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1、DoesStrategyinSoccerEvenMatter?-WSJ.com1/7/14,2:06PMDowJonesReprints:Thiscopyisforyourpersonal,non-commercialuseonly.Toorderpresentation-readycopiesfordistributiontoyourcolleagues,clientsorcustomers,usetheOrderReprintstoolatthebottomofanyarticleorvisi
2、twww.djreprints.comSeeasamplereprintinPDFOrderareprintofthisarticlenowformat.SOCCERDoesStrategyinSoccerEvenMatter?Tottenham'sNewManagerRevivesthePremierLeagueClubWithaRevelation:SystemsAreOverratedByJOSHUAROBINSONJan.6,201410:11p.m.ETTottenhammanagerT
3、imSherwoodActionImages/ZumaPressLondonThe15minutesofhalftimeareprecioustothesoccermanager.Thatbreakistheonlychancehehastospeaktoall11playersatonceandmakerealadjustments.Somerantandraveandthrowthings.Othersofferencouragement.Afewscribblefuriouslyonthew
4、hiteboard.ButonSaturday,TottenhamHotspur'snewmanager,TimSherwood,spentatleastpartofthecrucialhttp://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304887104579304852513556842-lMyQjAxMTA0MDAwNzEwNDcyWj#printModePage1of3DoesStrategyinSoccerEvenMatter
5、?-WSJ.com1/7/14,2:06PMintervaldoingsomethingthatwas,apparently,justasimportant:Hefetchedhimselfacupofwhatappearedtobetea.BecauseSherwood,a44-year-oldex-Tottenhamplayerwiththreeweeksofmanagementexperience,doesn'thavealotoftimefortactics.Wheneverheisask
6、edaboutthem,Sherwoodrepliesinhisdown-homeNorthLondonaccentthatsoccerreallyisasimplegame."Alot'smadeofsystems,4-4-2,4-3-3,"Sherwoodsaid,referringtosoccerformationsthatwereoncethenormbuthavefallenoutofPremierLeaguefashioninrecentyears."It'saboutpassingt
7、heballtoyourownteammates."Insoccer,itistemptingtooverthinktactics.Alotofmanagersdo—managerssuchasSherwood'spredecessoratTottenham,AndréVillas-Boas.AformerprotégéofChelseamanagerJoséMourinho,Villas-Boaswasfamousforhismeticulous,evenobsessiveapproachtot
8、actics.Despitelargelypositiveresults,hissideswerecriticizedfortheirnegativestyle—reliableindefense,boringinattackandfrozenbyrigidgameplans.Atright,resurgentTottenhamstrikerEmmanuelAdebayorGettyImagesVillas-BoaswasfiredonDec.16,despitepostingth
