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I don't know what a staying line is. Football tactics are collaborative. Aptitudes v task have to be synced. Bristol City's keeper did not suddenly start making more interventions outside of his box. didn't suddenly decide himself to use differing starting positions. The player and players will be involved and asked how they feel about it. Its standard to include players in tactical alteration and this promotes responsibility and player buy in.

You have edited your post there, but if you are interested in Mr Guardiola he reveals in his book Pep Confidential one of the reasons Guardiola did not mirror football from Barcelona to Bayern was that the players would not have bought into it. Guardiola played with wingers and a centre forward due to the desire of the players to continue to do so.

I did not compare it to Pep, I answered your point about the Worlds best. How do you know Mr Manning was not conducting a pretty normal session of question and answer involving senior players? Asking players what they think is not necessarily players telling the head coach what to do. What do you think the players do in the class sessions and team meetings they have with the Head coach and coaches? Discuss team approach?

Discussing leadership styles can be a heavy topic, but there is a Spaniard in charge of one of the best teams in the world who involves the leaders and players into tactical decisions. It is democratic leadership.

I am watching Bristol City intermittently. What I see changing is spaces front to back shortening (differing shape), GK higher behind a higher backline and units pressing. This is an attempt to control space higher up the pitch. This is different to Nigel Pearson's football.

How is the pressing inherited?

You may find something on Whitchurch Sports Junior Football clubs website. The matches ( males and females) involved Whitchurch teams v ex City and Rovers teams.

I have had a Son play in the JPL and, ahem I was a coach at a development centre playing in the JPL. Opinion. It is beneficial to look at all development centres, one size, one development centre does not fit all.

The game should be stopped. Health and safety. The difference in pain between cramp and a muscle strain is? Not much. Really there is little difference. The difference in consequences are very different. Injury should be assessed on the pitch.

There should be a immediate stoppage for a head injury. There will be occasions where it isn't. Cramp. Health an safety. The part that doesn't always get applied is that the player has to leave the pitch and the player does not have to return to the pitch immediately, the ref can use their discretion till there is a break in play. This was created to cut down on feigned tactical injuries.

Play does not continue for a head injury. Play can be stopped instantly if the ref thinks there is a significant/serious injury. Play is stopped for injuries to keepers. Cramp game is stopped when ball is dead, time is added on.

I would not advise this but I have seen an injured player transported off the pitch in a wheel barrow at a AYL game. There are worlds of court cases out there.

Its a health and safety issue. In a fast moving mobile game. Players safety comes first.

Thats is not in the laws of the game.

The answer is no. I cheated. IFAB rules show Rangers vs Celtic penalty was called right by Beaton | The Herald (heraldscotland.com)

Opinion, as somebody who has defended Liam Manning and wrote about development, and where obvious linear improvement can be made I wouldn't place any emphasis on this game. Blackburn were startlingly poor. The first two goals came from balls that hit the opponents not channels, and opponents who were the startlingly poor. The first was a goal from rubbish chucked up the pitch. Blackburn couldn't deal with that, that was representative of the opponents performance. Low quality was good enough to create goals. Tactics and shapes barely came into it. Good energy, decent intensity, well done, move on.

First was an out ball stuck out the exit. The second resulted from an attempted pass. Tactic executed excellently. Not really.

I support (my employment) people who don't possess a card, find it difficult and challenging to use them.

And in a changing and evolving world you would hope that world would become more inclusive. Cashless and paperless services discriminate. Bristol City via the Robins foundation offer access to disabled people to play football. Are payments solely cashless and paperless? No. Cashless and paperless services discriminate.

It was Ian Wright. Dion Dublin thinks the Keeper should be losing his marker. Gary Linker thinks the rules should be changed. Match of the day pundits opine regularly that ex pros should be a part of VAR decision making. Gary Lineker slams Wolves VAR controversy and calls for major rule change after West Ham decision (msn.com)

Positional play does not exclude running with the ball. The team is playing positionally to get the ball to a position where Doku can take advantage of the opportunity created. A feature of positional play is seeking to create numerical advantage 3/4v 2 etc, and isolating opponents 1v1 - There's is the advantage for Doku.

I may have some understanding without understanding! Multitasking does not aid cognitive performance, it can induce stress and mental fog, and causes the brain to use energy (glucose) faster creating poorer cognitive performance.

I know that BCFC from the academy up to the first team use approaches I outlined. I have had family members at BCFC in the academy, and a ex player in the U18's v Man City this week. It is basic football fundamental approach. Being frustrated when players don't get it is normal ... I do not think its beneficial to put that frustration in public. My brilliant coaching mentor at the FA said to me " Look closer to home, is it their fault or yours, review what you do and assess".

Football has always been a thought process. Football is an overtly psychological sport. We choose our mindset, to fight or flight or work hard, or not, to be open or closed, to look at challenges as exciting, or threats. Losers go for the latter. Understanding that we all learn differently has been part of football for decades. The tools we used were blackboards, and white boards and cones, now we have more tools and understanding to aid what we do.

Do you know what cognitive load theory is? Although I have qualifications in psychology directly relating to football I don't. An answer to how do you assess? By players performances and actions, and talking to them. Frequently because of differing learning styles individuals will not have internalised all information, some will have misunderstood, and some will take information literally as it was presented and that leads to challenges. In any group of eleven, or twenty plus (a squad) it should be expected that people will display differing learning styles and difficulties like ADHD. So, in order to promote deeper understanding information needs to be in differing forms, and repeated, repetition is the key to deep learning and competency. Periodized and repetitious education on task beats episodic jumping from task to task.