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No One Likes Us | Part 1 | The Art of Pragmatism

No One Likes Us | Part 1 | The Art of Pragmatism

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Those of you who followed my Anti-Football posts last season will know that I’m not usually a lover of the darker side of Football. For me, football manager is a playground to experiment with wild and wacky tactics, to find new and interesting ways to play, or recreate great historic systems. This time round will be a little different. Those two seasons at Newport awoke something within me. My taster of the dark arts left me wanting more. I saw…

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Red Star Alliance: Shithousing the Shithousers (Socceroo Style Survival Tactics)

Red Star Alliance: Shithousing the Shithousers (Socceroo Style Survival Tactics)

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After two seasons playing variations on the Allardyce 4-5-1 (4-3-3) system, I decided it was time for a change.  Considering we had grossly overachieved with Red Star Wrexham and gotten into the Championship ahead of schedule, I am faced with the daunting prospect of avoiding relegation.  Given that we’ve already mastered the dark arts of defensive, pragmatic, resultism football, where else could we go? How does a team of shithousers get even shithousier? After a few days of reflection, the…

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