See this whole there should be a “United way” of playing.  What a lot of bollocks.

That assumes every player you bring or sign through must get shoehorned into that way.  What if that way doesn’t get the best out of the players you have available?  Surely adapting how you play to get the best out of your available players is how you then play.

Let’s say the “United way” is decided as 4231 but in 2 years we bring through 2 amazing wingers and a great box to box midfielder who would be far better suited to 442, do we just let them go because they don’t suit our system or do we limit their influence by not getting the best out of them playing them in a system that doesn’t suit?

The best coaches will play what ever way gets the best out of their best players and build around that, and be able to adapt systems/styles to suit as their personnel changes.  Not stuck to one way.

This btw is what Jim McLean did.  He didn’t always set his teams out the same over 20 years as a lot of people now seem to think.  He set out his teams to win every game in a way that suited that game and the players available.

annanarab wrote:

If Csaba wants to create he could worse than follow the example of South Korea who worked their socks off, got stuck in, supported their teammates, cleared their lines and entertained their fans  and despite only having 24% of the play and already out of the competition managed to beat the reigning world champs.

What Csaba wants to bin is his increasingly discredited poser football which is past its sell by date. What’s the point of 76% possession and making 800 passes with 96% accuracy if your not going to go near the box and finishing bottom of a supposedly weak group

 
I agree with a lot of your posts. What you say about South Korea rings true for the Germany game where the pressure was off them. It is not their typical style though. Their previous 2 games were turgid, leaving Son isolated upfield on his own and only yielded one goal over 90mins, an injury time consolation wonder strike.
Germany usually try and play a direct game but were shown not to have the personnel to do it at this tournament.
My point is, we can’t highlight all good performances from other teams as the way we want to play and all shite ones as the way we don’t want to play.

I believe, with the limited ability of the personnel we can attract, we have to have an adaptable style for different games.
I’d like to see us implement the high press and play at a higher tempo for what it’s worth. I doubt we will though as 2nd tier Scottish league players don’t have the required dedication to fitness.
I wouldn’t be against the regimented 4-4-2 atletico play but again, I doubt the players would have the ability. I know it is not as pleasing on the eye but I do like a strong defence (blame football Italian in the 90’s on that)