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Interesting to hear people talking about a 'pressing game' Modern day Barcelona and crazy gang Wimbledon both played a pressing game only one being short pass and move the other being almost route one and and press. To get any philosophy into the bones of a club requires time and numerous coaching bodies on the ground to work with all levels at a club. Players need to hear a common message in clear understandable langiage and terminology to do this. Harry certainly has the bodies. However there is a distinction been 'training ground' coaching and game day 'coaching'. The former is a task shared while the latter falls almost entirely to the coach / old fashioned manager. As a game day coach Harry seems to let the players basically take much of the initiative ...the exception being if you are Sandro
In Australia there is an FFA push for 4 3 3 to adopted right through the representative set-up, while being a good system in the short it will only be as effective as the players in the squad....longer term who knows.
Exactly. Bolton under Allardyce also played a pressing game, as do several other teams. In fact many teams in the EPL do it better than we do.
The pressing is just the first "phase". You then need to coach into the players the second "phase". Do you then pass it, retaining possession, which needs good, intelligent, movement coaching as well, or do you hit a long ball and go for territory ? etc etc.
Barca go for possession, Bolton would hit Kevin Davies.