Quotes About Tactics

I will never play to just score one goal, then run behind the ball.

It's not always about scoring runs when it comes to Test cricket. There are times and circumstances when you've got to save the match.

I can't tell you the number of times I looked down at what was going on on the ground, or I was engaged in a fight somewhere, and I knew within a couple of minutes how I was going to screw up the enemy. And I knew it because I'd done so much reading.

When you're taking on a Sean Dyche team, you know what's coming.

I tell my team: if we win the ball, I want to see the ball in the goal in eight seconds. That's my philosophy.

At United, we like to have wingers who give the team width and pace.

In terms of pace, every captain wants pace in their attack.

When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.

Big guys like the paint. I make them allergic to it.

You can't just sit back and think you're gonna pack the paint in and win games. You've gotta guard that three-point line.

You don't have to get all the way into the paint to still draw attention or get contact.

Moving all-in with a small pair from early position only makes sense when you are severely short-stacked and desperately need to pick up the blinds.

One never knows how a bout is going to pan out and even in last 2-3 seconds things can change.

If you like to run and the guys can't run, you don't run. If you like power, and you have guys that can't hit it out of the park, then you start moving guys around.

We want to try and get Joseph Parker, as long as he doesn't run like an Australian chicken.

I am well aware of the politics of Uttar Pradesh, as I have had multiple stints as a member of Parliament. I know how politics works here.

I think a goalkeeper has to participate at the back of the defence and come off the line to play.

I need to keep improving tactically, defensively and offensively for the last pass, the last shot.

If the opponents are really clammed up, you need to pass around them. If they leave gaps, you pass between the lines.

The most important thing is to help the team to come in front of the goal with one-two passes, I drop down, or I give them space, because for defenders, it's always difficult to have a false nine because they don't have a direct player against them, so they don't know exactly what to do.

The truth is I like the style of playing the ball out and hitting long passes.

I like to have the ball first of all and to pass, these short passes to create the space at the right moment.

English footballers are honest - they will run for 90-odd minutes - but that is not always what you need. Sometimes you need to rein back a bit and try and control the game with your passing.

I served, she came to the net, it was a passing shot.