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Luke Williams has done amazing things so far at Notts County playing some incredible football focusing on controlling games through high possession football. He was able to do this even down in the National league where even though Notts County didn't win the league they were still able to amass a whopping 107 points!
Now in League Two, the team is playing just as well. They currently sit 6th but with some amazing stats to go along with it. The team is the king of possession in the league and better everyone in most passing categories. On top of this, they also are top in scoring managing to create meaningful chances each game as they are smart in possession taking their time before turning up the tempo in the final third leaving the opposition in the dust.
Williams has lots of great ideas and has implemented them so well at Notts County. I feel things will have to change slightly as Swansea doesn't have a similar squad makeup but with a few tweaks to his system I have no doubt he will be doing just as well come next season at Swansea City!
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Luke Williams's tactical philosophy focuses on using high-possession football to control the game. He employs a system that uses changes in tempo and lots of on-ball rotations to create space and passing lanes.
In Buildup the team looks to play in a 3-4-2-1 shape. With the 2 wide Centre backs pushing very far wide and the 2 6s making a triangle with the middle CB. This creates a trapezoid-like shape with the 5 players. This allows them to have multiple triangles created as well as 1v1s out wide where the center backs can dribble at and take on their man.
In front of this are 2 more 10s who create a box-like midfield shape with the 2 6s. On each side of this shape, the wingbacks are set up to create a triangle with their sides 6 and 10. In this shape, the team will be slow and methodical with the ball. Passing in then out and side to side waiting for their opening. Once it does come, they will spring into action and speed up the play drastically and look to attack while the defense is still used to them moving at a slower pace.
Once into the attacking 3rd, the 2 10s control the game. Shifting around in the half spaces they look to create passing lanes and options to either play the 9 or opposite 10 into the box for a goal or get the wingback out wide into space where they can cross the ball or drive inside and have a shot.
When it comes to that attacking 3rd Williams encourages the team to become very narrow and you can see this as everyone, but the wingbacks will be playing extremely narrow with only the wingbacks sitting out wide. Now the team with play narrow and shit the narrow shape out wide but generally they will stay narrower in the left center of the pitch. This is the side where one of the CBs will step up into the attacking zones going beyond the 10 and even the wingback at times to help create overloads.
Though that all sounds amazing because they commit so many bodies forward the team will be caught out at times since there are only really 1-2 players back. This leads to them playing a very aggressive high line and employing and offside trap to help mitigate these issues. They also counter-press extremely quickly once they lose the ball as well to help force risky or bad passes to help the defenders.
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The amazing article I reference in this video: https://totalfootballanalysis.com/team-analysis/notts-county-2022-23-their-tactics-under-luke-williams-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics
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The 2 teams used in the test are:
1. Swansea City (Predicted 15th)
2. Notts County (Predicted 3rd)
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