Relationist Thinker

Football Tactics Analyst with a focus on Relationism/Jogo Funcional

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

Arsène Wenger is one of the most iconic managers of this generation. His Arsenal teams are still well remembered because of their unique style and attacking flair. Today we will use them to demonstrate some Relationism basis and tactical patterns. Follow the Thread 👇

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@midfield227 Livemode tv transmited the game on youtube in portugal

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

Scaloni's Argentina using diagonal stair structures (escadinhas) to link play between the lines and progress.

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@tarko_athletic Positioning ≠ Positions.
Positioning is an individual concept, present in any sport.
Position is a zone in a macro structure (in football it normally is the system or the attacking shape).

[Jamie Hamilton @stirling_j]

Azeglio Vicini's Italy at the 1990 World Cup.
Zenga, Baresi, Maldini, Ferri, Bergomi, Ancelotti, Berti, De Agostini, De Napoli, Giannini, Donadoni, Baggio, Vialli, Schillaci...
One of the most underrated international tournament teams.

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

Using Inside diagonals in both sides to find the players between the lines:
https://t.co/Jmw4nNF67D

[Mauricio Saldaña @maurisaldana]

El equipo que mejor juega al fútbol en el mundo sigue siendo la Argentina de los potreros.

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

So many of them... Diagonals everywhere.
https://t.co/vjlQzN2vhw

[Mauricio Saldaña @maurisaldana]

El juego interior que acompaña Argentina es difícil de replicar por la afectividad que hay entre ellos.
Es algo que simplemente surge, conecta, se viraliza, se contagia, genera un trance que tiene un sello cultural único.

[Jamie Hamilton @stirling_j]

Exactly, it's a time advantage.
You miss them if you're looking for space first.
If you analyse momentum, time advantages appear.
Because of spatial fixation in coaching/analysis, countless opportunities for time advantages are missed every game.
The potential gains are crazy.

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@Jonasvkif What a job you guys are doing!

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@stirling_j Great play, that one looks a lot like Ferguson's United inside direct diagonal passes.

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@sand34777 Positional play is also basic patterns and intuitive play, is it that difficult to make a 3-2-5 and to find a free man? You guys need to start getting new arguments, you just for the love of the sport now

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

This is very misleading. Positional Play is a football idea/ideology with a set of concepts that coaches use in their own interpretation of it. Just like "gegenpressing", relationism or other ideas. Positions were a part of football way before Positional Play was conceptualized.

[Jon Mackenzie @Jon_Mackenzie]

@tZero19e Any approach in which the position of the players is being used to generate advantages is positional play.

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@sand34777 You guys just love to hate, but you are funny at least 🤣

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@sand34777 Positionism wasnt even a thing before the 90s, you probably first heard about it in 2010 or even after

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@sand34777 Sure mate... Go tell that to the coaches who coach this then 🤣

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@OttmarHitz15959 If you dont really care, why are you still responding? 🤣

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@OttmarHitz15959 Sure... 🤣

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@AndyNosretep @joelporsch That exists, its called street football and it is not relationism, because in street football you usually dont coach, players just play for themselfs. Relationism is a football idea/ideology, that uses concepts from futsal and street football, but you coach it, it has intension

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@sand34777 There is no such thing as positionism too then

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@PPetrov_FR Yeah, its always about juego de posicion, mainstream analists just think everithing is positional play now...

[Relationist Thinker @RelationistTh]

@OttmarHitz15959 People who want to understand football

[Joel Porsch @joelporsch]

(1) “Relationism is a subset of positional play.” But is that really true?

To understand this, we first need to examine how offensive football actions are structured.