I think defending is more of, like, a science, and it's fun to learn that. And then I see attacking as an art.
It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is
I have the mindset of a coach. I have to think, what would a coach think? How would a coach feel if I'm playing a guy a certain way?
When I arrived at Bayern he asked me: 'How are you? Are you ready to learn how to play football?' Before, I thought the coach's job was just to set up the team. However, with Guardiola it's something different. He is addicted to football and because of that he is a phenomenon.
Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to draw from it the conclusions for the tactics in Western Europe, at least as far as I am able to judge from your works.
Klopp is a great tactician and a great coach.
The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand. Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all! It is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.
At Chelsea, there's more focus on team shape, a lot of work on tactics.
We discussed buying a defender. The view was the priority at that time given the way we were playing was that we needed support up front and that is why we bought Louis Saha.
When developing intelligence assessments, initial tactical reports often require additional collection and validation.
Mounting a large rock, I was able to see a considerable body of the enemy moving by the flank in rear of their line engaged, and passing from the direction of the foot of Great Round Top through the valley toward the front of my left.
If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense
I worked the Giants win over the Texans earlier this season. The Giants ran the heck out of the ball. Eli Manning rolled out away from Watt just about every time and changed the release point on his passes. The Cowboys have a road map.
A master looks at every move he would like to make, especially the impossible ones
In Italy, the coaches are very attentive to the details. They really study things, and that is a big difference here. They look at your movement, your positioning. They study you and work out how to stop you.
I think, in today's football, you have to have a certain degree of technology. If not, you're living in the stone ages.
One thing I don't want around me is a military intellectual. I don't have to worry about you on that score.
Eddie Howe was the most tactical manager I have worked under.
As a player, I was always interested in tactics and how I can get better.
I've worked with some brilliant coaches, and I've taken a real interest in all the methods they use and the choices they make. And I can tell you that Moyes's sessions and the things he says in his team meetings are spot on.
To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.
The X's and O's with Bill Belichick is pretty amazing.
In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.
Therefore, to estimate the enemy situation and to calculate distances and the degree of difficulty of the terrain so as to control victory are virtues of the superior general.
