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Archive for March 15th, 2007

Tactical vs Positional Player

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

How many times do you hear that sort of contrast being drawn? “I’m a positional player.” “I’m a tactical player.” We put ourselves in boxes that we then have trouble climbing out of. “I didn’t want to play that line because it was too tactical.” “That line is too quiet.”
While these words can be truthfully [...]