19 May 2026 14:39:48
A little insight into Hoeness
As per coachesvoice.
Key Aspects of Hoeness’s Football Style:
Possession & Fluidity: His teams dominate possession (averaging around 57% at Stuttgart) but prioritize vertical, purposeful movement over sterile, slow passing.
He uses positional rotations, particularly in the half-spaces, to disrupt defenses.
Tactical Versatility: While preferring 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2, Hoeness adapts to opponents, having successfully employed a 3-4-3 to bring unpredictability to his side.
High Pressing and Compactness: Stuttgart plays with an aggressive high defensive line and presses heavily to regain possession, often using a "third-man" principle to pass through pressure.
Attacking Overloads & Wide
Play: He frequently uses inverting full-backs or wingers to create central overloads, while also utilizing direct play to exploit space behind defenses.
Building from the Back:
The goalkeeper is heavily involved in the build-up, and the team often shifts into a 3-2 structure to build play up through the thirds.
19 May 2026 14:50:37
So, if he comes in, a new number 1 is swiftly required, if, as reported, Ali is eyeing the exit door.
No way Mama stays first choice if the GK is heavily involved in build-up play.
19 May 2026 15:10:48
My thoughts to RedQ, going to need a new age keeper who is good with their feet as well as keeping the ball out of the net.
19 May 2026 15:12:33
Red Q, my thoughts exactly. Shane, we can't keep hold of Ali and bleed through Jaros. That would be my approach if possible.
19 May 2026 15:28:33
When pressing, does he go with a hollow press, trading it for numerical superiority at the back like Slot?
19 May 2026 15:34:04
@BeKind, Going thru your analysis, several parts of Hoeness' style are very similar to Klopp's, esp. with the verticality in the fluid ways his team moves the ball & the GK involvement in build-up play, as Ali used to do, where he stands between the two CB's in a back 3, which causes the overload in CM or out wide.
Very interesting, indeed.
19 May 2026 15:38:23
If JK is having an influence in pushing him that'll do for me.
19 May 2026 15:49:40
FPF, from what I've seen, his Stuttgart team presses in more of a uniform squeeze up the pitch. It's not a gung-ho, man-for-man, heavy-metal assault. The team quickly gets into shape when possession is lost (usually a compact 4-4-2, sometimes a 3-3-4), but, rather than drop deep, they push high up and either force the opposition to kick it long or funnel them out wide. It seems more targeted towards intercepting passes out from the back than flying into tackle after tackle. It's a controlled press. If you fly in and miss, the press fails, so my view is that Hoeness has found a way to press and frustrate the opponent without sacrificing the structure and shape.
I think it's far more suited to winning at the highest level than Iraola's style. With Iraola, we've seen at Bournemouth that when the first person in the press misses a tackle, the opposition get the wrong side of the press and are almost straight onto the backline.
It's very exciting and end to end, but if you come up against the very elite European teams like PSG, Man City or Real Madrid, that will only really work if you are able to outscore them because at times, they will beat your press no matter how fit or aggressive you are. We could do that when we had prime Mane, Firmino and Salah. Even then though, as Mane and Firmino waned, Klopp had to back off and become more controlled in his tactical approach.
Hoeness has found a middle ground between a high press and a compact shape. It does require the team to be extremely well drilled though, so I think the lads might have a bit of a shock when their days off start getting cut for extra tactical sessions.
19 May 2026 15:57:00
So he doesn't leave +1 at the back?
Re verticality - that also relies on players that can progress the ball. We need to add progressive passers.
19 May 2026 16:14:41
I think Iraola will evolve as Klopp did with us. Our 2017/18 team was already very different to the 18/19 and 19/20, which was very different to 21/22. This season Bournemouth are noticeably less chaotic than last season, and he seems like a very smart, likeable and humble guy.
Would be delighted if we got him. Don't know much about Seb, but by all accounts he should be exciting too.
19 May 2026 16:59:08
I think Roefs from Sunderland would be a good option.
19 May 2026 17:03:54
Deniz Undav, Jamie Leweling and Angelo Stiller have been informed that they will be part of Germany's World Cup squad. I've only ever heard of Stiller. Sebastian
Hoeneb must have worked wonders to get 3 players in the German squad for World Cup.
19 May 2026 17:32:43
Avitohyes, Klopp thought the world of Lijnders too. His judgement isn't always the best when it comes to other managers.
19 May 2026 18:46:29
If I'm being completely honest, a lot of that sounds similar to Slot before he joined. I haven't seen Stuttgart play, but on the basis of recent analysis, I think I would prefer Ireola.
I don't like the inside fallback run thing one bit. It just creates congested space and plays into the hands of teams using a low block.
But hey, I'm a SHEQ Director, not a footy tactician.