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There is a lot of tactical analysis on here but the vast majority of it is theoretical — X can do this, Y can play in this position, they can do this formation and that tactic. To enhance your writing make it applicable; don't write as if the players are video game characters.
Example: I see a lot of people saying Fernandes or van de Beek should play in the two-man pivot. However, they don't factor in that neither of them would want to play there in ideal circumstances. Players don't just readily comply with coaches about their roles or what's correct.
Example: Fernandes likes to press however he is often individualistic in that and it causes problems at times. Theoretically, you can say “don't do it” but Fernandes might disagree with that — he's disagreed at times in the past since his time with Sporting.
When discussing tactics of a team and then you need to understand that theory and practical reality are two separate things though there is a bridge in between. A lot of analysis I see acts as if the players are inanimate objects and will just agree with whatever's being said.
Until this is factored into one's analysis — the analysis will be more suggestive rather than adamantly prescriptive — then the analysis will always be deficient regardless of the theory behind it.
Footballers are human beings before they are nodes on a tactics board.
Footballers are human beings before they are nodes on a tactics board.
