Quotes About Tactics

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

Donald Trump's campaign is good at two things; hoovering up hundreds of millions of dollars from MAGA fans and spending them to move his poll numbers... nowhere.

I don't believe in traditional, head-to-head polling.

Demian Maia is a one-trick pony.

I think I pose some problems for Georges that he maybe hasn't seen in the past.

The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist.

You do everything you can to be successful. You know that you have to win games. It's a must. So you do the things that put your guys in the best position to be successful schematically.

Defensive midfield can be the one position that's easier to play as you get older.

In the defensive midfield position, the player needs to give balance to the team and try to control the game. That's exactly what I try to do.

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

To think about attacking is also to think about positioning.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

If you have got pace and awareness of where you want the ball and where you want to go yourself, you are getting in positions behind defenders and that is what defenders want the least.