"Newcastle is really not a fuel-efficient lamp."
The Sun's chief reporter, Stephen Howard, sat in the stands of St.
Mary's Stadium and sighed rather sadly.
The area they are in is a media area, surrounded by media reporters from all over the world, most of whom are local British reporters, including reporters from authoritative newspapers such as The Times and The Guardian.
Sitting next to Stephen Howard is Charlene Lahiri, known as the most beautiful woman in the British media field.
Charlene Lahiri looked at the game with a frown on her face, her index finger of her right hand resting on her lips, showing a touching temptation.
After listening to Stephen Howard's words, she smiled lightly.
"How can a team that is ranked at the top of the league be so incompetent?"
"I heard before that Alan Pardew and Demba Ba do not get along, but Dem Ba Ba still started in this game.
It seems that there should be no problem."
Another reporter from the Guardian analyzed next to him.
Stephen Howard shook his head after hearing this, "It's not that simple.
There must be something wrong.
Didn't Alan Pardew say before that the wheels of his Ferrari were removed, so he suspected that it was done by one of his own people?"
Many people around nodded their heads after hearing this.
This matter was first disclosed by The Sun.
Could it be that there is some exclusive information?
"After our investigation, the biggest suspect is Demba Ba" When everyone heard what he said, they suddenly realized.
If that's the case, how could there be no conflict between the two?
"In the final analysis, Newcastle's tactics are nothing worth elaborating on.
They are just changes to the typical English tradition of four-four-two, and the changes are mainly concentrated in the front two strikers, Demba Ba and Cisse."
"The former is physically strong and acts as an arrow figure, while the latter is flexible and slightly delayed, forming a hierarchy.
There are two wings.
Ben Arfa is on the right.
He stands forward and cuts in from the right when he gets the ball.
He forms a formation with the two forwards.
Trident."
"Gutierrez on the left is deeper, acting as a full midfielder, and then forming a midfield three with Cabaye and Tiote."
When Stephen Howard said this, everyone immediately understood the situation clearly.
After all, he is the chief football reporter of The Sun, and his game analysis is spot on.
"Alan Pardew is a coach with very rough tactics.
He only has the big picture and no details."
Charlene Lahiri obviously agrees with what Stephen Howard said.
"If we pay attention to Newcastle's lineup, we will find that a very important reason why the Magpies improved by leaps and bounds last season was the outstanding performance of the two Frenchmen, one is Ben Arfa on the right, and the other is Cabaye in the center.
They are Newcastle's most creative players."
"That's right," Stephen Howard nodded in approval.
"Ben Arfa is not the core of the team's offense at all.
His biggest role on the right side of the frontcourt is to use his personal ability to attract the opponent's defense and create gaps for teammates in the center, especially Cabaye."
Stephen Howard himself felt strange when he said this.
"Logically speaking, with Bielsa's character and ability, there is no reason why he can't see this."
Charlene Lahiri couldn't help but smile when she heard this, "This is like a polite gentleman meeting a rogue.
The gentleman wants to play according to the rules of the game, but the rogue doesn't care.
Just call me randomly when you come up and tell me what you can do."
Stephen Howard and everyone around him couldn't help laughing.
Alan Pardew's team has never been known for creativity and offense.
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On the contrary, his team advocates the simple, rough and direct traditional English style of play, and their offensive routines are also very rough.
"Actually, it would be unfair to say that Alan Pardew has not changed in this game."
Stephen Howard pointed to the court.
At that moment, Demba Ba retreated to defend and tripped Toni Kroos.
The referee blew the foul whistle at the right time, but did not give a card.
"Charlene, have you noticed that Demba Ba and Cisse pulled back and almost gave up marking Southampton's two central defenders, and more cooperated with the midfielder to press Southampton's two midfielders, Toni Kroos. and Modric.”
Charlene Lahiri nodded, "He wants to limit Southampton's offense by restricting the two midfielders from playing the ball, forcing Southampton to use more long passes to advance."
"Yes" Stephen Howard thinks this is the case.
"In fact, Alan Pardew is very smart.
Newcastle has no chance of winning if he fights for possession of the ball, so he simply gives up possession of the ball and directly suppresses your double midfielders, minimizing your effective forward ball routes."
After a pause, Stephen Howard smiled confidently, "I'm sure this must be the most emphasized point and the heaviest task in Alan Pardew's tactics for this game."
"Belsa also has some problems with his starting lineup.
After Vidal was injured, there were obviously players like James Rodriguez, Isco, and even Koke, but he didn't use them, and chose the youngster Pogba instead.
Too careless.”
"There is also the frontcourt.
Ibrahimovic plays center and Hazard is on the left.
This is no problem.
Gareth Bale is not playing on the right.
Instead, teenager Ravel Morrison starts.
This That’s a bit of a problem.”
"Newcastle's tactics are to attack on the right and defend on the left, so Southampton's attack on the right is very important.
But the right combination of Ravel Morrison and Danilo is the first time this season.
No one knows how effective it is.
I know, but why not Gareth Bale?"
The Welshman's performance in Southampton this season is quite good, especially after switching to the right wing, his performance is more comprehensive than when he was at Tottenham Hotspur, and his improvement momentum is greater and stronger.
"Maybe it's for the fifth leg of the Europa League group stage against the Russian Anzhi team in midweek."
Charlene Lahiri could only find such an excuse for Southampton.
Southampton did pretty well in the Europa League group stage, with three wins and one loss in the first four rounds, the same points as Russia's Anzhi.
But the Swiss Youth Team, ranked third in this group, is also currently coveting the right to qualify for the group, and the gap is not obvious.
Therefore, Southampton must win this game against Russia's Anzhi.
"That's the only way to explain it."
Stephen Howard accepted helplessly.
Otherwise, it is difficult to imagine why Bielsa would leave a player like Gareth Bale unused and choose Ravel Morrison to start.
This is completely unreasonable.
But if it was a rotation, it would be excusable.
After all, Southampton is now fighting on multiple fronts.
“Ten minutes”
Martin Hunt walked out of the home team's coaching bench and came to the sidelines.
He squatted down next to Bielsa who was originally squatting on the sidelines.
Bielsa glanced at Martin Hunt, who had partnered with him for two seasons but would play his last in Southampton's first team.
After the game, he will head to St George's Training Center to take charge of England's Glorious Revolution programme.
"We have the ball now, but we haven't been able to form a threatening offense."
Bielsa didn't wait for him to finish and replied directly, "There are no opponents either."
Martin Hunter was suddenly speechless.
It is true that Newcastle does not have a very effective offensive routine, but this is different from Southampton's ineffective attack, right?
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If you want to win this game, you must adjust your team's offense.
But Bielsa didn't seem to pay attention to Martin Hunt's thoughts, but was mumbling to himself.
"Alan Pardew allowed his two strikers to drop so deep, which pressed our defensive midfielders but freed up our centre-backs at the expense of their attack."
Newcastle's formation is still quite traditional England's 4-4-2 tactics, but the positions and functions of the players have changed slightly, which results in Newcastle's tactics still being crosses from the wing.
Therefore, this is the reason why Cisse performed well last season and Demba Ba shines this season.
But when these two forwards appear on the court at the same time, the problem arises.
"It's not that easy to suppress our midfield, and they have to pay the price."
Bielsa's meaningless words suddenly made Martin Hunt's eyes light up.
Yes, Southampton is famous for its strong midfield.
To suppress the Saints' midfield, Newcastle now uses Tiote, Cabaye, and Gutierrez, and both forwards have to retreat.
In other words, three midfielders have restrained five opponents' players.
How do you ask Newcastle to threaten them?
"Then I'll remind them."
Martin Hunter stood up.
But Bielsa suddenly stopped him and said, "No need."
"No need."
Martin Hunter wondered, "Why not?"
Bielsa shook his head and smiled, "As I said before, coaches can only give guidance off the court, but the situation on the court changes rapidly, and the players must learn how to adjust their tactical responsibilities according to the situation on the court."
"I hope my players can learn to be their own head coaches and learn to read and analyze game situations."
Having said this, Bielsa's eyes flashed with confidence, "I believe they will find out soon."
Bielsa said, if my players are not human beings, then I will be invincible.
This does not mean that players should become robots and mechanically and blindly perform the tasks of the head coach.
But to emphasize one point, that is the player's execution ability and physical fitness In fact, flashes of inspiration and creativity are very important parts of Bielsa's tactical system.
However, these are all based on integrating into the team as a whole and serving the team as a whole.
"I understand" Martin Hunt suddenly understood again.
Yes, it is too easy to resolve Newcastle's tactics.
As long as Javi Martinez and Varanedo are allowed to hold the ball and assume organizational responsibilities, that'll be fine This season Gary Cahill has gradually lost the trust of Bielsa and has instead vigorously supported young players such as Varane, Nastasic and Aymeric Laporte.
Is it not just to improve the ball-taking and organizational skills of the defense?
As long as the central defender can hold the ball, Newcastle will be in trouble Especially Demba Ba and Cisse.
Should we focus on Toni Kroos and Modric who are not holding the ball, or should we focus on the two Saints central defenders who are responsible for organizing the ball but are not within the team's tactical scope?
They will become headless flies And as long as they are in chaos, Newcastle's entire targeted defensive system will also be in chaos.
Martin Hunt suddenly discovered that everything that happened in this game seemed to be outside the control of this slightly fat Argentinian.
He seemed to have considered everything before the game.
On Ravel Morrison, on Pogba, even the team's coaching staff has some opinions.
But from now on, it seems that Bielsa doesn't care about Newcastle at all, so he dares to make such a big deal.
Thanks to Alan Pardew's talk before the game, he seemed to have a guaranteed victory.
As everyone knows, in the eyes of Bielsa, his little tricks are simply out of fashion and not worth mentioning.
The reason why Bielsa is not trying to break the game now is for training.
He is guiding his players to try more to read and analyze the game.
Thinking of this, Martin Hunt couldn't help but raise his head, looked in front of the Southampton goal, and immediately captured a gratifying scene.
Turns out Neuer is heading towards Xavi Martine: