Welcome back to “No One Likes Us”, if you haven’t read Part 1 you can find it here. We’ve had a decent start to our Championship season, and we’ve almost reached the January window. In this post I’ll outline the tactic I’ve settled on, a defensive 4-4-2, and explain the instructions and roles I’ve selected.
Whether you call it Hoofball, Longball, Kick and Rush or Route One, as a tactical approach it has had a long history in Football. Sticking it in the mixer might be something you would expect to see more in the lower leagues than in the Premiership or the Champions League but teams like Bolton, Stoke and Wimbledon all claimed plenty of scalps. There’s no reason you can’t play like Big Sam and Pulisball your way to the top in…