Tika Taka- Trying to make it work

What more is there to really talk about when you bring up perhaps the most dominating tactic in world football since 2006, used by both Barcelona and Spain, bringing an amazing amount of success for both teams. Club football has been something that Barcelona has recently dominated with 4 La Ligas, 2 Copa Del Reys, 3 consecutive Spanish Super Cups, 2 Champions League and 2 Fifa Club World Cups since they began to truly begin using the Tika-Taka in 2008. Spain showed their dominance and their love for the tactic with their 2 European Championship and their World Cup since 2008, giving birth to the idea that this might be the greatest tactic within recent history.

I looked at the history of the tactic and I have studied the formations and the teams that have used the tactic closely. Perhaps there was a chance for me to use a version of this tactic for my own uses? I, who is a 25 year old Englishman who has only ever played Sunday League Football before injuries ended by career cruelly at the age of 21.

Am I going to be able to be able to use this idea and make it something that I can force all of my teams to play one day? I have no idea. However, it is worth a try as far as I'm concerned, for without giving something a try, there is nothing that can be learnt by anyone.

My name is James Young, and I will try to use the Tiki-Taka as my style of play, as a manager.



Will I ever prove to be as successful as a manager using it, as Pep Guardiola?




I was snooping around the internet one day, looking for a save that could keep my interest for a while. With everything that is currently going on, I wasn't sure if I was ever actually going to do something. However, I was watching Sheffield Utd playing against Notts County and this idea came to mind. Sure, it's not world class players playing like Barcelona, but they were passing it around nicely enough (I didn't watch the whole game mind you) and having watched the Swansea game last night, I thought, why not try something different.

So, I will be doing the Unemployment challenge, while getting my teams to attempt to play the Tiki-Taka tactic. Is what I am planning on attempting somewhat stupid for an experiment? Perhaps, but I was reading this article about the tactic and this person got it working, so I thought that with nothing to lose, I might as well give it a go, so here we go.

Let's see where this goes, shall we?

good luck mate

Tiki-Taka - Trying To Make It Work





There are questions that sometimes need to be answered, one of these questions is why Hayes and Yeading decided to take a chance with me. Sure, I might be ambitious and have an idea to make Tiki-Taka work at one stage of my career, but I still have to do something that might take years to do. Convert anyone who comes into the club to follow the same pattern of play. Will I be able to get a side like Hayes and Yeading to play in the style of play that I want them to? I honestly have no idea right now, but I might as well try it.

Not trying is almost the same as giving up the idea altogether, which isn't what I plan on doing.

Still, I know that the training is going to have to focus a lot on the tactic at hand, so that if there is ever a chance that I can draw people towards me and my ambition of one day mastering the Tika-Taka, but something like this takes time to do. It can't be done overnight. Anyone who expects instant results is a naive fool who doesn't understand the idea of a long-term project.

Yes, that comment was aimed at a few chairmen, who like to get rid of managers far too quickly for my liking. There is a reason that you might not be winning the league as soon as you might want. Nobody is perfect. Time is sometimes needed. Chopping and changing everything is not going to solve things, no matter how much you wish it might do.

There's a reason why teams like Manchester Utd have been successful in the past few years.



My record with Hayes and Yeading: P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 GF 0 GA 0 GD 0 WR 0% Days in Charge: 1



Career so far
Hayes and Yeading: 25/07/12 - Present

Total honours so far
None to date

Notes of Interested
Youngest Ever manager in England at at 25 years and 234 days