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Author: Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 Date: Category: Likes: 0 URL: https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/changing-your-philosophy
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Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Sep 14Philosophy managers annoy me. Just be pragmatic! If you don’t have the players to play your system, then adapt until you do. Don’t put square pegs in round holes. You’re just setting yourself (and your players) up to fail.The aim in professional football is to win first and foremost. Is it better to win pretty? Yeah, but a win is a win, even if it is ugly. If you get beat playing beautiful football nobody cares, they just remember the defeat. See also Russell Martin.3Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Sep 14Philosophy managers annoy me. Just be pragmatic! If you don’t have the players to play your system, then adapt until you do. Don’t put square pegs in round holes. You’re just setting yourself (and your players) up to fail.The aim in professional football is to win first and foremost. Is it better to win pretty? Yeah, but a win is a win, even if it is ugly. If you get beat playing beautiful football nobody cares, they just remember the defeat. See also Russell Martin.3Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Sep 14Philosophy managers annoy me. Just be pragmatic! If you don’t have the players to play your system, then adapt until you do. Don’t put square pegs in round holes. You’re just setting yourself (and your players) up to fail.The aim in professional football is to win first and foremost. Is it better to win pretty? Yeah, but a win is a win, even if it is ugly. If you get beat playing beautiful football nobody cares, they just remember the defeat. See also Russell Martin.3Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 14@Ross Whitehead He’s signed the majority of the players so there are no excuses now2Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Sep 15@Kevin Middleton https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2x70gqllro1Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Sep 14I don’t get Amorim, your formation isn’t your philosophy in my eyes. He can still look to see all of his principles play through in a back 4 with wingers as he would in the 3-4-3.A formation is a tactical lever to bring your principles through but it shouldn’t be an actual principle. Saying that his CV is better than mine so I’ll shut up 😂3Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Sep 14@Jamie Birch 🤣I think Amorim was well suited to Sporting, and he was coveted by many clubs, but his system just hasn’t travelled well. He has a 26% win rate or something like that. It’s madness! He’s too stubborn (or arrogant) to back down.3Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 14@Ross Whitehead So weird that they went from a 4-2-3-1 coach who signed a lot of players to fit that to a 3-4-3 one.3Reply
Justin Shiltz
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Justin Shiltz • Sep 14 (edited)What is his philosophy? What is he referring to? I assume he is talking about the 3-4-2-1 formation they play. As you all know, formation is not a philosophy. The entire situation at United is a head-scratcher. Last time I checked, defending, being clinical with one’s chances & just being pragmatic when necessary are all things teams can be regardless of formation. Can’t see him making it to the next international break.2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 15@Justin Shiltz I think his philosophy is tied to the shape. If it wasn’t tied to the shape, why not just change the shape to be more compact? I get what he’s trying to do, I just don’t think it will work at the level he’s trying to do it at.The principles, the way they defend for example, are, for me anyway, a different thing. There are too many gaps between defence and midfield. They’re trying to defend the width of the pitch. When they attack they seem to slow down the attack every time - it’s… See more3Reply
Justin Shiltz
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Justin Shiltz • Sep 16@Kevin Middleton Seems like there is a mix. Thomas Frank seems very pragmatic & Russell Martin is the antithesis of pragmatism.1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 15 (edited)1st goalLook where the ball is. Look at the gap. You wouldn’t even defend like that with a back 4, never mind a back 53Reply
Justin Shiltz
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Justin Shiltz • Sep 15@Kevin Middleton SMH1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Sep 15@Justin Shiltz Same, and I need to stop watching it cos it is making me angrier and angrier 😂2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Oct 19Always knew if you stuck to your philosophy it would pay off🤣1Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 19@Kevin Middleton I’ve always been a fan, never doubted him for a second… shame on them that did0Reply