Also in the 50s, Harry Potts led Burnley to win the English League title by using the system of fluid positional interchange. TheMaestro. Total Tottenham ? Here is where stylistically the style of Total Football blurs somewhat with Brazilian Joga Bonito style. They now serve a guideline to the Johan Cruyff Award, given to outstanding young Dutch footballers. To start we need to put Total Football in the context of its time and place.

Here as promised is the tactic I am using (although my system is really more about the correct player DNA): https://ufile.io/encqy34m, And the custom player DNA view: https://ufile.io/qt7qzixf, Feel free to follow us @ Dictate The Game’s Facebook and Dictate The Game’s Twitter, Muy buen articulo…..

And as I hope this article showed it is a uniquely influential tactical philosophy.

It is no secret that both Bielsa and Pep depend on their players switching positions or acting in unusual ways (such as a midfielder playing as an inverted wingback). And not just high possession, pressing and short passing which became the main aspects of tiki-taka and gegenpressing. FM20 PSV Eindhoven - Toppling Ajax and the World, Journey of The King - An Eric Cantona story, Man Utd 99/00 or Champions League Challenge, [FM19] A Thistle and The Vale - a Lothian Thistle Hutchinson Vale save. It is easy to confuse Total Football of 1970s with the more modern systems such as Barcelona’s Tiki-Taka or Gegenpress. We've tested a lot of tactics Don't just take our word for it though. Love a good Ajax story! Pingback:Young Devils - Total Football DNA and Two Johans - Dictate The Game, Pingback:Jóvenes Diablos - The Spanish 4-1-4-1 Armada - Dictate The Game, Your email address will not be published. So the concept of a fluid football was not all that original even before 1974.

He eventually became synonymous with Total Football style. I modeled the vertical position switching, by having each player in attack match another player in midfield. The false 9 will be switching with the attacking mezzala, raumdeuter with mezzala (support), and central midfielder with winger (support). But also I want my players to recreate the element of unexpected that made Holland so difficult to play against in the 1970s. That meant having a tackler (Wim Jansen), a runner (Johan Neeskens) and a passer (Willem van Hanegem). 12 Comments. …With a good serving of technique and tactical understanding. You will definitely need very well-rounded players, meaning decently good in almost all attributes.

While the central midfielder ideally will act as a wide attacker half the time. He was an exceptionally intelligent footballer who used his tactical brain and sublime technique to outsmart opponents, exploit space and direct teammates. Want to share the story of your game with other players?

Another, hidden benefit of using a 4-3-3 to recreate Total Football in Football Manager is due to position swapping. I doubt that Cruyff excelled as much as a fullback as he did in dropping deep and helping in the midfield battle. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Hopefully you enjoyed this read. As you can see the Spur’s First Team possesses quite a few of them, based on the amount of green. Journey of The King - An Eric Cantona story.

Partly this will confuse the opponent and make it harder for them to individually mark my players. TheMaestro; Sep 18, 2020; 0. FM21 save announcement! They have three or four players that fit the criteria while some of their young prospects have enough potential to be molded into it. Show only: Loading… FM20 PSV Eindhoven - Toppling Ajax and the World. I cant seem to click on the links for tactic and attribute filters? As you see in the image above, they featured prominently in the 14 rules that Cruyff came up with in his autobiography. It might be difficult to recreate but at least theoretically should be possible in FM20. But through careful transfers and some luck in youth development, it is very achievable. Can you catch the rampant Man City, get Burnley into Europe or save Palace from the drop? In the middle, contributing to the strong backbone of the tactic, is the central midfielder on defend. To reiterate on the position swapping, I want my striker to spend as much time in the midfield as in attack. Pressing and possession were just tools used to put pressure on the opposition. In attack there was of course the false 9 Johan Cruyff and two wide attackers – Johnny Rep and Rob Rensenbrink.

But let’s go back to the Summer of 1974 when Ajax, Johan Cruyff and Netherlands dominated Europe. And even though I use a raumdeuter role, it is mostly for its more aggressive, roaming, space exploitation aspects. It helps when you have a team with attackers and midfielder who are all adept in attack, defense and creation. Dictate The Podcast S2 E18: Team Talks, South America, & FMM20, https://dictatethegame.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DTGPodS2E3.mp3. Hours after announcing that FM20 was free to play, Miles Jacobson ... (Ajax) Position: AMLC Value: ... next story previous story News Now - Sport News. Football historians of course will state that Barcelona’s Tiki-Taka and Guardiolas’s Juego de Posición system are natural continuations of Dutch Total Football. And after the Dutch dream team of the 1970s dissolved, there hasn’t been anything like it. Total Football can be very demanding both mentally and physically. Yet the shape by itself was not what made Total Football. FM20 - Save The Silkmen - Macclesfield Town, Blyth Spartans - Spirit of the North East, Taking over Ajax of Epirus – a PAS Giannina save, CHAIRMAN GAME - FINISHED AFTER 10 SEASON. Dutch Totaalvoetbal was unique in how it revolutionized the movement of the ball. 1974. Next Last. The point of the tactic is to give them as much freedom as possible to dictate the game. He will focus more on aggressively exploiting the space created by the false 9. You must log in or register to post here. But if they excel in the ones listed, the tactic should be that much more effective. It involved a whole lot of vertical switching and position swapping as players seamlessly moved into spaces liberated by their teammates. #FM21 Terms and Conditions, FM2021 is currently on sale

But while Total Football, as first played by Ajax and the Dutch National Team, took high defensive line pressing and very technical play to whole new levels, those things were not its only defining aspects. I always had the ‘dream’ to replicate total football in football manager…please continue with your work and show us how the tottenham could play like 70’s Holland! So despite its legend of fluidity, the Dutch team of 1974 still stuck to a pretty traditional 4-3-3 shape. FM Base are a long serving community in the Football Manager scene. Looking forward to working with all the writers and bring you my #FM21 content Thus Cruyff served as the on-field general for Michel’s Total Football army. Anyone can successively play as a striker, midfielder or defender. The two were Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff. Required fields are marked *. And even in its time, the Dutch footballers were sometimes seen as Europe’s answer to Brazilians. Rather I envision someone who is both very creative and defensively responsible (decent positioning) like Christian Eriksen or Lo Celso. See how you compare to other managers by submitting your best Football Manager 2020 Records. “Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is”. After linking up with Ryan in @thefmcharitycup they are reunited. So starting from the top, naturally you will need a very good False 9. In fact, one of the inspirations for Hungary’s Golden Team and the way Puskas played was the Argentinian club River Plate. Our Director of Football bought him for 1.1M and gave him a contract of 9.25k until 2022. Filters. Andrew will be joining the team of writers. Like most old communities we have had our ups and downs but we've always got through everything as a family. By using this site you agree to the: Find out everything you need to know about Ajax in FM2020 including Transfer and Wage Budget, Training and Youth Facilities and squad info. Looking for Football Manager downloads? You will also notice that I use no playmaking roles. The main advantage of sticking to this classic Dutch formation is the ease with which you can control possession by having three attackers and three midfielders. JavaScript is disabled. “In my team, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender”. At times this left the opposition clueless. Lo que digo siempre….. enlace de táctica según autor para poder probarla… In their typical fashion, the Dutch embraced the revolution that was happening in politics and culture at the time and made it their own.