A very interesting piece O-zil thanks for sharing. It's taken a couple of reads to digest but that's fine. Bielsa's football is something that I'm very interested in (did the name give it away?) but not something that I've ever tried to fully replicate. Bits definitely, taking principles and adapting but not a full tactic.
What I find most interesting in articles like this is the question and answer sections - the bits that get you thinking about the style of football that you want to achieve. Like this:
On 25/08/2017 at 19:59, Ö-zil to the Arsenal! said:
Football can be broken down into 4-phases:
Defence
Transition from Defence to Attack (aka. Build-up)
Attack
Transition from Attack to Defence
Now, let's think about Marcelo Bielsa's approach to each of these phases:
You can apply this to any style that you want to create by answering those four bullet points. Want to replicate Mourinho? No problem. Want to take your own ideas and translate that into FM? No problem. You delve into this deeper by giving examples based on Bielsa but you can't go far wrong if you are asking yourself key questions like the above.
Marcelo Bielsa's Tactical Philosophy in Football Manager 2017
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A very interesting piece O-zil thanks for sharing. It's taken a couple of reads to digest but that's fine. Bielsa's football is something that I'm very interested in (did the name give it away?) but not something that I've ever tried to fully replicate. Bits definitely, taking principles and adapting but not a full tactic.
What I find most interesting in articles like this is the question and answer sections - the bits that get you thinking about the style of football that you want to achieve. Like this:
You can apply this to any style that you want to create by answering those four bullet points. Want to replicate Mourinho? No problem. Want to take your own ideas and translate that into FM? No problem. You delve into this deeper by giving examples based on Bielsa but you can't go far wrong if you are asking yourself key questions like the above.