Possession Tactics Quotes

United fans don't care if the team only has 40 per cent possession as long as they are watching an attacking team. My experience was that the supporters understood that even our best teams, even the teams with Peter Schmeichel or Edwin van der Sar in goal, were going to concede goals.

When you've got the ball 65-70% of the time, it's a football death for the other team...It's death by football.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

When you have a lot of ball possession, you have a lot of ball possession to create chances, not to play the ball around and not score.

I think time of possession is overrated, unless you are scoring.

Statistically, the chance of creating a goal is higher within 10 seconds of winning the ball.

I'm a coach who likes to have the ball, but what I really think is, 'How can you be in charge of the game?' I think, but maybe I am the only one, that the defensive process can take care of the game. Why is that? Because teams wait to defend. If you create something where you go to defend, to steal the ball where you want, it's different.

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents.