Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 537 Unconstrained Thinking
Stewart Pierce is a 'turnaround' player.

As a professional player, Pierce had a great reputation and is considered to be one of the best defenders in England's history.

At the end of his career, Pierce joined Manchester City. While becoming a member of the team, he also started to work as an assistant coach. He and Wise had similar ideas, and both hoped to serve as the head coach after retirement.

Pierce won half the battle.

After serving as an assistant coach at Manchester City for two years, he was trusted by the Manchester City club and served as the club's head coach.

This is tantamount to reaching the sky in one step.

Few professional players can successfully 'transfer' to become a head coach. Even if the relationship between the player and the coach is very close and they have been in contact with the coach throughout their careers, the work of the coach is different from that of the players. They need to formulate tactics for the team. It is necessary to arrange the lineup, build the team system, lead the team to the competition, etc., just like students and teachers, no matter how good their high school graduation grades are, it is difficult to succeed directly as a teacher.

Pierce felt that he was only good at participating in the game. When he joined the game, he knew what to do, and he also used the shouting to remind his teammates what to do.

What about a head coach?
When leading Manchester City to a game, Pierce stayed in the position most of the time, or stood on the scene, watching the team play, he felt at a loss because he couldn't do anything, it seemed that winning and Whether it depends entirely on the performance of the players on the field, and...God's arrangement.

After Pierce was dismissed by Manchester City, he also hoped to find another job as a head coach, but no team above the second-tier league contacted him. His agent contacted several clubs on his own initiative, but most of them ended in failure.

Pierce eventually fired his agent, as he discovered he didn't need one.

This failure experience also gave Pierce a deep understanding of his situation. He is no longer a star player, nor is he a first-class head coach at all.

When he heard that Millwall Club invited him to be an assistant coach, Pierce was a little happy that his job had been settled, but he was also a little bit disappointed with his situation.

Now if you want to work in a first-class team, you can only serve as an assistant coach.

After joining the Millwall club, Pierce thought about many things. He felt that he should learn more at Millwall, especially with the head coach Zhang Yang, and learn how to do the work of the head coach.

In the past, Pierce would have scoffed at this!
Publicity?

How does a young man in his 20s who doesn't know how to succeed compare with someone from a star background like himself who directly served as the head coach of a Premier League team?
It's different now.

Pierce's mentality has changed a lot. He finds that he is far worse than Zhang Yang as the head coach.

Zhang Yang has a lot to learn from him.

After Pierce came to the club, he only saw Zhang Yang once, because the preparations for the new season hadn't started yet, and most of the time he came to check in, walked around the club to familiarize himself with the environment, and cared about the club's transfer work by the way.

In less than a week, Pierce met a lot of people. He talked to Aldous and Frederick, and had more contact with Bruno Burleigh. players.

In this regard, Pierce has no experience at all, because his starting point is too high.

Pierce felt that he had learned a lot from Bert.

This idea surprised Pierce very much. In the past, a low-level coach like Bert would never have entered his sight.

Pierce paid the most attention to Zhang Yang. He only met Zhang Yang once, and after a few casual conversations, he was dismissed by 'silence'. He knew that Zhang Yang was doing tactical research.

Tactical research?

Do tactics still need careful study?

Pierce has also studied tactics, but most of them are for the team to form a formation. Manchester City has always played 442, and the occasional change is due to the lack of players, otherwise 442 is stable.

442 is very simple, just let the players play normally on the field, there is no need to make it too complicated, each player has a fixed position, such as forward, such as winger, such as defender, the name of the position has already indicated that they are What to do, at most, is to think about how to cooperate with the players.

Zhang Yang's tactical research work that lasted for several days made Pierce completely confused.

When he received a call from Zhang Yang asking him to go to the coach's office, Pierce immediately became energetic. He was eager to know what Zhang Yang had done in the past few days.

"Is the continuous study of tactics the secret to his success in leading Millwall?"

Pierce thought.

When he came to the coach's office, Pierce saw Zhang Yang writing and drawing on a huge tactical board. The complicated lines on it made people dazzled, and the names of the players were marked in red fonts.

Pierce didn't bother Zhang Yang, but walked over slowly. When he saw a stack of documents on the table, he took out one, and saw that the simple cover said——
Tactical plan.
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Josh Morris.

Pulled out another copy, which read——
tactical plan
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Darren Ward.

Pierce looked through them carefully, each one is a tactical plan, each one is different, with the names of each player written on it, and the thickness of the plans is also different, such as goalkeeper Graham Stark's plan , There are only three simple pages, and the midfielder Morris' plan has more than [-] pages.

The same is true for other players. The plan books for strikers and central defenders have relatively fewer pages, and the plan books for midfielders, especially midfield players, have relatively more pages.

But not necessarily.

For example, striker Jamie Vardy’s plan has more than 20 pages, midfielder Livermore has less than [-] pages, Sneijder’s plan is nearly [-] pages, and Ljungberg’s is much less .

and many more.

The content of the plan is probably related to the position, but some players are in "positions with few pages", and the number of pages in the plan is also quite large.

"Is it formulated according to the characteristics of the players?" Pierce was a little confused. He flipped through it silently, while paying attention to Zhang Yang's 'painting' work. It would be better to let Zhang Yang talk about what to do, because if you look at it yourself, you will definitely not be able to understand it.

Zhang Yang's work is finally finished.

Zhang Yang faced the tactical board and drew for more than half an hour. Finally, he drew the overall tactical framework. He turned to look at Pierce, walked over and sat next to Pierce, took a sip of mineral water, and then pointed with a smile. Looking at the tactical board, he said, "This is a tactic we need to adapt to. We need to adapt slowly. There is no rush, but the assistant coach must understand it so that he can explain it to the players."

Pierce nodded.

"Are you ready? I'll give you a brief explanation first. Wait until tomorrow morning, let other people come together, and I will explain it together. It will take a long time. I hope you can understand it more clearly than others , because you will be responsible for tactical training." Zhang Yang assigned Pierce a job without question.

This is also previous Wise work.

Millwall's training work is mainly in charge of Frederick and Wise. Alders has part of the training work for the youth team. He doesn't have much time in the first team, and he only occasionally comes to help with training.

Zhang Yang is in charge of coordinating the overall situation, or... he is actually a bit lazy, and only participates in tactical training when it is important. He has already planned everything, so that the players know how to play, and the assistant coach is enough.

Pierce is very happy. What he wants to get in touch with is the tactical aspect.

In Pierce's view, tactics are a very important part of Millwall's success. Last season, many media reported on Millwall's tactics. This topic has been discussed from the beginning of the season to the end of the season. There is still no definite statement. .

Now that he had the opportunity to be directly involved, the truth was about to be known.

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Zhang Yang explained to Pierce alone for two hours.

Two hours is a long time to say, but in front of the tactical explanation, it seems that it is only a general introduction.

Zhang Yang felt a little tired, but Pierce still listened patiently. He was always energetic, and occasionally his mouth would grow wide, showing a surprised expression.

Pierce has been amazed.

Because Pierce is a 'newcomer' and doesn't know Millwall's past tactical framework, Zhang Yang explained it very carefully, starting from the 451 dual-core tactics of last season.

Although it was just a general statement, it was enough to surprise Pierce.

The "dual core" of the 451 formation is really beyond imagination. The cooperation of the two cores in the middle of the midfield feels like a "magic stroke". To reduce the conflict between the two cores on the overall impact, Zhang Yang has only one sentence, "This is a tactic I formulate based on the player's ability. They are all in a space suitable for them to play, and the positional conflict will be minimized."

This explanation made Pierce nod in thought. He felt that he couldn't understand it, maybe it was his tactical IQ problem.

Pierce believes that to be a head coach also requires IQ, just like those experts in mathematics and physics, even if ordinary people study, they cannot become experts in mathematics and physics, because their IQ is not enough for mathematics and physics experts, and the problems are too complicated , It cannot be understood by learning and rote memorization.

The head coach understands tactics as well.

When the tactics are advanced to a certain level, it needs the brain to understand. The average person can't understand it. Only when the tactical IQ is sufficient can they understand it.

Thinking of this, Pierce became a little pessimistic, "Is it really a matter of talent?"

Zhang Yang doesn't know Pierce's complex thinking. In fact, more than half of his explanations are correct, but he doesn't understand all of the 451 dual-core tactics and why the two cores don't conflict. The ability has also opened up the wisdom, and the light of wisdom has sprouted. Maybe you can directly ask the "word spirit calculation", otherwise Zhang Yang can't fully understand it.

Anyway, that's right, as for why?
Is it important?

Next, Zhang Yang began to talk about the new tactics. In a week, the research on the new tactics was still relatively large. With the addition of a Sneijder to the lineup, Zhang Yang relied on the original 'dual-core' style of play to evolve. There are two tactical formations.

One is the 'dual-core' 352 formation, or 3232, with three defenders, two midfielders, three avant-gardes, and two forwards. The key point of the formation is that the two cores are divided into tasks. In the transition between offense and defense, the other core stands forward and is mainly responsible for leading the team's offense.

The 352 formation is very offensive.

One of the two midfielders is the core, which ensures the organization of the backcourt defense. In addition, the two midfielders can also step forward to participate in the defense. The defense of the three defenders is a bit weak, but the two full-backs can still attack. .

The key point of the 352 formation is that it blurs the role of the wings, because each line has a maximum of three players horizontally, and the wide players can also go to the middle, and the middle players can also go to the side, just like Chelsea's 433 formation. The role of the wing is minimized, and the player's position is dense forward and loose laterally.

This will make the direct offense passed forward more smoothly and quickly. At the same time, the defense in the center will become much tighter, but the overall defense must be weakened. Even if there are two defensive midfielders, it cannot make up for the lack of a central defender. .

Another evolution that Zhang Yang believes is perfect is 433's non-nuclear tactics.

Chelsea's 433 is three midfielders.

In Manchester United's 433, the three midfielders have a clear division of labor. There are organized offensive players and pure defensive players. The positions of the three strikers on both sides are somewhat blurred.

The 433 formulated by Zhang Yang focuses on the fact that there is no core. The three players in the midfield are all players with strong organizational and offensive capabilities. The calm cooperation of the three will make the offense play more smoothly.

In the middle of the three strikers is the center forward. The two wingers have a free position and can run a wide range. Retreating is the midfielder and advancing forward is the striker.

This style of play mainly revolves around a midfield trio. All three must be core players with a strong outlook on the overall situation, strong offensive organization skills, and good defense. The reason why it is called non-nuclear tactics is because there is no fixed core. , It can also be called the 'three-core' style of play.

There is a saying in Chinese Taoism, "Tao produces one, one produces two, two produces three, and three produces all things." There are three cores and no cores. The meaning is actually the same, because the "three" is too much. Other players When you come to the field, you don't think about who is the center, and the style of play becomes very free, so the three cores are almost equivalent to no cores.

Zhang Yang believes that the non-nuclear 433 style of play is perfect. The reason is that the current strongest lineup is selected. The highest ability evaluation of "Yanling Calculation" has reached "Nine Stars and Four Points", and the current ability evaluation of "Yanling Calculation" has reached At the level of nine stars and two points, the difference between the two evaluations is only two points, which is almost equal to no gap.

The non-nuclear 433 style of play is the most suitable for the team, and it is the style of play that allows the team to exert its strongest strength.

Everything can't be perfect.

The non-nuclear 433 style of play sounds good, but it will take a long time to adapt. It is almost impossible to rely solely on pre-season preparations. The team must slowly adapt.

Pierce listened to Zhang Yang's explanation, and kept nodding along. He was completely stunned by Zhang Yang's "unconstrained style" tactical thinking.

non-nuclear?

Three organizational cores?

Does this work too?

This kind of tactic looks very powerful just by listening to it. If it can be played in practice, England, no, Europe, which other team is Millwall's opponent? ! !

"Sure enough, there is a huge gap between me and Zhang Yang in formulating tactics!"

Pierce thought with a sigh.

(End of this chapter)