Just finally caught up with this and can honestly say it’s a brilliant piece yet again. As was said earlier, it’s a shame a lot of the younger players these days just want a list of tactics to plug and play and don’t seem to have the time to absorb the detailed posts on here. I’m coming up 43 now and love the fact I’m still learning new stuff each year.
I’ve only ever succeeded with a direct tactic a couple of times over the years and always felt the last few releases were favoured towards high pressing and short passing. I still have loads of ideas how I’d like my team to play but struggle to implement them so this post has really helped! Keep up the good work Cleon 👍🏻