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who is here bc he is linked with brighton

No one refers to his as American except Americans lmao. That’s like calling J Cole a German rapper cause he was born in Frankfurt

This was an excellent breakdown! As a lifelong German Football fan, Pauli has always been a likable club I’ve been aware of in passing, but it was really only when my team (Werder Bremen) was relegated that I became truly aware of them. I’ve loved seeing Jojo Eggestein come into his own for this team, as I’ve been astounded with his hard work for the last 8 years. Great to see a Bremen academy graduate have his best season in years!

I’ve seen enough. Bring him to the Amex pronto

Brother. You are my favorite source for soccer content. I was fascinated with this piece. I now want to watch them next season to see if this madness works in the 1st division. It’s clear you are following your passion. I guarantee your channel is going to grow beyond your wildest imagination. Keep on being your authentic self (and when you’re ready for some help, I’m in!)

This is typical Brighton manager

This reminds me a lot of Fernando Diniz’s principles at Fluminense. Incredibly fluid with really unorthodox positioning in possession with a focus on overloading opponents without much regards to what positions players play or retaining a specific structure. Wonder if Fabian got some inspiration from what Diniz has been doing in Brazil.

The newest tactical transition: from positional play (Pep, Arteta, Xavi) to relationism. Think somebody already mentioned them but Fluminese under Diniz, Girona, Bologna, etc. all practice this. Unplanned overloads that spring up naturally based on the opposition's defensive structure and spacing

NGL, St.Pauli was not on my German football radar. Aside from the big leagues, attention was geared towards smaller leagues like Erdeviese/PSV, Italy/venezia and Championship/Coventry, Sounds exciting, can't wait to see this coach take on the big boys.

Thanks for covering the 2. Bundesliga Champion! Really looking forward to their Bundesliga campaign but also your next video. Keep up the great work!

Shared! I've always admired St. Pauli and I'm so excited they're coming back to the top division. Great video!! Oh and I love your shirt ❤

I really like how you explain them, and make clear the difference between a high press and a counter-press. So often teams who counter-press are automatically assumed to be a pressing team, but as you've shown, that's just not true. By mixing a counter-press with a lower defensive block, St. Pauli essentially force the opposition to deal with different rhythms within a game and that's not so common within football right now.

I feel like FC Pauli won't be coming to visit Detroit City FC again any time soon. Feel like like they are just a "bit" too big for us now to be a good friendly. Glad to see them getting promoted.

Brilliant video - I feel informed now! 😅

Thanks a lot for this video. I will share it with a large group of people I chat about soccer. Greetings from Hamburg!

Wouldn’t be surprised to see him move to a fluid 532 in the big league (a very common Bundesliga tactic which he can put his own spin on), depends on how versatile are the summer signings going to be though

WOO! A fellow Houstonian 👑! At first glance his system looks wild but... it's logical and makes sense. 🧐

FC St. Pauli's been my favorite German side for ages, ever since I learned about them in a COPA90 Derby Days video. Seeing them get promoted makes me so happy, since now I have a team I can full-heartedly support in the Bundesliga! I love what they stand for and I love how they play. Cheers from NYC!

Just been linked with Brighton! Will be interesting to see what happens…

Great breakdown, Jake! Really nice vid

Finally a fellow American who speaks intelligently about football. This was a breath of fresh air.

Great content. I appreciate your analysis!

It's like a mix of Tiki Taka and Total Football. Wild.

Jakey - whats your current FM24 save? Is it St Pauli? :D

Great video, making me desperate for a more in depth tactical analysis of St. Pauli

Congratulations, great video and info! *We are gonna miss Fabian for sure on Bundesliga 1 😞😞😞 But our best wishes for him on this new adventure with Brighton 😎 Thanks Fabian!

Americans trying to claim Hürzeler is crazy

Dude, you are a GREAT story teller.

This reminds me of the Vancouver Whitecaps. They fall back into the 5-2-3 and leave the middle open on offense, but they keep too many players back and no one is home for pass-backs in the box.

The title for St.Pauli as being "The most Well-Known 2-Div Club on the Planet," very astute of you to notice. Kinda surprised I'm as old as I am not having heard those words said before because it both absolutely looks & feels obvious. Great line

maybe he can replace berhalter in the coming years if he does well with st pauli🤣. In all seriousness I feel like a fluid 5 back could really suit the USMNT with their current talent.

Your level of research and detail are impressive

Welcome to Brighton, Fabian

Nice video, Jake. You should have a group match watching thing in St. Pauli. Maybe work together with the Scuffed Podcast fellas.

hell yeah. what a great club, cant wait to see what they do next year

I really enjoyed this clip. It seems to be the latest and most innovative adaptation of the Dutch total football from the 1970s. As an Australian, seeing the growth of Jackson Irvine - a man who epitomises the spirit of FCStP - has been incredible. For me, with De Minaur at the French Open, he has a chance of being Australian sports player of the year.

although you told me not to like and subscribe I'm going to do it anyway thank you for this great piece of analysis

He's coming to Brighton and Hove Albion.

Omg, that's our guy! Forza Sankt Pauli!

Man this is gonna get interesting… I’m so excited uta ⚪️🔵

Great video! Would love to see more about the Bundesliga or it's lower divisions in the future videos 🫶

Reported that Brighton have secured a work permit for him.

Bundesliga is very fascinating.

You got it right. But you missed one point. Hürzeler is not alone with this concept. He copied it from an english coach. And Alonso, headcoach of Bayer Leverkusen did the same. And there is a third one, called Hoeness. He managed VfB Stuttgart, a team that nearly had gone down to second league last saison. Why i am telling this ? Leverkusen won the Bundesliga and Stuttgart finished in second place, right before the famous FC Bayern ! I am fan of FC Sankt Pauli and of Hürzeler, but he is not as outstanding as it seems. Sankt Pauli got a new record for winning games without even a draw in 2023. But Levekusen was unbeaten for a complete season, that was seen never before in history of Bundesliga.

St. Pauli forever ❤ Oh and fck the HSV...

haha everyone inverting into midfield while he’s overloading the outfield

Great video! Take a look at what Eric Ramsey is doing with Minnesota United, while it's not at the same success level, he is building a system with very similar tactics.

I'm an English anarchist, loving St. Pauli since I was a kid in the 90s. yessssss

No midfield!!!. MADNESS.

Hi, a small query. Isn't this what ETH is trying to implement at Utd .?? Atleast in possession. Sacrificing midfield for numerical advantage in attack. Counter pressing high up the pitch to win and counter attack high up the pitch ??? Pls let me know if I am wrong. I can see ETH didn't get the defence and rest defence right .

very cool, much thanks.

It’s not “two Bundesliga”, it’s “second Bundesliga”.

This sucks so much that he is going to leave us just after promotion. The same thing happened to St Pauli in 2011. Our coach went to Hoffenheim and then we got relegated back to the 2. Bundesliga. This really stinks.

Great vid

i would love if you breakdown Why Pal Dardai is not the right Coach for Hertha Berlin... i want to understand why he is noit allowed to stay

I'm from germany and grew up with football/soccer (as most of us do) but also became a huge american football fan ( my Dad shared a room in a residantiel school with an us citizen who taught him the rules etc etc). It's kinda cool seeing that european football is also catching on in the US to a point that people are interested in what is happening with the 2. Bundeslige :D Really liked your video btw ^^

100% Hockey tactics. Well done translating it to soccer.

More videos like this! I just shared this video.

Seems really sad that there's more traction about him because he's moving. He did such an amazing job this past season

Nobody sees him as American.

greta analysis mate, I know and understand you american , but please call it FOOTBALL :) ...., am an Albion fan my kids were born here in brighton . excited bout Hurzeler , fingers crossed he can bring some nice attacking football .lets GO SeaGulls!!!

St.pauli and Holstein Kiel had a shocking season demonstrating a fierce passion to rank up. WHAT A SEASON

As soon as I saw your cat, I had to subscribe.

Hmm.... Fluid movement, possession and overloading at tight spaces, scoring by overloading opposition goal, counter pressing and set-pieces.... Sounds like a certain invincible Bundesliga Winners actually

The attack somehow looks like basketball

6th most goals scored? That seems to be a weakness. Champions normally score the most. Conceding the least seems to be their super power. A team to watch out for but they may be caught out at a higher level.

insightful!

I think we're going to see a flip in tactical thinking that see's the emphasis put on players just reading and playing the game rather than following some rigid tactical system. Almost like the anti-Pep approach,

Iam a huge St.Pauli Fan. He will leave us.. but I love him and will always remember him

6:00 "Rest defence" implies being in possession.

Hartel is leaving on a free contract, he's going to be such a huge miss.

It's 2010/11 all over again...

Welcome to Brighton

I think we have all seen a team that did this better. Leverkusen.

Total football ?!

It's called Total Football. It's great to watch, very difficult to teach.

Possession like Ipswich Town

He won't get away with that in the Prem League

Only "wrong" point about him is that he will not be in the firts Bundesliga next year, but will be in the Premier League with Brighton. But this was not clear at the time you pubblished the video. Too bad for german soccer not having the chance to see gis team. He renew his contract just few days before be contacted from Bighton (... or was this a great chess like move?). Brighton paid 10M to free him from St. Pauli, making this the highest amount the team got in trading. And not for a player (this is 5M) but for a manager! 😉

He plays chaos football basically or position less play like modern basketball is played

Tony Bloom is on KZfaq watching videos and then acts like he found unknown gems using AI.

Skip to 5:17

Rest defence doesn’t mean what you think it does.

Looking forward to him at Brighton giving me proper RDZ vibes

I visited Hamburg last year for work, and absolutely fell in love with the neighborhood of St. Pauli and the club's ethos. Have been a fan ever since, and was delighted they went up this year. Was in Hamburg again during the VfL Onsabrück match, and unfortunately was unable to secure tickets.

Hire him as USMNT Coach!! This guy is the exact opposite of everything that is wrong about Gregg Berhalter! Maximizes player potential! Fluid structure to maximize both offensive AND defensive phases! Teaches awareness and use of space! Teaches set pieces - scoring and defending! Wow, this guy makes so much sense USSF will never hire him! More likely he'll be the next hottest young coach to hire after Xabi Alonso, and get snapped up by Bayern or BvB, or somebody in the EPL

Sounds alot like Louisville City

Google total football. This is what this "tactic" is. Admittedly, it's not often used in the modern era, but saying you've never seen anything like it in 20 years means that you haven't been paying attention.

Hürzeler is not American at all, but of course it had to be written in the title...

He is German

Not mass attack; mass defence?

It's basketball's tactics to empty the middle field... stand still with the ball and all that stuff...

What career does she do?

Except he‘s German

Brenden Aaronson and Gio Reyna would be perfect loan options for his system

the german name for second bundesliga translate exactly as SECOND - not 2 the 2. is pronounced Zweite - progressive second 2nd

He is absolutely NOT American 😂 he was born their and directly moved back to Germany

could fit united

im here because I want fabian to replace gregg berhalter as usmnt coach!!! PLEASE !!!!!