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Let’s see what else we can find out about football from a few thousand-year-old text. Chapters 1-6 can be found here. Maneuvering 1. Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign. The manager answers to the board above him. They hold the power to his hiring and firing, and they set the expectations he ust live up to. 2. Having collected an army and concentrated his forces, he must blend and harmonize the different elements thereof before pitching his camp. Replace army with squad, and it become quite self-explanatory. 3. After that, comes tactical maneuvering, than which there is nothing more difficult. The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. The actual playing of football. It’s all very good having a talented and happy squad, but if they don’t win, they are worthless. 13. We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country–its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps. Goes back to laying plans. The team must know what to expect. 15. In war, practice dissimulation, and you will [...]
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