Simeone 'respects' Chelsea tactics

[Tilla]

For all the haters who talk about anti-football, read this:

Simeone 'respects' Chelsea tactics

[Peter R]

"Respect" and "admire" are certainly two adjectives among many that can be used to characterise Mourinho's tactics.

Personally, I don't admire it, but like Simeone, I have to respect it... and as you have said Tilla, opposing coaches will have to plan for it.

At the end of the day, football is about "attack" and "defense". Why not give defense its due?... even if it's "anti-football"... LOL , That's a joke BTW so please forumites don't get your knickers in a knot!

[Tilla]

As cordin to Jose:
"Blues' boss warms up for second leg of Champions League semi against Atletico Madrid by insisting playing to your team's strengths is just common sense."

Nuff said. . .

[Sir X]

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers must learn from Mourinho to avoid becoming a specialist in failure
Apr 28, 2014 20:01
OPINION BY DAVEKIDD
Brendan Rodgers' reaction to Liverpool's Chelsea defeat shows he underestimates Mourinho, writes Dave Kidd

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Action ImagesTactical naivety: Dave Kidd says Rodgers showed a lack of flexibility against Mourinho
Liverpool supporters will be hoping it was merely a petulant outburst, in the immediate aftermath of a devastating defeat.

Hoping that, on reflection, Brendan Rodgers regrets his claim that Chelsea’s performance at Anfield was ‘not difficult to coach’ – and praying that he doesn’t actually believe it.

http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/socc...-learn-3471377

[Stonigut]

Tilla me don't have to read that to know that. I called it ahead of the game,I have always believed that a tough defense always trumps a great attack and especially when the superior attacking team has an average defense as pool has. Superior defensive teams with counter attack style is the fastest way to improve any team and to compete at any level when discipline level is high.

People keep talking about pretty ball and I still cannot understand why there is such respect for ribbons and lace ball, the game is all about strength, speed and endurance nothing more nothing less. If pool wins the title then great, if not they know exactly what must be improved as the amount of goals that they have let in would probably be a record for the top team in the Epl.

[HL]

X......................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>

...oh, in response to your first sentence

[Tilla]

Good article boss! I said it here already that Rodgers' downfall in the game on Sunday was that he did not have a plan b to counter Mourinho's tactics. As Mou said, it is stupid to know that a team used speed and like to attack the open spaces and you allow them to do that against you. If you want to play pretty ball and have your cabinet bare for a decade, then play like Ass-sinal! (Sorry Karl!)

[Tilla]

I know you know Ball Stoni. Mi just putting it out there for others who don't have a clue.

[Sir X]

Brendan Rodgers is brilliant... but the Liverpool boss will know he was wrong to attack Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho
By IAN LADYMAN
PUBLISHED: 17:03 EST, 28 April 2014 | UPDATED: 01:04 EST, 29 April 2014
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Brendan Rodgers has come a long way very quickly and, happily for the health of English football and its national team, he has dragged Liverpool with him.
This summer in Brazil, England will be much better off for the development shown recently by Daniel Sturridge, Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson and, odd as it may sound, Steven Gerrard.
Rodgers preaches football from a purist’s soul and his players benefit. It fits the Anfield model, it works for Liverpool and, coincidentally, it may help England. What the Liverpool manager didn’t seem to realise until this weekend, however, is that his way does not work for everybody.
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Bad day at the office: Brendan Rodgers (left) reacts on Sunday as Jose Mourinho stands in the background
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Bad day at the office: Brendan Rodgers (left) reacts on Sunday as Jose Mourinho


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[Jawge]

I can understand your views, seeing that there are really few technical players out there today. I can have my fill of watching Pele, Garrincha et al seeing that technically gifted players are a rarity these days.

You don't know what you are saying but keep talking because that's what the media gave to you.

[Zeppo]

For all the haters who talk about anti-football, read this:

Simeone 'respects' Chelsea tactics

Good article and more interesting quotes from Simeone, as usual.

Since he's been giving interviews as a coach I was surprised by how well he expresses himself and just how insightful he is. I guess I always kept in mind his "hard man" personality as a player and never thought he'd turn out to be that way.

[HL]

I don't see them beating Crystal Palace Tilla....

[Karl]

Tilla me don't have to read that to know that. I called it ahead of the game,I have always believed that a tough defense always trumps a great attack and especially when the superior attacking team has an average defense as pool has. Superior defensive teams with counter attack style is the fastest way to improve any team and to compete at any level when discipline level is high.

People keep talking about pretty ball and I still cannot understand why there is such respect for ribbons and lace ball, the game is all about strength, speed and endurance nothing more nothing less. If pool wins the title then great, if not they know exactly what must be improved as the amount of goals that they have let in would probably be a record for the top team in the Epl.

I would add technical skill and intelligence [naturally tactical awareness is included in (use of) intelligence]. A huge part of the game is 'seeing' and as you 'see' using brain power to adapt and overcome=find solutions and execute same.

In todays football, at the top, it is a given that all the players are blessed with abundance skills...so ->

The difference between a good footballer and a great footballer lies in 'the thinking'.

The Liverpool players had been very well prepared but 'seeing' and 'finding of solutions' to what Chelsea threw at them/presented was not done. Video of the game is great learning tool. We should not take "The Youth Coach's" words at face value. Yes...from his perspective teaching "Chelsea's way" and combatting same is easy - Hey...it certainly appeared to have been easy for him to teach Liverpool to master the attacking game=produce the TEAM he has. So it should be easy for him to review the video of the match and produce solution to same and teach his charges/make them aware of what to do 'next time' such 'Chelsea way' is met. Right?

Aside: Let's see what the 'big coaches' Wenger, Martinez and "The Youth Coach" does next year when they meet "Mourinho's way".

[Stonigut]

Not saying I am no ball expert but I know strong defense can blunt the greatest attack. Defense is always easier than attack.

To attack means your confidence and belief level is high so you venture forth from your safety zone, which also means you yourself very vulnerable to the counter attack and your ability to defend and collapse space is lessened. To defend and defend well means concentrating the team in a smaller space and with high discipline you can keep out or shutdown a superior force in football, basketball, hockey, any kind of conflict as numerous wars and battles have shown us, especially in medievial warfare as you can remember all the examples of fortresses holding out in siege warfare for long periods of time. The game is about one thing-the end result, so by all means legally necessary then Chelsea had every right to play as they did, wait for the attacking side to blink and make the mistake and then pounce. This is the style I have abdicated for jamaica forever, we have the players to make this style work and our best results came with some variation on this style.

[Rockman]

That is what I was alluding to when I said teams were largely untested.
Because of the drought,defense is rightly highlighted.
The key word is 'droves' in all aspects(defense and offense) of the game.