General Premier League Thread 2023-24 Mod Note in op 27/6/23 And 21/05/24

People talk about these plan b's all the time. They were playing winning football and the players were all in and loved playing the system. It's belief that's needed, no doubting yourself and pulling the ball back when you should be playing it forward, no trying to take on a player when the system says pass it backwards.

Confidence in what you are doing is the most successful way to play football.

Look at Liverpool the other night, Klopp had no plan b, they just played the same way all through the game. Same with Alex Ferguson back in the day. He believed in his system and stuck with it.

Sometimes you plan before a game to use a different system but it's very rare that you see a team make huge alterations during a game and have success with it.

thought var were gonna do their thing, but correct decision - goal stands.

if anything it was a newcastle handball.

as an aside, are the standards for an attacking and defending handball the same?

will be interesting to see what managers newcastle are lining up.

not saying howe will be sacked right now, but they defo have a plan like city.