QUOTE(hyperyouth_firepower @ May 17 2012, 11:58 PM)
ironically you did point out kenny himself as clueless in tactics, and besides the pass and move, how was he doing an attacking football?
Kenny never had a game plan like rafa did.Two defensive midfielders protecting the back 4.All play goes toward supplying the lone striker with the ball.
Under kenny,everyone could move about.Sometimes you can find carroll as the last defender and sometimes you can see skrtel dribbling on the right wing.Under rafa there never was such thing.Everyone were rigid in their positions.
The interchanging game under kenny was good when everyone was on the same wavelength but when things don't go our away,the players will look clueless and all over the place.
There is a fine line between versatility/moving about and all over the place.
Real under mourinho play attacking football.However when they play barca mourinho deploys defensive tactics to counter barca.Kenny wouldn't do those stuff.He tells the players to ''keep doing what we have been doing.''
That suggests he has no different approach to different opponents.He had no plan B in case things were going wrong.
Kenny's idea was there which was to pass and move but just not quite the players to execute.Tactics also involve the players that you deploy.He bought poor players to implement his ideas.As a result,his pass and move couldn't bear fruits and our results suffered.
In short,the idea was there but the execution failed miserably.