Quotes About Tactics

If you're in the ring with somebody that doesn't throw good punches, guess what. Don't have him throw any punches. You work to their strengths. It's really not that difficult. You don't try to get them to do things that are out of their realm or whatever. It's not hard. It's not rocket science.

Everybody knows what Peter Crouch's strengths are and when he plays he is a handful for any side.

We were super successful under Mark Sampson because teams didn't expect us to play the way we played. We were so direct and played to people's strengths.

We try and play football in a positive way. Any team has to be defensively organised, but you have to look at the attributes of the players and play to their strengths.

Every opposition needs to be played in a different way and the formation depends on the opposition's strengths.

Fighting your opponent's strengths is the key, you frustrate them on what they have best.

Having a good defensive line allows you to play better because it's less stressful in terms of defending.

I can stretch the defense.

At Ajax, they are strict when it comes to using the ball as a defender.

Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.

I try to come in with a focus to stop my man and win the game. I'm always trying to be ready to catch them off their strides by being physical enough without getting fouls.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

I know how to move the people, but I know also where to stop in my own actions so that, when I strike, I shall be felt and not seen.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

If I am playing 18 ball, I aim to see how I can get my strike rate to 150-160. After 6-14 overs, you need to break down, that if you play half balls, then how much runs you need to get on the board.

Strike rates depend on the surfaces you play on.

An Obama administration desperate to strike a deal is likely to strike a bad one.

If there's a runner on third with less than two outs, I clearly do not want to strike out.

I don't need to be going out reverse-sweeping for six and four straightaway. Singles can be just as important as boundaries, rotating the strike and not letting the bowlers settle.

It strikes me that these days, clubs don't even want players who can truly play any more; they just want athletes, quick guys who don't have a football brain, can just run and run; some of them, Jesus. I can never imagine acting like that.

To beat Shevchenko, you'd have to close the distance and work with strikes close to the cage to take away her energy, her strength, and work with the ground and pound or something like that.

With Ronaldo, I think I've identified a few patterns; there are certain striking things. I will try to utilise this knowledge to my advantage.

I think most of America is seeing the strings behind the campaign, and sees the crass political maneuvers that people are making. I mean, they're extremely apparent to me.

As a defence, we have to strive for that clean sheet while also giving the attacking players the licence to go and create.