Four Tactics No-One Uses Anymore

A lot of teams start with a different shape but then during the game usually default to a 4-4-2.

145 scored from outside the box...and Onana being ** only accounts for about a quarter of that. 🤣

442 died when Adam Cleary left

4-4-2 by still a more defensive 4-2-4

It's funny how all these things screams Guardiola

This video is as accurate as Tifo's prediction of Ibrahim Sangare's career trajectory.

I think that there is a HUGE difference between pro football/soccer and youth recreational. I coach U14 girls and I prefer 4-4-2 diamond on offense and straight 4-4-2 on defense. There are SO many advantages for youth, I'll just cover two:
1. With two strikers, they learn the different roles of a center forward. What we do is when the ball is on one side, that side striker pulls back to assist in the buildup and the other side pushes up.
2. I have the fullback on the side of the ball follow behind the ball to serve as a back option and playmaker through the entire field. This gives multiple options to play through the middle, or have two players play a running winger role. The opposite side of the field has a slightly different role, giving them a bit of a rest and focus more on defense, particularly the opposite side fullback, the defensive midfielder, and even the side midfielder. Throughout the game, the ball is played down one side, the other, and in the middle. We use what most coaches call a "triangulaton" approach, but we simply call it "always an option behind the ball, to the side of the ball, and in front of the ball". This means the players run down the field passing left, right, forward, and backward. I spend a lot of time teaching them than passing the ball back is part of a strategy, not a sign of weakness. You would be surprised how many players have that engrained in their heads from previous seasons.

Goal-keeper harassment seems to bring classic corners back. (I mean, Arsenal)

Notice how with the rise of possession based football, midfielders are getting more credit

football does not revolve around the EPL , time to grow up

Formations are fluid now. Players have multiple jobs. Wingers invert, strikers fade between the lines. It's not that the 4-4-2 is outdated, it's the idea of strictly delineated formations that is. And OPTA is absolutely the worst, trying to force a complex game into simple slots.

The common denomonator with all these seems to me that teams are more keen to retain possession than take on the potential risks that can make the difference between either winning or losing matches.

I saw a lot of long shots in the Euros. How does national team football differ from club football? (Video idea)

So basicly every tactic thats in this video is still widely used but the way how is evolved.

I think that tracks with the observation that top teams do not make simple plays anymore

Please make a video for 4-1-5 tactic

corner goals look really good, too bad they've opted for different corners

I'm new to the channel, and I enjoyed the content so much. But who counted the average pass completion for a goalkeeper in 2003-04? When, how? It's so specific and so many matches and passes to consider.

The fact players aren't taking wide open long shots is a very frustrating thing to watch in football. If anything, it would open up the game even more because you'll keep the defense on edge on whether you're intending on playing a final ball or going straight for goal

Long Shots are back, at least in the Euros

All this changed Guardiola

Woke nonsense

4-4-2 a standard formation?
In English football it was.
On the continent the default in the 1990s it was 3-5-2.

actually football is boring. i dont watch it like before. i follow only Juventus

The problem with not taking long shots. Teams pass around way too much, almost like they are trying to score the perfect goal and it actually hinders themselves

With how you only took PL's statistics without including any other leagues, it kinda looks like this video only applies to PL exclusively.

Typical of Tifo, so overly biased towards PL.

The title should be Four Tactics No-one Use Anymore In Premiere League instead.

Regarding long shots, you ignore the fact that it's easier to take a long shot as there's more chance of losing the ball the closer you get to the goal.

i thunk 4-4-2 would be good now a days because not many teams play them

Curious, where does one get the raw data for these kinds of analysis? Is there a database available somewhere?

All I see is "This is Pep Guardiola's fault"

Ancellotti's tactics - 🤨

The lack of long shots' beauties is due to the abscence of Rúben Neves ;)

Even the WM can be ressurected if both manager and squad are top notch.

I recently watched some highlights from the 1970s and the ball was kept in the air much more than today every pass the ball would leave the ground same with most of the goals, obviously disadvantage is slower but the advantage is that interception from feet is harder. I do feel like a team that brought it back would probably do quite well for a bit as it would be so unexpected

I knew my short corners playing fifa 07 was visionary

Martin O'niel played 3-5-2 alot at Celtic, and scored ALOT of goals from corners and set pieces. 2 'go at it' fast wingers, into 2 strikers. There's not much at all of this (or other) types of attacking setups now.

Brazils attacking formation of old, used up until maybe 2002, was a joy to watch. 2-3-5 effectively, with the 2 full backs being the line wingers, and goals aplenty 🤌

Football is generally alot more cautious, and less enjoyable to watch these days, I'd say.
Its become more towards the classic italian stifling method, and less classic Brazilian, 'if you score 3, well score 5' style.