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Player Valuation: £35m
Losing 5 in 19 with this squad is a good as Klopp winning the league by 20 points.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Not sure if been posted before.
But great little article about Carlo, his methods and such.
Observation 3. Tactical flexibility. Ancelotti is known to adapt his tactics well to his personnel and vice versa, but that wasn’t always the case. Unfortunately, Ancelotti learned the value of flexibility the hard way. Ancelotti was heavily influenced in his time as a player for Arrigo Sacchi at Milan and later as his assistant for the Italian national team leading up to and after the 1994 World Cup where Italy made the finals. As a result, Ancelotti started out at Regianna and Parma employing a strict 442 Sacchi inspired system. Ancelotti’s strict adherence to this approach caused Ancelotti to make several questionable decisions. At Parma, Ancelotti ended up selling Gianfranco Zola because he couldn’t find a place for him in his 442. Even later with Parma, he passed on signing Roberto Baggio because he insisted that he would have to play striker in his system. Ancelotti later openly regretted both those decisions. In was only in his next stint at Juventus that Ancelotti learned his lesson and accommodated Zidane by playing 3-4-1-2 in the attacking mid role with great success.
Ancelotti also is known for playing players in slightly different roles to get the best out of them. We will cover a couple of these examples including Andrea Pirlo and Angel DiMaria. Part of this was driven by early mistakes including the failure to realize that Thierry Henry was not best used as a winger. Ancelotti has since indicated that the resulting decision to approve the sale of Henry to Arsenal still haunts him. As a result of these experiences at Parma and Juventus, Ancelotti began to develop a variety of interesting patterns and tactical approaches designed to get the best out of the talent at his disposal with fantastic results.
Some highlights include the following:
AC Milan’s Christmas Tree formation.
The whole thing is a very good read.
toffeeanalysis.com
But great little article about Carlo, his methods and such.
Observation 3. Tactical flexibility. Ancelotti is known to adapt his tactics well to his personnel and vice versa, but that wasn’t always the case. Unfortunately, Ancelotti learned the value of flexibility the hard way. Ancelotti was heavily influenced in his time as a player for Arrigo Sacchi at Milan and later as his assistant for the Italian national team leading up to and after the 1994 World Cup where Italy made the finals. As a result, Ancelotti started out at Regianna and Parma employing a strict 442 Sacchi inspired system. Ancelotti’s strict adherence to this approach caused Ancelotti to make several questionable decisions. At Parma, Ancelotti ended up selling Gianfranco Zola because he couldn’t find a place for him in his 442. Even later with Parma, he passed on signing Roberto Baggio because he insisted that he would have to play striker in his system. Ancelotti later openly regretted both those decisions. In was only in his next stint at Juventus that Ancelotti learned his lesson and accommodated Zidane by playing 3-4-1-2 in the attacking mid role with great success.
Ancelotti also is known for playing players in slightly different roles to get the best out of them. We will cover a couple of these examples including Andrea Pirlo and Angel DiMaria. Part of this was driven by early mistakes including the failure to realize that Thierry Henry was not best used as a winger. Ancelotti has since indicated that the resulting decision to approve the sale of Henry to Arsenal still haunts him. As a result of these experiences at Parma and Juventus, Ancelotti began to develop a variety of interesting patterns and tactical approaches designed to get the best out of the talent at his disposal with fantastic results.
Some highlights include the following:
- Juventus 3-4-1-2. As noted above, Ancelotti played Zidane behind the two center forwards in a free role that saw Juventus go from 7th to 2nd in his first season and if it wasn’t for a late season collapse, Juventus would’ve won the league.
- Milan 442 Diamond. In his first Milan teams, Ancelotti dropped a 23-year-old Andrea Pirlo into a deeper lying playmaker role – partially at the player’s suggestion and his experience in the role on loan at Brescia – and pushed Rui Costa up higher behind the two strikers – often Shevchenko and Inzaghi. Pirlo was flanked and supported by Gennaro Gatusso deeper and Seedorf higher to complete the diamond. Right behind them was the decent pair of Maldini and Nesta at CB. With this setup, Milan won the CL in 2002/3 and the league in 2003/4. Part of this change was due to Berlusconi asking for a more offensive minded team to which Ancelotti obliged. Milan went from 47 to 55 to 65 goals in three years en route to winning the Serie A title in 2003/4.
- Milan Christmas Tree. During the 2006/7 season, Ancelotti’s Milan team won the CL predominantly deploying a 4321 with Pirlo again lying deep and two ball winning / central midfielders in Gattuso and Massimo Ambrossini. Those three supported Seedorf and Kaka behind one of Inzaghi / Ronaldo / Gilardino.
- Chelsea Tinkering. It’s really a replication of what he’s done before, but Ancelotti did a great job finding the right formation and tactics to win the double at Chelsea in the 2009/10 season. He first used the 442 Diamond with a rejuvenated Deco as the tip behind Drogba/Anelka and Ballack/Lampard in front of Michael Essien. When Drogba left for the AFCON, Ancelotti reverted to the Xmas tree with Cole/Malouda behind Anelka as a single striker. Closer to the end of the season and most notably in the FA Cup final (at the suggestion of his players in that match ironically), Ancelotti played with a 433 that looked a bit like a 4231 to get Drogba, Anelka, Kalou and Florent Malouda all in the lineup in attack. In the PL, the team scored 103 goals with a goal differential of +71.
- Real Madrid 433. Ancelotti tried both the 442 Diamond and the Christmas tree at Madrid, but eventually went with a 433 with Ronaldo on the left in a free role, Benzema at CF, Bale (and later James Rodriquez, thus the current links) on the right in front of DiMaria / Modric who were supported by Xabi as a 6. One interesting aspect was how effective Ancelotti was in deploying DiMaria in a more central left sided. Ancelotti also deserves credit for his ability to integrate Isco into the midfield to bolster the attack. Incidentally, it was Ancelotti who believed Mesut Ozil was similar to Isco and gave Florentino Perez his blessing to sell Ozil to Arsenal for £42M
The whole thing is a very good read.
Analysing Ancelotti: Transfers and Tactics
While I recognize the title is a bit silly, what I set out to accomplish in this article and what it has produced are quite different things. Initially, I intended to look at Carlo Ancelotti’s tra…
toffeeanalysis.com
Bullens Rd
Player Valuation: £35m
Needs minimum 75m net spend this summer to revamp the squad
Thankfully a lot of wages are gone from out of contract players, around 300-400 thousand a week
Can probably recoup 50 - 75 million if he is able to sell Davies, Sigurdsson, Tosun, Iwobi, Delph and Mina
With those players gone I'd expect the board to give him all that money and the additional 75 million to get in five or six quality players for the squad........
We don't need a 22 man squad - we aren't in Europe
Thankfully a lot of wages are gone from out of contract players, around 300-400 thousand a week
Can probably recoup 50 - 75 million if he is able to sell Davies, Sigurdsson, Tosun, Iwobi, Delph and Mina
With those players gone I'd expect the board to give him all that money and the additional 75 million to get in five or six quality players for the squad........
We don't need a 22 man squad - we aren't in Europe
Liamliverpool86
Player Valuation: £8m
Not sure if been posted before.
But great little article about Carlo, his methods and such.
Observation 3. Tactical flexibility. Ancelotti is known to adapt his tactics well to his personnel and vice versa, but that wasn’t always the case. Unfortunately, Ancelotti learned the value of flexibility the hard way. Ancelotti was heavily influenced in his time as a player for Arrigo Sacchi at Milan and later as his assistant for the Italian national team leading up to and after the 1994 World Cup where Italy made the finals. As a result, Ancelotti started out at Regianna and Parma employing a strict 442 Sacchi inspired system. Ancelotti’s strict adherence to this approach caused Ancelotti to make several questionable decisions. At Parma, Ancelotti ended up selling Gianfranco Zola because he couldn’t find a place for him in his 442. Even later with Parma, he passed on signing Roberto Baggio because he insisted that he would have to play striker in his system. Ancelotti later openly regretted both those decisions. In was only in his next stint at Juventus that Ancelotti learned his lesson and accommodated Zidane by playing 3-4-1-2 in the attacking mid role with great success.
Ancelotti also is known for playing players in slightly different roles to get the best out of them. We will cover a couple of these examples including Andrea Pirlo and Angel DiMaria. Part of this was driven by early mistakes including the failure to realize that Thierry Henry was not best used as a winger. Ancelotti has since indicated that the resulting decision to approve the sale of Henry to Arsenal still haunts him. As a result of these experiences at Parma and Juventus, Ancelotti began to develop a variety of interesting patterns and tactical approaches designed to get the best out of the talent at his disposal with fantastic results.
Some highlights include the following:
- Juventus 3-4-1-2. As noted above, Ancelotti played Zidane behind the two center forwards in a free role that saw Juventus go from 7th to 2nd in his first season and if it wasn’t for a late season collapse, Juventus would’ve won the league.
- Milan 442 Diamond. In his first Milan teams, Ancelotti dropped a 23-year-old Andrea Pirlo into a deeper lying playmaker role – partially at the player’s suggestion and his experience in the role on loan at Brescia – and pushed Rui Costa up higher behind the two strikers – often Shevchenko and Inzaghi. Pirlo was flanked and supported by Gennaro Gatusso deeper and Seedorf higher to complete the diamond. Right behind them was the decent pair of Maldini and Nesta at CB. With this setup, Milan won the CL in 2002/3 and the league in 2003/4. Part of this change was due to Berlusconi asking for a more offensive minded team to which Ancelotti obliged. Milan went from 47 to 55 to 65 goals in three years en route to winning the Serie A title in 2003/4.
AC Milan’s Christmas Tree formation.
Ancelotti also did some interesting things at his other stops, but those listed covers the majority of the tactics he has employed over the years and likely what we may see at Everton.
- Milan Christmas Tree. During the 2006/7 season, Ancelotti’s Milan team won the CL predominantly deploying a 4321 with Pirlo again lying deep and two ball winning / central midfielders in Gattuso and Massimo Ambrossini. Those three supported Seedorf and Kaka behind one of Inzaghi / Ronaldo / Gilardino.
- Chelsea Tinkering. It’s really a replication of what he’s done before, but Ancelotti did a great job finding the right formation and tactics to win the double at Chelsea in the 2009/10 season. He first used the 442 Diamond with a rejuvenated Deco as the tip behind Drogba/Anelka and Ballack/Lampard in front of Michael Essien. When Drogba left for the AFCON, Ancelotti reverted to the Xmas tree with Cole/Malouda behind Anelka as a single striker. Closer to the end of the season and most notably in the FA Cup final (at the suggestion of his players in that match ironically), Ancelotti played with a 433 that looked a bit like a 4231 to get Drogba, Anelka, Kalou and Florent Malouda all in the lineup in attack. In the PL, the team scored 103 goals with a goal differential of +71.
- Real Madrid 433. Ancelotti tried both the 442 Diamond and the Christmas tree at Madrid, but eventually went with a 433 with Ronaldo on the left in a free role, Benzema at CF, Bale (and later James Rodriquez, thus the current links) on the right in front of DiMaria / Modric who were supported by Xabi as a 6. One interesting aspect was how effective Ancelotti was in deploying DiMaria in a more central left sided. Ancelotti also deserves credit for his ability to integrate Isco into the midfield to bolster the attack. Incidentally, it was Ancelotti who believed Mesut Ozil was similar to Isco and gave Florentino Perez his blessing to sell Ozil to Arsenal for £42M
The whole thing is a very good read.
Analysing Ancelotti: Transfers and Tactics
While I recognize the title is a bit silly, what I set out to accomplish in this article and what it has produced are quite different things. Initially, I intended to look at Carlo Ancelotti’s tra…
just seeing that flabbergasts me how we have him managing us at the moment
We must back him
Kever10
Player Valuation: £20m
City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Wolves as well. Not saying it should be acceptable, but it's certainly understandable, especially with the current squad and as of now, we have sold released players but not brought anyone in.
Let's give him time and a have a bit of patience. Because honestly, if we don't back him, with money AND our support, we don't deserve anything better than the mediocrity we have had for 20+ years.
APN_EFC
Player Valuation: £25m
Exactly
If we don’t make it with this current formula
A few good young players
A couple of good middle and older pros
Lots of money
PLUS Ancelotti
We are never going to be good
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
Is it wrong to love this man as much as I do?
PSB1
Player Valuation: £8m
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
BlueStevie35
Player Valuation: £70m
You see the likes of the German Tramp across the park in his piss stained trackie, Lampard in his, Ole in his communion suit etc then you see the Don rocking a casual sweater under a suit just oozing style and class
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
There were in my view 3 managers of Everton, Harry Catterick, Howard Kendall and now Carlo, for the future.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
Dave will be along in a min to correct that...
H̶a̶r̶r̶y̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶t̶e̶r̶i̶c̶k̶,̶ ̶H̶o̶w̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶K̶e̶n̶d̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶C̶a̶r̶l̶o̶ Roberto Martinez.
Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
Joe Royle.
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