Just as what we see with today's iteration of City under Pep which can be traced back through Barcelona, the Dutch 'school', Cruyff, Michels, Buckingham, our own Jack Reynolds and the rest over the past century..Would that be the hoof plan ??
..so can The Red Filth's preferred system, as championed by Ferguson et al for decades, be traced back to what the renowned footballing scholar and tactician John 'Budgie' Burridge described as his team's tactics when playing custodian for the Wolves:
'Tactics? Our tactics? Oh, we play the 'W' plan.. if the ball comes in our area, we 'Welly' it upfield..'