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Dug up by Gary Blanchard and mentioned in the comments by Galahad, the included image purports to be Roy Hodgson's tactics for the Newcastle match as stumbled across by a curious supporter staying at the team hotel. For those who don't care to squint out the details:
-Front players to stay together -Give us an outlet for longer passes
-Use spaces to side of centre backs Taylor + Campbell -Spin runs -Turn them
-Maxi + Dirk -Use space to side of Tioté [Newcastle's defensive midfielder], come in off the line
-Glen + Paul get forward
-Raul + Lucas back up the play, move ball quickly -Good tempo with our passing
-Crosses: Get across defenders, at least 3 in the box, surround the edge of box and keep ball in
-Negative/positive environment
-Be strong, physically + mentally
-Prepared for lively starts
-Maintain a consistent and reliable performance
There might not be anything fundamentally wrong with the core concepts, but that still sounded like the sort of stuff I could come up with to pass along to a team of eight-year olds, and I think I would sum up my reactions thus:
-Notes summarizing actual tactical insight and work during week, or sum total of "tactics"?
-Assume most go with later as Hodgson disliked -Can't overlook possibility of former -Surely can't be it?
-Glen + Paul intent to attack is encouraging -Paul attacking is not encouraging -Paul defending also not encouraging
-Crosses: so simple even a caveman could do it -Such details further confuse whether this is an aid for detailed discussion or entire discussion
-"Strong physically + mentally" suggests legitimacy since Hodgson talked about need for it in both press conferences since match -Some doubt, but this suggests real
-With shaken Newcastle, maybe take play to them next time rather than preparing to react? -Better idea
-Another road loss is surprisingly consistent and reliable result
-Tactics in title should perhaps read "Tactics"
-Ed will be along later to keep you company -Use space in comments to leave your thoughts -Diatribes -Angry cursing