Listening to Rooney t'other day on Sly. He said Fungie didn't go OTT with his pre match talk.Rooney said something along these lines.
" Fungie told us just go out there and get at them, attack..but he was much more tactical in the bigger games". And that was more or less Fungies strategy and tactics.
This is exactly what I, more or less said 10 years ago on another site. I said you attack the so called lesser teams, home & away and are a little bit more tactical against the top 4/5 and against top Euro teams. Obviously I was jumped on, and was told this is far to simplistic. And yes it is very simplistic but it's the best overall tactics. United under Fungie used to amass points week in week out with the odd blip with this attack mentality.
To do that you need to pack your front 6 with as much attacking quality, goal threat, flair and go for it. You holding player is important but in the main you want goal threat. All that is very obvious but I think in Rafa's case he didn't really get that. He overthought and overdid the tactics. Rodgers did by and large have an attacking mentality, but didn't always buy well enough.
Klopp is an attack minded coach and he goes for it home & away. Can be tactical when it's called for against better quality opposition. But it all comes down to in the end how well you buy. Klopp is a great motivator but if over the next 2/3 windows he doesn't compliment our attacking strength it could start to unravell. I have confidence in him to buy the right quality, but it's not easy. For example, many are not convinced by Ox. So the next window will be crucial.
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