England - No system or two or three systems?

Skaville

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Jun 10, 2004

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Queens Park

• Jun 11, 2016

• #1

Just a thought... I'm among the many who have been a little critical of Roy and the constant shift between 433 4231 and 442 (diamond). I think everyone has assumed he has no idea what to system play, but has he been rather quietly getting us used to a number of systems so we can pick and choose dependent on the opposition and tweak it tactically during the game (something we've been appalling at for years)?

 

Goldstone1976

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Herts

• Jun 11, 2016

• #2

If we get to the semis or better, yes, he's been a quiet tactical genius. Anything less, no, he's a buffoon with no clue.

 

KZNSeagull

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Nov 26, 2007

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Wolsingham, County Durham

• Jun 11, 2016

• #3

Woy has the second highest win ratio of any England manager since the war (I think), so he must be doing something right. Capello had the highest, but he was a clown apparently.
The common thread of "failure" here is the players, not the manager (other than Shtevce and Graham Taylor obviously. Oh and Keegan). But then England as a nation has very high expectations even though they have regularly punched above their weight according to Soccornomics anyway.

Are English expectations actually that high this time around?