@Fabian Kastner I am waiting for your answer from Julian. I sent it to him before to prepare and then we forgot it ;) But he will respond soon!!

@Fabian Kastner here you go!!

Do we not already do these kinds of things in handball, for example… Don’t we already do this in handball, just on a smaller scale, where some players don’t defend because they’re either not that good defensively but still give us a lot in attack, or because they need to conserve energy in defense and we can bring in another, better defensive player? Or we still let them defend, but make sure the others help more, or accept that more goals might come through that position, for example. And in the same way, we sometimes let weaker players play in attack so that our defense becomes stronger. It’s not exactly the same, but in a smaller way it kind of is. And for me, the genius of José Mourinho is that he addresses this openly and tells the players: it makes us much better overall, but we have to help him—or help ourselves—by having the others run a bit more. For example, Mathias Gidsel often defends on the wing so he can conserve energy, even though he is actually also a very good half defender.

@Timo Issing be always consistant in your demands. If I go down a bit, because I don't want to overwhelm the players, their concentration goes down. And just a few percent are enough!! a tough learning!! 😏

@Tugay Midilli have other clubs the same approach (or culture) like you ? Or does it depend of the coach?