When I first started to make a press tactic I used very fluid not really understanding what this does.Īfter reading Mentality Ladder (link under this paragraph) he states in the ridged (now known as structured) part on page 6 that 'The main purpose of this is to ensure a quick and well-organized transition from defense to attack (and vice versa) with wide players moving up more readily to link the defense, support and attack. The biggest factor in how a team plays is from one its mentality and two team shapes. Later I will explain the roles and why I have used them alter but for not you can assume the formation is compact and very mobile with the width coming from the AF (Advanced Forwards) and to a lesser extent the wing backs. Let me show you what formation, instructions and roles I gave my team (Newcastle United) to create organized pressing mayhem.Īs you can see above I have used a 433 formation (3 strikers).
The flavor for the last decade has been possession possession possession like the '09 & '11 Barcelona teams but that has changed with the wannabe be managers new obsession being a Bielsa press, a Klopp Gegen Press or even Spurs Pochettino press.
