When he was discussing Pro Zone and ultimately, the design of play that Sam Allardyce engages I was fascinated to hear an interview with Villas Boas prior to the recent game against West Ham. I have always had a sneaky preference for small Andre (put in an impossible situation with the odious John Terry at Chelsea) and think he talks lots of sense. A bit may be mumbled by him but he loves the passion of the English game, is a about the game and certainly wants to get his team playing in the proper way. He explained that applying Pro Zone and other data was of only limited use when preparing a group for a game title. Data may perhaps not lie but can be very inaccurate a' 15 photos may sound great but if they all flew wildly within the bar then it's unnecessary. Likewise, 65% ownership looks good, but if all it requires is passing between centre-backs and the owner, this really is equally unnecessary. As is aterritorya once the ball is lumped in to the box so that the defending team simply regain possession (area of the Pro Zone principle) or, I guess, if the Toon happened to own 20 sides in a casino game. No, what he actually said was that stepping into players minds was what is most important to winning suits, having players with a positive attitude and feeling that they could do things and not scared of trying things that don't work. Gareth Bale is a classic exemplory case of that and clearly he's a great relationship with his manager as well. I think Pardew is showing very good as well, undoubtedly dealing so far with Ben Arfa indicates it. Nevertheless, Villas Boas also explained you need good players, or bloody good players as Joe Harvey (change Keegan in the 90s) used to express, when explaining his team of the 70s, Malcolm Macdonald abloody good playera, Terry Hibbitt abloody good playera, John Tudor abloody good playera, Iam McFaul abloody good playera and so on. Complete your team with bloody good players and enter their heads that is what the team and they are and anything becomes possible, whether you've spent a tedious 2 hours looking at a computer printout of percentages or not! Mike, your ways and style remain a disgrace to English soccer and I really hope they get West Ham down. Jonnie works a walking and leading company in the north of England. Visit his exemplary web site at Where2walk to discover more
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