Tactics (Students vs Teachers soccer match)

TheBiz

Decided I'd post just for some fun.
We've a Leaving Cert vs Teachers match coming up, students have never won.
The teachers usually have the principal ref, but we're getting a student for one half this year.

We're playing 6-2-2 (two wing backs)
They're playing dirty. All the kicking, punching and pulling you can imagine.
We've 2 girls (very good footballers) on the team and the rest are the strongest lads in the year.
1 plays underage pro. (Midfield)
1 county minor (striker)
And me, the 5'8 bundle of pace and shots to knock teeth out! Also striker.

So to amuse myself, I'd like to see your tactics for us.
(General dirty play is already ingrained in us) we were thinking of going for counter attacks, trying to not concede more than anything as the matches are usually after the grad mass (hungover/still drunk) and the teachers always win by a goal or two, never high scoring.
So we'll be leaving the two strikers to either hold up the ball for the mids or take on all before them/long range shots.

Any tactics?
(Or questions Re players etc)
(Not sure if this is relevant/should be here, so remove if needs be)

KERSPLAT!

Are you putting this much effort into the LC!?

sjb25

If you can't get the ball get the man

DontThankMe

Park the bus

The Backwards Man

Try and score more goals than the other side. The team that does that usually wins

TheBiz

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Are you putting this much effort into the LC!?

Priorities..
Atleast I have a chance of doing well in one!
(This is my off time from school/studying)

mansize

Play Gaelic

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

DontThankMe wrote: »

Park the bus

They're playing a 6-2-2 - I think the bus is pretty much parked (unless it's the Man United one, in which case it might not be there in time for kick off...)

Put three lads on the opponent who has the ball. Make them run all over the field. You are young lads, they are unfit, drinkers, some smokers etc. Play to your strengths.

TheBiz

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Put three lads on the opponent who has the ball. Make them run all over the field. You are young lads, they are unfit, drinkers, some smokers etc. Play to your strengths.

Our grad mass (read: pub session till early hours of the morning) which just happens to be the night before.
We were told to 'celebrate the night before because they're won't be much celebratin after the match'

mansize

Give them dodgy lasagne
Give them the shîts

SEPT 23 1989

Put Stallone in goal

jamesbere

https://youtu.be/WK3eH8kZQVQ

TheBiz

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Put Stallone in goal

Our goalies one of those who will either be an arsonist or a firefighter but he hasn't decided yet.

Dirty Dingus McGee

I would suggest starting with a ball playing goalkeeper who can sweep behind the defence if need .The you should have a sweeper and stopper in the middle of defence combined with 2 wing backs.Then in midfield you should have a regista and then a pivot beside him in the midfield.Slightly on the left I'd play with a false 10 and on the right hand of the attacking midfield I'd play with a fantasista (as they are called in Italy).

Up front I'd play a False Number 9 and a then a Francis Jeffers style fox in the box to get all those taps in that will be created by this teams seamless fluid passing that will be impossible to stop.

Playing a pass any more than 10 metres forward is a betrayal of this teams philosophy and you should only play load of very short passes over and over till you wear the teachers out and produce taps in for your fox in the box striker.

You must remember that the main thing is not to win but to build a legacy with this team and have a template for all future students teams when they play against the teachers.

Turtyturd

You don't need tactics, you need a 'Phil-osh-o-phee'.

One eyed Jack

Fair play to you OP for being able to put all that down, but I couldn't understand a word of your post as I haven't a clue about football. Teachers vs students reminded me of this though:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Seeing it more like this myself...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w6Vy3l9Gk4

LightsStillOn

I remember having one of these on my last day of 4th year, slid in on one of the teachers in the first 5 minutes and sat him on his arse. The ref who was another teacher gave me a yellow card, I called him a prick and got sent off. Went home early to enjoy the summer holidays

diomed

A diamond formation midfield, overlapping fullbacks, a sweeper, and a withdrawn forward playing in the hole.

Pagliuca

Don't put Walcott on too early.

luftmensch

Put 'em under pressure!

mansize

Use Zonal marking

TheBiz

Our goalie will be a sweeper.. But more in the way of sweeping the leg of any teacher who gets too close.

We really only have one sub, who refuses to move beyond a light jog and girls who said 'I want to play but don't pass the ball to me too hard'

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

TheBiz wrote: »

Our goalie will be a sweeper.. But more in the way of sweeping the leg of any teacher who gets too close.

We really only have one sub, who refuses to move beyond a light jog and girls who said 'I want to play but don't pass the ball to me too hard'

Try trading her for the PE teacher.

osarusan

Identify their most talented players and carry out a coordinated and simultaneous attack.

Super-Rush

If it moves, kick it.

If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.

pgj2015

The thing about teachers is they always try and walk it in.