New article- The Anti Game Model. Tactics are a consequence of player behaviour, therefore it can’t be the starting point in a methodological framework. I explain how football can be reimagined through new references & ecological principles .

The importance of Perception-action- affordances

A thoughtful analysis on Gaucho’s Fluminense. Very much worth reading.

"We must live with uncertainty, it's an inevitable feature of complex systems. Uncertainty is not a flaw to be eliminated but a reality to be embraced.".Edgar Morin.

Complex systems exhibit non-linear behavior, meaning small changes can lead to disproportionate effects, and outcomes are often unpredictable. Emergent properties arise from the interactions within the system. Relational meso structures: toco y me voy, Escadinha, orbits.

Relationism’s true value lies in accepting this uncertainty. Complex systems maintain themselves far from equilibrium and towards motion. Complexity only exists if both order and disorder are present. the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Synergetic systems are bi-directional, this applies to relational theory. Players attuned to accordance’s to navigate uncertainty. Relationism exists in the left hemisphere, it states we should learn to welcome the possibility for something new to happen every time as a gift: 1/4.

To be a footballer means being a privileged interpreter of the feelings.and dreams of thousands of people. Cesar Luis Menotti.

Carlo Ancelotti on his coaching influences. “ I give more information to players defensively”. “You have to consider the creativity of the player in attack (phase) & adapt your ideas”. “When the defenders & GK have more touches than the midfielders & attackers something is wrong”

In other words: rotations are not synergies.

My big pet peeve is when I see dynamic positional rotations refereed to as Relationism. As interesting it is to see CB’s in the 10 position it’s a product of mechanics rather than self organizing process. A lot of the discourse around Inzaghi, Motta, Enrique has been exaggerated.

Complex systems are self-referential & self-organizing. Morin stresses we should understand systems within their broader context. Environment shapes the system creating a reciprocal relationship. We can’t decontextualize or reduce the game. Uncertainty = opportunity for growth.

Argentina: Outside | Inside | Upside the block . Overloading the ball zone with up to 5 players. Interior midfielders anchoring in the opponents structural gaps. Close enough distances to realign diagonally with each other & the two players pinning the defensive line. @Effmatch

In case you missed it.

Extracts from this recent article about influential French philosopher Edgar Morin that helped shape methodologies such as Tactical Periodization and Seriul-lo’s structured training .

"Thinking about complexity means staying aware of the context, of the connections, the interactions, dealing with the unforeseen, improvisation, and that all our certainties can go be blown out of the water before we are even aware of it." . Embracing the chaos (3/3)

"He said to me, 'the beauty of our role is to provide the uncertainty, to provide the chaos. And from the chaos we bring the organisation. And then again the chaos. And then you bring the organisation. Then again the chaos. And then the organisation. '" (2/3)

"As a coach, I was always trying to control everything. I talked to Lillo about how I was building my team in the fourth division of Portugal. He told me that I was obsessed with control, you cannot hope to be a good coach if you are obsessed with control” - Acácio Santos (1/3)

• Deep full backs to find central progression. • Asymmetric shape naturally forces play inside diagonally, RCM makes run into empty space. • RB consistently uses runs dummy beyond the defensive line to rotate positions between the touchline & half space (wheel rotation)

• Pivot drops between CB’s to create a 3-1. • Pushes out of the last line once a side has been defined, anchoring the space outside of the block. • maintains close distance to CB & second midfielder (inside block) to aid circulation. • dynamic group rotations on left side

• the game picture is constantly changing . • There are moments where you can define a clear structure, seconds later it vanishes, lines of players start appearing towards goal and leave spaces vacated . • Argentina’s attack resemble a smokescreen 💨. Deception | tactics