Late Tackle

KEEP IT SIMPLE!

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
1 December 2016

MIKE JONES has a moan about those professing to be the masters of tactical analysis

Football is a simple game, in theory and practice. Score more than your opposition and you win. Play better than your opposition and you’ll win, for the most part.
Tactically, too, football is simple; there’s no need for convoluted, and confusing, methods of build-up play and defensive stratagem.
From a young age I was instructed to play the ball simply, and so were many others.
That does not rescind the licence of expression, however – I was told to enjoy playing, to enjoy the thrill...

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