Anybody here with coaching / managerial experience to share some input on football strategies & tactics?

I once had a glance thru Jose Mourinho's biography at the bookstore some months back, and was very interested when he talked about strategies during games. About how an opposition manager once sent in a speedy winger during a game, and JM countered by doing the same, so that the winger would have to track back and defend the same flanks, thus reducing his effectiveness!

I'd like to learn how different formations can effect the play of a team, 4-4-2 vs 4-5-1? Why and when do teams use them? How does it change depending on the type of players that a team has? How do coaches even know what to employ?

I'm very interested in learning the finer points of the game, which I believe will help us look at football differently rather than just paying attention to scoring goals. Then, we'd have more appreciation of the game, even if it ends 0-0!

Hahaha yeah, I've always been interested in it since a long time back but have never had any coaching before so it's hard to learn sometimes. Seeya Thursday!

Wah, formation war.

Yeah, the 9-0-1 was funny. This was back in sec. school. Story was... we could afford to lose the game 4-0 and STILL win the tournament because we had picked up enough points and goals from the previous game. We were against a very, very strong team (relatively lah, coz we were mostly crap), and we stood no chance of beating them - so our tactic was damage limitation! It worked well, first half was only 1-0 but then we conceded the fifth goal in the final minutes and they celebrated like mad.

Hahaha well since we've over 30 players, we can try out a brand new 5-4-3-2-1 X'mas tree formation.