Quotes About Strategy

To think about attacking is also to think about positioning.

I learnt the hard way about positioning in business, about catering to the right segments.

Marco Silva is always talking to me in training; he is always giving me guidance on positioning in the area. His coaching is essential for me. He is training me with an eye to being in the right place at the right time when balls come into the box so I am able to score more goals.

I'm really trying to work on my defensive positioning.

You don't need to be fast if you're clever in your positioning, and that's exactly what Mark Noble is.

A lot of offensive rebounding is a lot of desire, a little bit positioning.

Firmino is a player who is really good at adapting to different positions. He is a No. 9, but he helps a lot in build-up play.

In a couple of games there have been players who have man-marked me, but that is down to me learning what I can do when those situations arise, getting in better positions.

Part of my game is about winning those fouls and getting in good positions.

When the Americans advance, we harass and retreat, fire from new positions and then retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support.

Russians in top positions always told me, 'We don't want to deal with our allies the way that the Americans dealt with Mubarak,' which is a very live example in the minds of many.

When you're in the Championship, you try and move the opponent around a bit and pull players into positions they don't want to be in.

Normally, I am a player who can play in different positions, but never in defence.

It's not science; it's common sense: it's playing the right players in the right positions for the style of football you want to implement in a specific game.

For me, there are no 'between players' in football. For me, there are clear positions and clear characteristics for all players.

You can get suckered into believing you have to always be attacking with the bat, ball or fielding positions. But Test cricket is not always like that. There are times when it is a bit slow paced and even a bit boring.

It always helps to play every game at the back with the same players. You get a good understanding of each other and how one of you works, and what positions to take up.

I have to be in the right positions and create the right runs as much as I can.

I want to make contributions that help us win Test matches rather than put us in positions where we have to play extremely well to win.

Every day I am learning how to trouble my opponents on the left, how best to cause them problems with my movement. But I would still like to be capable of taking up more positions.

You have to create a habit of finding the right positions and knowing where the ball's going to bounce to.

If we are quite defensive and we lose the ball, we just try to get back into our positions and try to defend. That's something you have to do from time to time.

You're always trying to find ways of getting guys in positions in which they will be comfortable.

The things I love are scoring goals and getting in the box, getting on the end of crosses and taking up positions where the ball might fall to you.