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fantastic artical here regarding harry's tactics on saturday.
http://adamadeniji.wordpress.com/201...alse-9-system/
http://adamadeniji.wordpress.com/201...alse-9-system/
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That article said Granero was not on the bench. Interesting.Comment
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harry switching of adel up front is 'tactical' genius imho..........if adel puts one or two away we may have found a real gem up front!you know nothing john snow!!!!Comment
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Against the big teams we will set up the same as we have the last two games. Against easier opposition he will remove a cm add a striker leaving taarabt to play the balls just behind him.Originally posted by Factamondo View PostComment
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Looking harder to break down than I can remember for a while.Comment
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zamora just in front of adel could see us win against those we have to win against!you know nothing john snow!!!!Comment
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Nope would need a pacy striker for adel to slip the ball behind the defense for the striker to run onto. Cisse in principle is perfect however his positioning and understanding with taarabt is so bad. Hopefully dj or another striker can come in and for a great understanding with adel.Originally posted by Factamondo View PostComment
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Can someone please C&P the article on here, at work and firewalls won't allow me to access/see it.......Comment
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On my iPhone it doesn't allow me to paste so much soz pal.Originally posted by QPR1976 View PostComment
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When reading this article it makes even more sense that HR is looking for midfielders, I can cleary see why he wanted J. Cole as our wingers really aren't good enough. A new defensive team could look something like this:
.....................Ceasar...............
Onuha.........Hill.....Mbia......Fabio
....................Livermore.............
...........M'vila.........Granero........
Mackie................................SWP
...............A new striker (Adel).....Comment
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If you were to play a word association game, Harry Rednapp and tactics would be laughed off or simply dismissed immediately. To be honest, the general consensus would go as far as to say Harry Rednapp doesn’t like tactics, well renown as a great motivator he rarely goes into discussion about tactics or statistics. His belief is that the players are the most important part of the game . “You can argue about formations, tactics and systems forever, but to me football is fundamentally about the players,” when he began a column in The Sun. ”Whether it is 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, the numbers game is not the beautiful game in my opinion. It’s 10% about the formation and 90% about the players. If you have the best ones and they do their jobs, then they can pretty much play any way you want them to.” Although the concept of what he is saying is true, it can be argued that he doesn’t tactically set out a team to win the game. I can’t think of one manager in football who wont set out a team or even pick their bench in determinant to who the opposition is.
Albeit, Harry Rednapp doesn’t explicitly select his team in any tactical way that he believes, but it was his decision to play Adel Taarabt as an unorthodox striker, where his creative ability, flair and technique would be much better equipped consistently in the oppositions area. Rather than in his own half, in the centre, where the rigours of most games are won, Taarabt simply hasn’t got the work rate to play deeper as an advanced midfielder or on the flanks to track the fullback. Rednapp obviously thinks that he’s too talented to leave on the bench so, he utilizes him as a striker, a player that he can build the team around, rather than a player who remains on the periphery of matches.
This switch in position for Taarabt, and in system for QPR, has seen them collect 4 points from their last 2 games in that famous win against Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge and this weekend’s opponents Tottenham, also an impressive 2 clean sheets to go with those results. Yesterday’s afternoon kick off saw QPR take on and in-form Spurs team who had won 4 of their last 5 Premier League fixtures coming into this game.
QPR set up in a 4-3-3 formation and named an unchanged back four from the Chelsea win, and the only changes from that game was Shaun Wright-Phillips in place of Junior Hoillet and Granero who was surprisingly left out of the side for Park Ji-Sung. Perhaps this was a tactical change, but an odd one because Granero looked like he was forming a good partnership with Taarabt as they recorded the most passing combinations of 24 passes (14 of those were from Granero to Taarabt) at the Stamford Bridge. Nonetheless, Park Ji-Sung provided industry in midfield with Mbia and Derry as the holding midfielder. Shaun Derry’s endeavours typified the performance off the ball for QPR, against an energetic & powerful Spurs midfield duo of Dembele and Sandro. Much of the game went with Spurs playing in front of the QPR midfield, rarely getting in between the lines or behind the defence, whenever they did they were shut out by the resolute defending of Nelsen and Hill. Spurs who almost invariably use the width of the pitch and stretch opposition as much as possible, failed to do so, as QPR remained compact and kept their shape much throughout the game. Forcing Tottenham’s wingers to play very narrow, not allowing them to play to their strengths.
When in possession QPR didn’t keep the ball for long but the spare man in midfield helped them move the ball quickly into the feet of Taarabt who’s hold up play was good and a reliable outlet for long balls. When Taarabt would receive the ball in deep areas of the pitch, Mbia would look to attack the space through the middle and get into one on one chances against Vertonghen, unfortunately he didn’t possess the dribbling ability, shooting or final ball to become a genuine threat – but his strength and defensive nous was enough to deal with Dembele.
Shawn Wright-Phillips would also look to repeat the same movement when Taarabt dropped deep to receive the ball, although it wasn’t until midway through the second half before when he had the best chance of the game, making a run in behind Kyle Walker towards the space that Dawson vacated. It wasn’t until he took a few more touches to cut inside after shooting that Dawson made a good block to send it wide of the post. This was a similar pattern for the rest of the game, but it didn’t come often due to Wright-Phillips and Mackie tracking back so diligently, they wasn’t able to get up to support Taarabt quick enough. Generally it was Wright-Phillips getting in behind the fullback because he had the pace to get into those positions.
As the match wore on it seemed that at 0-0 Rednapp was happy to take a point, he didn’t want to disrupt the game plan and the balance of his team. Although if he had Granero on the bench he would have had the option of more ball retention to release the pressure off the defence, meaning that he would have to sacrifice one of Ji-Sung Park who’s work ethic was brilliant or Mbia’s physical strength and defensive nous that was keeping Dembele to a halt. Perhaps a draw isn’t the most encouraging result at home when you’re fighting for survival but take into account that they beat the Champions of Europe away from home then its a good point to take. In all, this result and the win against Chelsea will have instilled belief into Rednapp’s team, and the system is a good option to have against tougher opposition or a primary system for the rest of the season.Comment
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Originally posted by erikmata View Post
good call but i think it would be adel on the left and swp in the right. new striker up front or bz when he returns in two weeks.. the rest is spot on. good post.nsa/cia spy on this..............┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐Comment
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Zamora IMO is not the answer we need a striker who will run behind defenders so adel can slip the balls through.Comment
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