Gameplay Strategies
A Tactical Analysis; Part III
A guest series by Rien102 details his tactical analysis of an oncoming opponent in great detail.
This is part III, the last part, of a short series.
A guest series by Rien102 details his tactical analysis of an oncoming opponent in great detail.
This is part III, the last part, of a short series.
A guest series by Rien102 details his tactical analysis of an oncoming opponent in great detail.
This is part II of a short series.
A guest series by Rien102 details his tactical analysis of an oncoming opponent in great detail.
This is part I of a short series.
With promotion back to the ABSA Premiership achieved in our first season, Guido & I now need to quickly build a squad capable of challenging for the title whilst balancing the books and establishing the foundations for the future. So, how did we do?
In the previous article I talked you through my new ‘VW’ tactic based on the car brands logo and my decision to play 2 strikers in my second season with Ajax Cape Town.
In this article I will analyse the formation & roles to discuss their movement & give examples via videos & screenshots.
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Tactic Construction
When i start to put together a tactic I always start with the bookends of the formation – defenders & strikers. Once I’ve decided on the number of players I want in these 2 zones then I structure the rest of the team to both protect & feed these key roles. In this series I have also introduced another factor into my tactic construction process – the logo challenge.
Off We Go!!
So after all the discussions and planning stages, it’s time to put it all into action. The main goals were to get promotion out of the 2nd tier at the first attempt whilst stabilising the club financially. Squad wise we were very heavy which meant we were haemorrhaging money, so the first thing to do was pass the reins to Guido to be ruthless and sort the squad out.
In my previous post we have seen that we had a comfortable lead at the winter break. With a seven point lead everything was looking very good and it was up to us to keep our good run going in order to win the 2. Bundesliga. In this post i Read more…
The 3 Year Plans.
Find out about the challenge we face after arriving at our new club as Head Coach & Director of Football, and how we aim to achieve the clubs Mission, Vision & Values statement.