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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3825268, member: 405"]
Italy is the home of great tactics.
Italian coaches come to the Premier League and often win it in their first or second season.
An Italian coach would improve our back line, maybe switch us to a three at the back (or at least put that in our kit against the best opponents), and they would teach our players how to not just hold the ball at the back, but turn and look upfield.

The thing that most annoys me about so-called play from the back teams is when the outlet guy in the middle fails to turn and look upfield.  Otherwise, you're just waiting for the press to cause a mistake.  You need to draw them to you as defenders, but then find the outlet to start your fast break.  Italian coaches are great at this, in my opinion.

Playing from the back, ideally, is like the screen pass in American football - you draw the defenders in, you take advantage of their over-pursuit, and then you swing the ball past the defense and have open field in front of you.
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