India has the tradition of short passing football with total football. But for Myanmar Long ball tactics justified because of their heights.But Lord Robin always fail to deliver..
During the koverman era we tried the patient possession based buildup. This needed a strong midfield and flanks which can hold the ball and the others to create space through off the ball movement.
This didn't work as we didn't have players who could hold the ball long enough and off the ball movement wasn't quick enough hence the degradation. Only Sunil played better in those times bcos the fact he came to collect the ball from the deep and played in the middle. Was able to hold the ball a little longer.
However during the SC time now I see a graduation to a more direct faster approach to the game. Esp since the last SAFF final against Afghanistan. Absorb pressure and attach with pace along the flanks and middle. Its now Important to release the ball quicker than to hold the ball for you to lose possession. You can also see the type of players now being frequently called up such as Jackichand , udanta, Changte, Seithyasen,holicharan , Vineeth who are blessed with pace more than anyother thing.
I can see the best formation currently as a 4-2-3-1 with jeje/robin upfront releasing the ball pumped to them from the fullbacks to either the middle but mostly down the wings to take advantage of the pace of the above players, In the middle2 you will have a grafter like a sehnaj , Pronoy along with a ball playing midfielder having some passing skill like a Rowlin or a eugenson.
3 attacking midfield options will the ones which can track back when absorbing pressures and become a 4-5-1 when defending.
the only problem here is the fullbacks. U need at least one fullback to run beyond your wide player, given the crossing ability of a pritam and a Narayan means overlapping is happening only by the wide players.
Also if your target man has a poor game then you will struggle to create chances hence either jeje or a robin needs to play well.
Chetri is the pivot upfront with support to target man passing wide to an overlapping winger or running late into the box.
It is a question that men have been asking themselves for years, but does size really matter? the answer is: To some extent.
The importance of the size of a team’s pitch depends on a number of
factors but it would be a lie to suggest that it is completely
irrelevant. The biggest contributing factor is the style of football
that the team likes to play, with the pitch’s dimensions either helping
or hindering that fact.
As an example you can look at Tony Pulis. The man who seems to have a
baseball cap surgically attached to his head is known for playing a
long-ball style of football. During his time as manager of Stoke City
Pulis demanded that the pitch meet the minimum possible dimensions. This
allowed his long-ball style to be played more effectively and it
created an opportunity for the club’s long-throw specialist Rory Delap
to more accurately find his targets.
Another famous example of a pitch’s dimensions being used to the home
team’s advantage came in 1987 when Graeme Souness was the manager of
Rangers. His scouting of the club’s opponents Dynamo Kiev had revealed that the team played with very dangerous wingers who liked to hug the touchline.
On the eve of the game Souness gave his groundskeepers an instruction
that they should change the pitch around.
Souness: “The pitch didn’t have to be a fixed width as long as it was
above a certain minimum, so I thought: ‘Right, I’ll make it the
absolute minimum’. On the Tuesday afternoon the Kiev players trained on
the pitch when it was the normal size. On Wednesday night they came out
for the match and must have been shocked to discover that, after 15
paces, they were on the touchline … it wasn’t purist stuff, but it was
within the rules”.
Teams that choose to defend with a ‘low block’ benefit from being on a
pitch with smaller dimensions. The smaller the pitch is the less chance
the attacking side has to move the ball around and pull the defending
team out of position. Tottenham’s manager Mauricio Pochettino certainly
believed as much when he blamed the size of the White Hart Lane
pitch on his side’s loss to Newcastle in 2014. He said, “Our style
means we need a bigger space to play because we play a positional game.
It’s true that White Hart Lane is a little bit tight and it’s better for
the opponent when they play deep”.
In reality most Premier League pitches are roughly the same size, with
only a metre or two difference in play between them. Pitch sizes can
also vary from season to season depending on the preference of the
manager and the work of the ground staff. The main thing to take away
from this, then, is that if you’re looking at Old Trafford and thinking that the pitch looks bigger than the one at Anfield then the chances are that you’re absolutely correct.
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But for Myanmar Long ball tactics justified because of their heights.But Lord Robin always fail to deliver..
This didn't work as we didn't have players who could hold the ball long enough and off the ball movement wasn't quick enough hence the degradation. Only Sunil played better in those times bcos the fact he came to collect the ball from the deep and played in the middle. Was able to hold the ball a little longer.
However during the SC time now I see a graduation to a more direct faster approach to the game. Esp since the last SAFF final against Afghanistan. Absorb pressure and attach with pace along the flanks and middle.
Its now Important to release the ball quicker than to hold the ball for you to lose possession. You can also see the type of players now being frequently called up such as Jackichand , udanta, Changte, Seithyasen,holicharan , Vineeth who are blessed with pace more than anyother thing.
I can see the best formation currently as a 4-2-3-1 with jeje/robin upfront releasing the ball pumped to them from the fullbacks to either the middle but mostly down the wings to take advantage of the pace of the above players, In the middle2 you will have a grafter like a sehnaj , Pronoy along with a ball playing midfielder having some passing skill like a Rowlin or a eugenson.
3 attacking midfield options will the ones which can track back when absorbing pressures and become a 4-5-1 when defending.
the only problem here is the fullbacks. U need at least one fullback to run beyond your wide player, given the crossing ability of a pritam and a Narayan means overlapping is happening only by the wide players.
Also if your target man has a poor game then you will struggle to create chances hence either jeje or a robin needs to play well.
Chetri is the pivot upfront with support to target man passing wide to an overlapping winger or running late into the box.
Does the Size of a Football Pitch Matter?
It is a question that men have been asking themselves for years, but does size really matter? the answer is: To some extent.
The importance of the size of a team’s pitch depends on a number of factors but it would be a lie to suggest that it is completely irrelevant. The biggest contributing factor is the style of football that the team likes to play, with the pitch’s dimensions either helping or hindering that fact.
As an example you can look at Tony Pulis. The man who seems to have a baseball cap surgically attached to his head is known for playing a long-ball style of football. During his time as manager of Stoke City Pulis demanded that the pitch meet the minimum possible dimensions. This allowed his long-ball style to be played more effectively and it created an opportunity for the club’s long-throw specialist Rory Delap to more accurately find his targets.
Another famous example of a pitch’s dimensions being used to the home team’s advantage came in 1987 when Graeme Souness was the manager of Rangers. His scouting of the club’s opponents Dynamo Kiev had revealed that the team played with very dangerous wingers who liked to hug the touchline. On the eve of the game Souness gave his groundskeepers an instruction that they should change the pitch around.
Souness: “The pitch didn’t have to be a fixed width as long as it was above a certain minimum, so I thought: ‘Right, I’ll make it the absolute minimum’. On the Tuesday afternoon the Kiev players trained on the pitch when it was the normal size. On Wednesday night they came out for the match and must have been shocked to discover that, after 15 paces, they were on the touchline … it wasn’t purist stuff, but it was within the rules”.
Teams that choose to defend with a ‘low block’ benefit from being on a pitch with smaller dimensions. The smaller the pitch is the less chance the attacking side has to move the ball around and pull the defending team out of position. Tottenham’s manager Mauricio Pochettino certainly believed as much when he blamed the size of the White Hart Lane pitch on his side’s loss to Newcastle in 2014. He said, “Our style means we need a bigger space to play because we play a positional game. It’s true that White Hart Lane is a little bit tight and it’s better for the opponent when they play deep”.
In reality most Premier League pitches are roughly the same size, with only a metre or two difference in play between them. Pitch sizes can also vary from season to season depending on the preference of the manager and the work of the ground staff. The main thing to take away from this, then, is that if you’re looking at Old Trafford and thinking that the pitch looks bigger than the one at Anfield then the chances are that you’re absolutely correct.
https://www.football-stadiums.co.uk/articles/are-all-football-pitches-the-same-size/
Teams depending on Long ball Strategy will benefit from Small size of Football pitch.
Teams playing with wingers will benefit in bigger pitch.