Tactically Quotations

During my years of professional cricket in England, I realised that although the Australians were talented players, tactically they were a bit naive when compared to those who played full-time on the English circuit. You might find this arrogant, but that was the reality then.

I don't know what we could do strategically or tactically different. I thought overall both teams pitched extremely well, it's just a matter of figuring ourselves out offensively and consistently. Maybe we could have done a bit better defensively but at the same time I feel we did a good job pitching ourselves out of it.

She just reads it so well and plays it tactically so well. I think by getting more matches and more rhythm she's going to improve even more.

Holland and Greece give us a good preparation because of their tactical ability, and tactically is what we need to be working on.

Surprisingly, games like chess and backgammon are tactically very similar to games like football and baseball. While the physical nature of the game is very different, the situational nature is strikingly similar. A football coach is constantly making decisions with respect to multiple variables (score, field position, down, yards to a first down, etc.). Sophisticated computer models and simulations were introduced in chess and backgammon more than 20 years ago, and much has been learned. To say that technology has revolutionized these games would be an understatement. There is absolutely no reason that ZEUS cannot have an equally revolutionary impact on professional sports such as football and baseball.

Physically as well as mentally and tactically we are perfectly prepared to win the two games that will bring us the title. It is so important to this club to win this tournament.

Our key was to stay with our game plan, stay compact and be smart tactically because I knew we were going to score. Our goal was to shut them out, but Ontario Christian is a good team, and they're going to do some strange stuff to try and confuse us.

I thought tactically we were pretty good, but we were a little sloppy at the end, which leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

I thought we made one mistake and suffered the consequences. And that is all it takes whenever you play against a good team. But apart from that I thought our guys played tactically well.

Where we have differences right now is over the problem of tactically how to resolve the situation... I believe we will come to the same common strategy again in relation to the Balkans,

You just throw everything out the window what happened before. Everyone's back to 0-0. We have a pretty good idea of what they're going to do tactically and personnel-wise, but everything's back to square one.

We played tactically very well in the first half, despite all our problems,

Again we're giving up free kicks at the end of a game. We were able to win in extra time last week, this week we took a loss. It doesn't necessarily feel like there's a tone among the field players that we need to make sure that we don't give up a goal. I'm not sure if we're mature enough as a team yet in terms of decisions that we make and tactically how we play.

That's why she's so strong in her game, because physically she's not the most powerful player out there. But she just reads it so well and plays it tactically so well.

Why? Because it is adapted from England through the proliferation of English coaches in influential positions in the last three decades and it is completely non-technical and tactically infantile.

I mostly wonder if we're a smart team. I don't know if we're tactically disciplined or that we bring the effort when we need it. For me, that hurts. Games like that make you hate it. I want to be a part of a winning franchise and one that wants to win championships and wants it so bad they'll die for it. They'll come off the field with blood on their knees. I don't think that's us and it sucks.

Tactically he is moving in the right direction by making more moves to the net,

It takes a lot of toughness and resilience to come through that. As a captain, it's doubly hard to stay tuned in and to remain tactically astute. You have to be very strong minded. To come through all that happened in the first Test and straight away to bounce back must have been hard on everyone. It's very easy when you're doing well. It's very easy to fix things if you can shut yourself away and work on it. But when something has such a big build-up and such profile, it speaks volumes for what the team has achieved.

His job is to keep out of her view, and her job is to go after him. By not engaging her, she appears shrill, a voice screaming in the wilderness. It's tactically smart.

He's tactically very smart between his ears and he has been the most consistent seam bowler in Australia for three years.

This is a very important game for both sides. A game against Bath has always been one of the biggest in the Premiership - our home match against them at the Causeway Stadium earlier this season was a tough one - and added to that, they must have taken a lot from their recent success in reaching the knock-out phase of the Heineken, which we failed to do. Also, it's good to see Brian Ashton back with them, and we know that in facing a team of his we will be asked questions, both tactically and technically.

It's tactically smart. He knows he's not going to get on the ballot through the convention and he doesn't want to give it any credibility.

It really was a tale of two halves. We changed ourselves up tactically changed our shape on the field, just changed everything.

I chose London because of the great field. I thrive and love running against the best. I assume the other athletes will run more tactically now, but I understand that some of them also want a fast time.