from the back also work and actually i think thats how Portugal won the Euro 2016 Final when Eder was Sub in they did long balls to is head and he header it Left and Right to is teamates and they started having the ball again 🤔

[@ryanfebrianto8973]

In conclusion, I think football, basketball and American football had something in common. All of them had the concept of utilize the space. The goals are quite simple to say. Make the passing options as much as you can by combination or permutation of the position for the offense plays. And eliminate or minimize the passing options by doing counter pressing based on the situation on the pitch/court/field

[@Diddy1970AD]

You nailed it in the first two minutes! If you play out from the back as is the current fashion, lose it in your own final third and you've got a good chance of conceding a goal. A long kick out negates this risk. Under most circumstances its far too risky to play out from the back, unless you are Barcelona or Brighton! and even they get it wrong sometimes!!

[@marius-oc7ox]

The guy he made a joke about was Kepa Arrizabalaga, Chelsea goalkeeper signed for an record-breaking fee, and then flopping so hard that he got replaced after a season or two, but now he has returned to being their number 1 keeper

[@TheGogoy3]

I think he mentioned too many players in the Tuchel examples, should have kept it in terms of position

[@milosstefanovic6603]

Let me tell you, he is saying this in case when enemy team is pressing you high in your half of the field, when they are not, you dont haveto do this

[@jorgeruizibanez2318]

Play the ball long from the goalkeeper means lack of quality in your defense to make a possetion games

[@dubiouscollector9763]

6 months? Man I'm 10 years in and it still looks like advanced algebra

[@user-nd3ks4mi7b]

The reason why going long is less favourable than playing out from the back is that it gives you less control of the ball. You have to rely on your players to win aerial duels and second balls, which usually just gives back the ball to the opposition. By playing from the back, you keep a lot more possession and you can generate chances quickly. The other team quickly learns that pressing you is a bad idea and just decide to sit back, absorb pressure and try to score on the counter. This is quite dangerous as more possession means more sustained pressure which = more chances to score.

[@gabrielrigaud9426]

But you need a certain type of player to do it

[@user-nd3ks4mi7b]

@@gabrielrigaud9426 Yes, you need intelligent players who are comfortable receiving the ball and make quick passes and exploiting the space left by the pressing players.

[@Nqwilliams]

It’s important to note that an obsessive focus on buildup is a pretty new in soccer. Until Guardioloa’s Barca, all the best teams in Europe consistently would go long a good amount of the time. It’s easily the most substantial change in tactical philosophy. I’d compare it to American football shifting to establishing the pass rather than most teams being run oriented even a decade or two ago

[@FabioCosta-kw2fh]

The ladder is a real concept, Well done

[@123kidxpac123pac]

It’s not just about if your players can do it or not. It’s about there being options and pros and cons to different methods. How does the opposition press, how long is left of the game, how happy are you with the game state, how comfortable are opposition players with long balls, how much does your team rely on chaos to create chances, how forward are their players, etc etc etc… Rather than thinking one is better than the other look at the different positives and negatives of both as well as what they need to be more successful? Do you have a 6’4 striker you can aim the ball at that is great at hold up play and flicking it on? Every gk is the opportunity for a counter. How high is their line? Are they back in their defensive shape yet? Is there quick mismatch you can create with your attacker outnumbering their defenders? Are they pressing and hammering you over and over and you need a break mentally even for a moment? Are you Jose’s inter who don’t need the ball and are more comfortable out of possession? It’s not about what is better, it’s what better for my team, in this moment. And if you never practiced long gks then when you needed to rely on them when they are advantageous you would be unnecessarily hampering yourself and your squad.

[@tonilando]

A lot of the possession tactics are about creating overloads, if your boys and girls are confident and gifted then you can work 3 on 2s all around the pitch and gradually work the ball forward into the attacking 3rd

[@TheGabrielPT]

Bro I know it's good to know the tactics side of the game, but you gotta react to more players as well

[@TTTzzzz]

The best way to learn is to kick the ball.

[@aaronflatt3525]

Depends what your goal is. If you're looking to get better at kicking the ball then sure.

[@TTTzzzz]

@@aaronflatt3525 You know what I mean.

[@aaronflatt3525]

@TTTzzzz I do, but don't think it's entirely accurate. For example if you want to be an English teacher, you can't do that by just practising English, you need to learn all the grammatical rules etc. Playing 5 a side with your mates won't teach you much about premier league football strategies

[@dario1538]

The thing is in the match it's more spontaneous if the goalkeeper plays short or long. If the other team stop pressing high for one action, than he tries to buld up, however if the temamates get overwhelmed by the opposition who presses immediately, than the goalkeeper will be more likely to just play the ball long in the rest of the match.

[@lperea21]

Definitely, a hybrid is the best. Gives you options to switch tactics on command

[@fephida]

Hi Luke, as a person who grew up with football and actually spent the afternoon on the football pitch every day, all I can really say is thank you for your videos. The way you reflect on things that have always been self-explanatory and logical to me also makes me think about it again on a more basal level. Your approach makes me think again about why these things sound so logical to me. I think it would be insanely exciting, educational for both sides and fun to have a conversation about football and tactics with you. Greetings, Felix