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That's just it -- if you don't have the players to play possession-based football that results in actual goals, I suppose you turn back the clock and play more conservatively. Concentrate on defence, pound a long ball or counterattack on a good tackle or bad pass from the other team. It's not...

I've never coached soccer/football, I'm just a slightly more than casual fan. And I don't recall any NSCer suggesting how RDZ and the players could break down other teams' bus parking. The Senators have been bouncing between last (32nd) and 20th place because a) they haven't had a reliable...

He's using the same tactic no matter who he has available and whoever the opponent is. When your best players are out, you find a way to optimize the smaller and/or different tool kit of each replacement. If the only way to break a low block with your system is to have speedy wingers outrun the...

His reputation will regress if he can't show that he can adapt his tactics to the vagaries of injuries, and opposition strategies and line-ups. That's been obvious since December, when the benefit of the doubt he'd enjoyed during the previous 2 fruitless months gradually began to evaporate. I...