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England’s quest for title defence at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 has not ended despite their recent setbacks, insisted Test head coach Brendon McCullum bingo
McCullum exhibited his faith in England, who have lost two out of their opening three games at the World Cup 2023, including a shocking 69-run defeat to Afghanistan bingo
England started their campaign with a thumping loss to New Zealand, last edition’s runners-up bingo
England are gearing up for a big game against South Africa on Saturday and McCullum has advised the Englishmen to continue to believe in their style of play that has brought them success over the last few years bingo
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Of course, the boys would have liked to be 3 and 0, but sport doesn’t work like that and sometimes you have to cope with challenges and then show how good you are,” McCullum said in an interview with Mirror bingo
“One thing is for sure, there are good reasons why England have won two World Cups recently bingo
”Afghanistan enforced the first upset of World Cup 2023 by overcoming England in Delhi before South Africa, the Englishmen’s next opponents, were humbled by the associate side Netherlands bingo
“It is a World Cup, so there is going to be the odd upset and that is what you want in a tournament like this bingo
Look at what happened to South Africa bingo
That was a strong win from the Dutch and there will be other unexpected results before the tournament is over,” added McCullum, England’s Test head coach bingo
The former New Zealand captain is currently in India and is staying in the same hotel as the team in Mumbai ahead of their World Cup match against South Africa at Wankhede Stadium bingo
“It was good to see the boys out here and have a brief catch-up with Motty (Matthew Mott) bingo
They are doing a great job and have done so for a long time and I’m just looking forward to seeing them show their quality over the next few weeks,” said McCullum bingo
Backing England further, McCullum pointed out that playing cricket on Indian spoil against nine other top nations in a World Cup is never going to be an easy journey bingo
“But this is what they boys play the game for bingo
This is what gets them excited and I’m sure that we will see the best of them soon enough,” added McCullum bingo
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All of Pep Guardiola’s work ahead of the Manchester derby this weekend has naturally revolved around having a high percentage of possession, which is to be expected, but there is one surprising element to it bingo
He has been scrutinising what more pragmatic sides such as Brentford, Brighton and even Copenhagen did against United for instruction bingo
All of them went to Old Trafford looking to get on the ball and dominate – with mixed success – in a way that at one point would have been unimaginable bingo
It is really only Nottingham Forest who didn’t take that approach this season, preferring to let United have the ball bingo
In United’s nine Premier League games so far, they have had lower possession than their opponent in four of those bingo
In other words, they’ve been chasing the opposition in almost half of their games bingo
On the ballManchester United’s possession in the Premier League this season (per cent)51 - Wolves (h)44 bingo
3 - Tottenham Hotspur (a)66 bingo
3 - Nottingham Forest (h)45 bingo
2 - Arsenal (a)43 bingo
9 - Brighton (h)38 bingo
2 - Burnley (a)77 bingo
1 - Crystal Palace (h)63 bingo
9 - Brentford (h)62 bingo
5 - Sheffield United (a)This would be unusual for most big sides in this era but is particularly unusual for a manager in Erik ten Hag who is so consciously a disciple of the Ajax principles, and has now had well over a year in the job bingo
That’s a lot of time on the training ground bingo
Manchester City had even considered him a potential successor to Guardiola, given the tactical alignment bingo
So it’s fair to wonder why exactly United aren’t closer to any kind of ideal as Ten Hag would surely see it bingo
They currently don’t play anything like his Ajax side, let alone City or that possession-pressing model bingo
By the same point in Guardiola’s tenure, City were on a winning run that would bring a 100-point season bingo
United have instead gone backwards, which fits into a wider concern over how the side haven’t really had a convincing display since before the Carabao Cup final victory over Newcastle United bingo
Ten Hag’s recent reliance on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stalwarts such as Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay would almost seem to sum this up bingo
United are even playing more like Solskjaer’s time, just making do in the moment in order to get through bingo
It's all so ad hoc bingo
Harry Maguire’s header earned United all three points against Copenhagen (EPA)The biggest question, out of many for the United manager, is whether this is a deeper concern bingo
Does it show he won’t implement his ideal; that a window of opportunity has been lost?As with pretty much everything at United right now, everyone puts it down to injuries bingo
That is the explanation for the unconvincing displays and the pragmatic approaches bingo
Ten Hag hasn’t had the players so has had to compromise bingo
But is that really sufficient? Would the idealist that Ten Hag supposedly represents not still seek to integrate the squad in an approach that will serve them much more in the longer term?You only have to look across the way, and the one season when Guardiola faced a broadly similar situation bingo
In 2016-17, when the City manager still lacked some of the player profiles he wanted – especially at full-back – he still insisted on the exact same approach bingo
John Stones was often the main focus of this bingo
Although the defender was still learning the game, meaning he was prone to mistakes as he endured so much external noise, Guardiola told him to just shut it all out bingo
He followed by telling Stones to keep playing the ball out bingo
Ignore the shouts to get rid bingo
Concentrate on commitment to the ideal bingo
It led to some humiliating moments, not least four-goal concessions against both Leicester City and Everton bingo
Guardiola himself was lampooned, particularly after some questions led to his own notorious pondering of “what is tackles?”A year later, the City manager was specifically citing that period – and that persistence – as absolutely crucial to the run that effectively made them champions by December 2017 bingo
That the win to clinch the title came away to Jose Mourinho’s counter-attacking Manchester United only emphasised the point bingo
An achievement like that 100-point season was a consequence of how the players’ deeper comprehension of the system amplified their performance bingo
Figures at Old Trafford would fairly argue that Ten Hag was initially going to do this, but the onslaught from those first defeats against Brighton and Brentford at the start of last season was just too much bingo
The second goal conceded at Brentford, trying to pass the ball out from the back, was just too calamitous bingo
United being United, it brought a level of ridicule and hysteria beyond anything City could face bingo
Ten Hag had to change something or it could have completely destroyed the squad’s confidence in themselves and him, before he ever got the chance to build belief in the system bingo
They would also point to how Guardiola benefitted from spending £200m on defenders in his second season, including two cornerstones of the era in Kyle Walker and Ederson bingo
By contrast, Ten Hag has attempted to fill tactical gaps in his side with relatively makeshift signings like Sofyan Amrabat and Christian Eriksen bingo
A serious club, some in the industry argue, doesn't take the team to the next stage with a 20-year-old (Rasmus Hojlund, a Chelsea cast-off (Mason Mount) and two loanees (Sergio Reguilon and Amrabat) bingo
Sofyan Amrabat arrived at Old Trafford on loan this summer (Getty Images)Those at City would nevertheless laugh at such arguments given United’s expenditure over the years bingo
Ten Hag is currently in the process of ousting an £85m signing in Jadon Sancho bingo
City would say their purchases have just been much more forensic bingo
That isn’t the only potential difference bingo between the situations bingo
Although both Guardiola and Ten Hag have evolved from the same Dutch-Spanish ideology, those national backgrounds have produced divergences in interpretation bingo
It comes down to different types of purism bingo
Guardiola will stick to the system regardless bingo
It's his way bingo
He will always try and play through it bingo
Ironically, and almost paradoxically, Ten Hag’s willingness to compromise arguably reflects a greater dogmatism bingo
Those who know the Dutch coach say he has such a fixed idea of certain positions that if he doesn’t have exactly the type of player he wants, he doesn’t see the point of persevering in the same approach bingo
That’s also why the injuries have been so undermining bingo
Ten Hag has lacked some of his main passers, but especially Lisandro Martinez bingo
The Argentine’s absence has had the effect of forcing Andre Onana to go long and removing that link to the midfield bingo
It disrupts the whole system bingo
Maguire and McTominay just aren’t suited to that game, but it is to their credit both have persevered and sought to learn in the circumstances bingo
They illustrate this period of adaptation more than anyone, especially given how influential they have been bingo
There’s almost a contrast in the Scottish midfielder’s game bingo
An instinct for prosaically passing the ball sideways is offset by a willingness to proactively get forward and score bingo
Maguire meanwhile made a calculation of his own bingo
Sources with knowledge of his situation said one reason he turned down West Ham United was because he saw the issues United were going to have at centre-half bingo
Martinez’s injury and Raphael Varane’s inability to play consistently meant there were going to be chances bingo
Maguire has seized them and then some bingo
Ten Hag praised his evolution on Tuesday night, as the centre-half furthered his recent redemption with a greatly valued match-winner against Copenhagen bingo
“He’s playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels,” the manager argued bingo
“I think he’s dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents bingo
”Ten Hag is having to compromise on his ideals this season (Getty Images)United just aren’t doing that on a collective level bingo
All of this is why Ten Hag was so insistent on Frenkie De Jong in his first summer at Old Trafford bingo
He saw his former Ajax midfielder as unique in his interpretation of that specific midfield role the coach wants bingo
The only player Ten Hag saw as coming close, in terms of potential attributes, was Ryan Gravenberch bingo
That’s the reason he went so big on De Jong, against all evidence bingo
When he couldn’t get De Jong, Ten Hag realised he had to go in a different direction bingo
So it’s been a bit of all or nothing bingo
The same applies to the team as a whole bingo
Either Ten Hag has exactly what he wants, or he just can’t commit to that approach bingo
It’s why there isn’t too much concern about the visible lack of ideology now bingo
There is confidence that will return when sufficient players return, especially Martinez bingo
A fair question is whether crucial time has been lost in deepening the ideology bingo
A fair point for Sunday, meanwhile, is that this actually might serve United against City bingo
Unless Ten Hag has the team exactly as he wants, it is always going to be a mistake trying to go toe to toe with Guardiola in terms of getting feet on the ball bingo
The Catalan’s City are always going to be so dominant you have to adapt around them bingo
Otherwise, you risk an evisceration bingo
The current situation plays into that bingo
United have almost no choice but to plan without possession on Sunday bingo
The very decision to appoint Ten Hag was supposed to be about something grander, though bingo
They were supposed to be rising to City's level bingo
United instead have to try and bring the champions down, by leaving them the ball bingo
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